Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early at the Ramada for paperwork. Space is limited to 28 people, so visit our website at www.sbrpickleball.club to register, then click on “Click to reserve a space” below the flyer sign. What you’ll…
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Sports, February 2025
Pickle Pack
Debora Witten The Pickle Pack is a 2025 Women’s Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) 3.5 over 65 years old pickleball team that includes Debora Witten, captain, and Lyn Olson, co–captain, Kathleen (KC) Lewis, Susie Mayes, Sandy Sleigh, Pam Steube, Ginny Wise, Debbie (DC) Christy, Faye Puelston, Gayle Carter, and Michele Madgar.
Sports, February 2025
Golfers Spread Holiday Cheer with Generous Gifts
Andy Bolland The holiday season at SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Golf Course was filled with an extra dose of cheer this year, thanks to the generosity of the golfing community. Following the true spirit of the holidays, the SBR Men’s Golf Association (MGA), the Women’s Golf Association (WGA), and The SBR Putters collectively donated to show…
Sports, February 2025
Ranchette Putters Annual Awards
Pat Albu On Jan. 9, the Ranchette Putters met in the Sol Ballroom for their annual luncheon and awards ceremony. At this meeting, we also turn over the leadership to the new 2025 board and say goodbye and thank you to the outgoing officers. Vickie Thomson will be our new president and Andrea Cothran the…
Sports, February 2025
Putters December Winners
Pat Albu Even though the putting month was shortened by Christmas falling on a Wednesday, our faithful putters came out in droves and did some very good putting! Here are the results: December Gross Winners Lowest Average: (3-way tie) Sandy Buonarigo, Evie Falk, and Nancy Tagge 37.0 Second Lowest: Terri Menning 37.333 Third Lowest: Linda…
Sports, February 2025
Relishing Pickleball: Teaching Pickleball to Your Relatives
David Zapatka With the holidays behind us, there has been quite a bit of talk about how to introduce relatives to pickleball, the game we discovered and love. The debate about how best to do this centers around two concepts. The first is to begin teaching new players how to serve. The second is to…
Sports, February 2025
SBR Women’s Golf Association Looking Ahead
Char Burrill Most Improved Player 2024 The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) is excited to announce that the 2024 recipient of our most improved player award was Pilar Borm. This annual award is based on handicaps from Jan. 1 to Dec. 1 and is determined using the USGA/GHIN formula for calculating “most improved.” To…
Sports, February 2025
Fall Softball Season Comes to Close
Morlin Hastings Monday Recreation Manager Jack Graef’ s Cleer Law Offices (7-2) started the season at 1-2 and went on 6-0 run to prevail over Manager Marc Argabright’s Debra Miller-State Farm Insurance (2-7). AVG: DeHaan (.800), Purcell (.800), Steffes (.792) 1B: Cartwright (24), Purcell (21) 2B: Noffsinger (5), Quarantino, Noah (3) 3B: Walder (3), five…
Sports, February 2025
Bocce Club Fall League Champions
Marty Knezovich, SBRBC Competition Director The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Bocce Club Fall League playoff matches were played Dec. 2 through Dec. 5, 2024. Only the top 12 teams out of a field of 39 teams qualified for the playoffs. The Honor Rollers team, captain John Murphy, edged out the Big LeBocce team, captain Mark Warren,…