Pool Players of The Brooke

The Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Scotch Doubles tournament on Saturday June 20, 2026 in HOA1’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room sponsored by Debra Miller and State Farm. Debra Miller is one of the PPB’s latest tournament sponsors and we gratefully thank Debra for her generosity, support and confidence in the PPB. The format of this 8-Ball Scotch Doubles Tournament was single game, double elimination. The Scotch Doubles format is where you and your partner take alternate shots until one of you misses then your opponents take alternate shots. Tournament Directors were Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommediue. The field of thirty-two players was split into “A” and “B” groups. The method for creating the two groups was partially based on the PPB’s Skill Rating and partially based on the players’ past performance. Then the “B” players’ group would randomly draw a name from the “A” players’ group to form 16 s...

The PPB thanks the SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club (SBR), Jim Kauffman, and SBR’s billiards team for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, and friendly competition. Another big THANK YOU goes out to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo PPB’s Travel Team Captain for organizing this event. On Saturday May 30, 2026 the SBR’s Travel Team ventured up 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 SBR’s possession since July 26, 2025. The PPB team was made up of 4, 2 player teams and SBR also had 4, 2 player teams. The PPB teams consisted of Tony “The Snake” Cardillo/Mike “The Lip” Collins, Fred “The Baker” Dianda/Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Randy “Nice Try” Smith/Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommidieu/Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar. Our opponent’s teams from SBR were Karl “English” Knight/Jim Mabbott, Robert Blackburn/Kurt Warner, Keith Vincent/Tim Conno...