Actually, the real winner of the World Cup Festival was the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club community. With a new format that ensured inclusiveness, 211 games were refereed in the three days (March 28-30) of World Cup tournament play. One hundred one SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball members from all rankings participated; many playing in a pickleball tournament…
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Sports, April 2019
SBRPA holds first social event of the year
On the afternoon of February 27, over 60 Ranch pickleball enthusiasts gathered under the Ramada to join the Pickles and Burgers social play event. Players rotated teammates after playing a game to eight points. Competition was friendly and enjoyed by all the participants. Congratulations to Joe Campion, Cliff Hall, Bob Koerner and Anna Ung for…
Sports, March 2019
SBRPA hosts college students
Twenty-one undergraduate students from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa enjoyed a visit to the Ranch on January 17. Mark Pohler led an instructional pickleball session which included a demonstration and supervised play. SBR Pickleball Association members Dave Marx, Randy Brosnahan, Ed Harris, Mick Borm and Christi Miller volunteered with pickleball play. Dr. Anne Marx Scheuerell,…
Sports, February 2019
SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association elects new leadership
Our members have elected new officers to lead our association for 2019. Newly elected board members are Ron Green, President; Larry Burchfield, Vice President; CJ Halverson, Treasurer; Cindy Sundquist, Director of Events and Ronda Hayes, Secretary. In addition to our new board, we would like to introduce our members that have volunteered to be our…
December 2018
Battle for the Gold Brick
The Quail Creek Pickleball Club and the SaddleBrook Ranch Pickleball Club battled on September 25 in divisions 2.5 through 4.0 for women’s doubles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles. The games were real close but SaddleBrooke Ranch prevailed, winning 51 to 42 and retaining their gold brick until next year.
December 2018
Pickleball holds 2nd annual Chili Cook Off and Social Play
Our commitment for 2018 is to bring our members great social events, our social committee nailed it on this one. The SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association held its second annual Chili Cook-Off and Social Play on October 29, 2018. We had 30 members participate in the social play activities on the courts that was organized by…
Front Page, November 2018
SaddleBrooke Ranch welcomes top US Pickleball instructor
SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association was honored to host one of the top pickleball instructors, Helle Sparre, who provided our members and residents with a pickleball demonstration, sharing her concepts and strategy for playing the game, focused on her successful technique; Dynamic Doubles Systems. Helle began her professional career as a tennis player and by 19…
November 2018
Pickleball Association hits membership milestone
Our mission is to establish SaddleBrooke Ranch as a premiere pickleball community serving all skill levels and formats of play, while promoting the passion of the game. We welcome all SaddleBrooke Ranch residents to use our pickleball facilities, participate in coaching sessions for new players and join our club. SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Association reached…
June 2018
SBR 2018 Pickleball Festival
Ron Green Our social and tournament committee led by Gary Grasso put together an extraordinary event for all our members with the fifth annual SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Festival held April 12, 2018 through April 15, 2018. The festival was open to all members with skill rating levels of 2.0 through 3.5 with events for…
June 2018
SBR Pickleball Tournament activity
Ron Green Pickleball is a great sport for all ages, which provides health benefits, a social environment, as well as a competitive environment, your choice. This year’s pickleBall season (September 2017 through April 2018) brought out many of our members joining the USAPA or the SSIPA associations and register and play in their sponsored…