Category: May 2023

Hole In One

Mike Fox Gets a Hole-in-One Congratulations to QC Men’s Golf Association member Mike Fox for scoring a hole-in-one on Road Runner hole number 6 on Sunday, March 19. Way to go, Mike! It was witnessed by Claude Crase, John Trudell, and Chris O’Brien.

… And Then There Were Four!

Gloria Bible On Friday, April 14, 12 men and 12 women began competing in the Quail Creek Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament. One male and one female player per team were randomly assigned by computer, and team assignments changed with every match. Two matches were played on both Friday and Saturday. Cindy Nelson, Ryan Modesto, Chris…

Easter Rock Painting with Janet!

Jane Gold On April 3, 10 The Women Of Quail Creek (TWOQC) members attended an Easter Rock Painting class at Janet Rumford’s casita workshop. Spring was in the air, so the group gathered in Janet’s casita and painted Easter bunnies, Easter eggs, ladybugs, and chicks. In addition, a ceramic dog with a broken ear was…

Word of the Month: Paladin

David Zapatka The NCAA basketball tournament is fondly called March Madness, and madness it was this year. There may have been more upsets in the big tournament this year than any other year. One of the biggest was the Furman Paladins, a small South Carolina school of 2,970 students, upsetting the #4 seed, Virginia Cavaliers,…

The Science Club Visits The SX Mine

Dinah O. Shumway On April 7 the Quail Creek Science Club ventured out on a field trip to the San Xavier Mine off of Mission Road near Helmut Peak. The “SX,” as it is known, is the laboratory for the University of Arizona’s undergraduate mining, engineering, and geology students. The mine operated from about 1880…

Quail Creek Pickleball Club Winter League

David Mungo The Quail Creek Pickleball Club (QCPC) Winter League season ended March 26 and was celebrated with food and drink at the Ramada. There were more than 140 players during the nine-week season. They played with spirit, sportsmanship, and skill! If you visited the courts any Sunday afternoon during the season, you saw 16 full courts…