Jim Padgitt
PebbleCreek Billiard Club members completed Early Spring competition in challenging eight-week 8-Ball and 10-Ball tournaments played in a demanding round-robin format.
Former Coloradan Harold Erker earned the 8-Ball Grand Championship title by winning 41 games and a total of 47 points (one point for each game won, plus 3-point bonus for each weekly mini-tournament victory).
Notching second and third place finishes in the 8-Ball event, respectively, were Clay Beeson (34 wins, 43 points) and Jim Sykes (28 wins, 34 points). Other 8-Ball competitors included Gary Weaver, Joe Armbruster, Jim Padgitt, Chuck Johnson, Mike Finnegan, and Pete Ischi.
As 10-Ball Ball Grand Champion, Chuck Johnson collected his Early Spring tournament triumph with 43 game wins and 52 total points. Runner-up was Joe Armbruster (36 wins, 39 points) with third place honors going to Jim Padgitt (34 wins, 34 points). Other 9-Ball competitors included Bill Wise, Mike Finnegan, Marv Schrock, Pete Ischi, and Clay Beeson.
For their efforts, Grand Championship winners Harold and Chuck earned discount gift cards to Goodyear’s popular BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse.
8-Ball tournament play convenes In the PC Billiard Room on Mondays at 2 p.m. 10-Ball tournaments are played Thursdays at 9 am. To join the PC Billiard Club, pick up membership information at the Billiard Room on the west side of the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse, just down the hallway from the Renaissance Theater entrance lobby.