Come join the fun and find out! Learn about pickleball on Tuesday, June 14, at 5 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes early 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 flier sign. What you’ll need for pickleball: *…
Category: June 2022
Sports, June 2022
New to SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis: POP Tennis!
Deb McGiboney On April 18, our SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association (SBRTA) members were invited to preview, participate, and play the popular sport POP Tennis. POP Tennis is truly the sport that everyone can play and enjoy! In POP Tennis, the court is smaller than tennis, the racquet or paddle is shorter, and the ball is…
Sports, June 2022
SBRMGA 2022 Club Championship Highlights
Tom Graham The SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Club Championship was held April 13 and 14, providing a welcome distraction before Tax Day. It is the MGA’s premier low gross tournament of the year. The field for the two-day tournament totaled 100 entrants, making it our largest field for the event. The 2022 championship…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
SBR Technology Club Membership Surpasses 250
Jeff Kaczmarek The SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Technology Club now has more than 250 members with over 30 added just this year. Our goal is to pass 300 members by the end of 2022 and ultimately to be larger than the SBR Pickleball Association, which would be quite a feat! Why the surge in growth? Take…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Tournament Time At The Ranch
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,…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Singing and Sipping in the Wind
Janelle Authur After 73 happy hours, it is not always easy for members of Unit 8A to come up with fresh ideas for their monthly happy hour gatherings. But, the unit did it again with “Sing, Sip, and a Sunset” at its 74th happy hour on April 20. Planning for the 74th happy hour started…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Derby Days
Beth Chamberlin The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association hosted a cocktail party for the competitors in the Member Guest Tournament on the evening of April 25. Phyllis Pettijohn’s beautiful backyard, overlooking the 15th fairway, was the setting for this lovely event. The ladies were all decked out in their derby hats for cocktails and delicious…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Colorado Club Members Enjoy Progressive Dinner
On April 24, 50 members of SaddleBrooke Ranch’s Colorado Club gathered for the annual progressive dinner. Phyllis and Terry Pettijohn and Lowell and Toni Graves each hosted half the group for the social hour that featured cocktails and appetizers. Next, Sandra and Dick Getter, Dennis and Donna Joannides, Phyllis and Terry Pettijohn, Nancy Reif and…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Madaras Gallery Presents the Great Summer Art Auction
Starting Wednesday, June 8, through Saturday, June 24, Madaras Gallery presents the Great Summer Art Auction. Bidding opens at incredible values, and the two-week silent auction includes original paintings by Diana Madaras, as well as several guest artists. The auction ends June 24. View the auction online at www. madaras.com beginning June 8. Madaras Gallery…
Generals, June 2022
Community Church at SaddleBrooke Welcomes You
Dick Kroese At Community Church at SaddleBrooke, a community of grace, Easter and celebrating the resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ is as special as it can get. The good thing too is that Community Church is right here in SaddleBrooke. We meet at the DesertView Performing Arts Center at 9 a.m. every Sunday, and…