Dan Harris, Travel Team Coordinator Following a modest start with just a handful of inter-community matches in 2024, the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) travel teams enjoyed a breakout year in 2025, engaging in spirited competition against other communities across the West Valley and forging many new friendships in the process. The teams participated in 33…
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Sports, February 2026
Billiards Club Prevails over CantaMia Again
Dan Harris, Travel Team Coordinator On Dec. 12, 2025, the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) and CantaMia Billiards Club (CM) faced off in an exciting series of 8-ball matches, split between the two communities’ venues. Four players from each club traveled to the opponent’s home tables, fostering a day of intense competition and friendly camaraderie. The…
Sports, February 2026
Billiards Club Ladies Split Matches with CantaMia
Dan Harris, Travel Team Coordinator On Dec. 18, 2025, four ladies from CantaMia (CM) traveled here for a friendly clash against four ladies from the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC). After sharing lunch and having plenty of laughs, the clubs squared off in two short-rack 8-ball singles matches, and each club won one match. Overall, CM…
January 2026, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: Three Simple Steps to Improving Your Game
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…
January 2026, Sports
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…
January 2026, Sports
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…
January 2026, Sports
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…
December 2025, Sports
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…