Pool Players of The Brooke

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...