Penny Petersen The East West Tournament wrapped up the competitive season for Cottonwood Tennis Club, but tennis continues throughout the summer. Two days of East West competition was a nail-biter. East represents all tennis members who live east of Alma School Road. West is all those living west of Alma School. The score was…
Elaine Kraemer, CWPV Foundation President There’s nothing more powerful than working together to achieve great results! The recent collaboration of our Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation with the IronOaks Tennis Club is a prime example of this synergy. The IronOaks Tennis Club held its annual charity dinner dance on March 9, 2018. The event provided…
Catherine Hammond On February 22, 2018, New Adventures in Learning, a lifelong-learning program, took a field trip to tour Intel’s dSpace. This outing was one of four offered for the spring semester. According to Mary and Rick Kenny, the organizers, “Staff from Intel’s Chandler Boulevard facility provided a tour of dSpace, which is Intel’s…
Penny Petersen What’s good for your heart, muscles and making friends? Tennis! In the Cottonwood Tennis Club, there are 28 couples who make tennis an enjoyable part of their lives together. We picked three and asked them about themselves. Horst and Dorothea Flachsmann came to Sun Lakes as snowbirds in 1997. They originally lived…
Doug Williams Well, we certainly hope not because this month’s Splash article features the exciting world of Gourd Art! Last month, we hinted, “How’s Your Gourd?” as a reminder that gourds were a part of our Creative Crafts department at the Sun Lakes Rock Gem & Silver Club. We actually have three very popular classes…
Jeanette Cline Chaplain Colonel Michael D. Sproul will be the guest speaker for the National Day of Prayer on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. in the ballroom of SunBird Golf Resort, 6250 S. SunBird Blvd., Chandler. Chaplain Colonel Sproul is the Air National Guard Assistant to Command Chaplain United States Air Forces…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club’s end-of-the-season picnic didn’t include tennis. It featured competition in bocce ball, bean bag toss and putting. Winners collected tickets, and a drawing was held for prizes. A long line formed for food while The Rokuseks entertained with a variety of familiar tunes. But best of all was the camaraderie…
David Zapatka Sun Lakes fielded 12 table tennis players for the annual Ahwatukee – Sun Lakes Shoot Out. Three hours of exciting play from both clubs at all levels resulted in a Sun Lakes victory. Format for this year’s event was 24 doubles matches, best two games out of three to 11. The final result…
Penny Petersen Officers of the Cottonwood Tennis Club manage all activities, tournaments, dinners, socials and weekly sign-ups. They manage the money, rate the players, order trophies/gifts and find people to manage the food court which is open for each tournament. And they do all this for free. Serving for the 2018-19 season are the following:…
Judy Gahide Tennis Cabana’s owner Cheri, together with volunteers from IronOaks Tennis Club, hosted a fashion show and luncheon for our Sun Lakes community and tennis friends from Trilogy and Robson Ranch. The attendees were appreciative of Tennis Cabana’s exceptional discounts on the latest styles of tennis wear. Scrumptious taco salad and homemade cakes were…