Cottonwood Tennis Club recently selected a new board of directors. They are President Rick Kendall, Vice President Mike Zeman, Treasurer Cindy McCarville, Secretary Barb Jorgensen, and Tournament Director Dean Sinerius. This group will make decisions about finances, number of tournaments and socials, and rules for signing up to play. Don’t forget that on Monday nights,…
Jerry Higgins One hundred thirty Tennis Club members and their guests attended the annual Cottonwood Tennis Club Spring Picnic on March 18 at Sisk Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The attendees played various games (bocce ball, horseshoes, putting green, bean bag toss, and washer cornhole) in which they won tickets that might enable…
Maggie Robson Well, after a long winter of cold weather, windy weather, rainy weather, and dust storms, we finally have warm weather hit Arizona again. In fact, not so warm as hot. Temperatures today were reaching close to 100 F, reminding us all that one of the most important things we can do while we’re…
We had two golf events in March. March 10 was a Six-Six-Six format. Three games in one! First six holes was one best net score. Middle six holes was a scramble (basically best ball). Last six holes we played a schamble (everyone drives, pick the best drive, and everyone plays their own ball from there). Two low nets count…
Judy Onken Our winners of the Member/Member Tournament this year are Pat Shouse and Rita Healy. Zara Logan contributed pictures of each twosome, which can be reviewed on the CLGA website. These two epitomize the partnership required to win this event. Many cliches describe how well they played together: They ham and egged it, they…
Over 100 players gathered at the IronOaks pickleball courts March 13 through 16 to compete in the inaugural IronOaks Pickle Barrel Classic! Participants came from the communities of IronOaks, Cottonwood Palo Verde, and Sun Lakes Country Club. The event had categories for Women’s, Men’s, and Mixed Doubles events and enabled players to compete in round…
Club Championship Final Results Playing from the blue tees, Bruce Pape won the MOGA Club Championship by a nine-point margin, and Bill Lewis won the Super Senior Championship by a whopping 15-stroke lead! Placing first in their flights for the three-week tournament were: Flight 2: Steve Engler, Flight 3: Daniel Kiska, Flight 4: Bruce McCorkle,…
Susan Lamb The results are in, and Tracy Rice is our 2023 Club Champion. She had to beat last year’s winner Mary Nelson in a play-off. Congratulations to Tracy and all the flight winners. Here are the results: Flight 1: 1st Mary Nelson; 2nd (tie) Paddy Newton, Terry Gaube, and Val Verbeck Flight 2: 1st Tracy Thornock;…
Sheila Barton Karen is teeing up on a par 4 and is not feeling confident at all, so she gets out one of her old balls. As she is teeing up, she hears a voice, “Karen,” it says, “use the good ball.” Karen looks around, thinks for a minute, then decides to go with her…
Sonny Williams, Tournament Director Recently, the IronOaks Breakers Pool League held an 8-Ball and 9-Ball tournament. At the end of the 9-Ball tournament, Tera Crisalida reigned as the winner. Tera Crisalida joined the IronOaks Breakers Pool League approximately one year ago when she and husband Bernie moved to our community. Since that time, she has…