Category: Sports

Pickleball exhibition

Tom Dean Quail Creek Pickleball Club held an exposition by four professional players Joey Fariar 6.0 Sean Rickard 5.5 Brian Baker 5.5 and Mark Renneson 5.0 for the Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The pros put on a show for 240+ who attended. They saw a great show of talent and shots that were made by…

Kathy Loken scores hole-in-one

Kathy Loken, Quail Creek snowbird from Loveland, CO aced the 8th hole March 3, 2019. Loveland neighbors Bill and Julie Mahaffy and husband, Lynn, witnessed the shot. The Bridgestone ball was part of a Christmas gift from her twin grandsons. The ace was made even better as Quail Creek resident, Pat Hendershott, witnessed the shot…

Professional Pickleball Exhibition held for St. Jude’s

The first annual Professional Pickleball Exhibition for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital was held at the Quail Creek Country Club pickleball courts on March 20, at 5:00 p.m. The professional players were Joey Farias, a 6.0 player from Tucson and director of pickleball at the Tucson Country Club; Sean Rickard, a 5.5 player, pickleball instructor…

Lady Putters announce 2018 award winners

Peggy McGee At their March luncheon the Lady Putters announced the “stars” of 2018, those who had excelled in different areas. Awardees were Jan Ederle, Low Gross Score for Year, with a 34.67 and Fay Shapiro, Low Net score for the year of 29.20. Yoshie Hennessy got a whopping 64 holes-in-one. A new Quail Award,…