The IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) 7.0 Men’s team captured the National Championship title at the rain-shortened United States Tennis Association’s (USTA) 2018 League National Invitational held at the Surprise Tennis Center February 1 through February 3. Annually, the USTA invites the 17 league winners from their respective sections from around to country to compete in…
Thom Tschetter Yes… the rumor is true. The IronOaks Tennis Club is raffling off a $7,995 custom E-Z-Go golf cart with all net proceeds going to Neighbors Who Care. Only 500 tickets will be sold… so don’t wait! Sales will run only until the 500 tickets are sold or until the drawing on March 23,…
Vivian Guimond The IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) is proud to be sponsoring its Third Annual Charity Dinner Dance to benefit Neighbors Who Care. The event takes place on Saturday, March 23, 2019, and all residents of Sun Lakes and their guests are welcome to attend. In addition to the inspiring dance music by Thaddeus…
Michele Renahan On Saturday, April 14, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Coach Kwong Young organized a social play from high school players (boys/girls) from Arizona Preparatory College (ACP), and they were teamed up with an IronOaks tennis member with three rounds of play with different partners. All serving was done on the south side…
Elaine Kraemer, CWPV Foundation President There’s nothing more powerful than working together to achieve great results! The recent collaboration of our Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation with the IronOaks Tennis Club is a prime example of this synergy. The IronOaks Tennis Club held its annual charity dinner dance on March 9, 2018. The event provided…
Elaine Kraemer, CWPV Foundation President The Cottonwood Palo Verde Foundation is proud to announce that it has joined forces with the IronOaks Tennis Club to raise money to benefit Neighbors Who Care, Inc.! Please join us on Friday evening, March 9, 2018, at the Oakwood Country Club for a Community-wide charity dinner dance with music…
Ed Rockland The IronOaks Tennis Club held its annual Valentine’s Social on Saturday, February 10, at the Oakwood tennis courts. What could be a more appropriate way to prepare for Valentine’s Day than a sport that features Love in its scoring? Over 40 participants took part in doubles play over two 45-minute sessions. St.…
Linda Shanahan The IronOaks Tennis Team won the 2017 Southwest USTA Sectional in Surprise, Arizona. The competition took place in early December. The ladies 65 and over, doubles 7.0 team had to win their Regional Division prior to advancing to Sectionals. After a brief celebration of winning the Sectional competition, it is back to the…
Ed Rockland, IOTC Reporter While most people were gearing up for the usual madcap evening of typical New Year’s Eve events, the IronOaks Tennis Club (IOTC) members were celebrating by – what else? -playing tennis! Play was organized by Coach Kwong and ran from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Sunday morning. Coach Kwong set up…
Bob Hirt Billie Jean King trounced Bobby Riggs on September 20, 1973, with Jason Morton officiating as Chair Umpire at that world-famous “Liberation Match” (the recent movie of this match was called Battle of the Sexes). This fact may not be well known, but it is well known that his efforts created an outstanding tennis…