Pool Players of The Brooke

Tucson Parks and Recreation and Pain Institute of Southern Arizona presents the 41th annual Senior Olympic Festival. This festival is a celebration to promote fitness, health, and an active lifestyle among adults 50 years of age and older. Events include volleyball, billiards, bowling, bridge, racquetball, basketball shoot, pickle ball, archery, golf, tennis, horseshoes, badminton, and so much more. On Tuesday January 20 and Wednesday January 21, 2026 the 8-Ball competition took place at Pockets Billiards in Tucson. All matches were two out of three. The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) had 6 members competing. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Phelps “Montana”, L’Hommedieu, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Mike “The Lip” Collins, and Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar. We ended up with two PPB Members winning medals. Mike “The Lip” Collins won a Bronze medal in the 65 – 69 age bracket against 15 other cueists. He accomplished this by winni...

The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiards Club (PPB) would like to thank MOD Pizza 4386 N Oracle Rd, 520 448-5838 for sponsoring our Travel Team. The PPB also thanks Voyager’s Billiard Club (VBC) and Ted Beery for the friendly competition and cordial luncheon at HOA1’s RoadRunner Grill after the 8-Ball team challenge. Another big THANK YOU goes to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, PPB’s Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday January 17, 2026 the VBC’s Travel Team ventured up to SaddleBrooke for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. We were competing on four nine foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables for temporary ownership of a Traveling Bronze Plaque. The PPB has had possession of this plaque since January 13, 2023 when the PPB defeated the VBC 27 to 21 at Voyager. Our team is made up of four, two player teams and Voyager also had four, two player teams. Our teams consisted of Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar and Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Mike Collins and Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, ...

The PPB would like to thank Rincon County West Billiards Club (RCW), Bob McKenna, and RCW’s billiards team for their camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo PPB Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday December 13, 2025 the RCW’s Travel Team ventured up to SaddleBrooke’s Catalina Recreation Center’s pool room for an 8-Ball Team challenge. We were competing on four 9-foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables for temporary ownership of a Traveling Bronze Plaque. The PPB team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and RCW also had 4, 2 player teams. The PPB teams consisted of Fred “The Baker” Dianda and Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu and Mike Collins, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, and Tony “The Snake” Cardillo partnered with both Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar and Jim Langseth for 6 games each. The format was simple. Each of our teams would play each of their teams 3 ...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday November 15, 2025 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was the second of five 8-Ball qualifiers for the PPB Club Championship. The PPB was the sponsor of this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double elimination. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 8-Ball singles. Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Jim Samlaska, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Bill Webster, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Dick “The Visor” Titus, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, Mike Collins, Mark Erwin, Randy “Nice Try” Smith, Russ “Long Shot” Doering, Rich “Dead Eye” Adinolfi, and Steve Wiley. Results: 1st – Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar – Undefeated! 5 Wins 0 Losses. 2nd – Tony “The Snake” Cardillo – So Close! 4 Wins 2 Losse...

The PPB would like to thank Sun City Oro Valley’s Billiard Club, Robert Dufur and SCOV’s billiard team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony Cardillo PPB’s Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday November 08, 2025 the PPB’s Travel Team ventured down to SCOV’s Billiard Room for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo was the tournament director. We were competing on two 9 foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables and two 9-foot Brunswick pool tables for temporary ownership of a traveling bronze plaque that has been in the PPB’s possession since November 2021. Our team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and SCOV also had 4, 2 player teams. Our 2 player teams were drawn from the following list of PPB cueists: Fred “The Baker” Dianda and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Mike Collins, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg and Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Randy “Nice Try” Smith and Jack...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday October 25, 2025 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was the first of five Club Championship 8-Ball Tournament qualifiers. The PPB thanks Mi Tierra Mexican restaurant and the PPB for sponsoring this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double elimination. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 8-Ball singles. Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Bill Webster, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Les Goins, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Dick “The Visor” Titus, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, Mike Collins, Steve Wiley, Jim Langseth, Rich “Dead Eye” Adinolfi, and Randy :Nice Try” Smith. Results: 1st – Tony “The Snake” Cardillo – Nobody was Better! 5 Wins 1 Loss. 2nd – P...