Eileen J Snearly The First Tee is an international youth development organization introducing the game of golf and its inherent values to young people. On October 28, 2018 members of the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners volunteered to mentor these young golfers. It was such a pleasure to see these young people registering and being paired…
Bob Edelblut By now everyone must know that this is the premiere golf event of the year for the MPMGA and the SBMGA. It is always the best against the best. It is always close and often it comes down to the wire and believe me the winners take advantage of the bragging rights! This…
Ret Convey Three cheers go to Judy Melo for her resounding over-all victory in our 2018 net championship, the Cactus Classic. Not only did Judy astonish with her three-day net score of 197, but she managed to pull it off from her position in the first flight (aka The Bonker Hedgehogs). Well done and congratulations,…
Bob Edelblut The last Sunday in October has become the established date for the MPMGA and the MountainView Golf Club to host the annual First Tee of Tucson Golf Event. It is cast in stone! The PGA and the LPGA jointly sponsor the First Tee organization and the First Tee of Tucson is its regional…
Karin Bivens At the fall meeting of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club All-Americans, 14 members of the team were recognized and presented with a certificate and patch indicating they were a United States Masters Swimming Association (USMS) All-American Swimmer in 2018 for their top short course yard competition times. This designation is quite a prestigious recognition. In…
On Sunday, November 18, while playing with his wife Midge and friends Kay Kunze and Chuck Fries, Al, actually upset with the way he had hit the shot on the Preserve’s 11th hole, had his first verified hole-in-one. He says he had one before in his home state of Michigan, but nobody was there to…
Bob Edelblut This year the MPMGA Club Championship was played on November 13 and 14. Amazingly each day had a frost delay of one hour. Day one was played at The Preserve and the last day was played at MountainView. Both courses were in stellar condition and once the sun got high enough, temperatures were…
Dionne Warwick It was another beautiful day on October 30, 2018 when Beth Effenberger, Phyllis Cadden and their committee hosted the ever popular MountainView Preserve Lady Niner event, “Bring a Friend.” The golfers were greeted first thing in the morning by a trio of accordion players. The Niners wish to thank the MountainView Golf Club,…
SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association members who participated in cleaning up a portion of Edwin Road on October 30, 2018, as part of Pinal County’s “Adopt-a-Highway” program include (front row from left): Don Burkhead, Rindy Charllis, Dale Leman, Vennie Fernandez, Bill Myers, Bob Perez and Steve Sherwood; (back row): Gary Wood, Dorothy Wood, David Waller, Gary Stevens,…
Tim Morsani Why are these guys smiling? They were two of the big winners from the MountainView-Preserve Niners fall tournament. They, along with Nick Mares, Bob Neuman, Ned Selinsky, Michael Hovan, Steve Pomeroy and Tom MacDonald shared a $584 purse. Want to share in the fun? The MVP 9ers play either the MountainView or Preserve…