Left to right: Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar and Rich “Dead Eye” Adinolfi
Joe Giammarino
On Wednesday, March 18,the Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiard Club (PPB) celebrated the club’s 10 years with a Member Appreciation Happy Hour. Over 115 sponsors, members, and better halves gathered in SaddleBrooke TWO’s Ballroom for the festivities. Diane Clary and Kathleen Dunbar greeted our members at the door, Diane took attendance, and Kathleen passed out commemorative koozies adorned with the PPB and XPERT Auto’s logos donated by XPERT Auto. Also, each PPB member received a free raffle ticket for the drawing.
Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu did a wonderful job moving the program along as our Master of Ceremonies. He introduced our two keynote speakers. First was Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino who outlined the history of the club from inception until today. Next up was Dominic “The Doctor” Borland who introduced and thanked our attending sponsors XPERT Auto, Leah Kari Solutions, Harn Legacy, Moore Real Estate, and Arizona Pain Care Center.
The highlight of the evening was a delightful video that was created by two of our creative members, Bill Fisher and Scott Whiting of B.S. Productions. It featured many PPB members playing pool and a short spoof of the movie The Hustler, starring Fred “The Baker” Dianda as Minnesota Fats and Dominic Borland as Fast Eddie Felson. Eleven minutes of nothing but fun! After the video, our featured actors Fred Dianda, Dominic Borland, Joe Giammarino, and our video producers Bill Fisher and Scott Whiting were all presented with Oscars!
Following the featured video, Rich “Dead Eye” Adinolfi and Dick “Pocket Blocker” Dunbar dished out some delicious hors d’oeuvres consisting of Beef Wellington sliders, various meatballs, vegetable trays, and numerous sweets for dessert. Manny Herrera soothed the crowd with his songs while we munched on the finger food.
The PPB members want to thank the PPB Board: Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar—secretary/treasurer, Phelps L’Hommedieu—vice president and last but far from least our president—Dick Dunbar along with his lovely wife Kathleen who put together a fantastic 10 year celebration for all PPB members and sponsors.
Prize Winners:
George “The “G” Man” Bone – Grand Prize—McDermott Cue, Case, Glove from PPB; Terry Gillis—Estate Planning Package from Wendy Harn; Phelps L’Hommedieu—Restaurant Gift Card from Debra Miller State Farm; Mike “The Lip” Collins—Restaurant Gift Card from Debra Miller State Farm; Tony Cardillo, Jay “Destroyer” Johnson, Lyn Moreno, and Dick “The Stick” Schroeder, Roger Beard, Bill Webster, Julie “Cutter” Ferguson, Lloyd Schmidt, Dick “The Visor” Titus—Gift Cards from PPB.
The PPB thanks all of our Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) pool room sponsors:
Expert Automotive—Joe Pate; Ridgeview Physical Therapy—Noel Chavez; Leah Kari Solutions Inc. —Leah Kari; The Moore Advantage Team—Dorothy Moore; Stone Canyon Painting—Alex Stewart; Harn Legacy PLLC Est Planning—Wendy Harn; Golf Cars of Arizona—Kiara Lange; Mi Tierra Mexican Restaurant—Carolina Solorzano; Rancheros Market—Luis Lopez; Arizona Pain Care Center—Dr Pletnik and Dr Patel; State Farm —Jay Salazar; Desert Life Pharmacy—Brianne Spaeth.