The Pool Players of the Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) held their first Ladder Competition with 26 PPB Members participating. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo implemented and administered the PPB Ladder competition. The main reason for this competition was to increase our head-to-head competition within the PPB Billiard Club. A simple explanation of how this ladder works is that a participant may challenge the person one or two places above them to a four out of seven 8-Ball match. If they win, they take that person’s spot in the ladder.
The Ladder started on Friday, March 1 and ran until Monday, July 1 when the field was split into two divisions. The “Willie Mosconi” division and the “Minnesota Fats” division. After splitting the field, the competition continued within those two divisions until Monday, August 26. When the ladder competition finally ended, the top four finishers from each division would be seeded (one plays four and two plays three to start) and compete in separate playoffs to determine the final positions in the divisions. The format of the Ladder playoffs was double elimination race to three 8-Ball, which was held on Tuesday, August 27.
Willie Mosconi Division: Ladder Top Four: First place — Dominic “The Doctor” Borland, second place — Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg,
third place — Dick “Highlander” Dunbar and fourth place — Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar.
First Round: Dominic vs Joe (Joe won 3-2) and Lowell vs Dick (Lowell won 3-0)
Second Round: Joe vs Lowell (Joe won 3-2) and Dick vs Dominic (Dominic won 3-1)
Third Round: Dominic vs Lowell (Dominic won 3-2)
Fourth Round: Dominic vs Joe (Dominic won 3-1)
Fifth Round: Dominic vs Joe (Dominic won 3-1)
Final Results: First place — Dominic, second place — Joe, third place – Lowell and fourth place — Dick
Congratulations to Dominic “The Doctor” Borland the Willie Mosconi Division Champion! W14-L8
Minnesota Fats Division: Ladder Top Four: First place — Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, second place — Jack “Crash” Hoverter,
third place — Fred “The Baker” Dianda and fourth place — Gary “One Rail” Barlow.
First Round: Tony vs Gary (Gary won 3 -1) and Jack vs Fred (Fred won 3-2)
Second Round: Tony vs Jack (Tony won 3-2) Fred vs Gary (Gary won 3-2)
Third Round: Tony vs Fred (Fred won 3-2)
Fourth Round: Gary vs Fred (Fred won 3-2)
Fifth Round: Gary vs Fred (Fred won 2-1)
Final Results: First place — Fred, second place — Gary, third place – Tony and fourth place — Jack
Congratulations to Fred “The Baker” Dianda the Minnesota Fats Division Champion! W13-L10
The PPB thanks Tony Cardillo for his efforts and all the participants for joining in the fun of head to head competition. RACK’EM UP!
For more information about our billiards club, email Joe Giammarino at jgpool@outlook.com.
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