Category: Sports

The Best STC Party Ever!

Ginger Riffel The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club Board of Directors, TJ Duffy, Glen George, Bob Stocks, Kay Sullivan and Ginger Riffel, wanted to thank all the members (over 400), some of whom are new members and many of them volunteers, by throwing an All Member and Volunteer Appreciation Party. This was an undertaking headed by Kay…

SaddleBrooke Pickleball

Pickleball path smoother Andrea Molberg Have you driven down to the Pickleball courts off Ridgeview lately? Whether you come to play, cheer or leave your soda cans for recycling, you have no doubt noticed a change – the road from Ridgeview to the dumpster has a beautiful, smooth top coat. Thank you, HOA 1! Pickleball,…

Clinics go swimming – splish, splash, we’re loving it!

Coaches Allison, Joyce and Carl on the deck

Phil Simpson On July 6, with the infamous desert heat having settled in, 26 SaddleBrooke residents dipped their toes and ultimately their entire beings, into the cool waters of the DesertView pool, embarking on a four week, eight session Let’s Swim clinic, hosted by the SaddleBrooke Swim Club. The clinics, the second of which also…

Ron Victor continues the hole-in-one parade

Bob Edelblut Like many of us, Ron Victor often wondered if he was ever going to have a hole-in-one. But he never lost hope and never stopped trying! His tenacity was finally rewarded on Friday, November 4 on the fourth hole at the MountainView Golf Course. Congratulations, Ron, for your first, and many extra kudos…

SaddleBrooke Team gets silver at Pickleball Nationals

Joan Van Matre and Bob Koerner

Pete Giljohann The USAPA Pickleball National Championships were recently held in Casa Grande where a SaddleBrooke Pickleball mixed doubles team won a silver medal! Making it all the way to the Championship Round, Joan Van Matre and Bob Koerner finished second out of 23 teams in the age 65 to 69 division. This was the…

Grant Farquhar is the 2016 MPMGA Club Champion

Mike Jahaske, Grant Farquhar and David Cohen sharing the moment

Bob Edelblut On November 9 and 10 the MPMGA played this year’s Club Championship at the MountainView Golf Course. Ninety-one players signed up for the event and as in years past they were assigned to various flights based on their handicaps and tee choice selection. All of the players in the first five flights played…