The Villages Billiards Club

Don't want to make a weekly committment to a league but would like to play 9 ball once in a while?

This opportunity may be for you!

Lynne Burke's Tuesday afternoon team 9 ball league is looking for subs. Teams are made of of 3 players who play 3 games with each opposing team member eac...

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The Cup Match Events Schedule for 2023 has been determined!

ADVANCED VBC PLAYERS MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The Feeney & Ladies Cup Tournaments are the VBC's Permiere Tournam...

2022 Men's & Women's Invitational Report

Congratulations to the American "Red" Teams who ruled the Invitational event this year!

Captains Joe Conway & Nita Swift led their teams to victory with total team scores of 22 and 11 respectively. National "Blue" Team captains were ...

The 2021 Invitational matches were a nail biter!

Congratulations and Thank You to ALL who played, volunteered, and donated to make this event a success!

Men's Results:

After day one, the men were in a dead tie. Day two brought the Blue Nationals a tough day in the 9 ball doubles leaving the red team ahead by a 13 to 11 spread. The Nationals came back on day three and dominated the 9 ball singles...

The Education Program has been VERY WELL received and I have gotten some great feed back! It's a pleasure when we can offer something that is so well enjoyed! 

Classes are small for optimal learning and they have been filling fast with a long wait list! Thanks to the players/members who are helping with this effort! Greg Shearer, Mark Snodgrass, Jim Vicarro & Phil Leduc.

Since classes have ...

The Villages has grown by leaps & Bounds and we keep asking how far south it wil go!

As a result here are some opportunities to learn about BIlliards and play:

• FIRST - Thursday, Oct 14th at 2pm at Everglades Recreation, I will be giving a presentation on Billiards in the Villages to let residents know about the many opportunities there are to play our beloved sport!

Our NEW VBC education program is underway with the first three workshop notices out and filled!

If you didn't get in or missed them? No worries. Classes are small for optimal learning but each offering will be repeated thanks to the gracious volunteers who have committed to teaching as long as there is interest in classes through April.

Keep you eye out for the email notices that go out on Tuesday m...

We have ALL been enjoying going without masks and going about life Covid free since our Villages vaccination rates are so high!

BUT, I have been hearing of more cases since vaccines, and the reduction of masking and concern for social distancing has relaxed. We have four known cases that I have heard of in the last week within our membership. That's more in one week than I ever heard during masking and lockdown! FYI - Two of the 4 people ...

Mike Fitzgerald organizes and teaches the VERY POPULAR W's beginner and novice billiards class on Saturday mornings at Big Cypress from 9:30 - 11:30am with the help of Ken Boguski. She is looking for a more advanced woman player to help these ladies learn and enjoy the game. IF you are interested in helping out, even if it's a few times a month that would be great! Maybe a few will step up and a scehdule can be worked out to help our novice and newbie women players learn to enj...

A few spots remain for the "Friday Nite Special" M's A/B doubles Tourney on Friday Sept 17th. This will be a round robin doubles event (not scotch). Group will be laddered to the best of our ability and B players will random draw for partners. Check in is at 4pm - 4:15pm at LaHa with start at 4:30 or sooner if all are checked in. Donation is $5pp to be paid out to the top 4 places, 40%, 30%, 20%, 10%.

DON't WAIT! Email Gale at thevi...

I often hear women ask if there is any place they can go to play with other novice women.

IF you are a novice woman billiards player looking for opportunities to play with other women of you skill level there are THREE options for you:

1. Mondays - Silver Lake 9am - 11am - This used to be an Intermediate group but  the rec dept. has changed it to an opportunity for Novice Women. Pladies wh...

The VBC runs the Al Parker Tournament on the third Thursday of every month. After 11 months of play, the 16 players with the most cummulative wins for the year are invited to play in an annual Championship. Each players gets an APT t-shirt. Top 4 places receive cash prizes with the top prize at approximately $100. The new annual session will begin with the October event and run through August of 2022.

This year's Championship will take p...

A VBC Pro Shop Open house is planned for Sept. 24th before our Monthly Member Meeting from 2:30 - 4:30 at LaHacienda.

We haven't had one of these for a while but there isn't a better place for you to purchase Billiards Equiment at a nice discount! We sell to members only and don't advertise to the public so we can bring you the best deals!

Our inventor...

Our Friday VBC 8 Ball League's next session will begin in mid November!

This league is made up of Teams of 8 players of various skill levels from advanced novice players to some of the most advanced players in the Villages. We use modified APA rules and a similar format where players play a handicapped match against another player.

We plan to expand this league and have received init...

As a courtesy to our members, here is a list of VBC Members who do cue tip replacements:

Ralph Albers - 352-350-4212

Dale Gregory - 513-403-1521

Thad Kulik - 978-994-4683 

Rik Peirce - 443-798-4155 (donates part of his proceeds to the VBC)

If you or any other VBC member you know of does cue repair, pleas...