Michael McDonagh SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association (SBRTA) is pleased to hold their first in-house mixed doubles round robin tournament of the year. Play will commence on March 3 and continue each Wednesday through April 7. The competition is for all levels of play as the Association continues to attend to all members and encourage others…
Carol Mihal The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) invites women that enjoy playing 18 holes of golf to join a great group of women that make up our club. The goal of SBRWGA is to promote good fellowship, provide an opportunity to enjoy golf, enable our members to enjoy organized competition and social activities,…
Frank Hugus Each year SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) organizes the annual holiday fundraiser for our golf course maintenance crew. This is an annual tradition that both SBRMGA and SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association (SBRWGA) promote and support with their members to show their appreciation for what the SBR crew does for us, day in…
Miriam Brock Members of the SBR Pickleball Club participated in the Tucson Winter Classic Pickleball Tournament held Jan. 28 through 31 at the Kino South Sports Complex in Tucson. The Pickleball Club recognizes the following members for their outstanding play. Gold medal winners: Tony Zoellner and Bob Soucek. Silver medal winners: Joe Campion, Jen Campion…
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…
David Zapatka This 12-common-mistakes column began after playing with some very excited, highly motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts recently. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me, “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” We reviewed the first four mistakes the past two months. This month…
Debbie Witten SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleballers show their true colors. As the weather has been turning warmer, a kaleidoscope of bright colors can be seen on the Pickleball courts. Pickleball is a low-cost sport (as compared with golf, skiing, etc.) and does not require any special clothing except for it to be comfortable and appropriate for…
Nancy Eisenstein Club President Larry Burchfield hands member Ben Eisenstein two new Franklin X-40 pickleballs before the start of round robin play on a beautiful winter morning.