Victory! Randy “Thin Man” Smith and Terry Sterling

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   Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB)want to thank our generous sponsor Leah Kari - Secure Senior Health Solutions.  On February 23, 2019 the PPB hosted a Partners 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Randy Smith and Joe Giammarino.  The following field of 28 players gathered to play competitive partner 8-Ball.  After a Skill Rating controlled draw where the top 14 Skill Rated players from the PPB would draw a partner from the balance of the field, the 14 Partners were Steve Searl/Linda Watkins, Jay “The Shamrock Shooter” Clary/Ron “Dblo7” Ridge, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino/Romayne Trudo, Gary “One Rail” Barlow/Nancy Barrett, Julie “Cutter” Ferguson/Jim “Shooter”Fabio, Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett/Jack Hepner, Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins/Michael Ferguson, Randy “Thin Man” Smith/Terry Sterling, Jan “Banker” Stebbins/Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Henry Krebs/Bob “O” Ogle, Richard “Loose Rack” Galant/Chris Madsen, Mike “Big Money” McDonald/Rick Watkins, Phelps L’Hommedieu/Dale Trudo, Jim “Rocketman” Donat/Rita “I’m Back” Giammarino
Results:
First -  Randy “Thin Man” Smith/Terry Sterling. 5 Wins 0 Losses
Second - Steve Searl/Linda Watkins, 4 Wins  2 Losses 1 Bye
Third - Gary “One Rail” Barlow/Nancy Barrett, 2 Wins 2 Losses 1 Bye
Recap:           
   Randy “Thin Man” Smith and Terry Sterling’s road to victory started by beating these partner teams in this order:  Mike “Big Money” McDonald/Rick Watkins, Phelps L’Hommedieu/Dale Trudo, Steve Searl/Linda Watkins, Gary “One Rail” Barlow/Nancy Barrett, and finally Steve Searl/Linda Watkins in the finals.
Leah Kari - Secure Senior Health Solutions, Sponsor’s Gifts:
SmashBurger – Rita Giammarino – Gift Certificate
SmashBurger – Gary Barlow – Gift Certificate
   The day started with some of the participants meeting at the RoadRunner Grille for an early lunch.  The 8-Ball Partners tournament started at 1:00 PM and lasted four hours and 20 minutes with 55 games of 8-Ball. We competed and met some new friends that shared our passion, THAT is a good day!  RACK’EM UP!

   The PPB wants to extend a BIG thank you to all our participants and our sponsor.  A special thank you to the PPB ladies who stepped up to participate, Nancy Barrett, Jan “Banker” Stebbins, and Julie “Cutter” Ferguson, Rita “I’m Back” Giammarino, and Linda Watkins.

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Joe Giammarino jgpool@outlook.com and Dominic Borland dominicborland@gmail.com.

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