The MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners welcomed four new and returning members this fall. Margaret Walker and Marty Harsch are returning Lady Niners. Denise Gilliat-Norgard and Jan Mattson are new members. MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners play on Tuesdays, with tee times starting at 8:00 a.m. in the fall and winter. Come join…
Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland On November 14 the SaddleBrooke Hot Dog Blind Draw Partners 8-Ball Tournament was held in the SaddleBrooke Starter Shack. The tournament directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. After a blind draw, the 15 players were grouped as follows: Jim “Aviator” Wydick and Barry Lyon, Dave Brinker and Ron “Q”…
Join us on Tuesday, January 5 at 9:30 a.m. and Sunday, January 10 at 11:00 a.m. when the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club presents the University of Arizona Women’s and Men’s Tennis Practice/Exhibitions. All SaddleBrooke residents and guests are invited. The women’s team will conduct a practice on Tuesday and the men’s team will have a Red…
One third of the more than 700 SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) members are fairly new to Pickleball, so the SPA board unanimously approved a program Advanced Assisted Play Instruction specifically designed for REC and 2.0 Pickleball players! Every Wednesday (except December 23) from 1:00-2:30 p.m. on Ridgeview court Nos. 4, 5 and 6, an instructor…
Barbara Johnson On November 3, the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners held their annual Turkey Shoot. For this event, the lady to land closest-to-the-pin on Hole No. Six of the Saddlebrooke Course wins a gift certificate to buy that turkey for Thanksgiving. This year’s weather was absolutely beautiful and the winner was Val Malik – great shooting,…
Allison Lehman In July I competed in the Senior National Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota; my first exposure in a national swim meet. My husband, Liam Flynn suggested going. We were traveling north and east on a road trip. He would be doing most of the driving. I qualified by swimming in a prior swim meet…
Phil Simpson On the weekend of October 31-November 1, 35 SaddleBrooke Masters swimmers of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club ventured to the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center at Arizona State University in Tempe to compete in the Ron Johnson Invitational and Arizona Short Course Meters Championships. A spooky omen, the event’s Great Pumpkin – inspired, Halloween-theme emblazoned…