Cottonwood Tennis Club held its annual Gender Doubles Tournament Jan. 12-18. Competition included 43 teams, 86 players, and a total of 75 matches played. Because of the cold weather that week, matches didn’t begin until 10 a.m., and it was still chilly. Lots of coffee, tea, and morning snacks got players off to a good…
Colleen McKnight The 17th Annual Wuertz Gourd Festival and Arizona Gourd Society Competition in Casa Grande last month was a blast for Spirit of the Desert patch members. Most members describe it like a gourd holiday. Running over several days, it’s full of classes, seeing friends you might only see once a year, shopping, and…
Rick Kenny Following tough but successful regional play in Surprise, Arizona, the IronOaks Men’s 65 and older 7.0 tennis doubles team went to Florida for national competition. For the first time, the USTA National Title tournament was held at the new USTA Campus in Orlando, Florida. These Phoenix and Southwest champions played teams from Texas, Missouri, Caribbean,…
Richard Teater On Jan. 24, the league held its second event of 2020 playing a Four-Person Team Cha-Cha-Cha. This was also our annual “GOLF” day in which golf means “Going Out Looking Foolish”! Various members revealed their “wild” side by wearing eye-catching (distracting) gear. One league officer admitted to shopping at the local Goodwill store…
Larry Wolfe The Lady Sluggers complete their season with their final games scheduled for March 2 versus Fountain of the Sun at Resort Field and on March 4 at Sunland Springs. They wrapped up their home season on February 24. As of this month’s press deadline, the Sluggers had split their first 18 games, sporting…
Joyce Spartonos, Publicity Shalom Hadassah plans another month of really great programs for March. We’ll start with Tuesday, March 10. Come and enjoy lunch at Stone & Barrel in Oakwood and hear guest speaker JoAnne Gaudioso discuss the many benefits of essential oils. This topic has been all over the news recently, and it should…