Bruce McCorkle At the time of this printing, the Ironwood Cup results were not yet in. Stay tuned. President Joe D’Amore and Bruce McCorkle have appealed to BlueStar to provide the four Ironwood Golf Leagues with an appropriate trophy case in the clubhouse after the upcoming renovations. Treasurer Dan Jonker reports that the league’s financial…
Carol Smith We had our charity tournament for the Maricopa Animal Care and Control. We raised $2,500 to help the county animals. We presented the money to Jose Santiago. The winners of the tournament are 1st the team of Mary Figgis, Dolly Eide, Carol Smith, and Luann Barr; 2nd team of Sharon Bowditch, Phyllis D’amore,…
Cottonwood’s Can-Am Tennis social is a friendly competition between our favorite snowbirds from Canada and our local residents of Sun Lakes. It is always one of the most popular events, because everyone gets to dress up in their country’s colors, sing the American “Star Spangled Banner” or the Canadian anthem, “Oh, Canada.” A lot of…
Gerry Vogelsang Gerry Vogelsang won gold in the Senior Olympics with Ken Nichols in Table Tennis Advanced Group Doubles 85 to 89 age division. He also won a bronze medal in the Advanced Singles Table Tennis competition. Ken Nichols won gold in Table Tennis Doubles and gold in Advanced Singles competition in the 85 to…
Larry Wolfe At press time, one week remained in our Winter League sessions. In the Lakes Division, the Young Home Team Realty squad, managed by Tom Erpelding, had a two-game lead over the A-1 Golf Carts and Core Photography teams. In the Sun Division, The Farmers Insurance Team, managed by Ron Carmichael and sponsored by…
Bruce McCorkle The Nazis invaded Poland, The Wizard of OZ premiered in Hollywood, gas cost 10 cents per gallon, and Richard (Dick) Winkelman was born in his parents’ bedroom in Belleville, IL. Dick is the IMGA Golfer of the Month for March. Born into a working-class family with his dad working in a munitions plant in…