The local nine-ball summer league wrapped up Wednesday night with trophies and cash being awarded to top performers.

Not surprisingly, Rob Sinclair of Whitehorse showed why he is one of the top players in the territory as he brushed aside his opposition to take the coveted Porter Creek Billiards Cup trophy and first-place money. He beat Chris Lomas handily in the final.

Earlier, Sinclair had dispatched crowd favourite Bob Edzerza to the bronze medal match while Lomas did the same with Bill Berezowski.

Unlike the gold medal match, the battle for bronze was an epic battle with several lead changes and huge momentum swings throughout.

In the end, it was Berezowski who came out on top with a 7-6 win.

For Berezowski, it was confirmation that he has the game to compete with the best as he just recently moved up in the player rankings to the A level.

For Edzerza, it was a disheartening loss, one in which he simply couldn’t get out of his own way as he subjected himself to several self-inflicted hooks and untimely scratch shots.

While the top four players applied their skills to the pursuit of the Cup, the rest of the field was vying for supremacy of the also-rans in a Scotch Doubles tournament.

Names were drawn to create the two-player teams and in the finals of this double elimination tourney, it was Oliver Robitaille and Bob Collins who outduelled Alex Grabowski and Brandon Hagen for the win.

Robitaille and Collins advanced to the final undefeated while Grabowski and Hagen had to battle through from the loser’s bracket.

Grabowski and Hagen won the first match but as the tournament was a double elimination, they needed to beat Robitaille and Collins a second time to take the title. In spite of a valiant effort and a promise from Grabowski to dedicate the hoped-for win “For Fox Lake,” the duo came up a game short.

Players will now have a two-week hiatus to enjoy their victories or lick their wounds before the winter league commences play on Oct. 7 at Porter Creek Billiards.

Players of all ages and skill levels are invited to participate.

– Report courtesy of Yukon Fats, Porter Creek Billiards