David Zapatka With the sport of pickleball becoming so popular in the Valley and across the United States, pickleball clubs, city park courts and tournaments are springing up all over the country. Sun Lakes residents David Zapatka and Dianne Zimmerman scored big in the inaugural PebbleCreek Pickleball Championships winning a bronze medal in the 4.5…
The13th annual Duel in The Desert was held at Palm Creek’s beautiful 32 pickleball-court garden in Casa Grande. This ever-popular tournament draws players from numerous states and out-of-towners were exactly what Simmons and Zapatka faced in the 4.5 men’s gold medal match. Rodney “Rocket” Grubbs, owner of Pickleball Rocks, Inc. from Indiana and Mark Beltz…
Sun Lakes resident Steve Smitham teamed with ex-Sun Lakes resident Bruce McClain to make a big splash in the inaugural Leisure World Pickleball Championships winning the bronze medal losing in a tight match to familiar Ahwatukee competitors Steve Speight and Don Cantrill.
Outside of the USAPA Nationals, the Grand Canyon State games is the granddaddy of them all when speaking about pickleball tournaments in Arizona. This is a four-day tournament that drew nearly 500 participants from all over the country and is the only Arizona qualifying event for the State Games of America to be held in…
Sun Lakes pickleball players Dianne Zimmerman, Sheila Parkinson and Steve Smitham competed in the 2016 All City Pickleball Tournament. All three players brought medals home. In the women’s doubles, tough-as-nails Zimmerman and Parkinson bested one of the toughest pairs from Tempe, Diana Brown and Missy Myers 15-3 to get to the bronze medal match. The…
Janet Cook The National Association of Realtors and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry teamed together to survey over 4000 homeowners for the reasons why they had recently remodeled their home, asking how much increased happiness resulted in the experience of their home once the remodeling project was completed. Based on a synthesis of…
Ann Rounthwaite A flock of brightly colored birds invaded the Oakwood Golf Club at dawn on March 8. They were there for the culmination of months of work – the OLNGA Member/Guest day, themed this year as “Bye, bye, Birdie.” With the help of volunteers and club staff Barbara Solomon and Gary Vien, event chairs…
Life hiccups, schedule changes and snowbirds leaving certainly have changed the numbers of current dancers. In order to keep them on track to learning new more difficult dances, it would be beneficial to a new dancer to register now for the Ultra Basic class restarting in September on Mondays at noon for $2 in the…
Last year 75 children in Arizona perished from neglect or child abuse. The Exchange Club of Chandler will honor these children on Saturday, April 30 at the Sun Lakes Country Club front lawn. Members and volunteers will erect a “Field of Hope,” erecting a white “Prevent Child Abuse” flag for each child lost to neglect…
Rod Hayward Red Division: Champions Art McMillan and Kay Wengert, 2nd Dave Cain and Sandy Casale, 3rd Steve Nolan and Mary Jane Robinson Green Division: Champions George Hamilton and Martine Blue, 2nd Spencer Roberts and Kay Getelman, 3rd Bruce Garman and Karin Herrmann Blue Division: Champions Jeff Donald and Ollie Johnson, 2nd Bill Triquart and…