Category: Sports

Pickleball getting out of a pickle

Pickleball members wait their turn for a court.

Andrea Molberg Recognizing the popularity of the sport, the value to home sales, and the community’s wishes for more pickleball strongly expressed in the HOA2 Strategic Planning survey, the HOA2 Board of Directors has proposed $50,000 for pickleball in the 2016 budget. The funds will be used to help prepare the site for court construction…

MountainView Lady Putters announce 2016 Board

Newly elected 2016 Board of MVLP

Shannon Martinell It was great to return to the putting green after our long summer hiatus. On October 1, MountainView Lady Putters returned to their winter putting schedule with early putting beginning at 8:45 a.m. and late putting at 10:15 a.m. Our monthly luncheon was held on October 12, 2015. At that meeting, Janet Parker…

Softball announces summer champs

Jake Jacobson and Tom Klein round third and are ready to score. We use a separate scoring line to avoid collisions at home plate. Photo by Allan Kravitz

Carol Chiarello The men and women of SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association completed the summer season on September 28. Records for our seven leagues are now in the books. Let’s see how your friends and neighbors did. Monday Recreation League – Hardin Brothers Automotive, led by Paul Jarzembinski, finished in first place with a record of…

Get a Grip! (on a Pickleball Paddle)

Don Guillette

Andrea Molberg SPA member Don Guillette has managed the club’s demo day/intro lessons program over the last 4.5 years, sold 450 plus pickleball paddles and knows a lot about pickleball paddle grips. The grip on a paddle, which deteriorates with normal play, distracts a player if it does not feel right. Eventually the paddle will…

Resident earns Softball Championship honors in Vegas

Local fans watch Q at bat.

Carol Chiarello The men and women of SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association completed the summer season on September 28. Records for our seven leagues are now in the books. Let’s see how your friends and neighbors did. Monday Recreation League – Hardin Brothers Automotive, led by Paul Jarzembinski, finished in first place with a record of…

Tennis Center patio for all SaddleBrooke residents

New sun screens grace the SaddleBrooke Tennis Center Patio.

Jay Clayton Wilson Have you noticed how many of our SaddleBrooke Tennis Club articles are about events that happen on our patio? No surprise there because the patio is so convenient and well equipped for our parties, lunches and award presentations. Have you also noticed how often our SaddleBrooke neighbors use the patio for their…

SB HOA #1 Men’s 9 Hole Golf League event calendar

Dick Cook Fall/winter tee times begin at 9:00 a.m. with shotgun start (except for the third Wednesday of each month when the shotgun start is 12:30 p.m.). Effective April 1 all Men’s Niners events will begin at 8:00 a.m. (shotgun). Summer time play begins in May with 7:00 a.m. starting tee time. See Appendix I…

SaddleBrooke Lady Niners host the Sputters

Winners SaddleBrooke, left to right: Ann Irwin, Barb Rempel, Miki Pratt and Jackie Davidson

Elaine Kienitz The annual Sputters and Niners ladies have always enjoyed getting together and having fun. This year was no exception. The weather was perfect and the courses were perfect. The play was a modified scramble; the Niners hit their own ball from the tee. The best ball is determined and each plays their own…