John Concannon, Publicity I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas and I wish you a happy and healthy New Year. As we enter 2017, the IMGA scheduled special events are rushing toward us starting with the 2016 Awards luncheon on January 11. It will start at 11:30 a.m. in the Ironwood Clubhouse.…
Sports, January 2017
Cottonwood Pickleball winners corner
Each month, Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood will publish the winners of local tournaments in the Splash and non-local tournaments, too! It’s an honor to have these great players in our midst and they should be recognized. We need to know about them though, so if you know of any, please let us know, too! Pictures…
Sports, January 2017
PVLGA news and views
Janet Baron Publicity Chairman 12/01. The participants in the Low Gross play enjoyed another beautiful day in Arizona. The results are as follows – Flight 1: Tracy Rice, Mary Nelson and Kathryn Campbell; Flight 2: Joan Seckles, Jo Crook and Pat Mcroberts; Flight 3: Nancy Gelbach, Sandy Chavez and Noella Bannister It’s over at last!…
Sports, January 2017
Sun Lakes Tennis Club holds welcome back event
President Ed Campion welcomed back the tennis players at the November 19 welcome back tournament. On December 10 a holiday tournament as well as the Christmas party was held. Coming up in January we have a tournament with SunBird on January 7, the hot dog tournament on January 14 and the January potluck on January…
Sports, January 2017
OLGA news and scores
Ruth Rees, Publicity The OLGA ladies have started the after over seeding season with great enthusiasm. After the first play day in November, we had a pizza party. One aspect was to catch up on our lives during the past months. At the business meeting, we heard the recommended changes to the Constitution, Bylaws and…
Sports, January 2017
Winter softball season extends to two divisions
Larry Wolfe Beginning on opening day for our winter league on January 3, we’ll have two divisions. Given the growth in our league to eight teams and, given the wide range of ages of our members (from mid-50s to low-80s), we’ll have two four-team divisions, the Sun Division and the Lakes Division. Thanks to the…
Sports, January 2017
IronOaks Tennis Team wins USTA sectionals
Denise Lott On December 11, the IronOaks 7.0, 65 plus men’s USTA team won the Southwest Sectional tennis tournament held in Surprise, AZ. The next stop will be to compete in the Spring National Championship tournament. The other competitors were from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Our team was undefeated in the 7.0 men’s group.…
Sports, January 2017
First Robson Pickleball Traveling League Social
Janet Myrick On a perfect Friday afternoon, 60 members of our Robson Pickleball Team of Sun Lakes traveled to Pebblecreek in Goodyear for a fun pickleball social. Players playing in this social were from the three Sun Lakes communities. We had two teams of each level: 4.5 and above; 4.0; 3.5, 3.0, 2.5 men, women…
Sports, January 2017
OLGA news
Ruth Rees, Publicity While the rest of us were sweltering in the late summer heat of the Valley, one of OLGA’S finest, Kathy Burns, was swinging her clubs in the high country with great success. She won the AWGA State Senior Championship in her flight, placing first for low net. Great news, Kathy, and well…
Sports, January 2017
IMGA Personality of the Month
John Concannon, Publicity In a departure from the norm, I would like to feature not a playing member, but a person who has been an important part of Ironwood Golf Club’s success and a strong supporter of IMGA, Eddy Renio. Eddy was born in Augusta, Georgia, the last of 10 children. Because his father was…