PPB’s First 9-Ball Singles Tournament

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Dominic Borland at the table.


L To R:  Steve Searl 2nd, Joe Giammarino 1st, Dominic Borland 3rd, Dan Stebbins 4th. 

9-Ball Bracket Board
   Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) want to thank our generous sponsors Expert Automotive & Smashburger.  On Saturday April 20, 2019 the PPB Billiards Club hosted the first 9-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s newly opened, beautiful Catalina Recreation Center (CRC).  The format was double elimination, 2 out of 3 in the first round and single games the rest of the tournament. What a wonderful place we have to hold these events and it is going to get better with a 4th just appropriated Connelly pool table!

   Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.  Ron “Dblo7” Ridge was manning the tournament bracket again and did a fine job, thanks Ron.  The following field of 16 players gathered to play competitive 9-Ball.  Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Jack Hepner, Bob “O” Ogle, Warren Henderson, Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Jan “Banker” Stebbins, Tom “Ski” Kaliski, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Romayne Trudo, Dale Trudo, Phelps L'Hommedieu, Jim “Rocket Man” Donat, Ted Duma, Dave Strief.

Results:
1st  –  Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino – Never Lost a Match – 5 Wins 0 Losses
2nd – Steve Searl – Another Great Finish - 6 Wins 2 Losses
3rd – Dominic “The Doctor” Borland – Always in the Hunt – 3 Wins 2 Losses
4th – Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins – First Top 4 Finish, nice job Dan – 3 Wins 2 Losses

Recap:           
     Joe Giammarino’s path to victory was as follows:  He started by defeating Romayne Trudo, Joe escaped this one as Romayne won the first game in the 2 out of 3 match to get Joe’s attention, he regained his composure to finally win the match.  Then in order, he defeated Jim Donat, Gary Barlow, Dominic Borland, and Steve Searl.

Sponsor’s Gifts:
Expert Automotive – Gift Certificate – Dan Stebbins
Smashburger – Gift Certificate – Jack Hepner

   The PPB wants to extend a big THANK YOU to all our participants and sponsors.  On a special note we had two brave PPB ladies, Jan Stebbins and Romayne Trudo, who jumped into the 9-Ball competition against 14 male competitors.  Good job ladies!
   The 9-Ball Singles tournament started at 1:00 PM and lasted 2 hours with 47 games of 9-Ball being played. We competed and met some new friends that shared our passion.  THAT is a good day!  RACK’EM UP!

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

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