Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport The spike in passenger traffic and airport operations at Phoenix Sky Harbor from the recent Feb. 12 Super Bowl was nothing short of remarkable. Monday, Feb. 13, marked a milestone day for America’s Friendliest Airport® as more than 200,000 visitors came through the Airport. It was the single busiest day…
Category: Card Games & Sports
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Word of the Month: Sempiternal
David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping Pong by Guido Mina Di Sospiro recently, I ran across this long sentence, “…I certainly didn’t suspect a number of things: that I’d be soundly beaten by my teenage son; that shortly thereafter I’d become obsessed with table tennis; that my obsession would fuel a grueling initiation…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Relishing Pickleball: The Overhead Smash
David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, it’s time now to learn about the overhead smash after learning about lobbing the past few months. Mary Littlewood says the overhead smash is the most aggressive, offensive shot in all of pickleball. It’s usually hit off the…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Ponytail
Darlene Thompson We meet in the Apache Room, which is on the third floor of the clubhouse. There is no fee. Playing is free. We start playing at 12:30 p.m. on Saturdays. Ponytail is played year round. Ponytail is a form of Hand and Foot, only a little more detailed. Come and join us and…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
SunBird Men’s Golf Club – March Newsletter
We had a very large turnout for the Men’s Club March 7 meeting. President Buzz Curran read the minutes from the last meeting. A bit of old business was reviewed, including the issue regarding a lead person to run the summer league. Glen Ketchum came forward and offered to lead this effort for the summer.…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Hand and Foot
Yvonne Beloney and Shirley Goodman We meet on Tuesday in the Apache Room, which is on the third floor. We play year round. We start playing at noon. Come and join us, and please arrive by 11:45 a.m. so you can either pick a table or draw cards for partners. Buy-in is 50 cents. We…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Golf Course Report
Dave White, President Last month we talked about course care. This month let’s talk about golf course reservations (tee times). We use various tools to set up tee times: 7, 8, 9 day call-ins, Golf Now, Golf Moose, UnderPar, etc. There are blocks of times set aside for league play and for general play. When…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
He Found a New Racquet and Got in the Game
Sharlene Jerome One of our newest members here at SunBird Tennis Club, James Morgan, has always been involved in sports, primarily racquet sports like racquetball, squash, and badminton. So, naturally, why would he not be interested in tennis? He has known fellow club member Melissa Craig from their hometown in Canada. When he moved to…
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Water Volleyball Club
Card Games & Sports, April 2023
Bridge Quip
Shirley Jackson SunBird Bridge is in session Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. On Monday we play at 12:30 p.m. in the Longview Room. On Wednesday we play at 9 a.m. in the Longview Room. On Thursday we play at noon in the Longview Room (duplicate non-sanction). On Friday we play at 12:30 p.m. in the…