Carole Rockland IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) will kick off the fall tennis season on Saturday, Nov. 7, with an IronOaks/Cottonwood Mixer. Dust off your racquet, mark your calendar, and watch for details in the October edition of the Sun Lakes Splash.
These two new banners were created from anonymous individual donor tennis members from the IronOaks Tennis Club and are now placed on stadium court 1 and court 3 at the IronOaks tennis facility.
Michele Renahan Even though the weather was a bit chilly for Coach Kwong’s annual tennis/potluck event on New Year’s Eve from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., about 30+ players came out to help bring in the New Year 2020 and enjoyed some tennis playing and sharing good eats and socializing afterwards. During the food enjoyment,…
Join Coach Kwong Young’s weekly Sunday social play for both IronOaks members as well as non-members from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. (fee: $5). Players will be matched up with different pairings for three rounds of play using no-add scoring. Balls are provided, and everyone in all of Sun Lakes is welcome to join the…
Kwong Young Starting in September, IronOaks tennis professional Coach Kwong will be offering weekly morning ball machine classes with the emphasis of hitting many tennis balls to build muscle memory through a blend of drills and match play to conclude class. Many players just play but don’t improve on their game skills of where to…
During the summer months, come join Coach Kwong every Sunday evening from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. for his weekly tennis social play. Balls are provided, and the cost is $5. This social is open to all in the Sun Lakes community for members as well non-members and is not a drop-in but, rather, the player…
John Brasch It was one for the record books as the IronOaks Tennis Club hosted some of the finest local talent in this year’s Jason Morton Tennis Classic. From its beginning in 2004, the tournament has grown to this year’s record of almost 170 players competing in over 200 matches in four days for a…
John Brasch The IOTC finished up its mixed doubles tournament in late February, proving once again that being married and playing mixed doubles is usually not the road to happiness. The results of the tournament are listed below so that the involved individuals have something to clip out and send to the grandchildren to prove…
John Brasch Athletic excellence, high drama, grit, blood and the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat… it was all there in the IOTC Gender Doubles Tournament three weeks ago. Tension ran high as three divisions battled over five days to crown the reigning doubles champions for both men and women. Early Saturday morning, Edith…
The IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) 7.0 Men’s team captured the National Championship title at the rain-shortened United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) 2018 League National Invitational held at the Surprise Tennis Center February 1 through February 3. Annually, the USTA invites the 17 league winners from their respective sections from around to country to compete in…