Kenneth R. Nelson, Sr. Hello tennis fans: Federer, the Williams sisters, Nadal, and the other professionals all practice exceptionally long hours! That, my friends, is the reason they get paid the big bucks! We, on the other hand, are no superstars; therefore, when you see one of us alone or there is just one or…
Kenneth Nelson This week, I want to highlight Mr. Hal Reimer. I moved in March 2019, and during the spring and summer, I worked out on the tennis courts as we began to realign for the season. The pandemic and its side effects kept some away vis-à-vis, the Canadians could not get back, and others made…
Kenny and Rhonda Nelson Once again, as Jen reminded us last month, we cannot decide how to play if this COVID-19 does not get covered, distanced, and hand-wiped! Our numbers at the Tennis Club are down by COVID-19, but also the governments of our two countries are keeping our neighbors from the North away until…
Jen Walden It feels great to be back on our beautiful sport courts playing with our SunBird tennis buddies! Our season is now in full swing but, unfortunately, we are down quite a few members. Our Canadian friends cannot join us at this time but, hopefully, we will be seeing some of them return to…
Jennifer Walden It was a long, hot, summer for some of our members and residents in the Valley of the Sun. Many of you continued to play tennis in the extreme heat! Phew! We all welcome the cooler, more manageable temperatures of fall and winter. Our organized Tennis Club activities will commence the first of…
Jen Walden The month of March was our last month of scheduled social tournament play for the season. On March 14, we travelled to Palm Creek to play at their beautiful facilities, and on March 21 we got to play on Springfield’s new tennis courts! And our Farewell in-house tournament and picnic this year on…
Jenifer Walden We all gathered together on Feb. 17 on the clubhouse patio to join two of our longtime members and dear friends, Hal Reimer and Ivan Shaffer, celebrate their 90th birthdays! Both fellows are respected veterans and seasoned SunBird Tennis Club members. We’ve all enjoyed our time with them on and off the courts…
Penny Petersen Two events closed out the 2019 tennis year for Cottonwood Tennis Club. The Triple T (TTT) closed tournament was held Dec. 4 through Dec. 7. The SunBird/Springfield Social took place Dec. 14. The Triple T (Team Tennis Tournament) pitted four “teams” against each other. Players signed up individually, and then the four team…
Jenifer Walden We have kicked off the new year with some fabulous tennis tournaments with other clubs and our in-house league play. On Jan. 4, we played our friends at Sun Lakes and enjoyed some social tennis and a scrumptious lunch. Thank you, Sun Lakes, for a great day! Score? SunBird 20, Sun Lakes 8.…
Robyn Blosh We love the SunBird sports courts and our new pickleball nets on rollers. SunBird’s freshly-painted blue courts with white lines for tennis and light blue lines for pickleball play are awesome. If you haven’t seen the sports courts, go out and take a look! Better yet, come out to play. They look good…