The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association is in for a busy year! This year’s Board of Directors is determined to create avenues of fun for all of its members. There will be competitive events scheduled as well as purely social ones for members to get to know each other outside of their normal playing circles. On…
A few members of the SBR Pickleball Club competed at the Monster Smash tournament in Surprise. Patrick Fancher and Hobie Richards won the silver medal in Men’s Doubles 3.0, 60 to 69 age group.
Jeff Smith, Chairman, SBR Pickleball Club Communications Committee The SBR Pickleball Club staged its own internal tournament May 5 through 7 to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo holiday. In case you didn’t know, Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862,…
Dinking Divas of SaddleBrooke Ranch Celebrate Valentine’s Day on the Courts (photo by Debora Witten)
Miriam Brock After nearly a year of lockdown due to the coronavirus, the Pickleball Club has reinstituted round robin play. A “Round Robin” is a structured form of play organized by skill levels. In the time allocated to each Round Robin session you play eight…
Alastair Stone At a recent newcomer’s session, the Pickleball Club was delighted to see Tennis Club members enjoying themselves on two of the courts! Our reporter liked seeing one of his former tennis coaches, Dean Alfrey, on the receiving end of instruction! And Bo Jessop, it’s okay if you were also trying to recruit new…
Sandy Jessop It started with a small idea from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association events coordinator, Sue Cook. “October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so let’s make everyone aware by ‘pinking out the Ranch’!” The goal was to raise awareness and a few dollars while enjoying a lively and fun tennis tournament. That idea has…
On April 11 and 12, 122 pickleballers participated in the SaddleBrooke Ranch vs SaddleBrooke Challenge. Fifty-two players from SaddleBrooke came over to the Ranch courts to test their skills against our players ranging from 3.0 to 4.0+ skill levels. Games were played in men’s doubles, mixed doubles and women’s doubles. Of the 250+ games played…
Janis Duwe The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) is the largest club at the Ranch with over 200 members. This active and welcoming club has been very busy this past year with many ongoing and new programs and plans to continue the excitement in 2017. Board elections were held in December 2016 with the following…
Janis Duwe SaddleBrooke Ranch’s Pickelball Club held its third annual festival tournament from April 28 to May 1, 2016. The four-day tournament included women’s, men’s and mixed doubles from the 2.0 to 3.5 skill levels. During the final day of the tournament the ruckus, fun-filled gold medal rounds were competed. The tournament was intra-community and…