Penny Petersen The Bradshaw Tennis Tournament, sponsored by Cottonwood Tennis Club, will take place Monday, November 5, through Saturday, November 10. The Bradshaw is the largest and most exciting tournament of the year for both participants and spectators. All five of the Cottonwood courts are used for the event, and more than 1,000 spectators show…
Penny Petersen If you pass the Cottonwood tennis courts Monday through Thursday, you might imagine that CTC is segregated by sex. Monday and Wednesday women congregate. Tuesday and Thursday the men preside. But Friday is really the best day of the week, because that is Mixed Doubles Day and focuses more on making friends and…
Penny Petersen When it’s 82 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and 110 degrees by noon, it takes hardy souls to venture onto the tennis court. Normal play times for the Cottonwood Tennis Club are 8:30, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. But nobody in their right mind would subject themselves to heat stroke. So, in the summer, CTC…
Penny Petersen The only league taking place this summer is the Cottonwood Men’s League. It extends for the longest time, beginning in late April and continuing until October. The best part for the guys is that they don’t have to be there every week. This gives them a chance for cruises, visits to family in…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club’s men’s and women’s spring leagues have concluded. Annually, there are the Monday Women’s League for higher-ranked women players, Tuesday Men’s League for lower-ranked men’s players, Wednesday Women’s League for lower-ranked women’s players and a Thursday Men’s League for higher-ranked male players. Spring winners for the Wednesday Woman’s League were…
Penny Petersen The East West Tournament wrapped up the competitive season for Cottonwood Tennis Club, but tennis continues throughout the summer. Two days of East West competition was a nail-biter. East represents all tennis members who live east of Alma School Road. West is all those living west of Alma School. The score was…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club’s end-of-the-season picnic didn’t include tennis. It featured competition in bocce ball, bean bag toss and putting. Winners collected tickets, and a drawing was held for prizes. A long line formed for food while The Rokuseks entertained with a variety of familiar tunes. But best of all was the camaraderie…
Penny Petersen What’s good for your heart, muscles and making friends? Tennis! In the Cottonwood Tennis Club, there are 28 couples who make tennis an enjoyable part of their lives together. We picked three and asked them about themselves. Horst and Dorothea Flachsmann came to Sun Lakes as snowbirds in 1997. They originally lived…
Penny Petersen After what seemed like a long holiday break, the Cottonwood Tennis Club held its first tournament of the year with Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles in four different ability levels. Cottonwood rates players according to skill level with Red being highest, then green, blue and black. A beginning level is orange, but…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club held its week-long Gender Doubles Tournament January 8 through 13 with matches in four ability levels. The finals were held Saturday, January 13, after the February Splash deadline.