Pool Players of The Brooke

The PPB would like to thank Rincon County West Billiards Club (RCW), Bob McKenna, and RCW’s billiards team for their camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo PPB Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday December 14, 2024 the PPB’s Travel Team ventured over to RCW’s billiard club for an 8-Ball Team challenge. We were competing on four 9-foot Connelly pool tables for temporary ownership of a Traveling Bronze Plaque. The PPB team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and RCW also had 4, 2 player teams. The PPB teams consisted of Dave Parker and Russ “Longshot” Doering, Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar and Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar and Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Bob “O” Ogle. The format was simple. Each of our teams would play each of their teams 3 games of 8-ball with each game being worth 1 point for the winning team. There were a total of 48 points in the m...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday November 16, 2024 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. Thank you PPB for sponsoring this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double elimination. This is the second in a series of five PPB 8-Ball tournaments used for qualifying into the PPB’s first 8-Ball Club Championship. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of fifteen players showed up to compete in the game of 8-Ball singles. Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Randy “Nice Try” Smith, Dick “You’re Not Going To Like This” Dunbar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Bill Webster, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Dan “Rambo” Sollin, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Rodger “Pocket Dodger” Beard, Russ “Long Shot” Doering, Steve Wiley, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Dave Parker, and Ted Duma. Results: 1st – Randy “Nice Try” Smith – Never Lost! 5 Wins 0 Losses ...

The PPB would like to thank Sun City Oro Valley’s Billiard Club, Robert Dufur and SCOV’s billiard team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony Cardillo PPB’s Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday November 09, 2024 the SCOV’s Travel Team ventured up to HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center for an 8-Ball Team Challenge sponsored by Stone Canyon Painting (Thank you Alex). Tony “The Snake” Cardillo was the tournament director. We were competing on four beautiful 9 foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables for temporary ownership of a traveling bronze plaque that has been in the PPB’s possession since November 2021. Our team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and SCOV also had 4, 2 player teams. Our 2 player teams were drawn from the following list of PPB cueists: Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Dick “The Visor” Titus, Rich “Hide the Salami...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday October 26, 2024 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was the first of five Club Championship 8-Ball Tournament qualifiers. The PPB thanks Oregano’s Italian restaurant and Rich “Hide the Salami” Adinolfi for sponsoring this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double elimination. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 8-Ball singles. Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Dick “You’re Not Going to Like This” Dunbar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Bill Webster, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Les Goins, Dan Solin, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Rodger “Pocket Dodger” Beard, Dave Parker, Warren “Willie” Henderson, Dick “The Visor” Titus, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, and we welcome Lon Federwitz one of our newest PPB members. R...

The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) would like to thank Quail Creek (QC) Billiards Club, Travel Team Director Dennis Desmond and their members for the friendly competition, camaraderie and for hosting our billiard club. Thanks also go out to the PPB’s Tony “The Snake” Cardillo for organizing this event. On Saturday Oct 12, 2024 the PPB Billiards Club traveled down to Quail Creek for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. We would play in Quail Creek’s billiard room equipped with familiar 9 foot Diamond Pro Am pool tables just like our tables. The PPB teams were Dave Parker/Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo/Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar /Jack “Crash” Hoverter, and Gary “One Rail” Barlow/Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu. The format was simple. Each of our teams would play each of their teams 3 games of 8-Ball with each game worth 1 point for the winning team. There were a total of 48 points in the match. The PPB was on fire in the firs...

The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) held their first Ladder Competition with 26 PPB Members participating. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo implemented and administered the PPB Ladder competition. The main reason for this competition was to increase head to head competition within the PPB Billiard Club. A simple explanation of how this ladder works is that a participant may challenge the person one or two places above them to a four out of seven 8-Ball match. If they win they take that person’s spot in the ladder. The Ladder started on 03/01/2024 and ran until 07/01/2024 when the field was split into two divisions. The “Willie Mosconi” division and the “Minnesota Fats” division. After splitting the field the competition continued within those two divisions until 08/26/2024. When the ladder competition finally ended the top four finishers from each division would be seeded (one plays four and two plays three to start) and compete in separate playoffs to determin...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday July 27, 2024 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. Thank you Stone Canyon Painting and Leah Kari Solutions for sponsoring this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double elimination. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 8-Ball singles. George “The “G” Man” Bone, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Bill Webster, Bob “O” Ogle, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Les Goins, Dan Solin, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Rich “Hide the Salami” Adinolfi, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, and we welcome Carlos Tejada, and Lisa Tejada two of our newest PPB members. Results: 1st – Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino – Finally Beat the “Snake”. 5 Wins 0 Losses 2nd – Tony “The Snake” Cardillo – Always in the M...

