Jeff Smith SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club member Vicki Keller is proving that you alone can affect positive change. Vicki recognized that she needed help with drilling skills to improve her game. So, she recruited some of her “high level” pickleball friends to assist with training/instructing and offering advice—taking from their years of playing and experience.…
Guest writer and SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club member, Ed Ehrman, provides some invaluable information we should all know. Please take the time to review. Keeping Pickleball Safe for Everyone A key objective of our organization is to give you the opportunity to enjoy the sport of pickleball, get some light exercise, and above all, have…
This winter, 16 ladies from SaddleBrooke Ranch (SBR) played in the APPL (Arizona Pickleball Players League) at the 3.5 level. The Raging Ranchettes hosted APPL teams at SBR from around southern Arizona, along with visiting their home venues as far down as Tubac. The team had a great time, and enjoyed meeting other ladies who…
Jeff Smith, Chairman SBR Communications Committee SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club member Donna Burton has established a very successful mentoring program for new players—matching newcomers with some of the club’s most experienced and skilled players. This is her story. Mentoring the “newbies,” as we call our new pickleball players, is nothing new at SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball…
Alastair Stone SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club sent 41 players down the road to participate in this tournament at the end of January. And SBR came away with 20 medals—a fantastic achievement! Our new president, Rick Heine, partnered by Angela Jerman, took home gold in the 3.5 70+ category, and Norbert Weisbeck and Deb Lawson, won…
Beth Chamberlin In November, more than 2,000 pickleball players travelled to Indian Wells, CA to complete in the Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships. This is pickleball’s premier event with more than 4,000 matches being played. Many players from the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club competed in singles and doubles events, and three brought home medals for their efforts!…
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…
Ron Green Our mission is to establish SaddleBrooke Ranch as a premiere pickleball community serving all skill levels and formats of play, while promoting the passion and sport 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. Every…
Ron Green Who would have thought that pickleball and wieners go together? Well, our social committee did, and they worked together to put on another great event for our members. Our event started with a round robin format of play for 44 members that signed up to play. Everyone had a great time, and the…
Our Pickleball Association would like to thank the local businesses that support our club by being part of our sponsorship team. SaddleBrooke Ranch is home to our SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club. Our club is the largest sports activity here at SaddleBrooke Ranch supported by our membership of 248 members and local businesses in our area.…