Linda Nicholson Every Wednesday morning the SaddleBrooke Ranch putting green turns pink with the Ranchette Putters. However, on May 10 the lady putters shook things up. Putting was held in the afternoon, and 34 club members signed up to putt with a spouse, friend or family member. At 4 o’clock President Nancy Galant called…
Linda Shannon-Hills The pickleball courts were a buzzin’ with temperatures in the 70s, light breezes and 86 club members playing for medals during the fourth annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club Festival held April 19-22, 2017. The festival included 29 teams of Mixed Doubles, 15 teams of Women’s Doubles and 19 teams of Men’s Doubles in…
Terry and Anita Zimmerman All SBRTA members and their guests are invited to a Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 5. We will start the festivities with a fun tennis skills challenge for all levels at 4:00 p.m. at the Grand Stand tennis court. Dress is casual; Sombreros welcome! Remember to bring your tennis racket.…
On the morning of March 25 volunteers toured all around the Ranch to pick up food bags/cash contributions for the SBR spring food drive. This food drive has been conducted annually in collaboration with SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO). Total cash and food donations far exceeded prior year totals. This was totally due to the generosity…
The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) held a “Chilly Pickleball Social Play and Chili Cook-off” on February 21, 2017. On a not-so-chilly day (76 degrees), 46 pickleball players from all skill levels participated in this social event. Using a round robin format, this fun afternoon resulted in surprise wins and surprise losses, but no surprises…
Kay Lantow On Saturday morning, April 29, seven residents of SaddleBrooke Ranch will generously open their gardens to their neighbors for three hours. This will be the third SBR Garden Tour. SaddleBrooke Ranch residents will have the opportunity to view a wide variety of gardens and landscape designs. Some are relatively new, less than a…
Linda Gorman As a board member of the SaddleBrooke Pet Rescue Network, I enjoyed meeting and greeting other pet lovers like myself that care and want to help the local shelters and people who have pet-related needs. I realized that most of my time and effort went to other communities outside of SaddleBrooke Ranch and…
In its fifth year Club Expo is the one event during the year in which all the SBR clubs, organizations and fitness classes are invited to come together to explain and to show what they are all about and to hopefully interest other people in their particular activity. What is really special is that this…
Andrea Molberg Gather with friends at SaddleBrooke’s dinner theatre and solve the delightfully funny mystery. Was there a suicide, accident or murder? SaddleBrooke’s new acting group, Community Circle Players (CCP), is presenting the dinner theatre “whodunit” Eat, Drink, and Be Deadly! on February 19 and 20 in MountainView Ballroom and on February 26 and 27…
Kay Lantow & Linda Nicholson Saturday morning, December 17, 2016, fifty-seven SaddleBrooke Ranch residents traveled to Tucson’s Evergreen Cemetery to participate in the National Wreaths Across America. Since 2014, when only ten volunteers braved the cold and rainy weather, Linda Nicholson and Kay Lantow have encouraged SBR residents to donate time and money to…