Category: Sports

SaddleBrooke Intra-Squad Swim Meet

  Steve Truesdale On Saturday, March 24, 2018, 43 swimmers from the SaddleBrooke Swim Club split into two teams for their annual Intra-Squad Swim Meet, this year organized by team member Steve Roberts. This meet takes place each year around this time and pits wives against husbands and friends against friends. In the end, with…

Looking for spring flowers in Oracle State Park

  Elisabeth Wheeler Discovering spring flowers on a hike is delightful. Nine SaddleBrooke hikers hiked the Oracle Passage of the Arizona Trail in March looking for signs of spring. Oracle is at a higher elevation than SaddleBrooke. Spring flowers arrive later. It took “eagle eyes” to discover early verbena, fairy duster, bladder pods, anemones, silver…

Pool Players of the Brooke compete in SOAZ Senior Games

  Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland Five members of the Pool Players of The Brooke traveled down to Green Valley, Arizona to compete in the 34th Southern Arizona Senior Games hosted by Green Valley Recreation in March 2018. These Senior Games consist of numerous sporting competitions including billiards. Our PPB Club was represented quite well…

Thomas Winch adds another hole-in-one to his name

  Bob Edelblut On Thursday, March 8 Tom and his partner Dave Hill were playing their second-round match in the MPMGA’s Member-Member Match Play Tournament at the Preserve Golf Club. Yes, it was an official Men’s Club event and another keg of beer will be opened in his honor at our next monthly luncheon. We…

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners 2018 Club Champion

  Barbara Johnson The title of this article would have read “SB Lady Niners Have New Club Champion,” but that wouldn’t have been exactly accurate. You see, Cinda Haugsby isn’t exactly new to this award. After three days of competition – one on each of the three courses – Cinda emerged as the repeat winner…

The heart of golf at SBWGA

  Ret Convey The SBWGA’s Club Championship and Senior Club Championship highlight the very heart of golf. The three-day competition showcases not only the achievements of our finest players but also the kindness, friendship and sense of fair play evident in all who participate. Our 2018 Club Championship co-chairs, Deb Finn and Molly Fullerton, gave…

Swimmers dominate Senior Olympics Relay Meet

  Lyn Moreno SaddleBrooke Swim Club once again dominated the Arizona Senior Olympics relay meet held at the Kino Aquatics Center in Mesa on March 11, 2018. The relay meet is one event in the Arizona Senior Olympics, which is a program of the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation. The competition is for athletes over 50…

22 swimmers successful again

  Harold E. Peter SaddleBrooke Swimmers were drawn on February 25 to the Chandler, AZ Mesquite Grove Aquatic Center to participate at the important qualifying meet for the Senior Olympics National Championship to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in June of 2019. The qualifying meets are held in various parts of the USA. The…