Category: February 2016

8-Ball Open update

The SaddleBrooke Ranch 8-Ball Open was hosted by the Ranch Billiards Club, presented by “Pool Players of the Brooke” and supported by Terry Johnson Apollo Pools Inc., Brake Max next to Bashas’, and Carlota’s Mexican Restaurant in Catalina. What: 8-Ball Tournament, $5 entry fee, BCA Rules. Play on two tables, single game, double elimination. Eighteen…

Pickleball Club organizes instructional classes

Bob Johnson with Dawn Haus, Sheila Bray, Mo Foley, Consuelo Melhuish and Bob Hills

Linda Shannon-Hills Pickleball is a sport that can be learned pretty quickly, but there are skills in playing pickleball that can make your play easier, more enjoyable and more competitive. Feeling the need to make these improvements, many members of the SBR Pickleball Club in the 2.0 and 2.5 skill level were asking for clinics…

SaddleBrooke Ranch residents ring in the New Year

Linda Shannon-Hills La Hacienda Clubhouse was transformed into a dining and dancing showcase for over 100 residents of SaddleBrooke Ranch on New Year’s Eve. As the doors opened partiers wearing their festive evening attire worthy of the grand celebration soon to begin were greeted by the HOA staff who had transformed the clubhouse. A dance…

Highway clean up notice

Gretchen and Ray Malaski SaddleBrooke Ranch residents completed litter clean-up of mile 93 on the Oracle Highway. This fulfills a quarterly requirement by the Arizona Department of Transportation to keep the scenic highways looking their best. SBR residents adopted this mile, which is located at the entrance to our community, in the summer of 2015.…

The Magic Pool at La Hacienda Club

Grandchildren Bradley Olsson, Brooke Olsson, and Stella Gottlieb waving with thanks to Robson Communities for heating the pool while their parents and grandparents sit by the pool bundled against the cool wind.

Steve Weiss One of the outstanding amenities for SaddleBrooke Ranch residents is the great outdoor pool. Its usage was extended during the winter holidays with the addition of heat to the water. Where most of the residents thought twice about using an outdoor pool during the first few days of winter, the children and grandchildren…

Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries

Tickets on sale for Friends of SaddleBrooke Libraries spring author luncheon William “Kent” Krueger will be the featured speaker at the FSL author luncheon on Monday, March 14, 2016. Krueger is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 mysteries in the Cork O’Connor Series, including Tamarack County and Windigo Island. His novel, Ordinary Grace, won the…

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach Happenings

The Education Committee needs your help Last year the Education Committee tutors started an experiment using iPad tablets to help fourth and fifth grade students learn math. They found that using the traditional methods including flash cards to teach multiplication and division in groups of nine or 10 students was not progressing very well. Working…