Category: Sports

What Is the SaddleBrooke Swim Club All About? Part II

Coach Steve provides instructions. (Photo by Elizabeth Henley)

Elizabeth Henley Coached Workouts DesertView swimming pool is home base for the club. Since it opened, the club has reserved morning times for coached workouts. Currently, we swim seven days per week from 7 to 10:35 a.m. On six days, there are three workouts; on Sundays, we have two longer workouts. Coach Doug Springer was…

SaddleBrooke Swim Club Has Fall Meeting in Parking Lot!

Steve Truesdale and Jack Fritz

Jill Fritz On Nov. 18, 2020, the annual fall Swim Club meeting took place in the lower MountainView parking lot and due to COVID-19, we were able to spread out arriving by golf carts, automobiles, bikes, or walking. The meeting got underway with our new club president, Lyn Moreno, presiding. The minutes and treasures report…

State Medallion Qualifiers

Team 1 Gross Winner Linda Rouse

Eileen J. Snearly and Joyce Sutay Each year the Arizona Golf Association (AGA) conducts their State Medallion Tournament for 9-hole and 18-hole women golf leagues throughout Arizona. Qualifying rounds during the year determine which golfers will represent their club at the State Medallion held in January the following year. The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners are…

MountainView Preserve Lady Niners Present “Let It Snow”

Left to right: Barbara Bloch (co-chairperson), Becky Lima, Diane Mazzarella (co-chairperson), Kathy Turner, and Loralee Horwedel; not pictured: Eileen Snearly (photographer)

Eileen J. Snearly On Dec. 1, 2020, gratefully there was no snow, but had extraordinarily strong winds. The lady niners showed up in great numbers and played their best despite the winds. The chairpersons and their committee had many challenging decisions because of COVID-19. There was no luncheon or gatherings of any kind, which included…

Pickleball Press: Board of Directors Election

SPA Board of Directors (clockwise from top left): Peter Giljohann, Sue Diericks, Ken Roberts, Jonathan Bailey, Gary Stevens, Jeff Grant, and Barb Palmeri

Nancy Dowell The membership of SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association Inc. (SPA) recently voted to elect three members to the club’s board of directors. Board member, Gary Stevens was re-elected and newly elected, Barb Palmeri and Jeff Grant will fill the other board spots. Continuing directors, Peter Giljohann, Sue Diericks, Ken Roberts, and Jonathan Bailey complete the…

SBWGA-18’s January 2021 Outlook

Gail Plimpton (left), November Net Ace and Takeyo Eakin, November Gross Ace

Venetia Hobson Lewis After the holiday season of 2020, SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association-18 (SBWGA-18) welcomes in the new year of 2021 with a new series of weekly games on Tuesday mornings, our regularly scheduled event and meeting days. The Tuesday Play Day Committee already has a full complement of games planned. Our Special Tournaments Chair,…

Northridge Dental Sponsors a Pickleball Court!

SPA member Bob Shelton, Dr. Todd Haft, and SPA president Peter Giljohann

Nancy Dowell The SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) is thrilled to announce that Northridge Dental, located in Catalina, has confirmed a donation to SaddleBrooke’s new Pickleball Complex. Their generous financial support will be acknowledged with a plaque on one of the pickleball courts. Family-owned Northridge Dental opened in 2004. The warm, modern, and inviting office provides…

Hole In One: Remarkable!

Photo by Kathy Bomwell

Paulette Kasperski Nov. 18 was a beautiful day at the Preserve, and an even more exciting one for resident Beverly Reiman. She was using her 8 iron on the fourth hole on the Preserve course when something amazing happened. She got a hole-in-one with the ball on the fly. The excited witnesses to this event…