Susie Anderson “Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you’re too damned old to do anything about it,” said Jimmy Connors. But he hasn’t been to PebbleCreek, has he? The great thing about our tennis is that there is something for everyone and every level. From 55 to…
In a May 14 ceremony at the Goodyear Fire Department, Chuck Kesting was honored with a life-saving award for his part in resuscitating Lew Geller on the tennis court on March 25. While playing tennis, Lew suddenly collapsed on the court and lost consciousness and stopped breathing. Chuck was playing on the same court and…
Susie Anderson “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can,” said Arthur Ashe and that’s how we feel in PebbleCreek. The PebbleCreek Tennis Club is looking for good women and men to join us! We know there are more of you out there that have the desire to play. There are…
Susie Anderson Wishing you the luck of the Irish on and off the tennis court this March. The second half of January turned out to be perfect tennis weather. Our social in January was the Sweet 16 in honor of the New Year 2016. We had 92 people involved in another fun rotation on the…
Susie Anderson Cheers to you, a new year and all the opportunities in front of us! The effects of the El Nino weather pattern have cut into our tennis for several days in the first part of January. We are hoping for dry courts for our Sweet 2016 social and matches. The December Christmas Party…
Rana Cukierski Happy and healthy New Year to all! Our November 19 social was a busy day! We started at 8:30 a.m. check-in with the Prince representative Amanda Craddock who provided many demo tennis racquets for our players to try. She gave out several gifts for our raffles as well as a pair of tennis…
Rana Cukierski Halloween was a barrel of laughs at our Saturday social! Choosing the winners of the costume contest was difficult. We ended up with four contestants that were most creative! The social/tournament had a huge turnout as 88 members attended. John Flynn organized another fun format with 60 players. 32 women and 28 men…
Rana Cukierski Friday, October 2 was a busy morning. The sun was shining and skies were clear. The ice chests were loaded and set up at 7:00 a.m. at Eagle’s Nest patio by the “ice man,” Dan Schimmelpfennig and his “ice cube” helpers. Jeanne Schimmelpfennig was picking up donuts and orange juice as her “village…
Rana Cukierski Our snowbird friends are returning, summer is coming to an end and the cooler weather is setting in. Our monthly Board meetings started up again in September and I am happy to say we had several club members attending. Get ready for our Missed September Social/Tournament which is Friday, October 2. Due to…
Rana Cukierski Summer is winding down and soon our snowbird tennis buddies will be returning to PebbleCreek. The summer heat and humidity has been intense as usual and early morning tennis is active on the courts. Good exercise and playing with friends in good competitive spirit is always satisfying and fun. Although, I do hear…