Pool Players of The Brooke

   In a ceremony held Tuesday, July 30, at the Catalina Recreation Center, the billiard enthusiasts in SaddleBrooke and the Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club thanked members of the Saddlebrooke Health Fair Planning Committee (HFPC) for the generous funding support for the fourth and final pool table.   The Billiards Room at the Catalina Recreation Center (the CRC) was the result of a major addition to what was previously known as the Catalina Starter Shack.   The CRC was designed to accommodate four pool tables but opened with three not knowing how much play the new facility would attract.   With the fourth table addition, the CRC is now complete.    Hours of play were being tracked in the former Starter Shack with its one main pool table and one table restricted by walls that required the use of much shorter cues.   Since the CRC opened in December 2018, hours of play have increased dramatically every month and have been more than 700 hours even with three tables and e

   On Saturday, July 27, twelve two-person teams competed in a Scotch doubles 8 Ball tournament sponsored by Leah Kari of Medicare Solutions and Sunny Side Up Cafe.   In Scotch doubles, players on a team alternate shots throughout each match.        The team of Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Chris Madsen completed 6 matches with a perfect no-loss record.   Second place was claimed by the team of Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino and Bob Fagotti winning 4 of 6 matches.   In third place was the team of Bruce “Hustler” Fink and Romayne Trudo winning 4 of 5 matches.    Other teams competing were: Christine “TuttiFluti” Smith and Henry Krebs, Bob “O” Ogle and Phelps “French Fry” L”Hommedieu, Jan “Banker” Stebbins and Jay “The Shamrock Shooter” Clary, Dick “The Stick” Schroeder and Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Dick Titus and Dan “Oh No” Stebbins, Nancy Barrett and Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Dale Trudo and Tom “Ski” Kaliski, Mike Meredith and Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett, George, Bone and Ja