Category: Sports

Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation

Cantor Ronda Polesky at Passover

Allan Levy The Sun Lakes Jewish Congregation (SLJC) is an established reform congregation that meets at the Sun Lakes Chapel on the second Friday of the month. Services are a great opportunity to meet new people, connect with Judaism and learn. New attendees are invited to be introduced at the service and members of the…

Lady Sluggers complete season

2016 Lady Sluggers: Back row left to right: Ann Buckley, Sue O’Connell, Nora Laflin, Lynn Casey, Teresa Dorman and Katie Moon; front row left to right: Susie Lynch, Billy Jo Maggio, Cyndy Hilby, Terry Finley, Judy Grefsheim and Lynn Tanner. (Photo by Core Photography, LLC).

Larry Wolfe The Lady Sluggers, our ladies senior softball team, recently completed their season playing in the Valley of the Sun League, which includes teams throughout the Valley. The team thanks everyone who came out to the Field of Dreams to root them on. A great time was had by all.

Pickleball Rodeo at IronOaks

The Sun Lakes Pickleball Club learns Pickleball Rodeo!

David Zapatka Recently back from a Pickleball tour of the Dominican Republic, Pat and Sue O’Connell returned with an event they were privileged to participate in called Pickleball Rodeo. Wanting to share this fun with the members of Sun Lakes Pickleball Club at IronOaks, they hosted 40 participants as 10 teams of four with monitors…

Sun Lakes Lady Niners

Verla Matuschka March should be a month with no frost delays or cancellations, so plans are to golf more and, hopefully, there will be winning golf scores to report next month. A group of Niners will travel to two different invitationals this month, one on March 9 at Apache Wells in Mesa and another one…

Watch the fun at Cottonwood’s Pickleball event

Irene D’Aloisio, Publicity Come watch the fun at the annual Norris Invitational Tournament (NIT) beginning on March 7 at 8:00 a.m. This annual pickleball tournament is held at the Cottonwood pickleball courts in Sun Lakes. And maybe, just maybe, your favorite pickleball player might be participating. It’s free to watch and cheer! You probably already…

SLLGA 18 Holers results

Lavaughn Pietz, winner of the President’s Cup

Nancy Field Congratulations to Lavaughn Pietz, overall winner of the President’s Cup with a two week total net score of 111. Presidents Cup Flight 1: 1st Dang Parker, 2nd (tie) Debra Emerick and Marci Koppelmaa, 3rd Moe Schoenwalder; Flight 2: 1st Ruth Benson, 2nd (tie) Karla Carrillo and Shirley Brenner, 3rd Debbie Loch; Flight 3:…

PVLGA news and views

Denise Devereaux wins the 2016 President’s Cup

Janet Baron, Publicity Chairmen 1/12. Selecta-a-Drive Morning Results: 1st team winners Carol Myers, Mary Fitzke, Nelda Machutas and Bonnie Kane, 2nd team winners Rachel Rainville, Veda Baack, Linda Grendahl and Rita Raymond, 3rd team winners Dee Monsoris, Gwen Curtis, Florence Wright and Pat Schultz; Afternoon results: Flight 1: team of Gail Wooldridge, Leslie Swan ,…

PVMGA news and event results

Bob Armstrong, Publicity First things first! We want to wish us all a very happy and healthy 2016! We also want to express our gratitude to Jim Davis for writing this column the past two years; Jim has now taken on the role of Secretary of this association under our new President Butch Reber. Thank…

The Robson Cup returns to Sun Lakes

Winning Sun Lakes table tennis players with their paddles turned to the red side and losing SaddleBrooke table tennis players with their paddles turned to the black side.

David Zapatka The coveted Robson Cup table tennis trophy is back with its rightful owners, the brave men of the Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club. The Robson Cup is an annual table tennis team challenge pitting SaddleBrooke against Sun Lakes in an alternating home and away format. The previous two years, SaddleBrooke stormed their way…

Let the sun shine

Winning team: Betty Dunn, Tony Lasso, Mary Jane Robinson and John Cousins

Jerry Vance We did it again – a great intra club Sunshine Tournament. On Saturday, February 6 at 9:00 a.m. 24 members formed four member teams to have a fun tournament. Everyone played everyone in the modified tie breaker format which changed every time the winning team reached seven points. Fast, fun and different. Lots…