Ted Wierman The annual Community Golf Event and Dinner was a smashing success once again thanks to all the great residents here at The Ranch! The goal of the event is to get to know your neighbors, have some fun and raise some money for a very needy cause! We had great participation this year;…
Marlene Diskin Ranch resident Sandy Jessop has a very personal reason to support the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. She is a 14-year breast cancer survivor and 11-year uterine cancer survivor. She started volunteering for the Komen Detroit Race for the Cure in 2003, became the team’s co-chair and helped grow the team…
Linda Shannon-Hills The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association’s Skills Development Committee hosted a free pickleball demonstration clinic on Monday, March 7, conducted by Scott Moore, a four-time 2015 National Pickleball Tournament gold medalist. The event was attended by over 100 residents and pickleball enthusiasts at the SBR Tennis Stadium. Scott opened his presentation giving an overview…
The date is set: Sunday, April 3, 2016! Whether or not you consider yourself a golfer, this event is for you! Four person teams compete against the other teams. But normal golf rules are discarded, and all that really matters is how many times you putt once the ball is on the green. For non-golfers…
Marlene Diskin Seven years ago Nini Falconer and a few women living at the Ranch decided to get together at a restaurant to celebrate the birthday of one in the group. From that initial group the SBR Birthday Club evolved into the 100 plus member organization that met for the last time in December. As…
Linda Shannon-Hills Pickleball is a sport that can be learned pretty quickly, but there are skills in playing pickleball that can make your play easier, more enjoyable and more competitive. Feeling the need to make these improvements, many members of the SBR Pickleball Club in the 2.0 and 2.5 skill level were asking for clinics…
Linda Shannon-Hills On a pleasant Saturday afternoon in November, over a hundred neighbors of SaddleBrooke Ranch were out and about touring the open studios as well as displays in their homes and casitas by many talented artists in our community. The SaddleBrooke Ranch ARTwalk has become an annual event, and the increase of artists participating…
Tove Pape With sunny skies and warm breezes, 31 members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association participated in the annual festival on October 23 and 24. Players had been divided into two teams; names drawn from cups based on ratings. Steve Ordahl was the team captain of the Road Runners (who sported blue shirts for…
The third annual SBR ARTwalk will be on Saturday, November 21, 2015, from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m., an open-studio tour to introduce SaddleBrooke Ranch residents to the talented artists that live within our community. The event invites SaddleBrooke Ranch residents to stroll or cart to the various artists’ studio or space, to meet the artists…
Alastair Stone Carol singing sets the tone for the holiday season, and this year is no different. The fourth annual SBR Neighborhood Carol Singing will be held on Friday, December 11, at La Hacienda Clubhouse at 4:00 p.m. Christmas and Hanukkah songs will be sung near the Fireplace Lounge during happy hour. Then on Sunday,…