Category: Sports

PebbleCreek Bocce Ball: Meet the Teams

PebbleCreek Bocce Association is comprised of more than 50 teams that play two days and two nights in fall, winter, and spring leagues. The residents who make up these teams come from all walks of life and many different parts of the U.S., and even from around the world. The one thing they all have in…

Ogden, Polk, Smyth, and Helman Share Hole-in-One Prize

Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) awards an annual hole-in-one prize to its members who score a hole-in-one during any PCMGA-held event. In 2021, that prize was shared by Ken Ogden, Paul Polk, Phil Smyth, and Ken Helman. When PCMGA members renew their membership, $5 is collected from each member who wishes to…

Here’s What Happening at the Pickleball Courts

Mimi Blythe President’s Corner: Grateful. This is how I feel about our club. To make a club strong, we need a lot of people who do bits and pieces of a lot of things. That is what we have here in PebbleCreek, many members helping in small to very large ways. Thank you so much for volunteering…

Bocce News

Carolyn Rota On Feb. 25, registration for the spring 2022 bocce session ended. The bocce winter session will end on Friday, March 4. The spring session will start on Tuesday, March 15, and run for seven weeks and end on Friday, April 29. Captains, be sure you have enough players to have six people ready…

PCLGA Cancer Tournament Raises $6,499

Carole Schumacher The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) hosted another successful fundraising tournament and flooded the Tuscany golf courses with pink on Jan. 18. The field was full with ladies stepping up to fight cancer through their generous donations to the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR). Co-chairs Debbie Sayre and Kathi Curtis, along with…

PebbleCreek Tennis Announces Spring Happenings

Donna Gillen As the weather is warming and the days are getting longer, the PebbleCreek Tennis Club (PCTC) is flourishing with spring activities. On the first and third Thursdays of the month, Skills and Drills will be available to club members. Starting time is 11:30 a.m., and the group lessons will be for 90 minutes.…

PCLGA Welcomes New Members

Carole Schumacher The PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) welcomed ladies who have joined the 18-hole club since January 2021 at a beautiful luncheon on Jan. 24, hosted by the PCLGA’s new member co-chairs, Jackie Goupil and Sue White. New members, members of the PCLGA board, and committee chairs attended the exquisite luncheon at the home of…

Welcome 2022 Round Robin and Tennis Social

Donna Gillen Jan. 15 was a spectacular day for tennis when the PebbleCreek Tennis Club hosted the Welcome 2022 Round Robin and Tennis Social. Sixty-four club members vied for the chance to win gift cards and the coveted used game balls. Afterwards, the players and their guests reclined at tables for a tasty and filling…

Desert Mashie Golf Club Inducted into Hall of Fame

PebbleCreek’s own Carolyn Suttles was president of the Desert Mashie Golf Club for the last five years. Her first-year goal was to get the club into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame because of its historic legacy and contributions to golf. As Carolyn ends her term as president, it has come full circle. Desert Mashie…

2022 AGA Medallion Tournament

Carole Schumacher The 2022 Arizona Golf Association (AGA) State Medallion Tournament was held Jan. 16 at Oakwood Golf Course in Sun Lakes. Entrants in the State Medallion Tournament are the winners of the low gross and low net prizes for play during the previous year in their local club (PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association). The format…