Gary Vacin Jerry Cisneros and Jack Hill finished first and second, respectively, in Eight-Ball and Nine-Ball Pockets 1 as play concluded in the Lucky Shot Pool Club’s fall tournament. The tournament included two Nine-Ball and five Eight-Ball pockets, with players competing in round-robin play. Competition began January 1 in the club’s winter tournament. The organization…
Category: January 2018
Sports, January 2018
Pickleball winners corner for December 2017
Irene D’Aloisio, President Our Winners Corner for December! Lots of great games happened, and here’s the great news on our winners. At the Marriott Desert Ridge Holiday Classic in Phoenix, a Super Senior International Pickleball Association event: Janice Golden and her sister Jamie Noblit won the Silver medal in the 65+ 4.0 Women’s Doubles;…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Desert Ridge Holiday Classic
IronOak’s SLPCIO pickleball player Steve Smitham and Terry Cullen of Sun City won the Gold Medal in the 65+ 4.0 men’s doubles at the Desert Ridge Holiday Classic in Phoenix.
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Tribute to Bev Krueger
Janet Myrick Congratulations to our own Bev Krueger who won the bronze medal in the mixed doubles over 80 division at the national pickleball tournament held at Palm Creek during the month of November. Bev has won several gold medals in other tournaments. This wonder women signed up for singles by mistake and ended up…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Anglers Club news
Jim McWhirter After a busy November with six fishing derbies for the “kids,” we have begun scheduling derbies for the spring. One of our most popular derbies is on March 31, the day before Easter, where grandparents can take their grandchildren fishing. Watch for more details on this event in the March Splash. The number…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Model Railroad Club welcomes in the New Year
Harry Huckemeyer Now that all our new year’s resolutions are behind us, we all have a fresh start as our plans and goals start to fall in place while we move into the new year. There are lots of choices, whether your interests are traveling, sports, hobbies or just spending time with some family and…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Huntsman Senior games
Drena Radcliffe The Huntsman Senior World games were held in St George, Utah, this past October 9-13. This event consists of many sports for competitors from age 50 and older. Several people from Sun Lakes competed in tennis and brought back gold and silver medals. Dick Eslick and Drena Radcliffe played in the 70 Challenger…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Other Card Results
Tuesday Cribbage 11/07. 1st Ron Mohrland 12-78, 2nd Barb Bade 12-43, 3rd Stan Wengrzyn 10-42, Low Lydia Kolsch 2- -51, 24 Hand Eldon Drenthe 11/14. 1st Rudy Gerstner 13-100, 2nd Ron Mohrland 12-70, 3rd Lydia Kolsch 10-73, Low Barb Bade 4- -69, 24 Hand Pat Donahue 11/21. 1st Patty Donahue 13-71, 2nd Richard Lewin 10-45,…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Restless Minds to explore sexual abuse controversy
Bill Gates What do comedian Bill Cosby, movie producer Henry Weinstein, celebrity chef John Besh, TV host Charlie Rose, comedian Louis C.K., actor Kevin Spacey, as well as politicians and numerous others have in common? If you’ve been following the news, they’ve all been accused of sexual abuse. Some of these men have been fired,…
Clubs & Classes, January 2018
Sun Lakes Lady Putters
Susan Gottschalk The annual Christmas lunch was held on December 1 in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood. The table centerpieces, along with cash prizes, were awarded to the lucky winners in the raffle drawing. Raffle sales enable Lady Putters to donate to several local charities. January marks the beginning of our 21st year. Monday…