B. J. Murray Cyclemasters let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits during our final holiday ride of the season, The Bunny Ride. The event was on April 3. It was fun, starting with everyone assembling at the Activity Center. Because of the vaccination clinic, we had to move locations from where we usually meet. Everyone was given…
Barbara Barr, Robyn Gearhart, and Scott Brewbaker Meet the fabulous bakers of Stoney Flower Drive. Under the leadership of Faith Fromson, bakers Corky Bosch, Jet George, Nancy Harling, and Joyce Wantuck have been baking up a storm for the Unit 17 annual Spring Fling. This year’s Spring Fling was held on April 18 and included…
Jill Fritz SaddleBrooke Swim Club hosted its first official meet since COVID at our DesertView pool for SaddleBrooke team members only on April 17. There were 15 different events, ranging all the way from the 200 free relay to the 800 free relay and the 200 medley relay to the 400 medley relay. The different age groups in…
Elizabeth Henley Part VI is about competition sanctioned by the United States Master Swimming organization (USMS). Events sanctioned by USMS are standardized, and USMS keeps records of times during the year for each of its events. The club entered a new phase of competition in 2011 when we entered the state short course yards meet. Since…
Linda Lyon, President, SaddleBrooke Fly Fishers We had no idea what was coming when we formed the SaddleBrooke Fly Fishers (SBFF) club in early 2020. We managed to have a couple of in-person meetings and one dinner party before the global pandemic brought almost everything to a screeching halt. Fortunately, modern technology helped us stay…
Paulette Kasperski Last January through March, SaddleBrooke residents, Fran Meckler and Carol Kula of the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club, arranged drop-in sessions of pop tennis on Sunday afternoons. Many people showed up to play for the first time—some as total beginners and others as former tennis and pickleball players. When the drop-in sessions ended, Stuart Watkins…