Category: May 2015

Pickleball Club makes great showing at 3rd annual tournament

Bob Hills and Paul Frederickson were medal winners.

Linda Shannon-Hills The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club members continue their success in area Pickleball tournaments. March 18-22, 2015 – Robson Ranch third annual tournament. Twenty-one players from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club competed in Women’s Doubles, Men’s Double and Mixed Doubles. In Men’s 3.0 Double, Bob Hills and Paul Frederickson won the Bronze medal The…

If you love gardening, join the Master Gardeners

SaddleBrooke Master Gardeners are volunteers for University of Arizona Pinal Cooperative Extension. They assist the public with University research-based, home horticulture information through educational programs and projects. You don’t have to be an expert gardener to become a Master Gardener volunteer; you only need a desire to learn and to help others. The next Master…

New activity: Outside the Box

Ross A. Messer We don’t discuss politics or religion, but we have compelling discussions on interesting topics, and by listening with openness, respect and curiosity, we learn a lot from each other. If you enjoy “thinking outside the box,” if you believe that there are a lot of really intelligent people here at Saddlebrooke Ranch,…

Cloggers display their talents at first Clogging Expo

The Clogging Expo at SaddleBrooke Ranch

It was standing room only in the tent at SaddleBrooke Ranch on April 2, 2015 as the residents and their friends came out to watch our first Clogging Expo. A newly formed beginning clogging group at the Ranch showed off how much they learned by dancing several numbers with enthusiasm for every step they took!…

SBRTA holds quarterly meeting

The annual meeting of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association

Janice Neal The SBRTA quarterly meeting was held on April 1 in La Hacienda Club. Forty percent of our membership was able to attend. Several new members were welcomed to the group. We have grown by 25% to date this year. Quite a bit of the meeting was spent discussing the expansion of our tennis…

6th Annual SBRMGA Community Golf Tournament a huge success

The SBRMGA Community Golf Tournament participants

A cool, windy April 12 brought out 88 golfers to play in the sixth annual Community Golf Tournament to raise money for the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach-Education Division to fund scholarships for local area high school students who are pursuing additional education. This is is a significant increase over the 20 participants in 2010, the first…

Another successful food drive

The food collected at SaddleBrooke

Stephen Groth Two hundred nine bags/boxes of food and $1,115 were collected from Ranchers this year for SaddleBrooke Community Outreach’s annual food drive in March. The food drive supports the Tri Community Food Bank in Mammoth providing one basket of food once a month for families in Mammoth, Oracle, San Manuel and surrounding towns. Our…

3rd Annual Club Expo continues to grow

Paper crafters Cheri Utsler and Chris Numamaker

The third annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Club Expo held on March 31 was a great success with 46 groups and clubs showcasing their individual activities. This was an opportunity for the clubs and organizations located in the community to gather in one place and tell their stories. This year there seemed to be a celebratory feel…

Colorado Club and Bocce

Winners on the left, Denis and Cindy Heck with challengers Niel Christensen and Jerry Martin

Linda Shannon-Hills Bocce is an ancient Italian game. So why were the members of the Colorado Club playing Bocce on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Arizona? Because it is fun! With teams of two, eight teams of club members headed to SaddleBrooke HOA One for a two-hour friendly competition. Alastair and Helga Stone helped the…