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CHARTERED CLUBS
Pickleball All Sun City Texas residents – new and website at www.sctexas.org.
established – are welcome to join the club. March Schedule
Contact: Hutch Hutchins, bhutchtx@ Dues for 2017 are $16 and that allows each Weekly Meetings: 7:30 a.m. March 7, 14,
gmail.com member to participate in as many of the 21, 28 in Georgetown Room, CC
Pickleball is a fun, active game that games as he/she desires. Ballroom Fly, Hover, Race and Rail:
combines the elements of tennis, March 5 from 12:30-5 p.m.
badminton and ping pong. Played on a Texas Hold’em No Limit Tournament Berry Creek Sailing: Tuesdays and
doubles’ badminton court with paddles Saturdays, 10 a.m. until noon
and a perforated plastic ball, all it requires The Poker Club will hold a $25 buy-in Car Racing: 9 a.m. Wednesdays at
are workout clothes, court shoes and a Texas Hold’em No Limit tournament on the The Worship Place parking lot and
desire to play the game. Whether you Tuesday, March 14. The tournament will Thursdays at the Legacy Hills track.
are new to pickleball or are a seasoned consist of no more than four tables with a
veteran with tournament experience, we maximum of 40 players. A sign-up sheet RV
have a level of play suited to your needs. is posted on the bulletin board in Game
Room 3. You must place your name on Wednesday, March 22, 5:30 p.m.,
Our club offers a free introductory training the sign-up sheet to reserve a seat for the CCF/G
class that is open to all residents. We tournament. Contact: James Crumbliss, 512-966-
provide the paddles and balls. Should you 8521, [email protected]
decide to join we also sponsor a Beginner’s Texas Hold’em Schedule of Events
Mentoring Program in which some of The next meeting of the club will feature
our more experienced players assist Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays a catered meal on March 22 beginning
newcomers with skill development and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., GR 3 at 5:30 p.m. in the Florence/Georgetown
basic court strategy. We recently added Rooms at Cowan Creek. The program
a new clinic called “Skills and Drills Thursdays (second and fourth) will be a speaker from the RV Outlet
with Simon,” which enables members to 5 - 9:30 p.m., MR 3 Mall. Additional details for the March
practice specific strokes with the club’s meeting will be sent to members early
pickleball throwing machines. Of course, Omaha High/Low Schedule of Events in the month.
the best way to become proficient at Trips planned for 2017 include On the
pickleball is to actually play the game. Mondays and Thursdays Trail of Quanah Parker (March) and the
More experienced players can improve 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., MR 4 Philadelphia area (May). More infor-
their skills by competing in league mation about these trips and our 2017
play and participating in scheduled Tuesdays, Thursdays meeting schedule is on our website.
tournaments. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., GR 3 The RV club brings together those resi-
dents of our active lifestyle community
The club’s paddle rack system presents a Saturdays, 12:30 to 4:30 p.m., MR 3 & 4 who also enjoy the RV lifestyle. The
unique environment for residents to meet result is a great combination for friend-
and play with players from throughout Are you interested in learning how ship, travel and adventure. We currently
the community. We sponsor numerous to play Texas Hold’em? If so, email number nearly 100 rigs of virtually every
tournaments and social events with [email protected]. style and configuration. Having a rig is
something for everyone. not required for membership. Some of
Radio Control Modelers our trips are at locations that also have
Come on out and discover why pickleball cabins or motels nearby. Our members
has become the fastest growing sport in Every Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., CCF/G organize group RV trips to a wide vari-
America. Find out what more than 2.4 Contact: Dave Levy, president, ety of destinations throughout the year;
million players already know. Contact our [email protected] 512-915-8766 they are listed on our website. We meet
Player Development Director Peg O’Toole once a month except June, July and
at [email protected] for more information. If you have an interest in model planes, August, when many of our members are
cars, trains, boats or hovercraft, we are the away traveling. Interested residents can
Poker club! Come to share your enthusiasm and find membership and other information
hone your skills. We recently inaugurated on the club website or from our contact
Contact: Howard Hammerbeck, our new Berry Creek Airfield at the corner above.
512-948-7067 or pokerclub.sctx@ of Sun City Boulevard and Ronald Reagan.
gmail.com Still a work in progress, it gives us a new MARCH 2017 SUNRAYS | 109
space to fly planes and rotorcraft every
If you like to play Texas Hold’em or Omaha day. Our new Railroad Special Interest
High/Low, come and join other resident Group (contact Steven E. Northcutt at
players and have a great time. Players [email protected] about biweekly meetings)
come and go at their leisure throughout will be setting up its modular layout in
the days of play. the Social Center Ballroom one Sunday
each month, joining the planes, cars and
All of the events listed take place in the copters that enjoy that indoor venue.
Activities Center located at 1 Texas Drive. Sailboats take to Berry Creek Pond at
Legacy Hills Park every Tuesday and
ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon.
For a membership application, see us at
a Tuesday morning meeting or visit our
