Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Why are many of the top 100 professional players in the world ranked there year after year, while many other great players never achieve that upper level of success? It is the same reason why most of the top amateur league and tournament players are ranked at the top year after…
Tag: Billiard Club
September 2025, Sports
Billiard Club President’s Message
Blair Dreyfus I can’t believe that it’s been a month already and I’m searching for topics for my monthly President’s message. The only thing that comes to mind is damn it’s hot! This is my first summer here since I retired. I had been going back to the East Coast to spend summer there with…
Sports, August 2025
Ken Copps, Joe Armbruster Win Scotch Doubles Tourney
Jim Padgitt PebbleCreek Billiard Club members have completed the second early summer season of their Scotch Doubles League. Scotch Doubles is 8-Ball with players alternating pool shots during their time at the table. Points are awarded on the number of game wins players accumulate during the 8-week, race–to-6 win tournament format. This season, Ken Copps…
July 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: Things to Consider When Buying a New Cue Stick or Shaft
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Over the years cue sticks have evolved a lot. In 1978 I was playing with house sticks in the local pool hall in Big Spring, Texas, when the owner encouraged me to order a cue from a friend of his in Colorado Springs, Colo. His name was Bill Stroud, the owner…
May 2025, Sports
Billiard Club President’s Message
Blair Dreyfus I’m going into my fourth month as the PebbleCreek Billiard Club president and I am looking forward to the rest of the year. I went into this endeavor with a list of quite a few things that I wanted to accomplish. So far we’ve gotten our website up and running. We’ve initiated an…
April 2025, Sports
Jim Sykes, Joe Armbruster Win 8-Ball and 10-Ball Tournaments
Jim Padgitt PebbleCreek Billiard Club members have wrapped up Winter competition with challenging eight-week 8-Ball and 10-Ball tournaments played in a demanding round-robin format. Former Ohio Buckeye Jim Sykes earned the 8-Ball Grand Championship title by winning 51 games and a total of 57 points. (One point for each game won, plus 3-point bonus for…
Sports, February 2025
Harold Erker and Joe Armbruster Win 8-Ball, 10-Ball Tourneys
Jim Padgitt Two skilled PebbleCreek (PC) Billiard Club players captured Grand Championship honors with recently concluded 8-Ball and 10-Ball tournaments. Both tourneys are extended 8-week events played in a demanding round-robin format. Harold Erker earned this season’s 8-Ball Grand Championship by winning 49 games and a total of 58 points. (One point is awarded for…
February 2025, Sports
Billiard Club Monthly Tournament Winners
Johnny Henson Player of the month for December 2024 was Lynn Warren with 3 wins. King of the Hill was Johnny Henson. The Player of the Year for 2024 is Lynn Warren. Other December results: Monday noon to 2 p.m. 8–Ball tournament: No tournaments Tuesday 8 a.m. to noon 8–Ball tournament: Lynn Warren (x3), Dan…
January 2025, Sports
Billiard Club Monthly Tournament Winners
Johnny Henson Players of the month for November 2024 were Rene Lefebvre with 5 wins and Blair Dreyfus with 4 wins. King of the Hill was Johnny Henson. Monday noon to 2 p.m. 8-Ball tournament: Rene Lefebvre (x3), Johnny Henson Tuesday 8 a.m. to noon 8-Ball tournament: Lynn Warren (x2), Dan Harris, Bill Frustaglia Wednesday…
December 2024, Sports
Billiard Club Monthly Tournament Winners
Johnny Henson Here are the Billiard Club monthly tournament winners for October. Players of the Month were Bob Macy, Mark Mecklenburg, and Johnny Henson, all with three wins each. King of the Hill was Johnny Henson. Monday noon to 2 p.m. 8-Ball tournament: Harold Erker, Rene Lefebvre, Blair Dreyfus Tuesday 8 a.m. to noon 8-Ball…