Alphie Smith November was a very busy month for the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC). Not only did members participate in two tournaments, but they had a QCBC Pizza Social and held an Open House in the Billiards Room at the Madera clubhouse. The Pizza Social was held in the late afternoon at the pickleball…
Skip Jones and Alphie Smith The Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) held its monthly in-house tournament on Oct. 4 in the Billiards Room at the Madera clubhouse. The field consisted of 10 players. Bob “Bobbo” Baker won the tournament in fine fashion by defeating Terry Haggart in the final. Baker was the final player on…
Skip Jones and Alphie Smith The Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) played its monthly in-house tournament on Aug. 2. The game was 10-ball. Eleven players signed up for the tournament. The format was double elimination; best of two games out of three in the winner’s bracket and sudden death in the one-loss bracket. The final…
Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith In-house tournaments for the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) have continued this summer. The latest one was held on July 5 in the Billiards Room of the Madera clubhouse. 9-ball was the game of the month, and 12 QCBC members participated. As play progressed between the 12 players, 10 were…
Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith The Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) held its monthly in-house tournament on May 3 in the Billiards Room at the Madera clubhouse. Eleven QCBC members competed in the 10-ball tournament. The game of 10-ball requires that the player who pockets the 10-ball, after all other balls are pocketed, is the…
Skip Jones and Alphie Smith The latest Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) in-house tournament was held in the Billiards Room at the Madera clubhouse on April 12 at 8:30 a.m. Eleven members competed in the game of 9-ball. Manny Quijada emerged as the victor. The format for the tournament was double elimination. Matches were best…
Alphie Smith When the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) reached out to the Quail Creek community offering beginning pool lessons, there was a very favorable response. QCBC conducted Billiards 101 classes, which covered fundamentals in stance, grip, bridge, and stroke. Instruction was given on April 15, April 22, and May 1. More than 24 residents…
Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith On April 5 the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) hosted Rincon West in the Billiards Room of the Madera clubhouse. For both teams it was their last 8-ball tournament of the season in the Southern Arizona Billiards League. QCBC triumphed, with 30 games to Rincon West’s 18 games. QCBC came…
Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith Fifteen members of the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) competed in the March 1 in-house tournament. This month, the popular game of 8-ball was played. New Quail Creek resident and new QCBC member Jay Quackenbush was the winner overall. Mike Ohrel, a longtime QCBC member, was the runner-up. Quackenbush joined…
Skip Jones and Alphie Smith The Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) held its monthly in-house tournament on Feb. 1. The challenging game of 10-ball was played. Congratulations to Pat Nigro, the winner, and to Art Lynch for coming in second. A field of 15 members played a double-elimination tournament. Play commenced at 8:30 a.m., and…