IronOaks Tennis Club once again showed why it is one of the premier senior tennis clubs in the nation, with four teams capturing their respective league titles at the Southwest USTA 65-and-over Sectional Tennis Championships in Surprise, AZ from December 11-13, 2015. Competing teams which had won their local leagues represented districts from El Paso,…
Denise Lott The Southwest Adult and Senior Tennis Tournament was held in Tucson in early November. On the humorous side, Dana Billingsley of Scottsdale and Len Paulson of IOTC were the only entrants in the 80 age bracket singles, so they got permission to play the “final” at the new Ironwood courts. This was a…
This was the 31st year for the Bradshaw Tennis tournament held at the Cottonwood Racquet Club. There were many close matches with over 50 needing a tie-break game. The IronOaks Fitness and Racquet Center had many members place in the top three in their division. The results are as follows: Dave Rokusek was part of…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…