Category: Sports

Bocce Bears and Bocce Knights capture Spring League titles

Bocce Bears 2016 Spring Day League Champions, left to right: Row 1: Bocce Association Statistician Carol Gwilt presents plaque to team members Bill Gavin, Captain; Row 2: Betty O’Con, Eleanor Cerny, Tony Monzo; Row 3: Dave O’Con, Kathy Weldon, Rudy Talts.; Row 4: Carole Leone, Joe Leone

Pat Milich The Bears are now in hibernation for the summer, a rest well-deserved after they attacked all of their opponents to emerge as winner of the 2016 Spring Day League Championship. On the night side, the Knights charged ahead undaunted, slaying the competition to take home the Spring Night League Title. The final standings…

PC Senior Softball Association holds awards banquet

Incoming PCSSA President Steve Ward presenting first place trophy to Jack Hogan (Team Manager) accepting for Augies. Augies players in background are Tom Petrizzio, Terry Ranta and Josh Rabinowitz

On April 8 over 270 players, spouses, sponsors and friends of the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association attended the 2016 annual Awards Banquet and after party dance following a successful season of play. League President Ken Johnson kicked off the event thanking all for their support over the past two years of his term. Ken then…

NIne reasons why you should play bridge

Kathy Bergman, PC Duplicate Sanctioned Bridge 1. Adventure: once you try it, you’ll never give it up. 2. Challenge: those who seek the highest level of mental stimulation move on to activities such as Bridge. 3. Entertainment: Bridge is the most entertaining and intelligent card game that witty individuals have so far devised. 4. Fascination:…

PCM9GA conducts Vice President’s tournament

PCM9GA current and new Board Members, left to right: Director of Golf Dave Eckert, outgoing Vice President Randy Prinz, outgoing President Rau Clements, Treasurer Bruce Hulbert, Incoming President Monte Page, incoming Vice President Mike D’Onofrio

Erv Stein Our PCM9GA 9 Holer Group, now in our twelfth year of activities, celebrated the outstanding activity accomplishments of our outgoing Vice President Randy Prinz and President Ray Clements by conducting a most unique Vice President’s Tournament on May 26 with about 60 of our enthusiastic members participating. This tournament was conducted at our…

Work like a D.O.G.

Susan Knox Wilson Jason Whitehill, PebbleCreek’s Director of Golf (D.O.G.), knows what it means to work hard; he’s been doing it for years. He worked hard in high school – on his grades and his golf game – worked his way through the University of Nebraska at Kearney on a golf scholarship, then started his…

PCLGA begins 2016-2017 season

Marilyn Reynolds On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, the PCLGA kicked off its season in conjunction with the International Women’s Golf Day. The ladies wore red/orange shirts to celebrate the worldwide sisterhood in the game of golf. Forty-seven lady golfers met at 7:00 a.m. to play a team game of Two Best Ball of Foursome. Spirits…

Tips From The Pro

Jason Whitehill Q. I have some old hickory shafted golf clubs. Are they worth anything? A. There are many hickory shafted clubs out there. Many heads were forged in Scotland and shipped to North America where club makers shafted them with local hickory. Average pricing runs around $15 per club, but there are some that…

Tennis Club news

Jerry Santy

Susie Anderson We call him by many names: Big Cheese, Prez, Grand Poobah, Supreme Highness, Hey You, Chief, Honey, King of Tennis, Dad and mostly friend. Jerry Santy is the hardest working and playing 82 year old that I know. I interviewed Jerry to capture his words of wisdom before he steps down from his…

PebbleCreek Lady Niners news

Club Officers: Jackie Voccola, treasurer, Melissa D’Onofrio, secretary, Patty Greene, vice-president, Lynn Bishop-Pidcock, president

Pat Kaer Installation of Officers On May 17, after golf, a ceremony was held to thank the outgoing officers and welcome the new board. Members were treated to a mimosa and a breakfast burrito in the Chianti Room before the ceremony. The new officers are President Lynn Bishop-Pidcock, Vice-President Patty Greene, Secretary Melissa D’Onofrio and…

5 tips for fast, fun golf

(Family Features) Most golfers would agree that speeding up pace of play makes the game, and their time spent on the links, more enjoyable. And they know the faster they play their way through nine or 18 holes, the more golf they can squeeze into their busy lives. To help golfers get through their rounds…