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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…