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Play Your Best Pool: Practice with a Purpose

Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Are you a player struggling to improve your billiards game? If so, do you find it hard to differentiate between practicing and playing? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you’re not alone. As a coach and mentor to many students, I feel the lack of true focus…

Play Your Best Pool: Investing in Your Billiard Game

Johnny Henson, Professor Pool If you consider your billiard game as an investment, it is essential to ensure that you are getting a good return on your investment. As you invest a considerable amount of time, effort, and money into playing billiards, it is always advisable to invest in professional billiard instruction to improve your…

Pool Players of the Brooke celebration dinner

Left to right: Jim Morris, artist, Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Dominic “The Doctor” Borland

Dominic Borland Pool Players of The Brooke held a dinner for their 2016 members on Thursday, January 12, 2017, in the Vistas Dining Room. The evening was a celebration of our club’s first year in existence and the potentially bright future for billiards in our community. In 2016 The Pool Players of The Brooke billiards…

Pool players of the Brooke vs Mission Royale’s Billiards Club

Left to right: Dominic Borland holding the travel plaque, Steve Speckhart and Joe Giammarino

Joseph F. Giammarino First we would like to thank Mission Royale and Steve Speckhart, president of the Mission Royale Billiards Club, for their hospitality, competition, hot coffee and delicious cookies. Another big thank you goes out to Dominic Borland, vice president of the Pool Players of the Brooke, for organizing this event and making sure…

Pool Players of the Brooke news and events

Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland “Pool Players of the Brooke” want to thank our generous sponsors Sunny Side Up Café and Hardin Brothers Automotive in Catalina. On October 1, 2016 the Pool Players of the Brooke hosted an 8-Ball Singles Tournament at the SaddleBrooke Billiard Center. Tournament directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. The…

Pool Players of the Brooke: Paul ‘Bankster’ Callas plays perfect against field of 18

Left to right: Bruce Fink, second place; Larry Tipton, fourth place; Paul “Bankster” Callas, first place; Tom “Half Jacket” Barrett, third place. Lurking in the background is Dominic “The Doctor” Borland sitting in his very familiar chair.

Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland Pool Players of the Brooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club want to thank SaddleBrooke Ranch and our generous sponsors Tractor Supply Co. and Chuy’s Mesquite Broiler. On August 6, 2016 the SaddleBrooke Ranch hosted its fourth 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. The following strong field…

Tom and Joe simply waltz to a Scotch Doubles championship

Left to right: Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino, Tom “Ski” Kaliski, Paul “Bankster” Callas and John “Hole in One” McKinney

We would like to thank our generous sponsors: La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, Xpert Automotive in Catalina and Temperature Control Inc. On April 30, 2016 Pool Players of the Brooke hosted a Scotch Doubles 8-Ball Tournament. The tournament directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. The following field of 14 players gathered to play competitive 8-Ball,…