The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiards Club (PPB) had an informal singles competition against Sun City Oro Valley sponsored by Red Earth Tile & Stone on Tuesday July 16, 2024 at SCOV. The PPB would like to thank Sun City Oro Valley’s Billiard Club (SCOV), Sean Park 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. The PPB sent 4 players down to SCOV’s Catalina Vista Center for an 8-Ball Singles Challenge. We were competing on two 9 foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables and two 9 foot Brunswick Gold Crowns. Our team consisted of 4 players and SCOV also had 4 players ready to compete. The PPB teams consisted of Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar , and Jack “Crash” Hoverter. Our SCOV opponents were as follows: Sean Park, Marvin Brisbin, Charlie, and Larry. ...

The PPB would like to thank SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club (SBR), Jim Kauffman, and SBR’s billiards team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo PPB Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday April 27, 2024 the SBR’s Travel Team ventured down to SaddleBrooke for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. We were competing on four 9-foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables for temporary ownership of a Traveling Bronze Plaque that has been in the PPB’s possession since April 22, 2023. The PPB team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and SBR also had 4, 2 player teams. The PPB teams consisted of Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino and Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu and Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Dave Parker, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Gary “One Rail” Barlow. Our opponent’s teams from SBR were Karl “English” Knight and Jim Mabbot, Bill DuBois and Phil “The Fi...

The PPB would like to thank the ladies from Green Valley Recreation’s Billiard Club for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, friendly competition and a nice luncheon after the match at HOA1’s newly renovated RoadRunner Grill. Another thank you goes out to Tony Cardillo PPB Travel Team Director for organizing this first ever PPB’s ladies Travel Team competition. On Wednesday April 10, 2024 the GVR’s Ladies Travel Team ventured up to SaddleBrooke for an 8-Ball Team Challenge against the PPB ladies. They were competing for bragging rights. Our team was made up of 4 players and Green Valley also had 4 players. Our team consisted of Julie “Cutter” Ferguson, Diane Cleary, Romayne Trudo, and Venita Ransom. GVR’s team was made up of Marianne Bishop, Dot Byrer, Nancy Packman, and Gretchen Sziebert. The format was simple and interesting. Each of our ladies would play each of their ladies 3 games of 8-ball with each game won being 1 point for the winning team. There were a to...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted a 9-Ball singles pool tournament on Saturday March 30, 2024 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. The format was double elimination 9-Ball Singles Tournament. Thank you Rancheros Market for sponsoring this tournament to the tune of a special Gift Certificate for the first four finishers. 1st Place: 1 Cowboy Steak, 1 pack of tortillas, and 2 breakfast meals of your choice. 2nd Place: 2 breakfast meals of your choice. 3rd Place: 1 LB of Shrimp Ceviche and 1 pack of chips. 4th Place: 1 pack of chips and a salsa of your choice. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 14 players showed up to compete in the game of 9-Ball. Dick “The Visor” Titus, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, Bill Webster, Bob “O” Ogle, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Dave Parker, Dan Sollin, Russ Doering,...

The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiard Club (PPB) would like to thank Mission Royale’s Billiard Club (MRBC) and their President Brian Kjensmo for their pool table prowess, camaraderie and friendly competition. Another thank you goes out to Tony Cardillo PPB Travel Team Director for organizing this event. On Saturday March 09, 2024 the PPB Travel Team ventured up to the MRBC in Casa Grande for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. We were competing for temporary ownership of a traveling bronze plaque that has been in PPB’s possession since March 11, 2023. Our team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and MRBC also had 4, 2 player teams. Our teams consisted of Jack “Crash” Hoverter and Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu and Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, Fred “The Baker” Dianda and Bob “O” Ogle. The format was simple and interesting. Each of our teams would play each of their teams 3 games of 8-ball with each game w...

