Tag: Pickleball

Announcing new Robson Pickleball League

Pete Gilohann Pickleball players from all the Arizona Robson Communities except Quail Creek are gearing up to play in a new Robson Communities Pickleball League. The goal is to have a league for pickleball players from various communities to have a social and competitive opportunity to play one another. This inter-community league is ready to…

Your health – we care!

Andrea Molberg SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) cares about your health and wants you prepared for emergencies. SPA is providing free medical information cards for your wallet, gym bag or glove compartment so that your critical health facts are readily available to first responders, just in case. Pick one up, fill in updated medical facts and…

Try different Pickleball games

Andrea Molberg Ever needed an extra player or two for pickleball? I just did while at a dude ranch near Jackson Hole. My husband’s late wife’s family rode horses, fished, swam and played pickleball at Red Rock Ranch for years in the late 90s and early 2000s. This year the Greenleaf family and I (17…

What about a different Pickleball?

Andrea Molberg Concerned about noise and wanting more opportunities to play, SaddleBrooke residents have asked whether different balls might be used to lower the sound of pickleball, the fastest growing sport for those over 55. A friendly and addictive game, pickleball has taken off here in SaddleBrooke. SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) has more than 600…

Mister Mister and Missus Mister Don and Linda Cornish help Picklers cool off

Left to right, with the new misters above them: Ken Powers, Linda and Don Cornish

Andrea Molberg Avid SaddleBrooke pickleball players Don and Linda Cornish have made playing this fast growing sport in the heat more comfortable. Have you noticed that local restaurants cool and attract customers with misters installed on their patios? Having experienced the cooling effect, pickleball players have been commenting how misters would improve both waiting to…

Playing Pickleball when temps soar

Andrea Molberg With Tucson temperatures over 100 degrees for more than a month, SaddleBrooke pickleball players creatively find ways to play this popular sport. Most players seek to be on the courts very early when they open at 7:00 a.m. With over 600 SPA (SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association) members and only six regulation courts, this is…

Hurdles and Hoops – Bob Long has jumped them all!

Bob (left) and Jim; photo by Pete Giljohann

Shawne Cryderman Singer, world traveler, pickleball player – Bob has done it all and continues to beat the odds while battling multiple myeloma, a form of blood and bone cancer. Bob Long and Jim Haakenson recently participated in the Duel in the Desert International Pickleball Tournament at the Palm Creek Resort in Casa Grande, Arizona.…

Pickleball Social Event

The theme for the social gathering that took place on April 24 was Mixed Pickle. It was a very successful event of 48 participating senior men and women Pickleball players. We had a wonderful time doing the meeting/greeting/playing thing. Categories were dill, gherkin, bread and butter, relish, kosher and sweet. All six courts at Ridgeview…

SPA members play and work together

Shawne Cryderman On Saturday, May 7 approximately 30 SPA members gathered in the parking lot near the RidgeView Courts to sweep the gravel and dirt off the asphalt. Court Maintenance Chief Ken Powers recruited volunteers to complete this SPA self-help project. The project outcome is twofold. One, lessen the gravel and dirt tracked onto the…