5th Annual Mission Royale Pickleball Tournament results

Gary Baker and David Zapatka bronze medal winners 4.5 men’s doubles.

David Zapatka The tournament-tough Sun Lakes pair Dianne Zimmerman and Sheila Parkinson teamed up for yet another successful East Valley pickleball competition. This time it was in Casa Grande at the fifth annual Mission Royale Pickleball tournament. Attendance at this year’s tournament far exceeded previous years leading to four tennis courts being striped with pickleball…

18 Hole Couples League news

Carole Schmidt If you are interested in joining a great group of people to play golf as a couple, consider joining Oakwood Couples 18 Hole Golf League. Our goal is to play golf, have fun and meet new people. You do not have to live in IronOaks or Sun Lakes to be a member. We…

USAPA Southwest Regional Pickleball Champions

David Zapatka and Don Simmons Bronze Medal winners of the 4.5, 60 plus age division.

David Zapatka As you can see from the picture, Bev Krueger and Dick Johnson, gold medal winners of the 3.5 skill bracket, 75 plus age division had a wonderful time playing together. This was a huge win at a huge tournament where pickleball competitors from all over the country came in search of gold. Congratulations…

Table Tennis

David Novikoff, Ophelia Shelton, Dr. Lydia Woods, David Zapatka

Dave Zapatka Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club sent six members to the Arizona Senior Olympic Table Tennis Tournament and all came home with medals. Leading the way was Gerry Vogelsang, our senior tournament player who won a silver medal in both the 80-84 singles and doubles divisions. Jim Spolar was tops in the 75-79 singles…

AZ Senior Olympics Racquet Ball

Pictured (left to right) Raymond Bernier, volunteer official with Neil Durham, Francis Florey and John Galbraith on the ASU podium.

The Senior Olympics in Racquet Ball were held on Saturday and Sunday at ASU on March 11 and 12. This was a qualifying year for the National Senior Olympics games and both Neil Durham and Gerry Vogelsang qualified to participate in the National games in singles and doubles. Neil Durham and Gerry Vogelsang represented Sun…

Farmer’s Insurance wins tournament title

Tournament winners, front: Steve Hilby, Jeff Jay, Mgr. Gary Hatch, Gary Stewart and Gregg Peterson; back: Tom Vitolo, Dom Colonna, John Whitman, Bill Kreisman, “Hoot” Gibson, Tom Erpelding and Evan Hansen. (Photo by Core Photography, LLC).

Larry Wolfe At the conclusion of our winter league, a seeded seven-team three-day double-elimination tournament was held; 12 games were played over the three-day span before the Farmers Insurance team, sponsored by the Frank Margiotta Agency and managed by Gary Hatch, won their well-earned title. Brief game summaries follow: In game one, Farmers scored four…