Left to right: Joe Vidmar, Lowell Hegg, Phelps L’Hommedieu, Tony Cardillo, Dominic Borland, Randy Smith, Dave Parker, and Fred Dianda; not pictured: Rich Adinolfi, Dick Titus, and Dan Sollin
Joe Giammarino
The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) would like to thank the Sun City Oro Valley Billiards Club (SCOV), Robert Dufur, and SCOV’s billiards 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 Nov. 9 the SCOV Travel Team ventured up to the SaddleBrooke One 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, nine-foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables for temporary ownership of a traveling bronze plaque that has been in PPB’s possession since November of 2021. Our team was made up of four two-player teams, and SCOV also had four two-player teams. Our two-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” Adinolfi, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Dave Parker, Dan “Rambo” Sollin, and Randy “Nice Try” Smith. Three of PPB’s players were new to the Travel Team experience, and they performed exceptionally well at this level of competition. Thanks, Dan Sollin, Rich Adinolfi, and Dick Titus.
The format was simple. Each of our teams would play each of their teams three games of 8-ball, with each game worth one point for the winning team. There were a total of 48 points in the match. PPB won the first round 7 to 5. The second round was also won by PPB by a score of 9 to 3. After the second round, PPB was ahead 16 to 8. In the third round SCOV reversed the momentum and won the round 8 to 4. PPB went into the fourth and final round up by a score of 20 to 16. This meant that PPB only needed to win four games to secure the right to keep the traveling bronze plaque in SaddleBrooke for another year. SaddleBrooke’s PPB exceeded it, with a score of 6 to 6. The final score was 26 to 22, and PPB mounted the traveling bronze plaque back up on our wall! This event was a continuation of a friendly but fierce rivalry with SCOV. SaddleBrooke is proud of their team, and they thank SCOV for competing in this Travel Team Match. After the match, the billiards clubs met at the RoadRunner Grill for lunch and some friendly banter.
Stone Canyon sponsor’s gift: Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, again!
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