Play Your Best Pool: Three Simple Steps to Improving Your Game Johnny Henson, Professor Pool There are three things that can help every billiard player play much better in a short period of time 1. Players must realize that they can’t teach themselves. Books, videos, and the tip of the day from other players will…
Tag: Billiards Club
Sports, January 2026
Billiards Club Visits and Outshines Trilogy Again
Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On Nov. 18, 2025, members of the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) traveled to the Kiva Club in Vistancia, Peoria, Ariz., for a friendly inter-club competition against the Trilogy Billiards Club. Seven players from PebbleCreek and eight from Trilogy competed on three 9-foot Brunswick tables equipped with a fast cloth, which…
Sports, January 2026
Billiards Club President’s Message
Blair Dreyfus GOOD MORNING POOL PLAYERS! That actually works well if you can imagine Robin Williams’ voice intoning those words and remember the movie Good Morning, Vietnam—a favorite of mine. Anyway … I’m having a hard time believing that it’s been a year already and this article could be my last as our Billiards Club…
Sports, January 2026
CantaMia Billiards Club Ladies Edges PC in Thrilling Inter-Club Showdown
Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On Nov. 21, 2025, five ladies from the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) made their first-ever away match, traveling south for a friendly clash against four ladies from CantaMia (CM). The clubs played two spirited short-rack 8-ball singles matches that went right down to the wire. Short-rack 8-ball keeps the familiar…
Sports, December 2025
Billiards Club President’s Message
Blair Dreyfus I’m pleased to say that there’s not much to say this month as my first year as club president winds down. I only have a few items on my ‘To Do’ list, both long–term items that—fingers crossed—I can get done. If my fellow members vote me in for a second, and final, term.…
Sports, November 2025
CantaMia Pool Players Prevail over PebbleCreek in 8-Ball
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…
Sports, November 2025
Billiards Club President’s Message
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…
November 2025, Generals
Billiards Club Open House!
Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 15, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., in the Tuscany Falls clubhouse Salerno Room (the billiard room). * Door prizes! * Learn how to play 8-ball, 9-ball, and 10-ball. * Take a short lesson. If we get 10 new members, we’ll have a raffle for a cue stick. Fewer…
October 2025, Front Page
Staying Sharp with the Billiards Club
Blair Dreyfus Sometimes topics for my monthly president’s message just come to me naturally, like this one. I get funny looks from some of my fellow club members when I say competition is the best way to improve at our age. When we were younger and our hips and backs and legs allowed us to…
Sports, September 2025
A Rematch, Another Thriller
Dan Harris, travel team coordinator On July 18, the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) journeyed to CantaMia (CM) for an 8-ball rematch following their thrilling encounter at PebbleCreek on July 11. Once again, the competition went down to the wire, with the outcome undecided until the final shot after over four hours of intense but friendly…