Left to right: Lowell Hegg, Phelps L’Hommedieu, Tony Cardillo, Joe Vidmar, Mike Collins, Fred Dianda: not pictured: Jack Hoverter, Randy Smith
Joe Giammarino
Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) would like to thank the Sun City Oro Valley (SCOV) Billiards Club, 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. 8 the PPB Travel Team ventured down to SCOV’s Billiards 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 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 and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo and Mike Collins, Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg and Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, and Randy “Nice Try” Smith and Jack “Crash” Hoverter. A big welcome to Mike Collins as he made his initial appearance on the PPB Travel Team. Welcome, Mike!
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 won by SCOV, also by a score of 7 to 5 to tie the match at 12 to 12. In the third round PPB turned the heat up and beat SCOV 9 to 3. PPB went into the fourth and final round up by a score of 21 to 15. This meant that PPB only needed to win three games in the fourth round to secure the right to keep the traveling bronze plaque in SaddleBrooke for another year. SaddleBrooke’s PPB fourth round score duplicated the third round score of 9 to 3. The final score was 30 to 18, 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 Views restaurant for lunch and some friendly banter.
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