Jim Padgitt Highly skilled PebbleCreek (PC) Billiard Club members have completed another season of 8-Ball and 9-Ball tournaments in the PC Billiard Room. Both are 8-week, round-robin events played as part of the club’s year-round pocket billiards series. At the close of the late fall season, Harold Erker earned his 8-Ball Grand Championship title by…
Category: Sports
Sports, January 2024
Niners Welcome Snowbirds, Veterans, and Aces
Ken Whitney The PebbleCreek Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) held its “Welcome Back Snowbirds” tournament on Nov. 2. Nineteen four-man teams played a “Step Aside Scramble” on the front and back nines of the Eagle’s Nest course. In this format all team members hit a drive and putted, but otherwise the member with the best shot…
January 2024, Sports
PCLGA Member Guest Committee Is Working on the Travel Itinerary!
Carole Schumacher Do you love to explore? Celebrate new sites and sounds? Go on adventures? What’s your favorite mode of travel? Airplane, ship, boat, train, auto, RV, motorcycle, golf cart? Most of us travel somewhere, sometime. We leave PebbleCreek and explore other places. We spend weeks, maybe months on the road or away from here.…
January 2024, Sports
The Final Four Tournament
Pam McWhorter The Pickleball Club’s Final Four Tournament was held Nov. 16, 17, and 19. There were lots of great pickleball matches and enthusiastic crowds. Ladies kicked off the event on Thursday with a full day of challenging matches and exciting wins, not to mention all those stylish outfits. Looking good, ladies! Men took the courts on Friday.…
January 2024, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: How to Get Your Pool Game in Shape
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Are you looking for an easy way to get your game in shape to move your game to the next level? To have a great game there are no quick fixes.A new cue tip or even a new cue might make you feel, for a short period of time, that your game…
January 2024, Sports
PebbleCreek Billiard Club Winners
Johnny Henson The PebbleCreek Billiard Club Player of the year for 2024 is Bob Macy with more tournament wins than any other player. Congratulations, Bob—it is well deserved. November tournament winners were: Monday noon 8-Ball tournament: Ken Copps (x2), Blair Dreyfus Tuesday 8 a.m. 8-Ball tournament: Mark Mecklenburg (x2), Lynn Warren, Bob Macy Wednesday 2 p.m.…
January 2024, Sports
PCMGA Recognizes Its Most Active Players for the 2023 Season
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) conducts friendly golf competitions every Thursday for its members, except in October, during overseed. The formats vary each week and include scrambles, best balls, goofy golf, and several major events played on all three of our PebbleCreek courses. Participation in these competitions by PCMGA members is the…