Pool Players of The Brooke

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

  PPB Travel Team: Fred Dianda, Joe Giammarino, Tom Barrett, Dominic Borland, Ron Ridge, Jim Fabio, Karl Knight (Ranch), Gary Barlow. On   Monday March 19, 2018 the Pool Players of The Brooke  Travel Team sponsored by W & W Physical Therapy   went to Sun City Vistoso (The Views) to play against the Sun City Oro Valley Billiards Club for possession of a personalized Travel Plaque.  Our four teams consisted of: Dominic "The Doctor" Borland & Ron “Dblo7” Ridge, Jim “Shooter" Fabio & Karl “English” Knight (Ranch), Fred "The Baker" Dianda and Tom “Blind Squirrel ” Barrett , and Gary “One Rail” Barlow and Joe “Fast Eddie" Giammarino.     After 4 hours and 48 games of 1 - 15 8-Ball Partners, the match ended up in a tie at 24 for PPB and 24 for Sun City Vistoso.   So we brought the plaque home because they would have to win the match to take possession of the plaque.  The plaque is coming home due to the final game performance by Ron Rid