Category: Sports

A Big Thanks to SBRPA’s Debbie McCauley

Debbie Witten SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association thanks Debbie McCauley for volunteering countless hours ordering and distributing all of the association’s logoed shirts, hats, and jackets. She took over this task in 2016 and has been offering a variety of styles and colors of shirts for members to show off their club pride. Debbie takes orders three to…

SBRPA Sunday Chicks

Debbie Witten Who are the SBR Pickleball Association (SBRPA) Sunday Chicks, you ask? Well, every Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. you can find a group of fun-loving women on the pickleball courts who call themselves the Sunday Chicks. This is no ordinary group of Ranch pickleball women players. First, you will hear music…

Relishing Pickleball: 2020 Pickleball Rocks Players of the Year

David Zapatka 2020 was a crazy year. Many pickleball tournaments were cancelled. Public pickleball courts were closed and padlocked. That being said, Arizona pickleball players found ways to safely play, and even through the pandemic, new players found pickleball in record numbers. For 2020, Pickleball Rocks Clothing and Equipment Company recognized a mixed doubles pair…

Congratulations Rudy!

Debbie Witten SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) is proud to announce that Rudy Dominguez has now completed his certification to test 4.0 and 4.5 skill levels by the International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA). SBRPA now follows the IPTPA guidelines in testing the advancement of ratings of a player. Rudy had been certified to only test…

Bocce at the Ranch

Judy Fisher Bocce has hit SaddleBrooke Ranch by storm! Every day you can find the courts by Ed’s Dogs and the Tennis Courts full of people throwing a little white ball, called the pallino, and red and green balls trying to get closest to it. Encouraging shouts, whistles, and groans can be heard from the players…