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…
Sun Lakes Tennis Club took on SunBird on January 7 at SunBird. We had many members competing, and all had a great time. Come join up with us and have some fun at tennis. We play every week at the tennis courts on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Dues are only $30. See the website…
The IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Center, with the help of the IronOaks Tennis Club, will be hosting the Jason Morton Tennis Classic March 2-5, 2017. This is a USTA Sanctioned Sectional Level II Tournament. Divisions include Singles, Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and Open. Singles fee is $40 and Doubles fee is $54 per team (a small…
President Ed Campion welcomed back the tennis players at the November 19 welcome back tournament. On December 10 a holiday tournament as well as the Christmas party was held. Coming up in January we have a tournament with SunBird on January 7, the hot dog tournament on January 14 and the January potluck on January…
Denise Lott On December 11, the IronOaks 7.0, 65 plus men’s USTA team won the Southwest Sectional tennis tournament held in Surprise, AZ. The next stop will be to compete in the Spring National Championship tournament. The other competitors were from Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Our team was undefeated in the 7.0 men’s group.…
Denise Lott Len Paulsen, longtime member of the IronOaks tennis community, is well-recognized in his USTA (United States Tennis Association) age group. He is undefeated in the 85 plus category in Arizona, and that makes him currently our No. 1 state player. This is a rolling standing rank. In addition, his skills have earned him…
Rod Hayward Those were the words of Frank New in his eulogy at the Don Neu memorial service. Over 200 of Don’s family and friends met on Cottonwood’s court one November 19 to share their personal memories of Don and his many accomplishments. Thanks to the vocals of Mary Burke, there were few dry eyes…