Johnny Henson, Professor Pool I feel one of the main reasons players never reach their full playing ability is lapse of focus while playing. Every time you miss a shot when you are playing, think about the reason why you missed. Why did you fail to leave your cue ball where it needed to be…
Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On Sept. 19, the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) hosted CantaMia (CM) for an 8-ball competition at PebbleCreek’s Salerno Billiards Room, featuring two matches. The first match was a one-on-one series, with each of PCBC’s four players facing CM’s four players twice, for a total of 32 games. CM took an…
Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On Sept. 17, the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) welcomed the Buckeye Legends (BL) back for an 8-ball showdown at PebbleCreek’s Salerno Billiards Room. And, just like last month, PCBC took one match and BL took the other. But this time both matches were won by the slimmest of margins. The…
Fred Dresser Our last article dove into the history of the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA). This article will travel back to 1887 to look at how the game of softball actually started. George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, is credited with inventing softball in 1887. That year, Hancock gathered with…
Blair Dreyfus Well, we had a nice run going and then, just like life, KABLAM, the wheels fall off. I guess it isn’t that bad—but starting in November we will be using another reservation system because the one we were using went bye–bye. Of course, by the time you read this, the problem will have…
Erv Stein Our PebbleCreek Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) group, still with many of our snowbird members absent, conducted a most interesting once a year “Beat-the-Pros” Tournament on Sept. 25 at Tuscany Falls East. This event allows PCM9GA members to directly compete on a level playing field with our highly skilled and talented Pro Staff…