Rod Hayward NADINE SUTTER: (VICE PRESIDENT) In Wyoming, Nadine and her husband, Bob, were active in skiing, golfing, cycling and competitive shooting. “My interest in tennis only began when our youngest child aspired to be a pro tennis player,” says Nadine. “Fortunately, I had the opportunity to take lessons from some of the best pro…
Tag: Cottonwood Tennis Club
Sports, March 2016
Cottonwood Player of the Month: Carol McCulley
Rod Hayward At 85 years of age, Carol still plays tennis for an hour and a half every day, twice on Tuesdays. “I go to the gym three times a week. It keeps me fit and helps me avoid injuries.” Watching Carol play tennis in the Cottonwood Tennis Club Gender Doubles Tournament reminds me that…
Sports, February 2016
Play better doubles: choose a better court position
Rod Hayward Welcome to the first in a series of articles from the Cottonwood Tennis Club designed to help the community play better tennis. According to three instructors in the Cottonwood Tennis Club, nothing affects performance more than where we choose to play on the court. For Don, finding the proper court position is helped…
Sports, January 2016
31st Annual Bradshaw Tournament
This was the 31st year for the Bradshaw Tennis tournament held at the Cottonwood Racquet Club. There were many close matches with over 50 needing a tie-break game. The IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Center had many members place in the top three in their division. The results are as follows: Dave Rokusek was part of…
Sports, January 2016
Food, glorious food!
Oliver would be happy. No gruel here – nothing but tables of delicious fare made by the volunteers that provide meals to the Cottonwood Tennis Club members and their guests at the five annual tournaments, the three social events with neighboring communities and the closing picnic: a total of over 11,000 individual meals when you…
Sports, December 2015
Cottonwood Tennis Club welcomes new players
Rod Hayward It has been said that more than half of the over 300 current members of the Cottonwood Tennis Club began the game after their arrival at Sun Lakes. If so, this may be due in no small part to Don Neu, who has been teaching his beginners clinics at the Cottonwood Club for…
Sports, December 2015
IOTC upcoming events and news
The IronOaks Racquet Center will be hosting their last Tennis Social of 2015 on Monday, December 21 from noon-2:00 p.m. All tennis players in the community are welcome! A mix and match tennis format is played from noon-1:30 p.m. with a light holiday snack served after play. There is always a theme to the socials,…
Sports, October 2015
Court Report – Cottonwood Tennis Club
Susie Welker We are gearing up for our winter session of competitive and enjoyable tennis at the Cottonwood Tennis Club! As our members begin to drift back to the southwest, the intensity of our CTC activities ratchets up to accommodate their enthusiasm for tennis. This is a club organized and run by its members and…
Sports, June 2015
Bob Pivec: making tennis fun
Rod Hayward The Cottonwood Tennis Club has a long history of helping its members to improve their tennis skills. It is members like Bob Pivec who make this possible; 60 years ago, he congregated with his eighth-grade classmates to hit tennis balls in the local public playground; a decade later, he was already pursuing his…
Sports, May 2015
Cottonwood Tennis Club picnic
Rod Hayward With months of tournaments, league play and socials behind them, members of the Cottonwood Tennis Club gathered at Sisk Park March 21 to close another successful season and to bid Bon Voyage to their northerner friends, poised for the annual spring migration to cooler climates. The afternoon was filled with entertainment and skill…