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Sun Lakes Tennis Club March Madness

Bob Sjolin, Nancy Sjolin, Dick Haynes and Faye Haynes

Bob Sjolin, Nancy Sjolin, Dick Haynes and Faye Haynes Jerry Vance March 19 was a beautiful day to play tennis and the Sun Lakes Tennis Club had its final interclub tournament at the Sun Lakes courts. Everyone had a great time and the food was good. The new scoring method worked better and everyone is…

Sun Lakes Lady Putters

Enjoying the Lady Putters’ spring lunch are front (left to right) Penny Angelina, Fran Schuring, Eileen Stroh and Bev Lundeen; standing are Eleanor Nicolosi, Sharon O’Sullivan, Faith Missildine, Nina Scinto and Marcia Guadioso.

Enjoying the Lady Putters’ spring lunch are front (left to right) Penny Angelina, Fran Schuring, Eileen Stroh and Bev Lundeen; standing are Eleanor Nicolosi, Sharon O’Sullivan, Faith Missildine, Nina Scinto and Marcia Guadioso. Susan Gottschalk The spring luncheon was held in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood with President Jo Bryant presiding. The table centerpieces,…

Softball Player Profile: A retrospective

Larry Wolfe Nearly 10 years ago, I began this series of profiling members of the Sun Lakes Senior Softball Association. The purpose of the articles was to allow our members the opportunity to learn something about their fellow players’ off-the-field life and accomplishments. This is article number 100, so I thought it would be interesting…

OLNGA supports Hamilton High Girls’ Golf

Sharon Gale (left) and Margaret Johns present check to Hamilton High Girls’ Golf Coach Jeff Kain.

Sharon Gale (left) and Margaret Johns present check to Hamilton High Girls’ Golf Coach Jeff Kain. Ann Rounthwaite The Oakwood Lady Niners is a friendly, supportive group of women who enjoy playing nine holes of golf on Tuesday mornings and socializing together afterwards at lunch in the Poolside Grill or at league luncheons held about…

Men’s Oakwood Golf Association news

Wealth Management winners (left to right) R. Gielen, H. Neumann, B. Hewitt, B. Love and C. Rogers of Wealth Management.

Wealth Management winners (left to right) R. Gielen, H. Neumann, B. Hewitt, B. Love and C. Rogers of Wealth Management. Bob Greene, Publicity The Oakwood/Palo Verde Home and Home was played on March 24 and 26. There were 23 four man teams with two players from each Association making up a team. The winning team…

Lucky Shot Pool Club players profiles

Lucky Shot Pool Club players Jerry Vickery (left) and Roy Partridge square off at the table.

Lucky Shot Pool Club players Jerry Vickery (left) and Roy Partridge square off at the table. Gary Vacin Roy Partridge Roy is one of the elder statesmen in the Lucky Shot Pool Club. He joined the club in 2004, shortly after moving to Sun Lakes. He has served as club treasurer for most of those years,…

Cottonwood Lady Niners donate $6500 to SLFD

Sun Lakes Fire Department Captain Cory Evans and Cottonwood Lady Niner Sandy Jackson selling raffle tickets at the March 10 Member-Guest.

Sun Lakes Fire Department Captain Cory Evans and Cottonwood Lady Niner Sandy Jackson selling raffle tickets at the March 10 Member-Guest. A song and dance routine set to the music of You’re So Fine serenaded Sun Lakes firemen attending Member-Guest festivities March 10. Led by President Bette Lu Buchanan at the mic, the Lady Niner…

IOTC hosts Clay Court Gender Doubles

The IOTC held their annual Spring Clay Court Gender Doubles Tournament at the end of March. Don Neu, Bill Eastman and Jack Sanders served as Tournament Directors and held a terrific event. There were great match-ups, lots of tie-breakers and fun had by all! Michelle Mather and her volunteers put out great food throughout the…

IMGA news and events

John Concannon, Publicity The tournaments have been completed and the champions crowned. Congratulations to the 2016 Ironwood champions: Peter Yoon, Club Champion, Don Noble, Super Senior Club Champion and Richard Scranton, Ironwood Cup Champion. Last year the Ironwood course yielded only one ace. This year, we have our first hole-in-one already in the first quarter.…