Ann Rounthwaite The New Year brought surprises. On January 13 a low putts game on the Lakes course was actually rained out! Because it’s Arizona even those of us accustomed to wet weather elsewhere weren’t equipped with raingear. To most Niners’ astonishment, Kathy Chebuhar and Nancy Heberling played through the deluge and were awarded Pro…
Faye Haynes, Publicity The Sun Lakes Tennis Club held their monthly business meeting on February 11. We will have election of officers for 2015/2016 at the March 11 business meeting. The nominating committee comprised of Ed Campion, Paul Patterson and JoAnn Miller will have the slate of officers for our next season posted at the…
Marcella Brown, Publicity Chairperson A membership total of 215 ILGA golfers are well into their game and hoping that their evil twin does not show up on league play day! The Best of the Best tournament yielded Nan Atkison as the low gross winner and Vicki Carmichael the low net winner. Other awards bestowed by…
David Zapatka The East Valley Interclub League’s (EVIL) fall Pickleball season ended in exciting fashion with the Cottonwood Men’s team defeating the IronOaks Men’s team 13–9. But that was just the battle. The war was won by IronOaks who claimed first place for the season defending their first place spring season title. The traveling trophy…
Bob Greene, Publicity. Last month we paid tribute to our officers, committee chairpersons and Pro Shop personnel that work so hard to make MOGA a success. It was also mentioned that MOGA is asking for members to volunteer to accept positions on the Board and as committee members. There are two open positions, Vice President…
Sun Lakes Pickleball Club members IronOaks and Cottonwood travel across the Valley to compete in tournaments at all levels. Their many successes put Sun Lakes in the headlines and on the Pickleball map. Sun Lakes Pickleball Clubs have hundreds of members. If you are interested in learning more about Sun Lakes Pickleball Clubs, please go…
Willie Foster/Tournament Director, IronOaks Breakers Pool League On Saturday, January 10 we had our first ever Willie’s Shootout at High Noon at the Oakwood Pool Room. The tournament was a bracketed, single elimination tournament, won by none other than Keith “The Rabbi” McDonald, who vanquished a field of eight players to become the first champion…
Denise Lott The IronOaks Tennis Club Gender Doubles Tournament was held In February. Winners were Lola Bernadelli and Carmelle Davin (4.0 women), Mike Corey and Leo Lapane (4.0 men), Olena Buxton and Barb Yankee (3.5 women) and Jerry Geiszler and Len Paulson (3.5 men). Our Winter Drop-In Social, open to all Sun Lakes area players,…
Nancy Field President’s Cup Results: Winner-Elsie Hagen 107; Flight 1: 1st Chery Reed 114, 2nd Dang Parker 118, 3rd Bonnie Moore 119; Flight 2: 1st Debbi Ebel 114, 2nd Mary Oester 118, 3rd Debbie Loch 119; Flight 3: 1st Jan Fletcher 112, 2nd Mary Billideau 118, 3rd Diane Gordon 119; Flight 4: 1st Mavis Nixon…
Irene D’Aloisio, Publicity Director The month of February was extremely busy for Sisk Park Bocce members. The month started off as usual with divisions playing their second session bocce games. Members also had an opportunity to play in two tournaments. The first was against Sun Lakes Country Club at the Oasis courts. The second was…