Category: Sports

Champions Again!

Lynne Carlyle For the fourth year in a row, the PebbleCreek ladies 4.0 tennis team, Racquettes, placed first in the West Valley Senior Tennis League. This year’s commanding win boasts a record of 32 wins with only four losses. Six participant teams from the Surprise area, along with PebbleCreek, played a highly competitive double round…

Jewels of the Desert PCLGA Member/Guest Tournament

Flight One: Layne Sheridan, Lorie Wood, Marilyn Reynolds, Mary Bloom

Lynn Matousek Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Citrine, Amethyst, Turquoise and even a couple of diamonds in the rough were the jewels of the three-day PCLGA Member/Guest Tournament held on April 2, 3 and 4, 2017. Jewels of the Desert was the theme of this gem of a tournament. The hard work of Chairperson Cheryl Skummer, Vice-Chair…

PCL9GA news

PCL9GA President Lynn Bishop-Pidcock with Club Champion and Low Net Winner Char Morrow

Pat Kaer Spring Fling and Election of Officers On March 28, the Lady Niners held the annual Spring Fling. This event included some interesting golf challenges and club selection. The score cards were randomly drawn to determine tournament winners. On the same day next year’s officers were elected; the Club Champion, Most Improved player and…

Disney in the Desert

Event Chairpersons Cidnee Lusk and Sally Melzow

Pat Kaer The PebbleCreek Lady Niners held the annual Member-Member Tournament at Tuscany Falls on March 21 and 22. This event, chaired by Sally Melzow and Cidnee Lusk, was a two-day event, which included a putting contest, raffle prizes, door prizes and lunch on both days. Two-member teams competed in a scramble format on the…

Women’s Doubles Pickleball champions

4.5/5.0

Pam Smith The last and final day of the Club Championship was on March 31 with Women’s Doubles. Another exciting day of excellent play; the challenge was not only against their opponents but again they fought hard in winds that exceeded 25 mph and the winners were as follows: Women’s 3.0 Doubles: 1st Kathy Hubert-Wyss,…

PCLGA Cholla Team results

Claudia Tiger, Karen Vagley, Sue Abercrombie, Sally Babbitt, Donnie Meyers, Ann Page

Lynn Matousek The PCLGA has two teams that are part of the Cholla Travel League, a team from Eagle’s Nest and a team from Tuscany Falls. Even though neither team won this year, everyone had a great time. It was an opportunity to play different courses at a reasonable price. The Cholla teams play a…

Pickleball survey results

Pam Smith Here is what the players said about our second annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament that was held in February. We shared these results with all the players but wanted to share it with the club also. As we all know, the volunteers were the stars! Yes, we could not have done it without the…

PCLGA award winners

Best Attendance: Charlene Held with Kathy Hubert-Wyss

Lynn Matousek Statistics matter! And when you have good people with great statistics, it’s worth writing about. Every year there are a few members of the PCLGA who go “above and beyond” in certain categories and consequently earn recognition for their outstanding achievements. This year, at the PCLGA Annual Meeting held on March 22, 2017,…

A special guest plays in PCLGA Member/Guest tournament

Linda Port and Sheri Sears

Lynn Matousek At the recent PCLGA Member/Guest Tournament, PCLGA member Sheri Sears invited Linda Port to participate as her guest. Sheri and Linda have been friends for over 10 years, both living in Rancho Santa Fe, California. Thirty years ago Linda was diagnosed with progressive hereditary eye disease and as a result lost all but…

Bocce board urges participants to think ahead

In order to help both present and future participants in the PebbleCreek Bocce Association, especially our snowbirds, to secure a spot in next year’s play, the Board of Directors has prepared a list of important dates: 2017 Fall League: Early Registration: Turn in to Mollie McErlean by September 3. Regular Registration: Tuesday, September 5 and…