Debbie Witten The Sunday Chicks celebrated National Pickleball Day, Nov. 14, 2021, on the courts with competitive play. The ladies dressed in green or in their pickle outfits or in pickle shirts to show their support for the national holiday. Pickleball is the game, but fun, music, and laughs are added to their play each…
Tom Graham The 10th annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Men’s Golf Association (SBRMGA) Founders’ Cup Tournament was recently completed. The two-day, 36-hole, full course handicap tournament was an unqualified success. It’s a special event, as we have, continuing their membership, four of the original members of the MGA. We pinch our bill to Ken Hull, Paul Lapotosky,…
Linda Shannon-Hills In September, SBR Mending Souls started up as a satellite group from the Tucson Mending Souls. Although not sure how long it would take to start creating beautiful but critical items for charitable causes, our Ranch residents got to work. Over the next three months, our group sent 465 items to the headquarters…
Nancy Carlson Three residents from SaddleBrooke Ranch will perform a free concert on Saturday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Sol Ballroom at the Ranch. Bruce and Nancy Carlson, and Ken Wilcox, sing as Carlson/Wilcox 47, or CW-47. This talented trio has been together at the Ranch for 20 months, but their collective experience of…
Debbie Witten Two western USA ladies met on the SaddleBrooke Ranch pickleball courts and quickly became best friends. Both Carol Osgood and Margaret Rogers share the same age, same 3.5 level of play, plus the love for pickleball. Once they met, they soon discovered they were formerly avid skiers. Carol is from Bend, Ore., and…
Debbie Witten Robin Muck, with the aid of her husband, Dave, opened their beautiful home to the Dinking Divas on Wednesday, Dec. 8, so they could celebrate with a holiday party. The food was delicious and the atmosphere was festive. As always, the focus was on looking forward to future plans of playing pickleball at the…