Pat Milich PebbleCreek’s Bocce Ball delegation made an excellent showing in the 2017 Arizona Senior Olympics, bringing home one Gold and two Silver medals. A total of 111 senior citizen Bocce players from several Phoenix area adult communities competed in four categories – Men, Women, Co-Ed and Singles – during the annual event held recently…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association crowned Jack Schafer as their 2017 Club Champion. Jack won this championship for a record-setting fifth time with a new low score of 214 (two under par). The tournament was held on February 9, 15 and 16. The course rotation was Eagle’s Nest, Palms/Lakes and then back to…
Priscilla Naworski The PebbleCreek Bocce Association sponsored a Rock and Roll benefit tournament for the New Life Center on Saturday, March 4. Forty-eight ladies were randomly assigned to teams named after female rock groups. Classic rock and roll music, provided by Roger Milewski, was played throughout the event. After two rounds of play, the winners…
Pam Smith Another beautiful day in Paradise on March 11 as PebbleCreek hosted the final Robson League pickleball games for 2017. PebbleCreek finishes with another great win. PebbleCreek 87 vs. SaddleBrooke Ranch 33 Congratulations to everyone that participated in our Robson League Play this year!
The Travel International Club held its March meeting on March 28. Jay Cedillo of Brendan Vacations spoke about our upcoming Best of Ireland trip (July 2018) and offered $100 to anyone booking during the following week. Our February meeting heard discussions on Travel Gadgets, hacks and apps. At both meetings we discussed our upcoming trips…
Lynn Matousek Red was definitely the predominant color for the annual two-day PCLGA Cupid’s Divot Tournament coinciding with Valentine’s Day on February 11 and 12, 2017. Co-Chairs Mary Falso and Pam Schunke went all out in planning this special event. Sixty-eight twosomes signed up, picking their own foursomes, and played two fun afternoons of golf.…
Howie Tiger On February 16 Jerry Monk, president of the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association, announced the Most Improved Player for the 2016 golfing season. That player is Harvey Winn. The announcement took place during the PCMGA Club Championship dinner in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. Harvey is a long standing PCMGA member who lived most of…
Lynn Warren Gary Bray is one of several Canadian members of the hiking club and began hiking with the club in 2007, normally hiking just one day a week. On February 24 Gary became only the second Canadian (and first from Ontario) to reach 1,609 km (1,000 miles). It was a beautiful, sunny day for…
Pete Williams On March 10 twenty hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike in nearby Skyline Regional Park. The wildflowers were outstanding! Because we have had good winter rains, the desert is so green it’s almost unrecognizable. Standing in front of a hillside of blooming Brittlebush are (left to right): Jim Gillespie, Linda…
Cribbage Club Gary Lind The Cribbage Club meets three times monthly, the first, second and fourth Thursday at 1:00 p.m. in the Sienna Room, Tuscany Falls; please note these are different days from last year. The club is open to all PebbleCreek residents interested in playing a friendly game of Cribbage. If you don’t know…