Deb McGiboney POP was HOT at the SBRTA in 2023! It became so popular that the group called the “POPATEERS” was formed. We are looking forward to POP in 2024 as we will offer clinics, more events, and more scheduled and drop-in play times!
Sports, January 2024
POP Tennis 2023 Highlights
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
Shalom Club Celebrates Hanukkah
Marlene Diskin On Dec. 8, almost 50 members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Shalom Club gathered at the clubhouse to light the Hanukkah menorah, signifying the Jewish eight-day “festival of lights.” The holiday commemorates the rededication during the second century B.C. of the Second Temple where, according to legend, Jews had risen up against their oppressors and even though…
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
MOAA News
Former Lt. William Myers, CEC, USN The Catalina Mountain Chapter (CMC) of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) held a recent luncheon meeting on Dec. 16 at SaddleBrooke Ranch. The meeting began with a business session presided over by retired Capt. Chuck Vaughan, U.S. Navy, President, during which members were updated on the chapter’s current and…
Clubs & Classes, February 2024
Painters Club Gearing Up for Busy Year
Patti West The recently organized SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) Painters Club has hit the ground running, and 2024 promises to have offerings that will appeal to all levels of painters from aspiring to accomplished. Newly elected President Nancy Derifield, Vice President Marion Ewing, Treasurer Lee Vulcan, and Correspondence Secretary Patti West have been busy planning educational and social…
February 2024, Clubs & Classes
SBR Women of Wine Celebration
Deb McGiboney The SaddleBrooke Ranch Women of Wine (SBRWOW) Christmas event on Dec. 21, 2023, was a big party! Santa and the Grinch started out our evening followed by the SBR Ukulele Club entertaining us with Christmas carols! Thank you, Tyler, Crystal, and Ben from the Ranch House Grill, for all your hard work throughout…
Features, February 2024
Word of the Month: Redolent
David Zapatka While reading The Metaphysics of Ping-Pong: Table Tennis as a Journey of Self Discovery by Guido Mina di Sospiro, I ran across the word redolent. His use of the word while describing table tennis rubber was intriguing. Redolent—red·o·lent adjective 1. Exuding fragrance: aromatic 2. Full of a specified fragrance: a. scented (air redolent of seaweed)…