Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Let me offer a piece of advice that can save you a lot of frustration and help you stay motivated on your journey to improvement. Anytime you take a lesson or begin working on a new skill, real improvement rarely happens immediately. In fact, it’s very common for your performance to…
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July 2026, Sports
Billiards Club Overwhelms Sundance Again in 8-Ball Matchup
Dan Harris, Travel Team Coordinator On June 9, the Sundance Billiards Club from Buckeye traveled to PebbleCreek’s Salerno Billiards Room for an inter-club matchup against the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC). As with their previous match-ups, PCBC again proved to be unstoppable, sweeping both matches with a decisive 32-9 victory in games won. The morning kicked…
July 2026, Sports
Billiard Club President’s Message
Blair Dreyfus Here we go again! I swear I just wrote an article for the Post yesterday. Have you noticed how quickly time passes by nowadays? When we were younger it took forever for our birthday to come around. Now … didn’t I have one two months ago? Sure seems that way! The only good…
Sports, July 2026
Billiards Club Falls to CantaMia in a Thrilling Nail-Biter
Dan Harris, Travel Team Coordinator The PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) hosted the CantaMia (CM) Billiards Club on Friday, June 5 for an intense morning of singles 8-ball at PebbleCreek’s Salerno Billiards Room. Four players from each side faced off in two competitive formats, delivering edge-of-your-seat action right down to the final rack. CantaMia edged out…
July 2026, Sports
Billiards Club Ladies Split Matches with CantaMia in Spirited Inter-Club Showdown
Dan Harris, Travel Team Coordinator On May 21, four skilled players from CantaMia (CM) traveled here to PebbleCreek to take on five members of the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) for two lively afternoon hours of short-rack 8-ball. The clubs split two team matches, but PCBC edged the overall game count 14-11 in a display of…
Sports, July 2026
Kick Off for the 2026–27 Pickleball Season
A Journey Through Community, Connection, and the Courts Every pickleball season tells a story—a story of new partnerships, friendly rivalries, early morning practices, and the unmistakable sound of paddles echoing across both the north and central courts. As we look ahead to the 2026–27 season, we invite players, families, and fans to view this year…
July 2026, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: Improve Your Pickleball Dinking Techniques
David Zapatka The dink is pickleball’s most nuanced shot, deceptively simple to learn, endlessly deep to master. While beginners treat it as a stopgap between rallies, advanced players weaponize it. Here’s how to transform your dinking game from passive to dominant. Elite dinks share three qualities. They land in the kitchen, stay low over the…
July 2026, Sports
Reno, NV, Softball Champions—80’s Group
Don Belonax It was cold, windy, and raining for four of the five games played over three days. Three of our PebbleCreek residents, Ron Flathers, Greg Archer, and Don Belonax, were a part of the Champion team called Git-R-Done, the rest of the players were from California. All of us had to leave on Memorial…
July 2026, Sports
Bill Segal Tribute Gathering
On June 2, exactly one year after Bill Segal’s unexpected passing, 13 people gathered at the North pickleball courts in his honor. As many PebbleCreek pickleballers know, there is a special donated table with an attached “Bill Segal Memorial Plaque” located at the North courts. Huddling around the table and consuming special beverages and foods,…
July 2026, Sports
Hole in One – July 2026
Another Ace for Claudia Tiger Claudia Tiger and Amber Rivera The golf gods were smiling on Claudia Tiger on Saturday, May 23, 2026, when she recorded a hole-in-one on Eagle’s Nest No. 8. Playing 132 yards from the white tees into a slight breeze, Claudia pulled out her 5-wood and struck what she knew was…