7th annual Robson Trap Trials

The seventh annual Robson Trap Trials will be held on Friday, March 3, 2017, at Casa Grande Trap and Skeet. All shooters, experienced and novices, are encouraged to enjoy the fun and camaraderie this event provides. You get to know the shooters from other communities as well as your own. There will be three rounds…

GVR humbles the PPB of SaddleBrooke 8-Ball Team Challenge

Green Valley Billiard Room

Joseph F. Giammarino First we would like to thank Green Valley Recreation’s Billiard Club and Art Janssen for their hospitality, friendly competition and a nice luncheon at the 19th Hole after the 8-Ball Challenge. Another big thank you goes out to Dominic Borland, vice president of the Pool Players of the Brooke for organizing this…

Another fun Tennis Festival at the Ranch

Tove Pape On a beautiful fall weekend in early November the SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association (SBRTA) held its annual Steiness Tennis Festival. With thunderstorms in the days preceding the festival, organizers were naturally a bit nervous. Thank goodness the courts remained dry throughout the two days of games. The festival is named after Helge Steiness,…

Sonoran Bells presents “All I Want for Christmas is…Bells”

The Sonoran Bells

Donna Langwig Sonoran Bells, Tucson’s premier community handbell ensemble, will open their 2016 holiday season on December 11 with a concert at Vista de la Montaña Methodist Church, 3001 E. Miravista Lane in Catalina. Under the direction of Shannon Casey, the program will feature classic carols and contemporary arrangements of tunes such as It’s the…

Pool players of the Brooke vs Mission Royale’s Billiards Club

Left to right: Dominic Borland holding the travel plaque, Steve Speckhart and Joe Giammarino

Joseph F. Giammarino First we would like to thank Mission Royale and Steve Speckhart, president of the Mission Royale Billiards Club, for their hospitality, competition, hot coffee and delicious cookies. Another big thank you goes out to Dominic Borland, vice president of the Pool Players of the Brooke, for organizing this event and making sure…

SBR Tennis Association news

SBRTA 2017 Officers, left to right: Elmer Klavetter, Treasurer; Sandy Schlager, Secretary; Steve Ordahl, President; Beana Ordahl, Membership Chairperson; and Wes Hurst, Vice President

Sandy Schlager November is upon us already! In anticipation of the new year the SBRTA announced the results for the election of officers at the October 19 general membership meeting held at La Hacienda. The 2017 Tennis Association Board will include: Steve Ordahl, President; Wes Hurst, Vice President; Sandy Schlager, Secretary; Elmer Klavetter, Treasurer; Beana…