Mimi Blythe Court Resurfacing As part of the normal maintenance cycle, the pickleball court resurfacing will begin the first part of July. The plan is to close off only one section (courts 1-8, 9-12, and 13-20) at a time. As courts close, round robin play will be suspended so that all usable courts will be…
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Sports, June 2022
Pickleball Player Development and the Players Who Make It Happen
Sharon Hadley and Mimi Blythe Our new Player Development initiative is already 1 year old. There have been many people who have gone before us who laid an excellent foundation for player development at our club. However, over the past 12 months, the Player Development offerings have grown and gained the structure we need to…
Sports, June 2022
Relishing Pickleball: The Half Volley and the Drop Volley
David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “As opposed to the volley, which is a shot taken when the ball is still in the air, the half volley is hit just after the ball has bounced. It is a reaction shot taken most often as…
Sports, June 2022
Bocce Club Winners for Spring Season 2022
Caela Casarino The 2021-22 bocce season is over, culminating with the winners of our spring session. Congratulations go to the top teams on the following league days: Tuesday Night 1st—Bocce Buds and PC Rollers, tied 3rd—Night Rollers Wednesday Morning 1st—Holy Rollers and Bada Bing, tied 3rd—I Have No Idea Thursday Night 1st—Stand Pat 2nd—Bocce Boomers…
Sports, June 2022
Diamonds on the Diamond
Jay Sabatello The PebbleCreek women’s softball team, now called the Desert Diamonds, traveled to Liberty Field in Sun City West on April 15, to take on the Sun City West (SCW) women’s team known as the Hot Flashes. As you sports fans may remember, the Hot Flashes played here last month against the Diamonds, where…
Sports, June 2022
PCSSA 2022 Spring Season Coming to a Close
Fred Dresser The 2022 spring season for the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) will end on Saturday, June 4, as the temps start their climb to the triple digits. The season started on April 5, as eight teams took to the field to play their first games of a 21-game season. For many of the…
Sports, June 2022
PCMGA Introduces Officers for the 2022-23 Season
Howie Tiger On March 10 at the Member-Member tournament annual meeting, the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) elected officers for the 2022-23 golfing season. They officially take office on June 1. Introducing our leaders: John Abercrombie (president)—John was born and raised in small towns in Kansas (Barnard and Minneapolis), and spent most of his adult…
Sports, June 2022
Carol’s Been Waiting 50 Years for This!
Carole Schumacher After golfing more than 50 years, Carol Sanders, a PCLGA member, finally achieved a hole-in-one. Carol was golfing in Ramona, Calif., at the Mt. Woodson Golf Course, when she made the ace on April 28, 2022. Carol says she really did start golfing when she was 14 and golfed a lot as a…
Sports, June 2022
Central Arizona Golf District Tournament Winners
Jane Hee and Carolyn Suttles represented PebbleCreek in the Central Arizona Golf District Tournament on April 18 at Stone Creek Golf Course. Jane and Carolyn won 1st low net in their flight.
Sports, June 2022
Men’s Tennis Championship Served Up Talent and Prizes
Donna Gillen Three days in April, that’s all they needed! The atmosphere, as well as the courts, were filled with the excitement of the best and brightest male tennis players vying for cash prizes. It’s been three years since Randy’s Rowdy Rascals Tennis Tournament occurred, and those three days were phenomenal. The men were ready…