Pool Players of The Brooke

    Pool Players of The Brooke want to thank our generous sponsors Lindsay’s Quality Cues , Truly Nolan, Sunny Side Up Café, and 00R00 Auto .  15 weeks after closing the Starter Shack, the Pool Players of the Brooke Billiards Club hosted the Inaugural 8-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s newly opened, beautiful Catalina Recreation Center (CRC).  The CRC Billiard Room houses 3 brand new Connelly 8 foot pool tables with Simonis 360 cloth, 3 eye catching Diamond pool table lights, and Aramith Tournament Belgian Pool Balls.  The room is adorned with billiard art and there is plenty of room for the spectators and participants to move around comfortably.  We all love this new venue!     Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.  The following field of 17 players gathered to play competitive 8-Ball.   Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Jack Hepner, Bob “O” Ogle, Terry Sterling, Warren Henderson, Jerry Savage, Jerry Cogswell, Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Ji

   The CRC's Grand Opening was December 10, 2018 at Noon.  About 45 residents and billiard players attended.  Bill Lich had the honor of cutting the ribbon.  Bill's wife Carol who passed away earlier this year was the House Committee Chair and was instrumental in the interior design.  Plenty of cookies were consumed, but none in the billiard room as we do not allow food in there.  Vivian Timian HOA1's General Manager presided over the activities.  Rian Ross HOA1's Operation Manager also attended, his team was also a big part of effort to get this completed.  Enjoy the pictures. Joe Giammarino addressing the attendees. WOW!!! PPB's Founding Fathers.  L to R: Joe "Fast Eddie" Giammarino, Fred "The Baker" Dianda, Dominic "The Doctor" Borland,   Bill Lich cutting the ribbon with Joe and Dominic assisting.

Looking from inside old pool room Looking north toward the golf course Looking toward the old pool room Old pool room is on the left side, emergency exit on right by the ladder New CRC sign. The 1st coat of stucco has been applied. New pool room. Man at work. The old Starter Shack getting a face lift. We have color!! Looking toward the south. Looking toward the North. Kevin, one of the owners of Prestige Billiards set up our 3 tables on Monday November 5th.  Last year Kevin had the honor to be the man that set up all the tables for the Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas.  The Mosconi Cup is a billiard competition between the U.S.A and Europe.  This year is the 25th Mosconi Cup to be held in England and Kevin is patiently waiting for a call to let him know he is going to be flown over to England to set up the tables again this year. Dominic and Kevin sharing a happy handshake with 3 beautiful tables surrounding them. We are

L to R:  Jay “The Shamrock Shooter” Clary and Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino First Place, Nancy Barrett and Dominic “The Doctor” Borland Second Place. Pool Players of The Brooke want to thank our generous sponsors Sammy’s Mexican Grille LLC. and HOA1. On July 21, 2018 the Pool Players of the Brooke hosted a Partners 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.  The following field of 12 players gathered to play competitive 8-Ball.  After a Skill Rating controlled draw where the top 6 Skill Rated players from the Pool Players of the Brooke would draw a partner from the balance of the field, the 6 Partners were Jay “The Shamrock Shooter” Clary and Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Gary “One Rail” Barlow and Julie “Cutter” Ferguson, Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett and Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins, Nancy Barrett and Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Randy “Thin Man” Smith and Jim “Shooter Fabio”, Jan “Banker” Stebbins and Karl “English” Knight (Ranch). Results: F

8-Ball action at Green Valley Recreaction. First we would like to thank Green Valley Recreation’s Billiard Club and Royce Fickling for their hospitality, friendly competition and a nice luncheon at the 19th Hole after the 8-Ball Challenge.  Another big THANK YOU goes out to Dominic Borland, Vice President of the Pool Players of the Brooke for organizing this event and making sure it was a success, and he did just that.  On Tuesday July 17, 2018 the Pool Players of the Brooke traveled down to Green Valley for an 8-Ball Challenge.  We were competing on four 9 foot Gandi pool tables for temporary ownership of a traveling plaque.  Gary Barlow our Travel Team Co-Captain matched up our players into 4 teams of 2 players each from SaddleBrooke and Green Valley also had 4, 2 man teams.   Our teams consisted of Jim “The Artist” Morris and Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Ron “Dblo7” Ridge and Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett, and last but not le

L to R:  Karl “English” Knight (Ranch) 3 rd  Place, Jim “RocketMan” Donat 1 st  Place, Dominic “The Doctor”  Borland  2 nd  Place. Pool Players of The Brooke want to thank our generous sponsor Catalina ACE Hardware. On April 14, 2018 the Pool Players of the Brooke hosted a Singles 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.  The following field of 15 players gathered to play competitive 8-Ball.  Jim “The Artist” Morris, Julie Ferguson, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Richard “Loose Rack” Galant (Ranch), Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett, Nancy Barrett, Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins, Jim “Rocket Man” Donat, Karl “English” Knight (Ranch), Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Jack Hepner, Bob Ogle, Ron “Dblo7” Ridge, Terry Sterling, and Bruce “Hustler” Fink. Results: First -  Jim “RocketMan” Donat – Never Lost - 5 Wins 0 Losses Second - Dominic “The Doctor” Borland – One scratch away - 6 Wins 2 Losses Third - Karl “English” Knight – Played well again! - 1 Bye 2 Wins 2

Jan “Banker” Stebbins and Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins 5 Members of the Pool Players of The Brooke traveled down to Green Valley, Arizona to compete in the 34 th Southern Arizona Senior Games hosted by Green Valley Recreation in March 2018.   These Senior Games consist of numerous sporting competitions including billiards.   Our PPB Club was represented quite well by these 5 members.   Silver Medalists    Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins and Jan “Banker” Stebbins each won a Silver medal competing in the Mixed Scotch Doubles 8-Ball event.   Congrats Dan and Jan! Bronze Medalists    Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins and Jim “The Artist” Morris each took home a Bronze medal for their performance in the Men’s Scotch Doubles 8-Ball event.   Dan Stebbins was our only member to win multiple medals.   Congrats Dan and Jim! Gold Medalists     Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino also competed in the Men’s 8-Ball Scotch Doubles and defeated all opponents except one in takin