PICKLEBALL CLUB Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America, so come out and see what the fun is all about. Jim Thomason is conducting free new-player lessons every fourth Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the pickleball courts located behind Clubhouse 2. For those who have already caught pickleball fever, there are free drills for beginners who may want to practice and upgrade their skills

The Leisure World Duplicate Bridge Club meets on Mondays and Fridays in Clubhouse 1 at 12:30 p.m. Reservations can be made at any game using the sign-up sheets. Players can call Linda Nye at 562-453-6678 or email her at yuelingnye@yahoo. com no later than 10 a.m. on game day. Arrive by 12:15 to confirm reservations. March 4 winners (seven tables): Sibyl Smith and Diane Schmitz (70%), and Tony and

The Saturday Social Bunco Club meets on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month in the Clubhouse 3 lobby. Sign-in begins at 1 p.m. and is $5. Play begins at 1:30. The next meeting will be March 23. For more information, contact Susan Hopewell at 562-754-5059 or Kathy Rapp at 562-230-8972.

New members to the LW Women’s Golf Club are always welcome. Annual dues are $25. There is a nine-hole tournament weekly at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Turtle Lake course. Play generally finishes by 10 a.m. or before. Thirty-nine women played at the weekly tournament on March 12. Play for the day was low gross, low net and birdies. A flight winners: Linda Herman and Soo Choi, 28, low gross;

Lots of leprechauns entertained the audience during karaoke night on March 13. Enjoying tasty corn beef sandwiches, folks tapped their feet to Richard Yokomi’s lively tune. Vito Villamor, Martin Rosendaal and Bob Barnum chose songs that got people dancing. The audience was charmed by many of the traditional Irish tunes sung by Ray Geierman, Elizabeth Butterfield, Donald Horning, Ren Villanueva,

Abilene will host its regular monthly boot scootin’ dance this Saturday, March 23, in Clubhouse 2 starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30. Reserving tables is prohibited. Abilene is Leisure World’s No. 1 country rock band, going strong for 20 years. In 2022, they opened the Amphitheater season with a rockabilly show that drew nearly 2,000 fans and continue to be GRF’s top drawing band. Terry