Kay Sullivan Despite the late start on January 31, approximately 70 men and women signed up for Social Team Tennis this year so that we were able to field three teams each with a nice cushion of willing substitute players. With three teams, it meant that each team had two byes over the six-week…
Tag: Tennis
Sports, April 2018
Douglas Wolf – STC dynamo
Jay Clayton Wilson Douglas Wolf is a firework of explosive enthusiasm. His friendly, gregarious personality pounds its way into your heart and immediately enriches your day. No one will ever have to search for him. Just listen. You’ll know where he is when you hear his laughter ring out in our desert community. He…
Sports, March 2018
STC’s first president honored
Steve Leane Garry Jenkins, STC’s first president and Garry’s vice president, Nancy Frazer, worked tirelessly together to form the club in 1994. They have witnessed many changes in STC over the past 24 years: from a small group of 50 or so active players and four courts, to today’s 400+ members, twenty courts, beautiful…
Sports, March 2018
Valentine’s Day World Team Tennis Social
Mike Oberski SaddleBrooke Tennis Club celebrated an early Valentine’s Day with a tennis social for our members on February 13. In the spirit of attempting something different members were organized into teams of two ladies and two men with a World Team Tennis adapted format. Over 50 of our members at all levels had…
Sports, February 2018
Revitalizing STC
Jay Clayton Wilson Many successful businessmen have led corporations to tread new paths that led to great accomplishments. They were appreciated and well compensated for their efforts. Not so much with those who have devoted their retirement years to a tennis club in a desert community. Compensation is nonexistent. But appreciation overflows in great…
Sports, February 2018
SaddleBrooke Tennis Club sizzles through another stellar year
H.V. Topspin “No one ever left a job or a marriage because they were over-appreciated.” All non-profits rely on the good will and energy of members who volunteer to arrange, contrive and engender salubrious events that build a better and more convivial tennis experience. Our SaddleBrooke Tennis club is no stranger to the finest of…
Sports, February 2018
The magnificent beauty of SaddleBrooke
TJ Duffy December is such a hectic time with decorating, shopping, partying, and celebrating that it’s easy to overlook what drew us to live here. As is often the case, we’re reminded by our visitors with mouths a gasp just how fortunate we are to enjoy the splendor of our community. SaddleBrooke was one of…
Sports, January 2018
STC’s Jim ‘Noah’ McPeak a startup guy
Sports, January 2018
An STC night of reflection, conviviality and bopping
Wyatt Wellshot One hundred and fifty-three denizens of the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club stormed HOA One Vistas dining room Tuesday, December 5 for a night of reflection, conviviality and bopping. The club members were so numerous that the entire dining area was fully complemented with dashing men, some arrayed in cosmopolitan tuxedoes and the fulsome ladies…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Skin Cancer Research fundraiser sponsored by SaddleBrooke Tennis Club
Jay Clayton Wilson Skin cancer is the fasting growing skin disease in the world. It is particularly prevalent in Arizona where our love of the outdoors exposes us to harmful sun rays almost daily. The University of Arizona Skin Cancer Institute (SCI) is nationally recognized for advances in skin cancer research. STC partners with SCI…