Pool Players of The Brooke

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,...