Pool Players of The Brooke’s Ladder Competition

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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 determine the final positions in the divisions. The format of the Ladder playoffs was double elimination race to three 8-Ball, which was held on Tuesday 08/27/2024. Willie Mosconi Division: Ladder Top Four: 1st Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, 2nd Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, 3rd Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, and 4th Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar. First Round: Dominic vs Joe (Joe won 3-2) and Lowell vs Dick (Lowell won 3-0) Second Round: Joe vs Lowell (Joe won 3-2) and Dick vs Dominic (Dominic won 3-1) Third Round: Dominic vs Lowell (Dominic won 3-2) Fourth Round: Dominic vs Joe (Dominic won 3-1) Fifth Round: Dominic vs Joe (Dominic won 3-1) Final Results: 1st Dominic, 2nd Joe, 3rd Lowell, 4th Dick Congratulations to Dominic “The Doctor” Borland the Willie Mosconi Division Champion! W14-L8 Minnesota Fats Division: Ladder Top Four: 1st Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, 2nd Jack “Crash” Hoverter, 3rd Fred “The Baker” Dianda, and 4th Gary “One Rail” Barlow. First Round: Tony vs Gary (Gary won 3 -1) and Jack vs Fred (Fred won 3-2) Second Round: Tony vs Jack (Tony won 3-2) Fred vs Gary (Gary won 3-2) Third Round: Tony vs Fred (Fred won 3-2) Fourth Round: Gary vs Fred (Fred won 3-2) Fifth Round: Gary vs Fred (Fred won 2-1) Final Results: 1st Fred, 2nd Gary, 3rd Tony, 4th Jack Congratulations to Fred “The Baker” Dianda the Minnesota Fats Division Champion! W13-L10 The PPB thanks Tony Cardillo for his efforts and all the participants for joining in the fun of head to head competition. RACK’EM UP! Joe Giammarino jgpool@outlook.com

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