500 Darlene Thompson We meet in the Lakeview Room which is on the 2nd floor by the Pro-Shop on Thursday evenings and start to play at 6:30 p.m. Please come early. Remember, we will be starting at 6:30 p.m. Buy-in is $.50. If you have any questions, please call Darlene Thompson at 602-460-1501 and leave…
Category: Card Games & Sports
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
Bridge Results
Sue and Jim McCutcheon Out of the 45 players who attended the Bridge Gala, there were eight winners based upon their scores. Toni Greisinger took first place with a high score of 4670. Second place had 4400, and those points were made by Jeanette Tenney. Jim Beaupre slid into third place with 4240. Sharon Wold,…
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
SunBird Pickleball – Fasted growing activity in the neighborhood
Roger Mandeville “I hate to exercise, but I love playing pickleball, because it’s so much fun and it works out that it’s good exercise,” says Debbie, a SunBird Pickleball Club member from Carmel, Indiana, who started playing two years ago. According to NBC News, “Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America.” The sport/social activity can…
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
SunBird 18 Holers end an exceptional season
Here it is – April already and the end of another exceptional season! What a way to end our season! Sholiem Cup, Couples Shoot Outs and, of course, the club Championships! I am not reporting on all those events, because some are already in this very paper, while others will be in May’s paper due…
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
Ladies Traveling Tennis Teams enjoy successful year
Christine Terechenok The Sunchix traveling team represented the SunBird Tennis Club in the 3.5 flight 2 division. Congratulations to all the players for taking first place. The Volley Girls traveling team represented the SunBird Tennis Club in the 4.0 flight 3 division. Congratulations to all the players for coming in second place. Both teams had…
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
Tips From The Pro Shop
Jerry Lingen The heat is here, and the snowbirds and the rain birds are leaving us. It’s just amazing how fast time flies. It seems like just yesterday that we were gearing up for the very busy season. I guess time flies by real fast in SunBird because we have so much fun. I did…
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
John German wins the SunBird Men’s Club Championship
The annual SunBird Men’s Golf Association Club Championship, a two-week event, was played on February 23 and March 2. All of the players who signed up to play on these dates were included in the tournament. The field was divided into four flights according to handicap; however, all scoring was based on gross score only.…
Card Games & Sports, April 2017
The Bocce Ball Marathon
Dianne Reed The 2017 Bocce Ball Marathon is complete. The competition was amazing with SunBird residents showing skills they didn’t even know they possessed. From the first week of January through mid-March, 62 SunBird residents participated in 735 games of bocce. The Marathon participants were divided into three leagues, and each competing team played each…