Bruce McCorkle Ironwood Cup Champions The three-week Ironwood Cup Tournament results are in! Dan Strafalace is the Ironwood Cup Champion for 2018. He narrowly pulled out a victory with a two-stroke lead. Flight winners were Flight 1: Mike Scroggins; Flight 2: John Skoworn; Flight 3: Larry Birlin; Flight 5: Ben Brown; Flight 6: Joe…
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Sports, March 2018
Sun Lakes Ladies Pitch and Putt
Arlene Fletcher The sun was shining on Thursday, January 18, and there were lots of smiles and giggles as the Sun Lakes Ladies Pitch and Putt met and enjoyed a scramble golf game. Winners werethe following: 1st place with a 22, Sheryl Mariotti, Rose Gallagher, Sharon Cook and Mary Eberle. Three teams tied for…
Sports, March 2018
Sun Lakes Tennis Club takes on SunBird Tennis Club
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club took on the SunBird Tennis Club on February 10 at SunBird. Fifty-six members participated in 28 matches from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Great food was provided by SunBird (baked potatoes) plus other goodies. A beautiful day and fun for all. There will be two in house…
Sports, March 2018
Hooray! Canada vs. USA! At Cottonwood Tennis Club’s most fun social
Penny Petersen Everyone loves to dress up! But, to dress up and also play tennis and eat food favorites from each country? That’s a real winner. It’s a one-day event characterized by friendly competition between Canadian CTC members and members from across the USA. There were women’s doubles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles. The…
Sports, March 2018
OLGA golf news
Carol Smith It has been an exciting start to 2018. First, we had the State Medallion tournament here at Oakwood. Dari Atkins and E.J. Yoon made us proud by both coming in second – a great accomplishment. We completed the OLGA Cup Championship after three weeks of competitive play. The winners of each flight…
Sports, March 2018
Softball Player Profile: Gordon “Gordy” Hannaford
Larry Wolfe Gordon “Gordy” Hannaford is the son of a military man, so his family moved around a lot when he was a kid; however, he considers Bellevue, Nebraska, his hometown since that’s where he went to junior and senior high school. He was on the Chieftains’ wrestling team and later was on the…
Sports, March 2018
IronOaks Breakers Billiard League 8 Ball results
Larry Stadler The Breakers 8 Ball Handicap Tournament ended on February 10, 2018. thirty-two members who participated divided into four pockets of eight players each. The four pocket winners were as follows: Pocket #1: Tom Ritter, first; Mike Buscaglia and Charlie Nerko, tied for second; Pocket #2: Joe Petkus, first; Willie Forster and Larry…
Sports, March 2018
Relishing Pickleball
David Zapatka, USAPA rating committee member The final three USAPA Hall of Fame inductees are Arlen Paranto, Mark “Yoda” Friedenberg and Billy Jacobsen. Arlen Paranto – Arlen is a retired Boeing engineer and the head of the cost savings division who went to work for Boeing in the early 1950s. He got involved with…
Sports, March 2018
CLGA news
Mary Nelson Results of the CLGA Match Play tournament held in January: Flight 1: 1st Mary Lu Esget, 2nd Paddy Newton, 3rd (tie) Cathy Bass and Nadine Sanders; Flight 2: 1st Terry Gaube, 2nd Mary Anne Lofquist, 3rd (tie) Rachel Rainville and Kathryn Campbell; Flight 3: 1st Nancy Gahn, 2nd Judy Onken, 3rd (tie)…
Sports, March 2018
Pickleball in Kauai
Janet Myrick Mario and Rebecca Domingez, Chuck and Janet Myrick and Karen and Pete Iovin vacationed in Poipu, Kauai, and participated in pickleball play at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center in Kalaheo, Hawaii. Ambassador Jack Hodges started pickleball in the State of Kauai and other Hawaiian communities. He is the brother of Oakwood resident Patsy…