Summer tennis fun

Susie Dunn Our fun summer Round Robin Social ran from April to Memorial Day. Mary White who jumped right in as the coordinator did a fine job getting all the girls together each hot Monday morning. Heat became a factor at the end of May, along with many girls leaving sooner this summer than usual.…

Ace for Rachelle

Rachelle Wilson scored a hole-in-one on June 15!

Rachelle Wilson of Cottonwood was golfing at the Sun Lakes Country Club with the Sun Lakes Lady Niners on June 15 when she had a hole-in-one on Hole No. 15. Witnesses were teammates Moe Bleuth, Cathy LaMothe and Verla Matuschka.

PVLGA news and views

Winners of Fun Day are (left to right) Carolyn Tagatz, Shirley Hutchings and Marj Rasmussen

Janet Baron Publicity Chairman The longer I live here, the more I realize that the meaning given in the dictionary for desert, “a dry barren area of land that is characteristically desolate, waterless and without vegetation,” does not do justice to our unique Sonoran Desert with its amazing plants and animals, spectacular bolder formations and…

Niners June results

Jim Wegman, Publicity Membership is vital to our league, so I am happy to report the return of Don Powers, a former member, and the sign-up of our newest member, Lou Blas, recruited by Bill Bartoo. Thanks Bill and welcome to the league, guys. On Monday, June 9 league member Mike Stewart, hit it straight…

Palo Verde Men’s Golf May/June results

Jim Davis, Publicity It’s warmed up but we’re still out there chipping away at it. This edition of the PVMGA newsletter started out in late May on the 31st with a Three Best Ball Net format and the winning team of Bud Murray, Rich Featherstone, George Townsend and Tom Roark with a 160. On June…

Softball Sixties Team escapes the heat

Where’d it go? Catcher Dr. Roger “Sparky” Spark, umpire “General” Ed Sowney and Mike “I Wish They’d Invent Something to Keep the Sun Out of My Eyes” Gloyd look for the ball during summer play. (Photo by Core Photography, LLC).

Larry Wolfe Our 60 Plus tournament team, sponsored by Brenden Financial Planning, recently escaped the heat by participating in the annual Pinetop Senior Softball Tournament. Even though the weather was about 20 degrees cooler than here in the Valley, our boys ran into some hot teams and finished the tourney with two wins and three…