Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) vs Sun City Oro Valley (SCOV)

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The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiards Club (PPB) would like to thank Sun City Oro Valley’s Billiard Club (SCOV), Ken Schriner and SCOV’s billiard team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, PPB’s Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday November 11, 2023 the PPB’s Travel Team ventured down to SCOV’s Catalina Vista Center for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. We were competing on two 9 foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables and two 9 foot Brunswick Gold Crowns. This travel match was for the Traveling Bronze Plaque currently in the PPB’s possession since November 20, 2021. Our team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and SCOV also had 4, 2 player teams. The PPB teams consisted of Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino and Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, and Chris Schmidt, Phelps L’Hommidieu and Ron “Dblo7” Ridge. Our SCOV opponents teams were as follows: Ken Schriner and Robert Durfur, Sean Parks and Marvin Brisbin, Keith Moe and Gary Meneley, and Mike Connoy and Mike Miesen. 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 are a total of 48 points in the match. The first round went in favor of the SCOV with a score of 7 to 5. The second round was a tie as both teams scored 6 wins. After the second round the SCOV was on top 13 to 11. The third round was a reversal of the first round with the PPB winning 7 games to SCOV’s 5 wins. Going into the fourth and final round the PPB and SCOV were all tied up with a score of 18 to 18. The fourth and final round found the PPB needing to win 7 games to win the travel team match. The PPB did it! PPB’s Randy “Thin Man” Smith ran 3 and out in the final game of the match to give the PPB the win and the right to retain Traveling Bronze Plaque. The fourth round ended with a score of PPB 7 and SCOV 5. The final score was 25 to 23 in PPB’s favor. This event was a continuation of a friendly but fierce rivalry with SCOV where the PPB has won 5 times, tied twice, and lost once out of 8 competitions since February 2017. SaddleBrooke is proud of their team and they thank SCOV for hosting the PPB and competing in this Travel Team Match. Joe Giammarino jgpool@outlook.com

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