Jerry Vance On January 20, 28 members of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club got together for some good tennis and great food at our annual Sunshine Tournament. Unfortunately, the sun forgot to shine, and it was pretty chilly – naw, it was downright cold. Needless to say, we did not stay around long to…
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.…
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…
John Brasch High-level tennis is on tap for tennis aficionados this coming March as the 14th annual Jason Morton Tennis Classic returns to the courts designed by the tournament’s namesake, Jason Morton, a longtime legend in American senior tennis. Morton represented the U.S. on eight different international cup competitions and won over 100 gold…
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…
Jerry Vance On January 6, the Sun Lakes Tennis Club hosted SunBird for a day of fun and tennis. We started at 8:30 a.m. and finished at 2:30 p.m. with lots of matches played. It appeared SunBird may have won a few more matches, but everyone had a great time. The Sun Lakes Club provided…
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.
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club is back in full swing with lots going on. We started play in December with a Welcome Back intra club tournament on December 9 where everyone had a good time back in the sun playing tennis. Bob Dunn and Mary Jane Robinson came in first, and Mike…
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…