Tag: tennis

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,…

Food, glorious food!

Mary Ann and her team

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…

IronOaks Tennis All Clubs Social

Event coordinators Carmella Davin, Sue Tschetter, Mike Davin and Tom Tschetter.

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…

IronOaks tennis duo claims gold at World Senior Games

Dave Reddie and John Radcliffe, gold medal winners

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…

Cottonwood Tennis Club welcomes new players

Rosie Pruitt practices racket preparation.

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…

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,…

Cottonwood Tennis off and running

Jack be nimble! Jack be quick!

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…

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…

Court Report – Cottonwood Tennis Club

Al Wagner has been teaching skills at his Tennis Boot Camp during the summer on Wednesday and Friday evenings. Recent participants are pictured. First row: Kathy Molitar, Sherri Butler, Susan Aparicio, Adriana Michael, Kristi Thomas and Terri Heichelbech; back row: Bob Heichelbech and Instructor Al Wagner.

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…

Multi-Club Tennis Mixer to be held October 17

Multi-Club Tennis Mixer The IronOaks Tennis Club is hosting a Tennis Mixer on Saturday, October 17 for all the Sun Lakes communities including Cottonwood, SunBird, Sun Lakes Country Club, Springfield, Robson Ranch and IronOaks. The event will start at 7:30 a.m. and will include breakfast and lunch. Players can sign up on the bulletin board…