Phelps L”Hommedieu Stands Tall in 8-Ball!

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   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'Hommedieu, Steve Searl, Jim “Shooter” Fabio, Henry Krebs, Dick “The Stick” Schroeder, Ron “Dblo7” Ridge, Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Lowell Hegg, Frank Strubel, Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett, Rick Watkins, Linda Watkins, Mike Meredith, Chris Madsen, Julie “Cutter” Ferguson, and Jerry Cogswell.
Results:
1st –  Phelps L’Hommedieu – Played his best pool all day long! – 5 Wins 1 Loss
2nd – Lowell Hegg – Pretty good for his 1st PPB Tourney! – 1 Bye 4 Wins 2 Losses
3rd – Steve Searl – Played a lot of games today – 1 Bye 6 Wins 2 Losses
4th – Henry Krebs – Good showing, 1st time in the top 4 – 1 Bye 4 Wins 2 Losses
5th – Dominic “The Doctor” Borland – Beat Chris in playoff for 5th – 3 Wins 2 Losses

Recap:           
     Phelps L’Hommedieu’s path to victory over a field of 21 8-Ballers was as follows:  He started by defeating in order Mike Meredith,  Dan Stebbins, Henry Krebs, Dominic Borland.  Then he beat Lowell Hegg and sent him to the loser’s bracket.  Lowell came out of the losers’ bracket to challenge Phelps and would have to beat him twice to win the tournament.  Lowell won the 1st game with a nice finish to force the final game.  In the final game, Phelps outlasted Lowell for the win and 1st Place in the tourney.
Sponsor’s Gifts:
Mike’s Catalina Barber Shop – Gift Certificate – Julie Ferguson
Steve Searl – IN N OUT Burger Gift Certificate – Dominic Borland

   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, Linda Watkins and Julie Ferguson, who jumped into the 8-Ball competition against 19 male competitors.  Good job ladies!
   The 8-Ball Singles tournament started at 1:00 PM and lasted 3 and a half hours with 41 games of 8-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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 L to R: Henry Krebs 4th Place, Phelps L’Hommediue 1st Place, Dominic Borland 5th Place, Lowell Hegg 2nd Place, Steve Searl 3rd Place.

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