Buddy Meola The Leisure World/Cottonwood Home and Home was played Dec. 5 at Leisure World and Dec. 7 at Cottonwood. The 30 teams from each club played a two man scramble with three points available for each team at each course. After the first day, the Leisure World Men’s Club held a lead which they…
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Sports, February 2020
Sun Lakes Lady Niners
Sheila Barton Many of you chose to play golf as a sport when you retired, as I did. When I started playing with the Sun Lakes Lady Niners at the Sun Lakes Country Club course, it started as a frustration, with balls flying everywhere except where I thought I was aiming, but it has slowly…
Sports, February 2020
Cottonwood Lady Niners — “We Take Our Golf Very Seriously”
Lorri Morgan, Publicity Wow, actually had some rain this winter. So as of this writing, there were two Thursdays of no Niners’ play, one of them Thanksgiving. Dec. 12 was our Ugly Sweater play day, and nearly everyone joined in the fun. The club provided pizza and wings after golf, and some of the Cottonwood…
Sports, February 2020
2019 Cottonwood Tennis Club Season Ends with Two Events
Penny Petersen Two events closed out the 2019 tennis year for Cottonwood Tennis Club. The Triple T (TTT) closed tournament was held Dec. 4 through Dec. 7. The SunBird/Springfield Social took place Dec. 14. The Triple T (Team Tennis Tournament) pitted four “teams” against each other. Players signed up individually, and then the four team…
Sports, February 2020
Softball Player Profile: Suzy Steinmann
Larry Wolfe Talk about a busy lady: From realtor to house renovator and “flipper” to professional singer to sports participant to working with charitable and church organizations, Suzy Steinmann does it all! And then wonders why her husband says she’s a “workaholic”! A native of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a mid-sized city on the southern…
Sports, February 2020
Sun Lakes Tennis Club Members Celebrate the Holidays
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club got dressed up to enjoy a great prime rib dinner on Dec. 14 at the Christmas Party. It is amazing how good we look outside of our tennis gear. Vice President Dan Thorsen and wife Kathy obtained and wrapped presents for everyone. From tennis balls to Crown Royal…
Sports, February 2020
Relishing Pickleball: 2019 Pickleball Rocks’ Players-of-the-Year Announced
David Zapatka This was a changing year for pickleball. There are now 15 to 20 tournaments occurring every week, and our sport cleared three million players in the continued player growth explosion. You might think with this many players, the voting and choice for player of the year would be tough, but Pickleball Rocks says,…
Sports, February 2020
OLGA News and Scores
Carol Smith Can’t believe that it is 2020. Boy, time flies. We ended the last year with a fun game of If Only. Winners of Flight 1 were E.J. Yoon and Shirley Weaver in a tie. Flight 2: 1st Kathy Schnell, 2nd Nancy Cohn; Flight 3: 1st (tie) Sharon Skoworn, Doris Swanson, and Beth Ebmeir; and…
Sports, February 2020
Personal Training with London
Need some accountability in the gym? Need a new workout program to follow? Need motivation to just get started? Need professional tips to prevent any injuries? Need guidance on any equipment? Need to improve strength? Need results that haven’t come yet? Book your 38-minute or 68-minute sessions with London today and start working towards your…
Sports, February 2020
Free Walk-In Pickleball Clinic on Valentine’s Day
Irene D’Aloisio Grab a Valentine’s date and come to the free Walk-In Clinic to learn pickleball! It’s a sport for all ages and all abilities and all levels of skill, and it’s the fastest-growing sport in North America. And if you are a Cottonwood or Palo Verde (CWPV) resident, the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood…