Left to right: Dave Parker, 2nd place; Ron Ridge, 4th place; Phelps L’Hommedieu, 1st place; Tony Cardillo, 3rd place
Joe Giammarino
The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) Billiards Club hosted its 50th pool tournament on Jan. 27 in the SaddleBrooke One Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. Thank you, Rancheros Market, for sponsoring this tournament to the tune of six gift cards! The format was a double-elimination 8-ball singles tournament.
The tournament director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 8-ball: Dick “The Visor” Titus, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Tom “Blind Squirrel” Barrett, Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, Gary “One Rail” Barlow, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Ron “Dblo7” Ridge, Bill Webster, Bob “O” Ogle, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Dave Parker, and Les Goins.
Results:
1st: Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu; he outlasted everyone! (6 wins, 1 loss)
2nd: Dave Parker; so close! (4 wins, 2 losses)
3rd: Tony “The Snake” Cardillo; he’s still hanging around! (5 wins, 2 losses)
4th: Ron “Dblo7” Ridge; good showing in a tough field! (3 wins, 2 losses)
Recap:
Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu has been on a roll this week—first by winning a gold medal in his age bracket at the 39th Annual Southern Arizona Senior Olympics on Jan. 23 at Pockets Billiards in Tucson; then on Jan. 27, he bested a field of 16 PPB 8-ballers at the CRC’s Pool Room in SaddleBrooke One. His road to triumph started by defeating, in order, Gary Barlow, Dick Dunbar, and Lowell Hegg. Dave Parker was Phelps’ next opponent, and Dave got the best of Phelps and sent him to the loser’s bracket. While in the loser’s bracket, Phelps went on to beat Tony Cardillo to get another chance at Dave Parker. Phelps would have to defeat Dave twice to take the top prize since Dave was undefeated on the hill. Phelps won the first match to set up the finals against Dave. Phelps would not be denied, as he sent Dave packing to second place. Congrats, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu!
Sponsors’ gift winners: Randy Smith and Dick Titus
The PPB wants to thank all our participants. The 8-ball singles tournament started at 1 p.m. and lasted four and a half hours, with more than 40 games of 8-ball being played. We competed with friends who have a shared passion. That is a good day! Rack’em up!
The PPB thanks all our CRC Pool Room sponsors:
Expert Automotive, Joe Pate
Medicare Solutions by Leah Kari
Stone Canyon Painting, Alex Stewart
Golf Cars of Arizona, Kiara Lange
State Farm, Jay Salazar
Modern Design Landscaping, Chuck Luce
Ridgeview Physical Therapy, Noel Chavez
Rancheros Market, Luis Lopez