Results of recent events: 1/02. Ace of Aces – Flight 1 Gross: 1st Ed Frees, 2nd Rusty Williams, 3rd Grady Anderson, Jay Mays and Robert Fish; Flight 2 Gross: 1st Deno Edwards, 2nd James Werlinger, 3rd Walt Nowicki; Flight 3 Gross: 1st Jim Czaja, 2nd Ed Farrenkopf, 3rd Les Blaylock and Ron Sarnicki; Flight 4…
March 2016
Sports, March 2016
Cottonwood Player of the Month: Carol McCulley
Rod Hayward At 85 years of age, Carol still plays tennis for an hour and a half every day, twice on Tuesdays. “I go to the gym three times a week. It keeps me fit and helps me avoid injuries.” Watching Carol play tennis in the Cottonwood Tennis Club Gender Doubles Tournament reminds me that…
Sports, March 2016
Ladies Pitch and Putt
1/14. 1st (tie) May Harper, Sue Miller, Joann Brown, Jo Solie, Amy Cook, Judy Smith, Audrey Johnson and Carol Terzo, score 24 1/21. 1st (tie) Jan Cobb, Janice Cosgrove, Romana Thaete and Linda Welchin, score 23 1/28. 1st (tie) Carol Terzo, Arlene Fletcher, Janet Barbell and Arelene Groshans, score 23 2/04. 1st (tie) Audrey Johnson,…
Sports, March 2016
SL Tennis Club Tournament
Jerry Vance It was a beautiful sunny Saturday, January 23 when The Sun Lakes Tennis Club hosted SunBird in a friendly tournament. Starting at 8:30 a.m. with hot coffee, donuts and fruit, play was competitive all day with a big lunch served while play was progressing. SunBird ended up winning but we all had a…
Sports, March 2016
OLN ready for spring
Ann Rounthwaite January’s cold didn’t stop the Oakwood Lady Niners from enjoying golf on Tuesday mornings. But it may have speeded up play – Niners seemed especially eager to enjoy a warm lunch together afterwards. On January 12 a jungle-themed New Year’s luncheon and the annual general meeting followed a scramble won by Bea Cannon,…
Sports, March 2016
Happy Trails Classic Pickleball Tournament
David Zapatka This gold medal was one for the ages. Sheila Parkinson and Dianne Zimmerman went undefeated the entire day, didn’t even lose a game. They defeated top-seeded Jan Yu/Lisa Smith 11-9, 11-5 in a semifinal match in the winners’ bracket, then beat second-seeded Jeni James/Jamie Knoph 11-4, 11-7. In the gold medal match the…
Sports, March 2016
IWLN medallion winners
Nancy Davis, Publicity Medallion winners: MJ Coking and Julia Collier were our IWLN 2015 Medallion winners who played in the AWGA Medallion Tournament held at PebbleCreek on January 17. The Coking/Collier team won first place in their flight and share their experience with us. “The course was beautiful and enjoyable to golf. PebbleCreek is a…
Sports, March 2016
Kathy Burns wins Best of the Best Low Net Championship
The weather is fabulous and the golf is even better, judging from all our event winners, as is noted in the accompanying photo. Our club championship is scheduled for March 10, 17 and 24. A sign-up sheet will be posted at the club and Beth Smith is your contact if questions arise. Participate! Challenge yourself!…
Sports, March 2016
Jason Morton Tennis Classic set for March 3-6
Jenny Browne Whether as a spectator or player, join us March 3-6 for the annual Jason Morton Tennis Classic (JMTC). The JMTC is a Unite States Tennis Association (USTA) sanctioned tournament that attracts nationally-ranked talent and awards cash prizes in each age category for men and women. The IronOaks Tennis Club could not do this…
Sports, March 2016
MOGA news and scores
Bob Greene, Publicity We are pleased to report that MOGA has another Ace golfer, Mr. Jim Redden. On Thursday, January 21, Jim scored a hole-in-one on No. 7 of the Palms course. It just happens to be his fifth hole-in-one since 2003 and not all at Oakwood. His first was Papago Golf Course in Phoenix,…