Each year, this tournament pits the Quail Creek men against the women in an 18-hole match play event to decide a winner of the coveted “Prickly Pair” trophy. Winners this year were the men’s team players. In nine years of play, the women have won five times and the men four. It’s very competitive, and…
David Zapatka Backhand Groundstroke Quoting from Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, when hitting a backhand groundstroke, “The same principles apply when you’re hitting a backhand groundstroke (as a forehand groundstroke) except that you move to the left rather than to the right (right-handed players). While some players change the…
Kathy Thompson We played in the Canoa Ranch Women’s Golf Association Open Golf event on Nov. 8 and took Low Net of the Field. The winners were Dena Knox, Kathy Thompson, Cherie McDaniels, and Brenda Allred. Our team theme was “Born in the USA.”
Peggy McGee The Green Valley Chapter Military Officers Association of America will open 2022 with a luncheon at Dominick’s American Grill, 77 E. Paseo De Golf in Green Valley, on Jan. 18 at 11:30 a.m. The featured speaker will be Chris Arindell who will talk about the Japanese invasion of the Philippines on Dec. 8,…
One of the most popular entertainment events in Green Valley to launch in recent years learned a big lesson last year. Surviving the COVID-19 era for an arts organization takes creativity and support from the arts community! The pandemic changed the 2020–21 season, but didn’t kill it. Instead of five live shows at the Community…
David Zapatka The Arizona Pickleball Players league (APPL) has now expanded its popular team-based pickleball league into its fifth region. After founding the first team-based pickleball league, East Valley Interclub League in 2012 (which has grown ever since), the Arizona Pickleball Players League was formally organized as a nonprofit in 2019 by a group of…