Pool Players of The Brooke vs Quail Creek Billiards Club Sponsored by KJK Insurance Advocates

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   The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) would like to thank our Sponsor for this event: Kim Karmenzind of KJK Insurance Advocates Kim@kjkinsuranceadvocates.com 520 251-4491, Quail Creek (QC) Billiards Club, Travel Team Director Dennis Desmond and their members for the friendly competition and camaraderie.  Also Dominic Borland Captain of the PPB Travel Team and the help of Ron Ridge. On Saturday Oct 16, 2021 at 9:00 AM the PPB hosted the Quail Creek Billiards Club at the beautiful Catalina Recreation Center’s (CRC) Billiard Room for an 8-Ball Team Challenge.  PPB teams were Dominic “The Doctor” Borland/Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo/Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Fred “The Baker” Dianda/Phil “The Cleaner” Jelleff, Ron “dblo7” Ridge/Lowell “8Ball” Hegg, Jim “Straight Shooter” Fabio/Dave Whitman. Our opponents from Quail Creek were Dave Kidwell/Kurt Smith, Jimmy Di Martino/Dennis Desmond, Mike Ohrel/Terry Haggart, and John Andersen/Jerry Samesh

   The format was simple and interesting.  Each of our teams would play each of their teams 3 games of 8-ball with each game won being 1 point for the winning team.  There were a total of 48 points in the match.  This match was not for the Bronze Plaque but to help out Quail Creek as there facility is being expanded and will have 4 “9” Foot Diamond Tables.  We also had 10 players for PPB so that it would give more members some experience in playing in a format like this.  The last group of 4 played 2 matches each instead of 4.

   After the first round it was tied 6-6, but from there we fell off the cliff.  The second & third rounds were the same at 8 for QC 4 for the good guys. The final round was an embarrassing score with QC at 9 and PPB 3.  Making the final score QC 31 PPB 17, OUCH.  The good news is that we helped out a Community that has no place to play and it was not for the Bronze Plaque that we still have, at least for now.  We enjoyed our Luncheon after at the Road Runner Grill and talked about playing pool on QC’s 9 foot tables when their room is completed.  RACK’EM UP!

You can also follow the PPB at https://poolplayersofthebrooke.blogspot.com/

Dominic “The Doctor” Borland




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