Category: June 2014

Spring softball season is underway

Carol Chiarello The men and women of SaddleBrooke Softball started the 2014 spring season Thursday, May 1. Season will end Tuesday, July 1. Twelve teams will be competing on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We are grateful to the sponsors who help to make each season a success. On Monday in the HomeTeam Pest Defense…

2014 M-PMGA Member Guest Classic

Dan Schroeder and Bob Eder This year’s M-PMGA Member Guest which was held over four days (April 2 through 5), began with a team putting and chipping contest followed by a BBQ where the 70 participants had some fun and got to know each other a little better. Art Wieda and Bob Galusha won the…

MPLN Aces of the month

                      Shirley Tié In the MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners’ Ace of the Month match for March, Kathy Schoenwetter won Low Gross and Jackie Webster won Low Net. For April, Linda Allison was winner of Low Gross and Raye Cobb for Low Net. Congratulations to all these…

M-PMGA Member-Member Match Play Championship

Dan Schroeder Between February 27 and March 27, 106 players completed 70 matches to decide the winners of the 2014 Member-Member Match Play Competition. This year’s event turned out to be very competitive with 56% of the matches going 18 holes or further and 83% going 17 holes or more. With seven flights the flight…

SaddleBrooke Lady Golfers celebrate LAGOS

Bonnie Thomas On a windy Tuesday, May 13, the 18ers hosted the Niners to a round of golf and lunch in the event named Ladies Amalgamated Golf of SaddleBrooke. Except for the wind it was a beautiful day and the two clubs very much enjoyed the company of each other. This year it was the…

SaddleBrooke Aces – June 2014

Richard Hicks On April 23 Richard Hicks found what he had been searching for over the last 50 years, his first hole-in-one. Playing at MountainView with his buddies, Rich arrived at the 155 yard fourth hole with 7 iron in hand. Finally it happened; Rich got the elusive first hole-in-one after trying for 50 years.…

Fun with Pickles

Larry Linderman When the game of pickleball started to attract attention in SaddleBrooke seven years ago, lots of people said they liked the game, but couldn’t someone do something about the funny name? The name stayed the same, however, and the new activity became the fastest growing sport in the country while the membership of…

Softball announces winter champs

Carol Chiarello The busy winter softball season is over. We had twenty-two teams in eight leagues competing for the top spots. Now for the results: Patrick Shaffer Dentistry Monday Recreation League Tim Benjamin led the Danny Nolan, Handy Man team to 10 wins and 4 losses to capture first place. Window Wizard players, managed by…

SBWGA-18 Quail Classic Invitational – sensational

Kathy DeMerritt 112 ladies enjoyed the annual Quail Classic, April 13 to 15! Thanks so much to all the ladies and gentlemen who made it happen, especially our co-chairs Sandi Chester and Maire Ryan. The efforts of so many: Coyote Golf Cars (our major sponsor), hole sponsors, artists and artisans, our golf pros Bernie Eaton…