Tag: Lady Niners

Quail Creek Lady Niners present junior tournament

On May 12, 36 middle school students from Continental School, grades six through eight, joined the Lady Niners for its sixth annual Junior Tournament. Christi Tucker has chaired this event each year with great success. Coach Steve Lathen from the school’s athletic department prepares his students each year, but only 18 boys and 18 girls…

Quail Creek Lady Niners attend Robson Challenge

On March 9, 2016, twenty Quail Creek Lady Niners represented four flights to compete with four other Robson clubs: Tuscany Falls, MountainView, Eagle’s Nest and The Preserve. Head Pro Joel Jaress joined the ladies for the competition. Several of the ladies remarked that they had a great time meeting golfers from other clubs and having…

Christel Golay becomes a citizen

From left: Larry Golay, Don Gale, Alan Kronmiller, Jane Cacas (front), Jim Smith, Keith Colwell, Christel Golay, Don Proctor (back), Jeanne Proctor, Pat Colwell (back), Yvonne Gale, Christine Kronmiller. All are residents of Quail Creek, except Don and Yvonne Gale, former neighbors, who were visiting from North Carolina.

Congratulations to Christel Golay who recently became an American citizen. After two stints of living in the U.S. for a total of 23 years, Christel applied for U.S. citizenship last fall. Her Naturalization Oath Ceremony was held at the Federal Building in downtown Tucson on Friday, February 26, 2016. Many friends from the Quail Creek…

Lady Niners celebrate annual winners

Jan Topolski sports Christmas attire.

On December 17, 2015, President Sharon Paxson and her hospitality committee hosted a luncheon for about 55 members of the Lady Niners in the Crystal Ballroom. The room was appointed with lovely centerpieces, a darling wine stopper at each place and a delicious meal prepared by our staff. Sharon announced several annual winners: Overall gross…

Glitz, gifts and golf for the Lady Niners

Deb Maloney In the spirit of Christmas, 64 Lady Niners donned their red, green and glitzy apparel for a fun nine hole drop out scramble. Teamwork on the Coyote Course was followed by a very elegant luncheon complete with snowmen hostess gifts and over the top desserts. Niner President Marci Yenerich greeted golfers and welcomed…

Niners and Duffers hold annual golf event

The Duffers cool down at the Oasis

Wally Ueberschar On Thursday, August 21 the Ladies’ and Men’s nine hole golf leagues held their annual Golf Event. We had eighteen full teams competing in the scramble for a nice day of golf. The monsoons held off allowing us to finish playing and meet at the Oasis Patio for refreshments and announcement of the…

Lady Niners hosts 5th Annual Junior Tournament

Winning foursome left to right: Alyce Mancini, Garrett Esry, Mia Mesa and Gloria Contreras

Deb Maloney May 1 was an eventful day for 18 young ladies and 18 young men from the fifth through eighth grades at Continental Middle School. These students joined 36 of Quail Creek’s Lady Niners for the highlight of the middle school’s golf program. The game for the nine hole round was a four person…

QC Niners host 2014 Robson Challenge

Left to right: Diane Averill, Joan Heinz, Tommy Reid, Patti Zatkin, Betty Barnes, Sally Abbott, Diane Hernandez, Cheri Sipe, Lee Schmidt, Freda Hyles, Jan Topolski and Bonnie Smith.

Deb Maloney The Quail Creek Lady Niners played host to the annual Robson Challenge Golf Tournament on March 26. Joining Quail Creek were teams of twelve from Mountain View, The Preserve, Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls. The winning 2014 team was The Preserve from SaddleBrooke. Medalist for the day with the low gross score was…

Niners and Putters team up!

Left to right: Sue Meeks, Diane Dodd, Mary Jo Schupman and Roxanne May. Mary Jo and Roxanne placed first in Flight A.

Deb Maloney The time was 9:00 a.m., April 24. The place was Quail Creek Coyote Course. The game was our favorite, golf. The team participants were one Lady Putter and one Lady Niner. The goal was to shoot the lowest score of the day, minus handicaps, with Niners hitting tee to green and Putters finishing…