RAD Golf Scramble at Oakwood Golf Club

Openings are still available for single golfers or foursomes for the Second Annual RAD (Recreation and Athletics for Individuals with Disabilities) Golf Scramble, which will be held on Saturday, April 8, at Oakwood Golf Club, in Sun Lakes. The tournament is open to the public and will feature a preferred ball scramble format for the…

Bocce Ball—Final Month of League Play

Kathy Mlynarczyk, Publicity March is our last month of league play for the second session, with a friendly reminder to complete games and record W/L by March 19. This will be a busy month with games, celebrations, and awards. Noteworthy news: Please mark your calendars. The Sisk Bocce Club is holding its annual Fun with…

Tennis Tip from Coach Kwong

My road to tennis was not easy. I had no one to mentor me at first and just watched tennis on TV like millions did in the early ‘80s. I wanted to play like Bjorn Borg but acted like John McEnroe when things went south for me. I sadly did not have great concentration and…

Winter Softball Is a Wrap

Larry Wolfe Our Winter Sessions ended on Feb. 16 and were followed by seeded three-day tournaments in both our Sun and Lakes Divisions. Both the regular seasons and tournaments concluded after this month’s press deadline, so the results will be in next month’s Splash. If you can’t wait to see the results, the winners are…

Softball Player Profile: David Platt

Larry Wolfe Mystery solved! After several years in the Sun Lakes Witness Protection Program, Dave Platt has finally emerged to share his story! Don’t ask! A baseball and softball “lifer,” Dave was a three-year letterman for the South Minneapolis High School Tigers team, then transitioned to softball. Much more on that later in this article.…

IMGA Golfer of the Month

If you met an industrial engineer, attorney, information technology manager, biker who survived a 400-mile ride, husband of 54 years, father of three, grandfather of four, and golfer who has scored a 4 under par 63 at Ironwood, you have partially described the IMGA Golfer of the Month, Dick Boscombe. Dick was born in Swansea,…