Sports

Unity: returning home

  August is the second and last month of Unity’s summer hiatus. We look forward to coming back to our church services on September 8. Unity Church of Sun Lakes is a community of souls who seek a peaceful, loving and healthful way to live through affirmative prayer, meditation, healthy lifestyle and activities that promote…

Strike Zone

  Prime Timers The Prime Timers Bowling League will hold its first meeting of the season on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. at McRay Lanes, located at Ray and McClintock Roads. There will be FREE bowling available after the meeting. The official season will begin on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at 1:00 p.m.,…

PVLGA sizzled in June

  Liz DeMichael The Palo Verde Ladies Golf Association (PVLGA) took on the heat in June and really sizzled. Let me tell you how. 6/4. O-N-E-S Tournament. The ladies used only their scores on the holes starting with O-N-E-S toward their final scores, even though they played a full round. Someone, like this ol’ gal,…

SLLGA stats

  Judy Wegener The heat is on! The ladies who brave the summer heat are able to pick their tee times for Tuesday morning play. The earlier the better, I say! June 4 Fewest Putts Flight 1: 1st Kelly Dennis, 2nd (tie) Nancy O’Donnell and Jan Fletcher, 4th Debra Emerick; Flight 2: 1st Roxanne Belshaw,…

PVMGA activities and results

  Jim Roberts, Publicity Well, June came to us very gently this year. Temperatures were in the 90s the first two weeks of the month. We didn’t hit 100 until the 15th. But by the end of the month, the “heat was on.” On June 1, the men played in an Individual Stableford Tournament. This…

MOGA news and announcements

  Wayne Karp, Men’s Oakwood Golf Association Coming in 2020, the golf world will have one international handicap system. The World Handicap System will go into effect in 2020. It will make all handicaps around the world on the same level. Golf Genius, the software we use for events, has created a white paper to…

Relishing Pickleball

Hall of Fame inductees David Zapatka If you’ve played pickleball around the Valley, you will likely know something about Bob Lanius and Earl Hill, two of this year’s three USAPA Pickleball Hall of Fame members. Robert Lanius is being recognized for his contribution to the sport of pickleball by creating and developing the PickleballTournaments.com software…

The many benefits of Pickleball

  We seem to be hearing a lot about this great new sport with the funny name. It’s being played everywhere, and rumor has it that it will become an Olympic sport soon. But what’s it mean to you? For starters, the game is just plain fun. But here’s a great article from a Texas…