The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Board (PPB) orchestrated a Member Appreciation Happy Hour to honor their outstanding members and sponsors in the HOA!’s newly renovated RoadRunner Grill. The PPB hosted 57 members and two PPB Sponsors. PPB’s President Dick “Highlander” Dunbar started the program with a few upbeat words to the attending PPB members. Then Board Vice President Dominic “The Doctor” Borland recognized a couple sponsors. Joe Pate’s XPERT Auto has been sponsoring the PPB since its inception in February 2016. Shelly Smith representing XPERT Auto accepted a Certificate of Recognition from the PPB. Our next exceptional sponsor in attendance was Leah Kari of Leah Kari Solutions Inc. Leah has been with us since February 2018. Leah graciously accepted her framed certificate and indicated her support would continue and grow. Luis Lopez of Rancheros Market one of our newest sponsors was not present so Dominic will deliver his framed certificate to Luis. All three are tournam...

The PPB would like to thank Green Valley Recreation’s Billiard Club, and Tom Keller Travel Team Coordinator for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, friendly competition and a nice luncheon after the match at HOA1’s newly renovated RoadRunner Grill. Another thank you goes out to Tony Cardillo PPB Travel Team Director for organizing this event. On Saturday February 10, 2024 the GVR’s Travel Team ventured up to SaddleBrooke for an 8-Ball Team Challenge against the PPB. We were competing for temporary ownership of a traveling bronze plaque that has been in PPB’s possession since Saturday December 11, 2022. Our team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and Green Valley also had 4, 2 player teams. Our teams consisted of Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar and Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Gary “One Rail” Barlow and Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, and Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu. The format was simple and interest...

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted its 50th pool tournament on Saturday January 27, 2024 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. Thank you Rancheros Market for sponsoring this tournament to the tune of 6 Gift Cards! The format was double elimination 8-Ball Singles Tournament. Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 8-Ball. Dick “The Visor” Titus, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett, Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, Ron “Dblo7” Ridge, Bill Webster, Bob “O” Ogle, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Dave Parker, and Les Goins. Results: 1st – Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu – Outlasted Everyone! 6 Wins 1 Loss 2nd – Dave Parker – So Close! 4 Wins 2 Losses 3rd – Tony “The Snake” Cardillo – He’s Sti...

Tucson Parks and Recreation and Pain Institute of Southern Arizona presents the 39th annual Senior Olympic Festival. This festival is a celebration to promote fitness, health, and an active lifestyle among adults 50 years of age and older. Events include volleyball, billiards, bowling, bridge, racquetball, basketball shoot, pickleball, archery, golf, tennis, horseshoes, badminton, and so much more. On Wednesday January 23, 2024 the 8-Ball competition took place at Pockets Billiards in Tucson. The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) had 4 participants competing. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Dick “The Visor” Titus and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu. Phelps who was placed in the 80 to 84 years old bracket with 15 other competitors was ready to play! He cruised through the winner’s bracket all the way to the hill where he waited for someone to come through the loser’s bracket. After a 3 ½ half hour wait with never touching his cue stick...

The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiards Club (PPB) would like to thank Voyager’s Billiard Club, Ted Beery and Voyager’s billiard team for their cue skills, camaraderie, friendly competition and a cordial luncheon at Roadrunner Grill after the 8-Ball challenge. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, PPB’s Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday January 13, 2024 the Voyager’s Travel Team ventured over to SaddleBrooke’s Catalina Recreation Center for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. We were competing on four nine foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables for temporary ownership of a traveling bronze plaque. The PPB has had possession of the plaque since January 13, 2023. PPB’s team was made up of four, two player teams and Voyager also had four, two player teams. Our teams consisted of Fred “The Baker” Dianda and Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu and Joe “Fast Eddie” G...