Category: Sports

Bocce Ball registration

The Winter League for Bocce Ball runs from January 7 until March 13. Play is either on Wednesday or Friday. Registration forms are located in the Bocce Slot at the Community Information Club Board across from the Eagle’s Nest Pro Shop. Early Registration: Complete the Winter Registration form and mail or drop off the form…

Pro’s Corner – November 2014

Ronnie Decker, EN Golf Pro and Peter Boyce, resident and Canadian PGA member How do I get my swing started? This may seem like a simple question but it is an important one because many times I see a player set up in a perfect address position only to destroy it with a terrible, unplanned…

PC Hiking Club Diary – November 2014

Left to right: Lynn Warren, Ed Bobigian, Susan Rudoy, Neal Wring and Bill Halte at the 12,633 foot summit of Mt. Humphreys.

PC Hikers atop Mt. Humphreys Lynn Warren On September 12 five B hikers capped off a record breaking season with the traditional season ending hike to the top of Mt. Humphreys, the highest point in Arizona. The Hiking Club set a new record with over 14,000 miles hiked since the beginning of the season in…

Check Out Check In – November 2014

Janet Mills Stuff Matters – Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Share Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik. Steel was the first metal that Miodownik discusses. For thousands of years, the making of steel was handed down as a craft. During the Stone Age metal was highly prized and copper and gold were the only two metals.…

PCL9GA hosts 4th annual Summer Survivors Tournament

All First Place Winners, left to right: John Stergulz, Debbie Sayre, Jackie Armstrong, Ray Baumbach, Lee McDonnell, Monti Page, Pat Howard, Gretchen Olberding, Jill Lewis, Lew Richardson, Barbara Brace and Bob Williams

Erv Stein The PCL9GA recently hosted our outstanding fourth annual Summer Survivors Tournament on September 25 under quite pleasant weather conditions utilizing all three of our Tuscany Falls courses. As always, the main goal of conducting the Survivor Tournament event was to encourage the socialization and cooperation among each of our four PebbleCreek Golf Leagues…

Tennis Club welcomes back “Big Babies”

President Jerry Santy welcomes back big babies!

Rana Cukierski The Tennis Club welcomed back the snowbird big babies with our kick off non tennis, tennis social on September 20. It was a big success with 45 members attending, having tennis buddies return to PebbleCreek and join in as we welcome our members back. Snacks and refreshments were just right for a late…

PCM9GA hosts joint Falcon Dunes golfing event

PCM9GA and PCMGA executive officers at luncheon after Falcon Dunes event: row 1, John Krasnan and Bill Schaffer; row 2, Bob Caldwell, Gary Monk, Bruce Hulbert, Jerry Treece, Eric Lee, Ray Clements, Randy Prinz and Howie Tiger

Erv Stein For several years now our PCM9GA group has hosted typically four off campus golfing events during the annual October closure of our own PebbleCreek courses for the fall overseeding. This year we have scheduled a total of four events beginning with our just completed October 9 event followed by Tres Rios on October…

CAGD tournament results

Central Arizona Golf Association (CAGD) held its fall tournament here at PebbleCreek on September 15 at Tuscany Falls. There were 60 ladies from throughout the valley that participated and seven were from our PCLGA. The game was Partners Best Ball. From PebbleCreek, taking advantage of course knowledge, Jane Hee and Carolyn Suttles won first place…

PCM9GA reports Yellow Ball Scramble Tournament results

All Winners – September 25 Yellow Ball Tournament, left to right: Jim Tackett, Bob Brooks, Greg McKenzie, Bob Voccola, Barry Taschner, Al Lowe, Gary Gallagher, Monte Page, George Nagy, Gil Butson and Ken Laychak

Erv Stein While not everyone in PebbleCreek golfs on a regular basis, PebbleCreek certainly qualifies as a class golfing community and many members of our four sanctioned golf clubs will do 18 holes several times weekly and even our PCM9GA group is typically is not an exception. That being said, the very next day after…

Bocce on a roll in a big way at beautiful new facility

Roger Milewski, who is a member of the PebbleCreek Bocce Ball Association and also Arizona State Senior Olympics Commissioner, assists Cheryl Kasselmann, association president, with conducting a special clinic for the 52 new members on Monday, September 29 at the new bocce ball courts at Eagle’s Nest. Captains and co-captains participated in the training session.

Mollie McErlean The popularity of the old world Italian game of bocce ball is on the rise these days, even attracting young, hip crowds who are discovering the game that has been keeping senior citizens’ blood flowing since ancient Egyptian times. Nowhere, however, was the joy of this social game more evident than right here…