Johnny Henson, Professor Pool My partner and fellow Professional Billiard Instructor Association (PBIA) and American Cue Sports (ACS) instructor, Steve Farmer, recently wrote the outline for this article. I feel that this is a subject that every player has been a victim of from time to time, myself included. When playing against a player who…
Category: February 2025
February 2025, Sports
Relishing Pickleball: Teaching Pickleball to Your Relatives
David Zapatka With the holidays behind us, there has been quite a bit of talk about how to introduce relatives to pickleball, the game we discovered and love. The debate about how best to do this centers around two concepts. The first is to begin teaching new players how to serve. The second is to…
February 2025, Sports
Join the Fun and Watch Pickleball Players Compete
Gary Pelphrey SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association Inc. (SPA) is proud to have eight teams (over 90 players) competing in the 2025 Arizona Pickleball Players League, showcasing the talent and spirit of our players. Teams include women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles of different ages and skill levels. Everyone is invited to come watch and cheer…
February 2025, Sports
Congratulations Nancy Sartor
Ret Convey Congratulations go to Nancy Sartor for her hole-in-one on Jan. 14. She used her 7 iron to send her ball 104 yards on Catalina 8 to score her ace. Well done, Nancy! We also congratulate Sue Dischner, our January Ace of the Month Gross who shot an 82, and Lynn Stewart, our January…
February 2025, Sports
SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Senior Softball Action!
Frederick King Mitchell, Jr. Well, SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Senior Softball fans, here it is Jan. 25, SaddleBrooke Progress and SaddleBrooke Ranch Roundup deadline time. You’ll be reading this mid-February. Ranchers welcome! That’s what I said! Yeah, all you Ranchers, in case you didn’t know, are welcome to come on down to the SB softball…
Clubs & Classes, February 2025
SaddleBrooke Great Decisions Meetings
Barb Schaepe SaddleBrooke Great Decisions started its 2025 season in January with presentations and discussions on International Cooperation on Climate Change and U.S. Changing Leadership in the World Economy. All meetings are held on Monday afternoons in the Mountainview East Ballroom, typically starting at 3 p.m. Dates, times, and topics of the remaining 2025 meetings…
February 2025, Clubs & Classes
Democratic Club February Meeting
Peter Bakke The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club meeting on Feb. 11 will feature Jennifer Hilsbos, the newly elected chair of the Pinal County Democratic Party. At our January meeting, Communications Chair Karla Trippe discussed data from the last election. A lively and informative discussion followed. The SaddleBrooke Democratic Club meets at 3:30 p.m. on the second…
February 2025, Clubs & Classes
SaddleBrooke WWII Roundtable Presents Paul Belanger on Operation Barbarossa
Larry Linderman On Thursday, March 13, at 1 p.m., SaddleBrooke resident Paul Belanger will give a talk on Hitler’s biggest mistake: the invasion of the Soviet Union on June 6, 1941. Many historians believe that had Hitler listened to his generals and didn’t commit Germany to a futile invasion over an enormous front requiring long…
February 2025, Clubs & Classes
British Club Dines at Cadillac Chaparral Steakhouse
Mary (Twink) Gates John Wayne, the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Tom Mix, et al., deck the halls with their pictures, along with other western memorabilia at Cadillac Chaparral Steakhouse, just outside Tucson on Florence Highway, a 20 minutes’ drive from SaddleBrooke. It was here on Jan. 23 at 5 p.m. that 22 members…
February 2025, Clubs & Classes
Jewish Friendship Group—More Fun in 2025
Marsha MantyKow We started the year with two successful events. Trivia/Pizza Night was once again a fun-filled night. Forty hungry and super-smart members gathered at the RoadRunner Café. Marilyn Anthony challenged us to remember obscure facts about obscure events featuring very important people most of us never heard of. While many members rose to the…