David Zapatka, USAPA rating committee member “You’ll be seeing more than tennis on the Tennis Channel. You’ll soon be seeing pickleball.” Last month at the start of the BNP Paribas tournament, the decision to host the USAPA National Championships for the next five years was announced on television by the mayor of Indian Wells, California,…
Category: April 2018
April 2018
Ellen Strong ILGA Champion
April 2018
NWC big winners in Tennis Club’s charity dance
Ed Rockland The evening of March 9 saw the culmination of countless volunteer hours of preparation by members of the IronOaks Tennis Club, led by chair Carol Mellinger and co-chair Vivian Guimond. Over 150 lively folks turned out for the gala event at the Oakwood Clubhouse. One feature of the evening was the chance to…
April 2018
Spring Softball seasons underway
Larry Wolfe The spring seasons for both the Sun and Lakes Divisions are underway. The seasons run through mid-April and culminate with a three-day double elimination tournament. Go to our website (www.sunlakessoftball.com) for up-to-date team standings, statistics and other news. At the conclusion of league play, our recreational summer program will commence. See the website…
April 2018
CMGA news and scores
Rick Nelson Results of recent events: Club Championship – February 17-18, 2018 Championship Flight: Club Champion Mark Higgs, 2nd Steve Bennett, 3rd Paul Brauer; Senior Flight: 1st Cliff Mattson, 2nd Tim Healy; Super Senior Flight: 1st Ed Frees, 2nd Larry Frink; Master Flight: 1st Dave Tjosvold Low Gross Low Net – February 24, 2018 First…
April 2018
Niners February golf results
Jim Wegman, Niners Publicity The results of the 2018 Niners Club Championship are in, and the first-place winners are the following A Flight Jim LaBarge, B Flight Larry Burke and C Flight Renny Vowell. Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants. Additional results are posted on the league website and on our…
April 2018
Cottonwood Lady Niners travel to PebbleCreek for golfing fun
Lorri Morgan, Publicity As if we didn’t have enough fun right here in our own Adult Summer Camp, some of our members traveled out West to Pebble Creek. That Robson community had their annual event where they invite Niners clubs from all over the valley to come for lunch and golf. Our members in pink…
April 2018
Hot Dog Tournament
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club got together on March 3 at 9:00 a.m. to play the annual Hot Dog Tournament. Members engaged in heated competition while Club President Ed Campion and Peter Hall cooked the hot dogs. Afterwards, lots of good food was enjoyed. The winners will be presented their prizes at the…
April 2018
SLLGA 18 Holers results
Nancy Field Whose Hole Is It? 1st Place Team – Lynda Smith, Shirley Brenner, Margot Mask, Jo Solie 2nd Place Team – Kim Dunn, Terrie Schramm, Jeanie Fehringer 3rd Place Team (tie) – Karen Smith, Sandi Frantzen, Judi Kilgus, Janet Jackson and Marci Koppelmaa, Carolyn Luna, Cheryl Bunch, Sarah Green 1 Net and 1 Gross…
April 2018
Time, patience, sense of humor required of Tournament Director
Penny Petersen Ever wonder what it takes to be a tournament director for a tennis club of 264 members? Time… lots of time, organizational skills, the ability to recruit helpers, patience and the ability to scramble at the last minute. For the past three years, Ernie Soczka has been TD for Cottonwood Tennis Club. Every…