Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On Feb. 21, the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) and CantaMia (CM) faced off in a friendly but competitive billiards showdown, with matches held at both locations. At PebbleCreek, five PCBC players challenged four CM competitors in a series of 8-ball and 10-ball games. CM edged out a narrow victory in…
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April 2025, Sports
PCLGA Names Super-Seniors and Senior Champions for 2025!
Carole Schumacher The Battle of the Creek is a wrap! The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) honored Super Senior Girls (75+ years young), Senior girls (65-74), and invited the Juniors (under age 65) to join in the fun during the annual Super Senior Golf Tournament held for two days in February. The champions vied for…
April 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: You Can Learn a Lot by Watching Professional Matches from the Past
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool For the last few years most professional matches are played fast because of the use of the shot clock. At this increased speed it does not allow the watcher to really think out what they would do before the player shoots the next shot. Recently I have found that I learn…
April 2025, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: Resetting the Rally
David Zapatka You’re in a crosscourt dinking rally and your opponent continues to put you under pressure with consistent dinking that tries your patience. The rally becomes more difficult as your opponent pushes you closer to the sidelines with shots close to the net. How long can you dink like this? Is it a battle…
Sports, April 2025
Ninth Annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament!
Pam McWhorter The Ninth Annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament was an enormous success! Despite a weather hiccup of wind on Thursday, the tournament went off without a hitch. Club member Lisa Kellis posted that there were over 550 participants from multiple states and Canada. This large-scale competition gave players the opportunity to compete in 17 various…
Sports, April 2025
Ken Whitney and Albert Williams Are PCM9GA Match Tournament Champions
Erv Stein The first ever PCM9GA Match Play Tournament event concluded several weeks of competition on March 6 with both Ken Whitney and Albert Williams emerging as the surviving champions out of 64 initial PCM9GA participants. Most golf tournaments are conducted in the more common stroke play format with the winning player or team gross…
Sports, April 2025
Todd Henne Wins PCMGA Club Championship
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) Club Championship was won by Todd Henne. He shot a gross score of 225 in this three-day event. This PCMGA major tournament was held on Feb. 20, 22, and 27. A total of 141 players competed in 12 separate flights. Each flight played all three courses. The…
Sports, April 2025
Hole In One – April 2025
Jerry Fox Makes His Second Career Hole-in-One at Tuscany Falls East Howie Tiger On Jan. 31, Jerry Fox made a hole-in-one on hole number 4 of the Tuscany Falls East course. This was his second hole-in-one in 14 months after playing golf for over 45 years. When Jerry initially arrived at the 4th tee with…
Sports, April 2025
PebbleCreek Billiards Club New Developments
Blair Dreyfus, President As newly elected PebbleCreek Billiards Club president it is my privilege to alert everyone in our community to some very interesting developments for our club members and everyone who uses the tables provided for us. As of March 1, we now have an online reservation system. There are two ways to access…
Sports, April 2025
Recap of PC/Trilogy Match
Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On Feb. 18, eight members of the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) traveled to Peoria’s north side for a friendly doubles competition against players from Trilogy. The matches took place at the Kiva Club at Vistancia, which features three 9-foot Brunswick tables. The competition consisted of three “race to 8” 8-ball…