Marcella Brown We are off to an eventful golf season at Ironwood! In October we broke all records with three ladies having holes-in- one. Judi Sloan had one on Hole No. 4 on October 22 and repeated it on November 1 on the same hole! On October 29 both Barbara Collier, on Hole No. 6…
Denise Lott Mid-October was the first time in the new season for IronOaks Tennis Club to invite all of the local clubs to join us for a day of fun tennis and great food. There were many advance threats of rain but we refused to let that dampen our enthusiasm. The social gathering was going…
David Mork The IronOaks Breakers Pool League held the Fourth annual League Championships in 8 and 9-Ball at the Billiard Room in the Oakwood Clubhouse the last week of October. The 9-Ball Double Elimination Tournament between 12 of the 40 plus league’s players who qualified to play in the seeded tournament, played over 250 games…
Ruth Rees, Publicity OLGA had a gorgeous day to play the first weekly event after over seeding on Tuesday, November 3. A 10:00 a.m. shotgun was followed by snacks and beverages. There was lots of happy chatter as year-rounders welcomed back winter visitors who have returned for the best seasons in Sun Lakes. Winners of…
Denise Lott Several IronOaks Tennis Club members participated in the Huntsman World Senior Games held in St. George, Utah in October. This annual event brought in over 10,000 athletes from 72 countries, involved in 27 different sporting fields. Of those participants, 350 came for the tennis competition. There were many challenging matches, but that did…
Guys and Dolls Bowling Ava Greenwood We have been bowling a little over a month into our fall league and we have some of the scores. As you know, we had some problems starting with alley conditions and some behind the counter issues. There were a few starting weeks that the sheets did not have…
Judy Onken We’re back! Bill Todd and his crew have our courses overseeded and in beautiful condition for our golfing pleasure once again. Those of us who are wimps and can’t stand up to the summer heat are thrilled to be back in the friendly confines of the Sun Lakes community. Our November luncheon was…
Steve Smitham and Susan Baze, in their first tournament together, made it all the way to the championship match before ultimately losing and taking the silver medal. Sheila Parkinson and Dianne Zimmerman, in their first 4.5 Women’s Doubles together, won gold at the Arizona Senior Olympics. In a hard fought match, Sheila and Dianne were…
John Concannon, Publicity The summer heat is gone, the golf course has been overseeded and the cart path only restriction has ended, so welcome to another fine season of golf at Ironwood Golf Club. Joe Mandour, our Grounds and Greens Chairman, indicates that the course, with a few minor exceptions, is in wonderful shape. By…
Results of recent tournaments: October 3 – Cottonwood Palo Verde Beat the Pro/Super October 5-18 – Driving range closed October 12-November 2 – Cottonwood closed Upcoming Events: December 3 and December 5 – Home and Home with Leisure World December 12 – Ace of Aces Qualifier December 19 – Cha Cha Cha December 26 –…