Jerry Vance Saturday February 10 the members of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club gathered for the Sunshine Tournament to enjoy good tennis and food. Twelve teams of three persons per team played the round robin seven point scoring system for an hour and 15 minutes. This fast moving game keeps you busy with lots of…
IronOaks Tennis Club is sponsoring a Charity Dinner/Dance to benefit Neighbors Who Care on Saturday, March 25. All Sun Lakes tennis club members and their guests are invited. Thaddeus Rose Band will be the entertainment and throughout the evening fundraising events will take place. This includes a 50/50 raffle, silent auctions and basket raffles. Cost…
Denise Lott Our community still feels the gap left by the sudden death of Don Neu, an avid tennis player and involved member of the community. In remembrance of Don, the IronOaks Tennis Club collected funds to install a bench with a memorial plaque. The plaque reads, “In Memory of Don Neu—A Dear Friend—2/11/2017—From Members…
Denise Lott The Jason Morton Tournament, being held at IronOaks Tennis Club on March 2-5, 2017, is a USTA Level II tournament. As a sectional level event, participants can receive ranking points. In addition, there are cash awards for all levels of play. Tennis professional Josh Bates will be coordinating the matches. Meals and snacks…
Rod Hayward From January 8 to 14, Cottonwood held its annual gender doubles tournament. Thanks go to the weatherman, to Ernie Soczka and his tournament committee and to everyone who manned (and womanned) the food court (Mel and Penny Rinald, Roseann Soczka, Nadine and Robert Sutter, Neda Mead and Sherri Butler, Mary Park, Linda Dirksmeyer…
Jerry Vance The February dinner meeting of the Sun Lakes Tennis Club was held on February 8 at 6:00 p.m. in the Sun Lakes Country Club. A wonderful dinner was followed by the monthly meeting. The March meeting will be at the Spring Fling on March 18. A busy month of tennis in February and…
Rod Hayward On the Cottonwood courts, three tennis instructors met to discuss the lob. They all agreed—the best way to combat one is move under it and punish your opponents with a blistering overhead. “Where do I get one of those?” “Try practicing more than just your ground strokes and volleys,” suggested Bob Pivec. “And…
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis club held its January meeting with a dinner at the Clubhouse on January 11. A great meal of pot roast, mashed potatoes, green beans and salad was enjoyed by all with a great desert. After dinner, was the business meeting where we discussed the tournaments we have had and…
Denise Lott IronOaks Tennis Club is home to four of the No. 1 players in the USTA (United States Tennis Association) southwest region comprising Arizona, New Mexico and El Paso. Ranking in their age groups, we have the No. 1 and No. 2 in the 70 age bracket doubles players. Top ranked is Leo Lapane,…
Jerry Vance The Sun Lakes Tennis Club had a fun outing at SunBird on January 7. Lots of players got great exercise in the warm sun with good food provided by SunBird. We will have our meeting and potluck, without having to bring our own pots, on January 11 at 6:00 p.m. We have a…