David Zapatka This ‘12-common-mistakes’ column recently began after playing with some very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me: “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” Last month we reviewed the first two mistakes. This month we take…
Category: Sports
Sports, February 2021
A Legend Has Retired as Chairman of the Pickleball Communications Committee!
Nancy Eisenstein Alastair Stone has resided in Saddlebrooke Ranch for over eight years. He and his wife Helga moved here from Colorado. Alastair immediately began volunteering his time to Saddlebrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA). He took over the Communications, Marketing, and News Committee a little over a year ago. The biggest challenge faced by Alastair was…
Sports, February 2021
SBRWGA Announces New Board for 2021
Carol Mihal With an unusual and challenging 2020 behind us, the SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) is looking forward to the New Year with its newly-elected board to organize and lead the way to a wonderful year of golf and camaraderie. A large number of board members from 2020 decided to stay on for…
Sports, February 2021
SBRWGA Awards Most Improved Player for 2020
Carol Mihal In late December 2020, the SBRWGA announced that Beth Chamberlin was the winner of the “Most Improved Golfer” for the past year. When Beth started playing golf on Jan. 1, 2020, her handicap was 33.3. Over the course of the year, Beth worked hard to improve her game which resulted in a December…
Sports, February 2021
SBRPA President’s Corner
Nancy Eisenstein Larry Burchfield is 2021’s President of SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA). There were many changes to the club in 2020 due to the sudden appearance of the Coronavirus. Larry is hoping for a much better year in 2021 and for play and social events to return to as close to normal as possible.…