Pool Players of The Brooke

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Saturday November 15, 2025 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was the second of five 8-Ball qualifiers for the PPB Club Championship. The PPB was the sponsor of 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, Jim Samlaska, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Bill Webster, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Fred “The Baker” Dianda, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Dick “The Visor” Titus, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Phelps “Montana” L'Hommedieu, Mike Collins, Mark Erwin, Randy “Nice Try” Smith, Russ “Long Shot” Doering, Rich “Dead Eye” Adinolfi, and Steve Wiley. Results: 1st – Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar – Undefeated! 5 Wins 0 Losses. 2nd – Tony “The Snake” Cardillo – So Close! 4 Wins 2 Losse...

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 08, 2025 the PPB’s Travel Team ventured down to SCOV’s Billiard Room for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo was the tournament director. We were competing on two 9 foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables and two 9-foot Brunswick 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 and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Mike Collins, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg and Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Randy “Nice Try” Smith and Jack...