Larry Wolfe Our Lady Sluggers softball squad will wrap up their 2023 season with a doubleheader versus Roadhaven at the Field of Dreams on March 1. The first game begins at noon, followed by game two after a brief intermission. Come by the field and cheer on our ladies! It’s your last opportunity to see…
Hole-in-One Club: It was a very cold but sunny day on Dec. 13, and Bob Love made a perfect swing with his 12-year-old pitching wedge into a slight breeze on the 115-yard 4th hole at Ironwood and made a hole-in-one! Lightning struck twice on the same day when 82-year-old Chuck Goodwin made his first hole-in-one…
In December the Greater Sun Lakes Community Foundation, who offers grants to our community, presented Sun Lakes Country Club Pickleball Club with a check for over $11,000 to purchase four new pickleball nets for our new temporary courts. These nets had to be special ordered and are sturdy, heavy nets to ensure safety while our…
Openings are still available for single golfers or foursomes for the Second Annual RAD (Recreation and Athletics for Individuals with Disabilities) Golf Scramble, which will be held on Saturday, April 8, at Oakwood Golf Club, in Sun Lakes. The tournament is open to the public and will feature a preferred ball scramble format for the…
Kathy Mlynarczyk, Publicity March is our last month of league play for the second session, with a friendly reminder to complete games and record W/L by March 19. This will be a busy month with games, celebrations, and awards. Noteworthy news: Please mark your calendars. The Sisk Bocce Club is holding its annual Fun with…
My road to tennis was not easy. I had no one to mentor me at first and just watched tennis on TV like millions did in the early ‘80s. I wanted to play like Bjorn Borg but acted like John McEnroe when things went south for me. I sadly did not have great concentration and…
Larry Wolfe Our Winter Sessions ended on Feb. 16 and were followed by seeded three-day tournaments in both our Sun and Lakes Divisions. Both the regular seasons and tournaments concluded after this month’s press deadline, so the results will be in next month’s Splash. If you can’t wait to see the results, the winners are…
Larry Wolfe Mystery solved! After several years in the Sun Lakes Witness Protection Program, Dave Platt has finally emerged to share his story! Don’t ask! A baseball and softball “lifer,” Dave was a three-year letterman for the South Minneapolis High School Tigers team, then transitioned to softball. Much more on that later in this article.…
If you met an industrial engineer, attorney, information technology manager, biker who survived a 400-mile ride, husband of 54 years, father of three, grandfather of four, and golfer who has scored a 4 under par 63 at Ironwood, you have partially described the IMGA Golfer of the Month, Dick Boscombe. Dick was born in Swansea,…
Siri picked our Ghost Holes on Jan. 10. Bev Chipman and Glo Malmberg liked the holes she picked, because they tied for first place in the first flight. Mary Figgis and Leslie Smith came in third and fourth. In the second flight, Linda Smith was first, Terry Jung was second, and Phyllis D’Amore was third,…