Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) vs SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club (SBR)

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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 Fixer” Jelleff, Bruce Keller and Gene Renner, Tim Connolly and Peter Bratz. SBR also brought along these alternate players Jim Kauffman, Keith Vincent, and Robert Blackburn. 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. The first round score was 9 to 3 in PPB’s favor. The second round went to the PPB with a score of 8 to 4 so, the score after 2 rounds was the PPB ahead of SBR by a score of 17 to 7. In the third round the SBR won the round with a score of 7 to 5. Now after the third round the PPB was ahead by 22 to 14 over SBR. The PPB went into the final round up by 8 points and would have to win 2 games out of the 12 available in Round 4 to keep possession of the Traveling Bronze Plaque. The PPB turned it up and won the round by a score of 7 to 5 to win the match by a final score of 29 to 19. We again had a chance to play for the Traveling Bronze Plaque that will go right back up on the wall in the Catalina Recreation Center billiard room. We enjoy seeing and visiting with our neighbors from 5 miles up Oracle Road at SaddleBrooke Ranch. This event was a continuation of a friendly but fierce rivalry. SaddleBrooke is proud of their team and they thank SBR for being such gracious guests. We relish our win and will once again enjoy the Traveling Bronze Plaque on our wall. Our PPB’s Travel Team celebrated their win by gathering at the RoadRunner Grill for lunch after the 8-Ball Challenge. Joe Giammarino jgpool@outlook.com

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