Pool Players of The Brooke

The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) has been in existence as an HOA1 sanctioned club since January 2016 and it has not had an 8-Ball Club Champion until now. In early 2024 the PPB’s Vice President Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu headed up a small committee to develop the process for accomplishing this objective. The PPB would hold five 8-Ball qualifying tournaments on the following Saturdays: Oct 25, 2024, Nov 16, 2024, Jan 25, 2025, Feb 28, 2025, and Mar 29, 2025. The PPB would apply a point system during these tournaments where the PPB members earned points for participation, wins, and position achieved. Once all the five qualifying tournaments were completed, the eight participants with the highest point totals competed in a two day tournament to decide the first PPB 8-Ball Club Champion. Thank you to the PPB’s Board for sponsoring this event, Randy “Nice Try” Smith our playoff referee, and the 80 PPB members who participated in the qualifying tournaments. No...

The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) held their second Ladder Competition with 20 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. Each challenge on the Ladder was a race to four 8-ball match. There were two divisions within the Ladder competition, Minnesota Fats division and the Willie Mosconi division. The Ladder started on 09/18/2024 and ran until 04/18/2025 with the divisional playoffs on Tuesday 04/22/2025. Minnesota Fats Division (MFD): The MFD participants were Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Dave Parker, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Randy “Nice Try” Smith, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Gary “One Rail” Barlow, and Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar. When the MFD ladder competition ended, Tony Cardillo, Joe Vidmar, and Jac...

The Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiard Club (PPB) held their annual Membership Appreciation Happy Hour event on April 1, 2025 in the Mountain View ballroom from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. PPB Founder Dominic “The Doctor” Borland was the Membership Appreciation Event Committee Chairman and also Master of Ceremonies. As the PPB Members entered they were presented with a PPB engraved commemorative ball point pen. Over one hundred members and spouses attended. Dominic “The Doctor” Borland started the event by issuing a heartfelt welcome to our members and their spouses. He also introduced attending sponsors Leah Kari of Leah Kari Solutions and Dorothy Moore, Lauren Moore, and Jim Bilwacks of The Moore Advantage Group. Shannon Morgenstern representing the Arizona Pain Care Center appeared later in the event. Then Dominic introduced PPB President Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar who delivered a welcome and more sponsor recognition. Next, Founder and designated PPB Historian Joe “Fast ...