Barb Jorgensen Five separate Valley of the Sun teams came together to form one USTA 65+ team. The team also consists of half Cottonwood Tennis Club members and half IronOaks Tennis Club members—quite the collaboration of otherwise opposing teams. This team has won USTA Sectionals and played in the Nationals, representing the USTA Southwest Division.…
Penny Petersen Paul Jorgensen rejoined Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) recently. He’s really a golf fanatic but joined CTC as a form of exercise after knee replacement surgery. He and his wife Barb Jorgensen never play together. His sport is golf. Hers is obviously tennis. He plays golf four times a week. He loves golf. Barb…
Penny Petersen The two-day tennis tournament between Canada and the USA, Can-Am, provided good competition and lots of fun eating and drinking, and the surprise was that the USA won by one point. As Sylvia Page said, “The U.S. squeaked by with a one-point victory, setting up a rematch for next year.” Special thanks go…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club elected officers recently. They are President Susan Hood, Vice President Mike Jaltuch, Secretary Julia Romanin, Treasurer Steve Norvet, and Tournament Director Dean Senerius. Now let us introduce you to Tennis Appreciation Month: May. Celebrations will be held around the world. Special tournaments will be organized, and it’s a great opportunity…
Jerry Higgins The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat comes and goes. These are 2 of the 12 teams who participated in Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) championship matches during the week of Jan. 8. In the 4.0 Red Division, Jeff Villareal and Mike Jaltuch took away the trophy from runner-up team Sid Porter…
Jerry Higgins Boys & Girls Club of the Valley, Chandler Compadres branch, which provides affordable afterschool and summer programs for more than 20,000 young people in grades K-12, was the beneficiary of a $1,611 donation from the Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) fundraising Bradshaw-Neu tennis tournament. The donations from player fees, fan donations, raffle ticket sales,…
Jerry Higgins Rain on Sunday morning, Jan. 7, postponed the start of the Cottonwood Tennis Club for 64 players vying for the title of Gender Team Champion in one of the six seeded levels of play. Red-rated 4.0 gentlemen and ladies Green-rated 3.5 gentlemen and ladies 75-year-old senior gentlemen group Blue-rated 3.0 ladies group Despite…
Jerry Higgins Each new year, many people resolve to do more exercise. This is the place to start! You will enjoy doing it. Even our guests from Ability360 Wheelchair Tennis Club enjoyed the tennis matches at Cottonwood Tennis Club. It’s now your turn to complete that resolution and have fun playing tennis. Free Tennis Clinics…
Jerry Higgins Cottonwood Tennis Club extended its annual Bradshaw/Neu Tournament to include an outstanding tennis exhibition match by wheelchair athletes from Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center. Prior to the actual match play, the events for the afternoon included contests by the members in an accuracy serve challenge to hit specific points on the court as…
Jerry Higgins The Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) opens its regular 2023-24 tennis season with its annual Rainbow Classic. CTC tennis players are ranked by color: Red (4.0), Green (3.5), and Blue (3.0), and in the Rainbow Classic, players are intermixed on teams, allowing the various rated players to play with and against the other rated…