Pool Players of The Brooke

   Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) want to thank our generous sponsors Mike’s Catalina Barber Shop & Steve Searl .   On Saturday September 28, 2019 the PPB Billiards Club hosted an 8-Ball Singles Tournament in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room.   The format was single game, double elimination. What a wonderful place we have to hold these events and now we have added a 4th pool table so more players may participate.    Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.  Ron “Dblo7” Ridge was manning the tournament bracket again and did a fine job, thanks Ron.   Randy Smith did a fine job of collecting the entry fees and filling in on the brackets when necessary with Dominic Borland.   The following field of 21 players gathered to play competitive 8-Ball.   Dan “Oh No!” Stebbins, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Jack Hepner, Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Phelps “Frenchfry” L'...

   On   Friday September 6, 2019 at 10:00 AM the Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB)  Travel Team hosted the Iron Oaks Breakers Pool League from Sun Lakes AZ for possession of a personalized Bronze Travel Plaque.  Our teams consisted of: Dominic "The Doctor" Borland and Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Fred "The Baker" Dianda and Ron “Dbl07” Ridge, Joe "Fast Eddie" Giammarino and Steve Searl, and Tom “Blind Squirrel ” Barrett and Phelps “Frenchfry” L’Hommidieu.   Each of our teams will play 12 games total and play each of their teams 3 games with each game counting as 1 point for a total of 48 points.       Sun Lakes defeated our team back in March of 2017 to the tune of 30 -18 and we have been waiting to get that Bronze Plaque back for over 2 years.   Our teams all played very well and had winning records with the team of Dominic Borland and Gary Barlow having the best record at 9 wins and 3 losses.   We tied t...