Jerry Vance Mary Jane Robinson says it’s time to play tennis again for the Sun Lakes Tennis Club. Our potluck dinners started on November 11 and will be the second Wednesday of each month with the next one January 13. Officers leading the club this year are Mary Jane Robinson, president, Dan Thorsen, vice president,…
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Sports, January 2016
4 IronOaks Tennis Teams advance to USTA sectionals
IronOaks Tennis Club is thrilled to recognize four of our USTA teams who won their season on the local level and advanced to the sectional competitions on December 11-13. All four teams were in Surprise, AZ at that time. These are all 65 and over teams. Their competition was teams from the rest of Arizona,…
Sports, January 2016
Food, glorious food!
Oliver would be happy. No gruel here – nothing but tables of delicious fare made by the volunteers that provide meals to the Cottonwood Tennis Club members and their guests at the five annual tournaments, the three social events with neighboring communities and the closing picnic: a total of over 11,000 individual meals when you…
Sports, December 2015
IronOaks Tennis All Clubs Social
Denise Lott Mid-October was the first time in the new season for IronOaks Tennis Club to invite all of the local clubs to join us for a day of fun tennis and great food. There were many advance threats of rain but we refused to let that dampen our enthusiasm. The social gathering was going…
Sports, December 2015
IronOaks tennis duo claims gold at World Senior Games
Denise Lott Several IronOaks Tennis Club members participated in the Huntsman World Senior Games held in St. George, Utah in October. This annual event brought in over 10,000 athletes from 72 countries, involved in 27 different sporting fields. Of those participants, 350 came for the tennis competition. There were many challenging matches, but that did…
Sports, December 2015
Cottonwood Tennis Club welcomes new players
Rod Hayward It has been said that more than half of the over 300 current members of the Cottonwood Tennis Club began the game after their arrival at Sun Lakes. If so, this may be due in no small part to Don Neu, who has been teaching his beginners clinics at the Cottonwood Club for…
Sports, December 2015
IOTC upcoming events and news
The IronOaks Racquet Center will be hosting their last Tennis Social of 2015 on Monday, December 21 from noon-2:00 p.m. All tennis players in the community are welcome! A mix and match tennis format is played from noon-1:30 p.m. with a light holiday snack served after play. There is always a theme to the socials,…
Sports, November 2015
Cottonwood Tennis off and running
Rod Hayward November is upon us again and the Cottonwood Tennis Club is revving its engines to begin another season of blistering forehands, laser-accurate lobs and just plain tennis fun. On October 26, Dave and Sherri Butler, hosts of the Kickoff Dinner, welcomed back returning members at the Palo Verde Dining Room where everyone enjoyed…
Sports, November 2015
IronOaks Tennis Club hosts 2015 USTA Court Slam
The USTA Clay Court Slam Tournament went off without a hitch in September. With Tournament Director John Radcliffe at the helm, the tournament brought in 80 athletes ages 35-85 years old. Players came from Yuma, Tucson, Sedona, Prescott, Scottsdale, Tempe, Buckeye, Phoenix, Mesa and Chandler and provided spectators with some great matches to watch. Results…
Sports, October 2015
Court Report – Cottonwood Tennis Club
Susie Welker We are gearing up for our winter session of competitive and enjoyable tennis at the Cottonwood Tennis Club! As our members begin to drift back to the southwest, the intensity of our CTC activities ratchets up to accommodate their enthusiasm for tennis. This is a club organized and run by its members and…