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…
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Sports, May 2017
Eat – Sleep – Tennis – Repeat
Susie Anderson March was a busy month with the start of lessons with JR and drills with John and the Doubles or Nothing Tournament and the Shamrock Social. In April we hosted the Many Happy Returns tennis mixer and the interclub social with Sun City West. We are so grateful for all the work John…
Sports, May 2017
Ace Girls triumphs
Susan Anderson This year our focus was to be more competitive along with our main goal of friendship and fun! Through the season with the help of JR’s drills and weekly practice we improved. We added two strong players to the roster and were cheered on by fans and spouses at home games. Our team…
Sports, April 2017
PebbleCreek InSync Team wins West Valley League
Diane Bostock The InSync team was formed in the spring of 2015 and finished in third place in its first season. We were fortunate that a couple of new players moved here this year which helped us win first place in our 2016-2017 season. We competed against nine other teams in the West Valley from…
Sports, March 2017
Socializing at the tennis social
Susie Anderson March is here and even though January and February were cool it never stopped the tennis fans in PebbleCreek from playing outside, even at 33 degrees in the morning. We have some changes and additions to the club, so read on! First: Our membership meetings will be moved up to 5:00 p.m. on…
Sports, February 2017
PC Tennis players are givers
Susie Anderson The women staying at the New Life Center were so delighted by the two car loads of toys that the PebbleCreek Tennis Club members donated. We collected 150 toys and gifts for children and moms for their Christmas. The toys went into a special store at the center and mothers were able to…
Sports, January 2017
The change-over: out with the old (board) in with the new (board)
Susie Anderson 2017 New Year’s resolution for PCTC is return, volley, rally, love, serve up compliments and have fun on the courts. How nice it is to play as much tennis as we want with no court fees! All we have to do is pay 30 bucks a year to belong to the cool PebbleCreek…
Sports, December 2016
Tennis happenings in PC
Susie Anderson After growing up on a farm way up north in Mentor, Minnesota and hearing their dad say “God gave us this beautiful land – all we need to do is take care of it,” two of three triplets started doing just that. You will see Jo Terry and Jude Tarkowski hopping on and…
Sports, December 2016
The Roadrunners Tennis team members of the WITL league
The PebbleCreek RoadRunners are part of the Women’s Interclub Tennis League – a group of about 400 tennis players sorted by skill level. There are 128 teams playing out of 37 locations. Our league is 13 teams. We play competitive tennis against all ages all over the valley. (It seems like the girls are always…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Serve it, smash it, win it, love it
Susie Anderson Four members of the PebbleCreek Tennis Club competed in the 2016 Huntsman Senior World games in St. George, Utah and all were successful in winning medals. John Julius and Troney Hutchins won the first place gold medal in the men’s age 70 to 74 doubles event and John also won the first place…