Bridget Bonner Beginning Saturday, Dec. 4, I am excited to announce that I will be bringing this new practice, Chi-Yo-Gong, to SaddleBrooke Ranch. Each practice will be on Saturday mornings from 7 to 7:40 a.m., at the Hacienda Club’s Group Fitness Room. Prior experience in practicing Yoga, Tai Chi, or Qigong is not required. You…
“Wine Connoisseurs” of Unit 6 Linda Chase The Unit 6 residents held their first-ever wine tasting event on Oct. 16. Given it was the Halloween season, the theme was “Spooky/Mysterious Wines” hosted at Jes and Linda Chase’s home. The host family supplied the wines and the guests supplied the appetizers, which were not only very…
David Zapatka The Arizona Pickleball Players league (APPL) has now expanded its popular team-based pickleball league into its fifth region. After founding the first team-based pickleball league, East Valley Interclub League in 2012 (which has grown ever since), the Arizona Pickleball Players League was formally organized as a nonprofit in 2019 by a group of…
Linda Shannon-Hills Thank you, SaddleBrooke Ranch residents. The success of the 2021 SBR ARTwalk is due to your participation. So much exquisite, handcrafted art from residents of SaddleBrooke Ranch was shown during the SBR ARTwalk. As the community grows, the talent of our artists grows, and the participation of our residents grows. But many residents were not…
Bonnie Goldman To all SBR mah jongg players: I am the coordinator for the group order of Mah Jongg Cards for 2022. The National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) will make a $2 donation per card to our charity, the SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, which serves the less fortunate in our neighboring communities. In 2021 we had an…
Debbie Witten Four members of the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association attended a two-day pickleball clinic in Tucson in October. Those attending included Nancy and Ben Eisenstein, Jackie Elphic, and Debora Witten. The clinic was taught by Prem Carnot. The focus of the clinic was to expand a new method of serving and returning a serve,…