Tag: tennis

Congratulations, Sunchix

Sunchix ladies tennis team came in first place in the 3.5 Flight One Valley of the Sun League. Pictured is the team receiving their ribbon and medal at the awards luncheon. Top left to right are players Jo Lucas, Gloria Handley, Christine Terechenok, Roz Juve, Karen DiPiazza, Leslie Maach and Charlotte Wiard; bottom left to right are Jen Walden, Barb Wallace and Pam Tiffany. Two players not present are Dianna Wreford and Vickie Ayres. Congratulations, team!

Christine Terechenok Tennis tournament season is officially over for the summer and many of our winter visitors and homeowners are leaving. We want to wish them all good traveling and look forward to next season which will begin October 2016. Have a great summer, everyone!

SunBird Tennis Club update

Christine Terechenok The Tennis Club sends out congratulations to the newly formed Pickleball Club and their first home tournament that was organized for Thursday, March 10. We hope the future of your club is successful and fun for all. We go forward with hopes of continuing cooperation between our clubs and enjoyment for everyone. Last…

Tennis Club news

Christine Terechenok Tennis is winding down this season with March and April events scheduled. Upcoming activities: March 10-12 – Cottonwood hosts East/West Tournment March 19 – Springfield hosts SunBird March 21-25 – IronOaks hosts Claycourt Tournament March 26 – SunBird tennis in-house year end picnic April 22 – SunBird hosts IronOaks An update on the…

SunBird Tennis Club Supports Community Projects

Pictured to the left is Jean Mrugala, President of the SunBird Garden Club, accepting a cash donation from the President and Vice President of the Tennis Club, Dave and Jen Walden. Jean was very excited to accept the contribution to use towards their future projects.

Christine Terechenok The Tennis Club appreciates all the hard and beautiful work the Garden Club does for our community. The Tennis Club in the past has donated to other worthwhile community projects: to name a few, the front entry wall re-design, sails for the Horseshoe Club, bench at the Post Office and the Horizon Room…

Tennis Club news

Christine Terechenok Happy New Year to all. Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. At the Tennis Club December meeting all the officers of 2015 volunteered to stay on for year 2016. They are President Dave Walden, Vice President Jen Walden, Secretary Lillian Donley and Treasure Pam Tiffany. No one opposed and the vote was unanimous. We…

Summer Tennis event

Thanks to Pat Daven (left), Charlotte Wiard (right), Jo Lucas and Vickie Ayres (not shown) for organizing this new summertime tennis event for our full time residents and tennis enthusiasts.

Christine Terechenok SunBird Tennis Club invited three other clubs to participate in a tennis mixer; Trilogy, Springfield and Solera. It took place on July 25 at 6:30 a.m. and finished at 9:30 a.m. before the hot temperatures moved in. Together they came up with a total of 32 players and everyone from all clubs brought…

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Anthony Pappano at our in-house tournament and picnic.

Anthony Pappano has been a SunBird tennis member for 20 years and is still on the courts playing his heart out. Yeah Anthony! So if you think you can’t play at your age, think again about joining the Tennis Club and keep your heart and body going. The Tennis Club had its last meeting on…

IronOaks Tennis events

Denise Lott The IronOaks Tennis Club Gender Doubles Tournament was held In February. Winners were Lola Bernadelli and Carmelle Davin (4.0 women), Mike Corey and Leo Lapane (4.0 men), Olena Buxton and Barb Yankee (3.5 women) and Jerry Geiszler and Len Paulson (3.5 men). Our Winter Drop-In Social, open to all Sun Lakes area players,…