Denise Lott IronOaks Tennis Club member Jack Sanders secured a major victory with a first place win at the United States Tennis Association’s National Tournament in Vancouver. This was part of USTA’s Grand Slam series of four Open events—played on grass, clay, indoors, and outdoors. The Vancouver section was played indoors. Jack and his doubles…
Diana De Pree A wonderful fun golf season for organized play has come to a close for the Cottonwood Lady Niners. The ladies have established and nourished new, as well as old friendships and are always ready to embrace more into their club. Some of the Niners have chosen to challenge the summer months with…
Ruth Rees, Publicity Many of our members have departed to home, whether that be in ND, SD, MN, ID, WA or wherever cool weather prevails. Others have escaped the desert heat to Pinetop, Prescott and other spots in the AZ high country. Meanwhile, our remaining OLGA ladies were lucky to have fine weather during May…
Results of recent events: 5/07. Ace of Aces qualifying – Flight 1 Gross: 1st Jim Curran, 2nd Grady Anderson and Bill Moore; Flight 1 Net: 1st Jim Curran, 2nd Phil Carlson, 3rd Bill Moore Flight 2 Gross: 1st Ron Sarnicki, 2nd Larry Nelson, 3rd Jerry Johnston; Flight 2 Net: 1st Ron Sarnicki, 2nd Don Bartolo…
Vicki Eslick A little tennis, then a great pancake breakfast will be a good start for your Fourth of July celebrations. IronOaks Tennis Club is hosting two fun events in July. First, the annual July pancake breakfast will be held on Saturday, July 2. All local tennis clubs are invited for the doubles mixer at…
Ruth Rees, Publicity Was it a dream come true? Three faithful OLGA golfers have recently had the trip of a lifetime; golfing in Scotland with a GREAT one: Nancy Lopez. This course had wonderful ocean views. The 10 day trip featured playing with and learning from Nancy Lopez and her staff on some of the…
John Concannon, Publicity The summer doldrums are upon us, especially with the Ironwood course being closed and nothing is actually happening. I’ve been told that the rework is on schedule, but, a recent report stating the 1st two holes of our course are complete, which would seem to me to be a little short of…
Bob Armstrong, Publicity “But it’s a dry heat…” It’s amazing how many of us keep on keeping on! Looking back at events that took place in cooler days: Early May saw the following 2016 Palo Verde Men’s Match Play flight champions: 1 Dave Tjosvold, 2 Cliff Joyes, 3 Dan Bottiglieri, 4 Jeff Martin, 5 Ivan…
Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman 5/03. We experienced a week of extremely debilitating temperatures. Most of the summer ladies did continue to participate on Tuesday mornings in spite of the blazing sun and the hot environment. The Flight 1 champion of our match play tournament was Carol Guild, runner-up Susan Haword, semi’s Carol Myers and Mary…
Ann Rounthwaite Oakwood Lady Niners are enjoying summer golf with Ironwood Lady Niners due to the renovation of the Ironwood course. Several women belong to both leagues, but those who don’t welcome the chance to make new friends while golfing and socializing afterwards at the Poolside Café. There are two formats for play this summer.…