Penny Petersen Memories of great tennis games, exciting competition against friends, and tennis dinners with entertainment are usually the things the Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) members remember. This year, everything was different as the coronavirus caused the cancellation of six scheduled events. That’s never happened since the club was founded in 1982, 38 years ago.…
These two new banners were created from anonymous individual donor tennis members from the IronOaks Tennis Club and are now placed on stadium court 1 and court 3 at the IronOaks tennis facility.
Susie Dunn Our fun Extended League has been running smoothly now for 12 straight years in a row, and nothing has stopped us from playing again this year, not even the coronavirus. Many of us felt so fortunate to get out and exercise, enjoy the fresh air, and compete with our tennis friends while other…
Jerry Vance Like most everyone else, the Sun Lakes Tennis Club is doing nothing but staying our six feet away from everyone else. We did have elections for officers for 2020-21. Results were President Ed Campion, Vice President Dan Thorsen, Secretary Faye Haynes, Treasurer Tony Horn, Tournament Director Rick Kendall. Committees are Sunshine and Scrapbooks Donna…
Penny Petersen Last month, Cottonwood Tennis Club (CTC) featured Donna and Keith Nelson. This month, the featured couple is Kim and Jerzon Vargas. They are newbies to the joy of tennis. Neither had played in earlier life and were starting from scratch. They’ve lived in Sun Lakes for seven years. Both are rated at the…
Cottonwood Tennis Club held its annual Gender Doubles Tournament Jan. 12-18. Competition included 43 teams, 86 players, and a total of 75 matches played. Because of the cold weather that week, matches didn’t begin until 10 a.m., and it was still chilly. Lots of coffee, tea, and morning snacks got players off to a good…
Rick Kenny Following tough but successful regional play in Surprise, Arizona, the IronOaks Men’s 65 and older 7.0 tennis doubles team went to Florida for national competition. For the first time, the USTA National Title tournament was held at the new USTA Campus in Orlando, Florida. These Phoenix and Southwest champions played teams from Texas, Missouri, Caribbean,…
Penny Petersen Two events closed out the 2019 tennis year for Cottonwood Tennis Club. The Triple T (TTT) closed tournament was held Dec. 4 through Dec. 7. The SunBird/Springfield Social took place Dec. 14. The Triple T (Team Tennis Tournament) pitted four “teams” against each other. Players signed up individually, and then the four team…
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club got dressed up to enjoy a great prime rib dinner on Dec. 14 at the Christmas Party. It is amazing how good we look outside of our tennis gear. Vice President Dan Thorsen and wife Kathy obtained and wrapped presents for everyone. From tennis balls to Crown Royal…
Michele Renahan Even though the weather was a bit chilly for Coach Kwong’s annual tennis/potluck event on New Year’s Eve from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., about 30+ players came out to help bring in the New Year 2020 and enjoyed some tennis playing and sharing good eats and socializing afterwards. During the food enjoyment,…