Pictured are Bev and Jan Krueger of IronOaks winning a gold medal on Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas. Pickleball is now included in their sports program for adults and kids. Other cruise lines that are also making this sport available are Princess Cruises and Holland America Cruise Line. Travel the world with pickleball!
David Mork The Men’s IronOaks Niners’ 5th Annual Fundraiser supporting the Hamilton High Boys Golf Team (HHGT) raised $2,755 for the HHGT through the use of the Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) Tax Credit program. The funds will offset the HHGT expenses for traveling to and at their future tournaments. The Niners have raised, cumulatively,…
The annual Sun Lakes Senior Softball Association banquet was recently held in the Oakwood Ballroom. Nearly 140 members, guests and sponsors were in attendance. After a very happy “Happy Hour,” dinner was served. Many of the attendees praised the entrees as being the best banquet food ever served in Sun Lakes. Many thanks to Ashley…
If you have been keeping up with us, you will have seen that many of the members have a fetish for dressing a little outlandish… some more than others. Somehow, members of the golf cart union found out. I did not know they could read, but I was told that it was the pictures that…
Penny Petersen The Don Neu Memorial Tennis Event was held March 12-14 at the Cottonwood tennis courts. All funds raised went to the Boys & Girls Club of Chandler and designated toward their tennis for youth programs. The event was open to tennis players from Cottonwood Palo Verde, IronOaks, Sun Lakes CC, Springfield, SunBird and…
Arlene Fletcher We lucked out on March 14. The wind died down, the rain stopped and the sun was out! What more could we want? We all wore green to honor St. Patrick’s Day. To make the game more challenging, we could only hit the ball with a putter! That sure made for an interesting…
Larry Wolfe A true Arizona native, Kelly Anderson was born and raised in nearby Maricopa. He graduated from Maricopa High where he was on the baseball, basketball, football and track teams. He was an All-Conference quarterback for the Rams and also excelled in the classroom, earning Salutatorian honors. He then graduated from the University of…
Cheryl Reed This group of ladies has been playing golf Saturday mornings for many years. People come and go from the group, but one thing stays the same: FUN!
Gerry Vogelsang The Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club accepted an invitation and challenge from the SaddleBrook Table Tennis Club. We had good games of doubles, and although the games were close, Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club got defeated, and we had to surrender our trophy. Their hospitality was great, and fun was had by all…
Winter has slipped away with quite a bit more cold weather, rain and wind than in previous years. We endured…. It will not be long before the members look back fondly on that cold weather. Many things have happened since the last SLLGA article: the Club Derby, the Guys and Dolls Tournament and the Club…