David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, we will now learn from two professional Hall of Fame players Ms. Littlewood quotes in her book regarding doubles strategies. Alex Hamner and Jennifer Lucore were the national women’s doubles champions in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014,…
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September 2023, Sports
Cottonwood Men’s Golf Association July Results
Buddy Meola July 1 was the monthly Ace of Aces Qualifier with the low gross and low net scores qualifying. All of the qualifiers will play in the Ace of Aces Tournament later this year. Blue Flight: Low Gross Gary Broadbent, Low Net Orlando Orta White Flight 1: Low Gross William Moore, Low Net Mark…
September 2023, Sports
Coach Kwong’s Tennis Tip
There are many players who have great solid stroke fundamentals, but without proper footwork and the ability to achieve good court positioning, it doesn’t matter anymore. Sure, any player can hit challenging shots over the net, but if you just wait and watch to see what happens, then you are merely a “spectator”! Watch the…
September 2023, Sports
Oakwood Lady Niners Golf League
Reggie Wegman There has been so much said about the heat and the records that were broken that we don’t have to belabor the point, so let’s move on. In 2002 a Buddy chairman was appointed to introduce the newest golfers to our league. The Buddy would explain our local rules and some of the…
September 2023, Sports
Sun Lakes Lady Putters Preparing for Fall
Susan Gottschalk Look for us at our table at the Community Open Houses on Oct. 14, at Sun Lakes Phase 1 and/or Oct. 7 at Cottonwood. We look forward to meeting you! Joining the Sun Lakes Lady Putters is a great opportunity to renew friendships and make new friends and enjoy great exercise and fresh…
September 2023, Sports
High Heat
Larry Wolfe High heat in baseball and fast-pitch softball parlance is a term that is used to describe a pitch, usually a fastball, that is high in the strike zone. A high heat fastball tends to be a hard pitch to hit, as it is difficult for most batters to swing around quickly enough to…
September 2023, Sports
Breakfast at Wimbledon
Bernie Tighe The Saturday morning group was going to play tennis that July 15 morning, but it was too hot, so we opted to have breakfast at the Cottonwood café instead. We watched the Women’s Final at Wimbledon. Our dreams were to be there in person, but we had fun doing what we did. For…
September 2023, Sports
Hole-in-One
Sharma Goodwin Congratulations to Glo Malmberg for getting her fifth hole-in-one! Her great accomplishment happened on Aug. 3 while playing in the ILGA league. She used a 9 iron on the 10th hole at Ironwood Country Club for a distance of 93 yards. Nice going, Glo!
September 2023, Sports
CTC Player Holiday at Wimbledon
Julia Romanin Tennis bucket list? Yup, another one checked off this summer—Wimbledon, July 9, 2023, or as the Brits say, “Middle Sunday.” Originally planned for Summer 2020, I was to be the “tagalong” with my son, daughter-in-law, and two teenage grandchildren for a week-long visit to London, England. As part of that trip, I would…
September 2023, Sports
Niners July Golf Results
Jim Wegman, Publicity The Niners golf league just keeps growing, so welcome our newest members Richard Katz and Neil Anderson. Tee it up, guys. Just another timely reminder, our high heat levels can be very dangerous. One of our members experienced the effects of the heat after playing a few weeks ago. Be heat smart—cover…