The Cottonwood Tennis Club held a Patio Party at Palo Verde and also elected officers for the 2019-2020 season as part of the last general meeting of the year. Officers elected were President Mary Ann Rice, Vice President Laks Jagnandan, Secretary Jenette Curran, Treasurer Spencer Roberts. Jerry Higgins will continue as the tournament director and…
Jerry Vance March 23 was a beautiful day to play tennis, and the Sun Lakes Tennis Club hosted Springfield for a great day of tennis. Springfield was unfortunately victorious, but we ate most of the pizza. We had four courts full of players from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and lots of great matches. Food…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club has many activities: daily play, league play, open play time, social events with other clubs and tournaments. A tournament is a multi-day competitive matching to determine the top three teams in each ability level. Members who wish to compete sign up with a partner. Only CTC members are eligible to…
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club hosted Cottonwood for tennis on Saturday, February 23. After the snow and sleet the night before, we had to work hard to get the courts dry and ready to play. Ice was on the chairs as we cleaned them off to sit on. We started a half hour…
Penny Petersen Cottonwood Tennis Club’s Mixed Doubles Tournament began Sunday, February 10, in rainy conditions and ended Saturday, February 16, in great weather. First, Second and Third Place winners in four different ability levels emerged by the end of the week-long tournament. There were 74 players participating. Most teams played three matches prior to the…
Jerry Vance March 2 was finally warm and sunny for the club’s annual Hot Dog Tournament. We had the courts full of players and lots of competitive matches. The best thing was the hot dogs that Wayne Taylor and Ed Campion cooked for the members. Baked beans and chili spiced up the food. Yes, there…
Penny Petersen The Canadian-American Tennis Social was held Saturday, January 26, at the Cottonwood tennis courts. Participants numbered 120, with 36 Canadians and 73 Americans. Lots of friendly rivalry filled the day, complete with a parade down past the courts and onto Court 1, where Canadians were positioned on the south side of Court 1…
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club had a great tournament with Springfield and SunBird at Springfield on January 26. From 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., the courts were full of competitors. Sun Lakes did not win but had lots of fun and good tennis. We are looking forward to competing against SunBird again on…
Sun Lakes Table Tennis Club members were out in force at the 2019 Arizona Senior Olympics. Six men and one woman brought home a total of 12 medals. Congratulations, ladies and gentlemen! Table tennis in Sun Lakes is proud of our tournament winners! Gerry Vogelsang – 85-89 Division: Bronze in Men’s Singles and Silver in…
John Brasch Athletic excellence, high drama, grit, blood and the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat… it was all there in the IOTC Gender Doubles Tournament three weeks ago. Tension ran high as three divisions battled over five days to crown the reigning doubles champions for both men and women. Early Saturday morning, Edith…