Mark your calendar for another wonderful and amazing event coming to SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) this spring. The SBR ARTwalk is changing days and times this year. It will be on Friday, April 5, from 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturday, April 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The SBR ARTwalk is an opportunity to…
Debbie McGrady Looking for a new way to get motivated and start your journey to a healthier life? Come join us on Feb. 17 from 9:30 a.m. to noon to meet SaddleBrooke Ranch fitness instructors and find the class that fits your needs. There will be demonstrations from the instructors to give you an idea of what to expect in each class, plus…
Linda Nicholson In December, Saddlebrooke Ranch residents participated in laying Christmas wreaths on veterans’ graves at Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson. The annual event to honor veterans was held on the morning of Dec. 16. The morning was sunny, clear, and warm. Enjoying some coffee and donuts and fellowship, close to 100 volunteers across Tucson gathered for the ceremony…
Linda Shannon-Hills We are calling all artists who live in SaddleBrooke Ranch to register for the Spring SBR ARTwalk, which will be held on Friday, April 5, and Saturday, April 6. The artists’ work available during the SBR ARTwalk varies among paintings in acrylic and oil on canvas; photography; paper quilling; pottery of all kinds; fiber arts that are knitted, crocheted, embroidered, and…
Deb McGiboney POP was hot in 2023 and is even hotter in 2024! We have had an overwhelming interest in POP Tennis. So much so, that we are now offering Beginner POP Tennis Clinics. They are held on tennis court 4, Wednesdays from 9 to 11 a.m. on the following dates: Feb. 7 and 21, March 13…
Debora Witten Here are some of the Bodyworks participants ringing in the holidays and pumping it up. They wore bells and pumped it up to holiday music! Check out Bodyworks and make 2024 your best year yet. We hope we see you soon! Bodyworks with Debbie Tuesdays, 8:30 to 9:25 a.m. Thursdays, 10:30 to 11:25 a.m. (new day!) Saturdays,…
David Zapatka Slicing serve returns and dinks are favorite shots of mine. A slice puts backspin on the ball. The slice makes the ball travel from 6 o’clock to 12 o’clock back toward the player who contacted the ball. These shots can be hit with a forehand or a backhand. A slice is effective for these reasons.…
Dinking Divas welcome in the new year!
Debora Witten The 3.0 women’s Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) High Desert Dinkers team includes: Anne Kraul, Stacey Raaf, Kara Petersen, Karen Derdzinske, Lynn Kehoe, Brenda Wright (captain), Deb Wieczorek, Ann Cooper, Suzie Stults, Ruth Zoccoli, Cherry Pentony (co-captain), Dorothy Rupp, and Marthalee Galeota. Not pictured: Trish Minard, Debbie McGrady, Deena Mastracci, and Jodi Walker-Lowe.
Debora Witten Pickle Pack is a 3.5 Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) women’s team. Members pictured are Madoka Knight, Laura Renaud, Ginny Wise, Deb Wieczorek, Lynn Kehoe, Kim Stover, Carol Rau, Lyn Olson (co-captain), and Debora Witten (captain). Absent from the photo are members KC Lewis and Jodi Mazakian.