Jeff Smith, Chairman, SBR Pickleball Club Communications Committee The SBR Pickleball Club staged its own internal tournament May 5 through 7 to celebrate the Cinco de Mayo holiday. In case you didn’t know, Cinco de Mayo, or the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862,…
Tag: Pickleball Club
Front Page, March 2022
We Love Pickleball!
Dinking Divas of SaddleBrooke Ranch Celebrate Valentine’s Day on the Courts (photo by Debora Witten)
Sports, March 2021
Round Robin Play Returns to the Pickleball Club
Miriam Brock After nearly a year of lockdown due to the coronavirus, the Pickleball Club has reinstituted round robin play. A “Round Robin” is a structured form of play organized by skill levels. In the time allocated to each Round Robin session you play eight…
Sports, November 2020
SBRPA and SBRTA Join up on the Courts!
Alastair Stone At a recent newcomer’s session, the Pickleball Club was delighted to see Tennis Club members enjoying themselves on two of the courts! Our reporter liked seeing one of his former tennis coaches, Dean Alfrey, on the receiving end of instruction! And Bo Jessop, it’s okay if you were also trying to recruit new…
Generals, October 2019
When our Ranch rallies for a cure, we really, really rally!
Sandy Jessop It started with a small idea from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Tennis Association events coordinator, Sue Cook. “October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so let’s make everyone aware by ‘pinking out the Ranch’!” The goal was to raise awareness and a few dollars while enjoying a lively and fun tennis tournament. That idea has…
Sports, June 2019
SaddleBrooke Ranch vs. SaddleBrooke Pickleball Challenge
On April 11 and 12, 122 pickleballers participated in the SaddleBrooke Ranch vs SaddleBrooke Challenge. Fifty-two players from SaddleBrooke came over to the Ranch courts to test their skills against our players ranging from 3.0 to 4.0+ skill levels. Games were played in men’s doubles, mixed doubles and women’s doubles. Of the 250+ games played…
March 2017
Pickleball Club update
Janis Duwe The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association (SBRPA) is the largest club at the Ranch with over 200 members. This active and welcoming club has been very busy this past year with many ongoing and new programs and plans to continue the excitement in 2017. Board elections were held in December 2016 with the following…
Front Page, July 2016
Pickleball 2016 Festival
Janis Duwe SaddleBrooke Ranch’s Pickelball Club held its third annual festival tournament from April 28 to May 1, 2016. The four-day tournament included women’s, men’s and mixed doubles from the 2.0 to 3.5 skill levels. During the final day of the tournament the ruckus, fun-filled gold medal rounds were competed. The tournament was intra-community and…