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Break for Epilepsy Charity 9 Ball Tournament

meaning you if lost two matches
By Markus Noé
you were out. On Sunday the losers’
uring the weekend of March 18- side match-ups began at 11:00 am,
D19, Rack-M-Up Billiards hosted with Jay Cuggy beating Markus Noé
the inaugural “Break for Epilepsy and Andy Menke getting by Paul
Charity 9 Ball Tournament”. The Daoust. Former owner of Rack-M-
idea for this came from the owners Up Billiards Clayton Disotell made
Doug Disotell and Amanda Collins. a charge through the winners’ side
Disotell has seen first hand the bracket and went all the way to the
hardships his niece Payson Boucher winners’ side final. There he met
has undergone with her own battle up with a strong AAA player from
with epilepsy, because of this he Gatineau, Jean Vallaincourt. Disotell
decided to see what he could do to continued his charge and won a close
help an important cause. match securing his spot in the grand
From left to right, Clayton Disotell, Jean Vallaincourt, Jay Cuggy, Doug
This was an amateur handicap Disotell, Amanda Collins, Andy Menke Photo Submitted final.
event with players racing to their On the losers side of the bracket
number. A beginning player would turn down raising more money. $1100 raised for the charity. Cuggy edged out a very game Menke
be a 5 and would need to win 5 The entry fee was $60 with $10 Being that that this was a two day in a close match, with Menke being
games in order to win the match. The going as donation to the tournament. tournament the idea was to play eliminated in 4th place. Vallaincourt
numbers went up to 9 depending on Tommy Fagan (82), long time player down to the final 6 and bring them made quick work of Cuggy in the
skill level. With the help from social at Rack-M-Up Billiards, on hearing back Sunday. Throughout day one losers, 9-3, giving him another
media the response for this event was about the charity event asked himself there were many surprises as many shot at Disotell. However between
overwhelming. So much so Disotell what he could do to help. On his own of the favourites to win the event did Disotell’s good shooting and a few
was forced to extend the field past the accord he went around his community not make it out of the day; players moments of good fortune he was not
originally posted 32 maximum as 36 and asked businesses and friends to like Justin Miller, Do Gauthier, Kirk to be denied and walked away with
players confirmed. The cap was at donate what they could and between Pawnis, Marc Ducharme, Charley the final to win one of the biggest
32 because of the limited amount of cash and gift certificates Fagan raised Sypes, and Mike Mitchell all suffered local tournaments in some time.
tables available which would cause an extra $250. This combined with a early exists.
some delays. However after a brief 50/50 draw and some other personal A special thank you goes to all our
discussion it did not make sense to donations brought the total up to This was a double elimination donors.

Sports Panel
presents

California-based promoter Liveco Boxing is bringing Pro Boxing to Cornwall. The headline bout
is Cornwall’s own Tony “Lightning” Luis vs Noe “El Dengue” Nunez. Other local pro boxers
participating are Ronnie Robidoux and Larry Fryers. Are you excited to see pro boxing coming to

the city and do you feel it will be supported?

Gilles Gaudet - Sports Enthusiast - Another fighter getting a lot of press in boxing news is Montreal’s Custio Clayton (10-0) a 2012 Canadian
Olympian who has faced solid competition in his first ten pro bouts, including wins over Eduards Gerasimovs, Ivan Pereyra, Stanislas Salmon, and
in his last bout, Ramses Agaton. Clayton takes on Mexico’s 31 year-old Alfredo Chavez in an eight-round co-feature bout. Everyone, come on
out to the Cornwall Civic Complex April 15th and support this fantastic sporting event happening right here in our front yard. I believe this will be
one of the greatest events to come to the Cornwall in decades; where in years to come, folks at Tim’s will be asking do you remember that boxing
event at the Complex in 2017? Yes, I’m excited…

Jake Lapierre - Conditioning Coach - This is a great opportunity for Cornwall to showcase one of their own; a talented local man who has had
much success in a sport that’s extremely difficult to succeed in. Tony Luis is in his pugilistic prime, and it’s a “no-brainer” that this event should
sell out. If you look up Cornwall in Wikipedia, most of the info relating to sports is about hockey - nary a mention of boxing. Believe it or not
Wiki dedicates 50 words or so to “Ribfest”, in its description of Cornwall. Now we know Cornwallites like to get their pork on, and if we can
get 100,000 people to dine on swine, we should be able to get 5,000 to attend a great boxing match. So mark April 15th in your day timers or
cell phone calendars, shell out a few dollars, and let’s fill the Complex. Maybe this event is what Tony needs to springboard his career to the next
level. Liveco has put together an excellent undercard with some good local talent, and they deserve our support. By the way Ribfest is in town on
July 27th, so there’s plenty of time to save up for that feast. Maybe just maybe, when Wikipedia updates their Cornwall page, Tony will be finally
included.

Jim Riddell - Seaway Karate Club - If ticket sales so far are any indication, area sports fans are certainly looking forward to the April 15th fight card
at the Civic Complex. They will finally get the opportunity to see Tony Luis fight in his hometown. Tony, a lifelong resident of Cornwall has been
fighting professionally for nine years now and has established himself as a world contender. Tony is well known, well liked, and has always been
an ambassador for the city. The undercard is also very good with two other Champs Eastside boxers scheduled – Akwesasne’s Ronnie Robidoux,
a former NY State Golden Gloves champion, 2-0 (2 KO’s), and Larry Fryers (3-0), will both be looking to extend their undefeated records. One of
Canada’s top welterweights, former Olympian Custio Clayton, 10-0 (8 KO’s) has recently been added to the card. If this promotion can put four
thousand fans in the Civic Complex, Liveco will soon be planning another Tony Luis fight in Cornwall with the possibility of TV exposure as well.