Category: May 2024

Lady Putters Support Military Baby Shower

Peggy McGee The Lady Putters put down their golf clubs for a few hours and went shopping to buy baby gifts for 30 expectant moms from the 162nd Wing, Arizona Air National Guard, in Tucson. The Shower, held on Armed Forces Day each year, is sponsored by Quail Creek’s Caring Hearts & Hands Club, which…

Amazing Lady Putters

Peggy McGee Based on some of their achievements, it appears that some of the Lady Putters must do a lot of practicing in between the weekly Putters’ get-together. Recent money hole winners include Cyndi Lorenzen, Donna Romero, Sally Newton, Debbie Huber (guest), Marci Yenerich, Celia Shevlin, and Shirley Daschel. Those who get a hole-in-one on…

Pickleball in Quail Creek Continues to Boom!

Pickleball in QC is always exciting, but now maybe more so than ever. We can see the progress on our 16 new courts, we just had a new sound system installed in our existing courts, we had a great 10th Anniversary event for our club, we have another great social coming up soon, and we…

Quail Creek Pickleball News and Happenings

The 2024 Winter League has wrapped up. We had great matches when the weather cooperated! Men’s winning team: Dinking Problem Team members: Bill Blythe (captain), Brian Beers, Chuck Eparvier, Glen Melmer, John Gothard, Mike Morton, Ronald Vaught, Scott Rank (captain), and Todd Gibbons Women’s winning team: Blazing Paddles Team members: Alfreda Kuntu (captain), Cheryl Hauser,…

Baseball on the Pickleball Courts?

Roxanne Housley, QCPC Social Chair We didn’t actually play baseball on the pickleball courts, but there were 72 members dressed in their favorite team’s baseball jerseys and caps enjoying a Mixed Round Robin Social followed by a hotdog lunch. Lucky Eldon Housley won the 50/50 drawing and took home $123, with $123 going to the…

Quilt Rock Painting

Inna Shames and Janet Rumford On April 2 a group of women from The Women of Quail Creek came together to engage in the artistic activity of painting rocks at Janet’s cozy casita. This month’s rock painting theme was quilting. There was a plethora of patchwork designs with stitch marks so skillfully rendered that one…