Shireen Kolarik The Quail Creek Pickleball Club recently hosted two Monday Night Football and Open Play Pickleball Socials for club members and their significant others. On Nov. 18 and Dec. 16 players and guests gathered at the new ramada and pickleball courts for open play pickleball from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. In between pickleball games,…
Mike Ohrel and Alphie Smith Eleven members of the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) met on Dec. 7 in the Billiards Room of the Madera clubhouse to play the game of 8-ball. An abbreviated double-elimination matchup allowed the competitors to finish right at lunchtime. After a first-match loss, a player is moved into a loser’s…
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Most players would benefit from playing within the rhythm or flow of the game or match they are in. Millions of competitive billiard players wanting to improve their winning percentage should consider the flow of the game or match. Let us first talk about the flow of a game. When I…
Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith Sometimes playing with friends makes a tournament successful. The Travel Team of the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) ventured to Voyager RV Resort in Tucson (Kolb Road, south of I-10) on Dec. 14. QCBC and Voyager competed together in the game of 8-ball. The outcome was Voyager, who won 28…
QCMGA 2-Man Shamble, November 26 GLD Flight: 1st Art Krasniewicz and Richard Willey 65, 2nd Clark Wilson and Gordon Bobillot 65, 3rd David Kromer and Jeff Guest 65 SIL Flight 1: 1st Dirk Ganser and Jay Allred 64, 2nd Mitchell Matheys and Alan Bravin 65, 3rd Joe Lynch and Gene Knox 66 SIL Flight 2:…
QCLGA ABCD Step Aside Scramble, December 5 Flight 1: 1st Jane Gibson, Susan Roberts, Connie Oljar, Julie Mocek; 2nd Kate Schwartz, Stacia Sower, Lisa Linnell, Sharon Bisping Flight 2: 1st Sherry Morris, Alicia Hiller, Anna Marie Karcher, Beth Davis; 2nd Alice Dyke, Susan McCune, Kelly Ladd, Betty Martens; 3rd Terri Bacon, Julie Jensen, Julia Fox,…