Category: Clubs & Classes

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners news

Vernie Tupa, 2016 Founders’ Cup Champion; photo by Bob Koblewski

Elaine Kienitz The new year started with our Founders’ Cup Tournament and luncheon. The Founders’ Cup gives us a chance to pay tribute to the ladies who founded our club in 1990. The winner of the tournament is determined by the best overall low net score. The winner of the 2016 Founders’ Cup is Vernie…

CycleMasters’ Candy Cane Ride

Ted Belanger On a cool January 2 Saturday morning ride 37 members of the CycleMasters rode their bikes around SaddleBrooke in search of the Candy Cane Tree. The beautiful pine tree in the Villas complex was decorated with different colored candy canes, with five specific colored canes eventually being the winners. Which one to choose…

Freethinkers’ Thirdsty Thursday draws new attendees

2016 Board, left to right, front row: Greg Cahill, David Cohen, Dan Nordhill, Al Bolty; back row: Dick Helms, Harry Clausen, Bob Edelblut, Bob Eder, Bob Maruniak, Tom Quinn

Fran Berman Fifteen people attended the Freethinkers on January 21, the third Thursday of the month. Thirdsty Thursday is a social gathering of SaddleBrooke Freethinkers and guests during happy hour at the Roadrunner Grill. Attendees included residents of SaddleBrooke One, SaddleBrooke Two and SaddleBrooke Ranch. We meet new people at every meeting and introduce them…

Line Dance Lessons with Rebecca

Rebecca’s Beginner (Level 1) class is having a ball and already has learned that mistakes don’t matter--in fact, you have to make them or you are not learning. Fun is the ruler is these classes.

Dr. Mark Magdanz Classes started January 18 with a fun loving bunch of SaddleBrookers and Ranchers having a ball on various dance floors. The 2016 Winter/Spring class series runs through April. Rebecca’s line dance classes and happy feet sessions serve all skill levels from novice through high intermediate. Year round classes are always the rule,…

Saturday morning bridge clinic

Paul Shalita This clinic is a practice and critique session designed for players at intermediate and advanced levels who desire to improve their Bridge. No partner is necessary. No time commitment; come late, leave early. Meet potential new partners. Sessions run from 9:00 a.m. to noon on Saturday mornings at 37901 S. Arroyo Way in…

SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club

Line Dancers, ready to burn up the floor

Dance-A-Thon 2016 dance ‘til you drop On January 9 in the MountainView Ballroom over a hundred dancers proved that dance marathons — an American phenomenon of the 1920s and 30s — still live on in the new millennium right here in SaddleBrooke! Okay, we may not have endured hundreds of hours, draped exhaustedly over our…

Questers – Sonoran searches news

Mary Ann White Sonoran Searchers is a group of Questers with twenty members. They met at Pat Tygselski’s home January 13, 2016, for their first meeting of the year. Pat was assisted by Chris Shepard. Pat gave the program about Llado figurines. She showed her beautiful collection and then gave the history of the Spanish…

AARP Smart Driver course

Hal Dieterle Another AARP Smart Driver class (formerly called Driver Safety) will be presented on February 26 at the Oro Valley Police Department from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (four hour class). The AARP Smart Driver program is the nation’s first and largest refresher course for drivers age 50 and older and has helped millions…