Chuck Eberhardt Three members of the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club IronOaks brought home gold medals after competing in the Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships in Indian Wells, Calif., in November 2022. Chris and Roger Koski, playing Mixed Doubles in the 3.0, 65+ Division, won the top prize after a grueling 6.5 hours of competition against…
Reggie Wegman The Welcome Back Luncheon was a lovely event attended by year-round residents, as well as our sun-seeker winter residents. It was great to see them all. We have many new team members: Leann Knox, Kari Moss, Linda Berg-Carmichael, Dessa Hutchins, Janis Gustafson, Nancy Hooke, Donna Purcell, and a returning favorite, Darla McCracken. Welcome,…
Penny Petersen On Oct. 29 Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) hosted players from Sun Lakes Country Club and SunBird. A Social is a one-day event designed to bring tennis lovers from the Sun Lakes area together for friendly play, lunch, and desserts. The object, of course, is to win your match, but making new friends from…
Larry Wolfe Our Fall Softball Season started on Oct. 25 and runs through Dec. 16. This season’s team sponsors and managers are as follows: Lakes Division: A-1 Golf Carts (Dennis Kennedy), Core Consulting (Chris Jensen), Skyview Digital Media (Tom Erpelding), and Young Home Team Realty (Gary Hillabolt) Sun Division: Camp Hilby (Mike Gloyd), Redeemed Team…
Coach Kwong Young Every level tennis player will be in “No Man’s Land” during a ball return at some point, so let’s have a better understanding of this area, which lies between the baseline and service line. This area means you are too far forward to be hitting a comfortable groundstroke, forcing you to hit…
Susan Gottschalk We have 20 ladies join our Lady Putters membership this season. Welcome to you all. The annual holiday luncheon will be held Dec. 2 in the San Tan Ballroom at Cottonwood. Raffle drawings will highlight the afternoon, and proceeds from the drawings support donations to local charities. Monday Flight: Oct. 31: Jan Cartier,…
Mike Willinger Events: IMGA Veteran Recognition: On Nov. 11 the IMGA Board sponsored a Veterans Recognition held at the Halley pool ramada. The event was hosted by Bob Clark, IMGA president. After remarks by Bob Clark and Michele Renehan, director of communications at IronOaks, veterans offered comments about their military service. It was the highlight of…
Larry Wolfe This is the story of the “Jurassic Narc,” a nickname fondly bestowed upon Brian Brockman by his younger co-workers at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) where he spent over 24 years as a Special Agent. But, first, some background information … Brian is a Bah-ston-area native, graduating from Framingham North High, where he…
Penny Petersen The six-day charity tournament began with some outstanding matches. The tournament doesn’t end until Saturday, Nov. 12 (after the Splash deadline), so we’ll give you a teaser and report the final statistics next month. The opening match on Center Court was a doozy. Bob Lewis and Roger Diddock competed against Al Mein and Bill…
On Oct. 30 SLCCPC hosted their first social of the new pickleball year to celebrate the Grand Opening of their new pickleball courts! We had 50-plus members come join us in round-robin games, coffee, and donuts. We recently acquired four new permanent courts and four temporary courts, which now gives us a total of ten…