Left to right: Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu 3rd Place, Billy “Las Vegas” Moran 2nd Place, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo 1st Place, and Jack “Crash” Hoverter 4th Place.
Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino
Dick Dunbar and the Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiard Club (PPB) have been a busy SaddleBrooke One Club in the month of August!
On Aug. 13, 30 PPB Members and guests gathered at Mi Tierra Mexican Restaurant for a sponsor appreciation luncheon. Our host Carolina Solorzano welcomed us with open arms and a shot of Tequila!
Then on Aug. 24 and 25, Justin Turner from SouthWest Billiards in Phoenix brought our four beautiful nine–foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables back to factory zero then leveled and recovered them in Simonis Tournament Blue 860 HR cloth, compliments of our own SaddleBrooke One. A big thank you goes out to SaddleBrooke One Board of Directors and our General Manager Vivian Timien for their continued support of the billiard community in SaddleBrooke and providing us with the best equipment in Southern Arizona!
Finally the Pool Players of The Brookes’ Billiard Club hosted a 9-Ball singles pool tournament on Aug. 29, in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This tournament was sponsored by our newest pool room sponsor, Stretch Zone 7352 N, Oracle Road 520–395-0753 Damien Cole. Thank you for your sponsorship. The format of this tournament was 9-Ball singles, race to two, double elimination.
Tournament Director was Joe Giammarino. The following field of 16 players showed up to compete in the game of 9-Ball: Dick “The Visor” Titus, Randy “Thin Man” Smith, Dick “Highlander” Dunbar, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar, Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Frank Powell, Billy “Las Vegas” Moran, Mike Heiberger, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, Al Weigel, Al Geelhaar, Gene Owen, Mark Erwin, and Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg.
Results:
1st: Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Undefeated! Five Wins, Zero Losses
2nd: Billy “Las Vegas” Moran, So Close and a Little Lucky! Six Wins, Two Losses
3rd: Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, In the Chase! Three Wins, Two Losses
4th: Jack “Crash” Hoverter, Got His Entry Back. Four Wins, Two Losses
Recap:
Tony Cardillo’s road to an undefeated record was as follows: Tony defeated in order: Joe Vidmar, Frank Powell, Lowell Hegg, Phelps L’Hommedieu and finally Billy Moran.
SaddleBrooke One Gift Card Winners: Joe Vidmar and Mike Heiberger
The PPB wants to thank all our participants. The 9-Ball Singles tournament started at 10:30 a.m. and lasted three hours 45 minutes with between 62 and 93 games of 9-Ball being played. We competed with friends that 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; Ridgeview Physical Therapy, Noel Chavez; Leah Kari Solutions Inc., Leah Kari; The Moore Advantage Team, Dorothy Moore; Stone Canyon Painting, Alex Stewart; State Farm, Jay Salazar; 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; Harn Legacy PLLC Est Planning, Wendy Harn; Desert Life Pharmacy, Brianne Spaeth; Stretch Zone, Damien Cole.