Category: Card Games & Sports

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…