MODESTO, CA – Donna Bulanadi went undefeated to win Stop #6 of The West Coast Women’s Tour (TWCWT) on Saturday, October 17, at Diamond Billiards in Modesto. Bulanadi opened the 2026 season with a win at Dog House Billiards in Cotati, and she is now the first player to win two stops this season. Twenty-five women played in the 9-ball double-elimination event, which featured races to 5 on the winners’ side and races to 4 on the one-loss side. Piper Iwan finished 2nd and Della Murray took 3rd.
Diamond Billiards’ tables have a reputation for being tough, and Saturday was no exception. The 4-inch pockets and fast Andy cloth left very little margin for error. “Our 9-foot Brunswicks up front all have 4-inch pockets, so it can make you really good or really angry,” said owner Tim Costa, who runs the room with his wife, Cassie. Murray agreed. “The pockets were pretty tight, so you had to be right on,” she said.
Bulanadi, a longtime TWCWT competitor from Bay Point, CA, opened with a win over Linda Miyoshi, but her second match against Hellen Wang was the first test of her day. Trailing 1-4 and feeling “a little off,” Bulanadi adjusted her strategy. She leaned on her safety game, stayed patient, and waited for the right opportunities. This approach paid off, and she won four straight racks to take the match 5-4, aided, she said, by a few lucky moments…