The Pool Players of the Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) has been in existence as an HOA-1 sanctioned club since January 2016 and it has not had an eight-Ball Club Champion until now. In early 2024, the PPB’s Vice President Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu headed up a small committee to develop the process for accomplishing this objective. The PPB would hold five eight-Ball qualifying tournaments on the following Saturdays: October 25, 2024, November 16, 2024, January 25, 2025, February 28, 2025 and March 29, 2025. The PPB would apply a point system during these tournaments where the PPB members earned points for participation, wins, and position achieved. Once all the five qualifying tournaments were completed, the eight participants with the highest point totals competed in a two-day tournament to decide the first PPB Eight-Ball Club Champion. Thank you to the PPB’s Board for sponsoring this event, Randy “Nice Try” Smith our playoff referee, and the 80 PPB members who participated in the qualifying tournaments. Now, let’s move on to the pool action…
Quarter Finals The top eight-point totals competed in the quarter finals held on Wednesday, April 23. This was a seeded competition where the highest point total competes against the lowest point total, the second highest point total will compete against the second lowest point total, etc. Each match was a race to three, best two out of three sets. The four quarter final participants who moved on to the Semi-Finals are in bold.
Quarter Final Matches1). Dave Parker vs. 8). Dick Dunbar N/A 7). Phelps L’Hommedieu vs. 2). Joe Vidmar 7 wins, 4 losses 6). Dominic Borland vs. 3). Jack Hoverter 6 wins, 3 losses
4). Bill Webster vs. 5). Tony Cardillo 6 wins, 3 losses
Semi-Finals The semifinals were held on Saturday, April 26 at 9:30 a.m. Again, this was a seeded competition. The semi-finals were a race to two, best two out of three sets. The two winners (labeled In Bold) of the semi-finals moved on to the finals.
Semi Final Matches: Dick Dunbar vs. Joe Vidmar 4 wins, 2 losses
Jack Hoverter vs. Tony Cardillo 4 wins, 0 losses
FinalsThe finals were a race to five. The winner (labeled In Bold) of the final race to five match is the PPB’s 2025 Eight-Ball Club Champion.
Final Match Joe Vidmar vs. Tony Cardillo 5 wins, 2 losses
Pool Players of the Brooks’s Club Champion, Tony “The Snake” Cardillo has received the personal traveling trophy in the picture. Tony will also be acknowledged by this engraved entry, “Tony Cardillo” above “2025” on a plaque to be mounted on the CRC’s Billiard Room’s north wall. Congratulations to Tony “The Snake” Cardillo who was obviously the best PPB pool player throughout the Pool Players of the Brooke Billiard Club’s first Eight-Ball Club Champion playoff competition with combined record of 15 Wins and 5 Losses!
RACK’EM UP!
For more information about Pool Players of the Brooke, send an email to Joe Giammarino at jgpool@outlook.com.
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