The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) would like to thank Green Valley Recreation’s Billiard Club (GVR) and Tom Keller, GVR’s Travel Team Coordinator for their pool table prowess, camaraderie, friendly competition and a nice luncheon after the match at the Coyote Grill. Another thank you goes out to Tony Cardillo, our PPB Travel Team Director for organizing this event. On Saturday, February 8, the PPB’s Travel Team ventured down to GVR for an 8-Ball Team Challenge. The competition was being held in the GVR’s old golf cart garage converted into GVR’s new pool room which has 10 nine-foot Diamond ProAm pool tables. The PPB and GVR have a long history going back to our first match on Thursday, October 13, 2016, when the GVR taught us a big lesson! In fact, the first four times we met GVR in competition, they kept teaching us. The PPB did eventually learn their lesson as they have defeated GVR the last four times they’ve competed. We were competing for temporary ownership of a Traveling Bronze Plaque that has been in PPB’s possession since December 11, 2022. Our team was made up of four, two-player teams and GVR also had four, two- player teams. Our teams consisted of Jack “Crash” Hoverter and Tony “The Snake” Cardillo, Joe “Ball Breaker” Vidmar and Lowell “8-Ball” Hegg, Fred “The Baker” Dianda and Phelps “Montana” L’Hommedieu, and Dave Parker and Bob “O” Ogle.
The format was simple. Our four teams would play each of their four 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. GVR and PPB tied in the first round, at six games each. The second round went in favor of the PPB 7 to 5. Going into the third round the PPB was ahead 13 to 11. The third round was identical to the second round with the PPB on top by a 7 to 5 score. Going into the fourth and final round, the PPB was up 20 to 16. The PPB would need to win at least four games in the final round to get to 24 points and a tie to retain the Traveling Bronze Plaque. The PPB did just that by losing the final round by an 8 to 4 score. So, with the final score being the PPB 24 and GVR 24 the PPB takes the Traveling Bronze Plaque back home to mount on the wall in the CRC’s pool room and join the other seven plaques. Congrats to the Pool Players of The Brooke’s Billiards Club!
This event was a continuation of a friendly but fierce rivalry. SaddleBrooke is proud of their team and they thank GVR for hosting the PPB.
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