Shireen Kolarik The Quail Creek Pickleball Club arranged clinics in February and March for its members with pickleball pro player and instructor Brian Martin. Brian Martin is from SweetShot Pickleball out of the Phoenix area, and he plays in the senior pro league for the Coachella Valley Scorpions. Brian provided a variety of sessions for…
Rich Ulery The Quail Creek Republican Club (QCRC) met on March 21. A standing-room-only crowd filled the Kino Conference Center to hear from recently re-elected Congressman Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) and Sahuarita Mayor Tom Murphy. QCRC 1st VP Steve Sanford welcomed the capacity crowd, greeted new QCRC members, and introduced Congressman Ciscomani. Ciscomani has been a…
Dennis Desmond and Alphie Smith Fifteen members of the Quail Creek Billiards Club (QCBC) competed in the March 1 in-house tournament. This month, the popular game of 8-ball was played. New Quail Creek resident and new QCBC member Jay Quackenbush was the winner overall. Mike Ohrel, a longtime QCBC member, was the runner-up. Quackenbush joined…
Linda Klaus This year’s GJWTHF (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) Tournament, which was held on Feb. 27, was a huge success. There was a total of 124 participants representing the Lady 18-Holers, the Lady 9-Holers, and the Lady Putters. As we all know, this tournament would not have been possible without the help of…
Roxanne Housley The Quail Creek Pickleball Club Social Committee organized a gently used women’s athletic clothing drive, with proceeds benefiting the club. Led by Tricia Kordalski and Tina Davis, unwanted clothes were dropped off at Tricia’s and then sorted by type and size. Clothes were displayed at the lower level ramada on March 11, and…
Don Amour Since this past fall, every Tuesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m., a group of Parkinson’s patients, their caregivers, and volunteers from the Quail Creek Pickleball Club get together at courts 1 and 2 at Quail Creek. Over the hour-and-a-half session, there is some social time to get acquainted and share information on our…