Stuart Watkins Fran Meckler is the Coordinator of the POP Tennis program at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Center and she invited me to give this sport a try. I agreed. It is a slower sport than tennis and uses a shorter court. The paddle is smaller and the ball is like a tennis ball with less…
Shel Jahn Scores an Ace on Hole 6 at the Preserve Alan Doan On Feb. 13, Shel Jahn was playing at the Preserve with Dennis Marchand, Joe Oczak, and Don Plappinger. On Hole number 6, Shel selected a 9-iron for a 140-yard shot over a deep arroyo to a front pin position. His ball flew…
Ann Lange Where beautiful souls have gone before, memories live on. And so, each year the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) remembers Mary Sturgeon Canfield and her daughter Nancy, by carrying on the tradition of designating the Most Improved Player (MIP) award. The award was established by Mary in tribute to Nancy, who showed how…
Carol Kula Pop Tennis is now in its second year in SaddleBrooke and has already grown to over 110 members in the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC). Groups are forming for pop players throughout the week and organized play opportunities are there through the STC as well. In the era of COVID precautions, inter-club social events…
Alan Doan The member-member match play tournament was held on Jan. 18, 21, and 28. The 48 two-man teams were separated into six flights and seeded 1 through 8 in each flight, according to each team’s combined course handicap. Following are the winning teams from each flight: Flight 1: Alan Mansker and Kelly Paxton Flight…
Venetia Hobson Lewis February and March are the big season for SaddleBrooke Ranch Women’s Golf Association-18 (SBWGA-18) tournaments. Other competitions are sprinkled throughout the year, spicing up every month. However in 2021, within the two months of February and March, four major tournaments are played. These competitions are the bread and butter for league play.…
David Zapatka This 12-common-mistakes column began after playing with some very excited, highly-motivated, new pickleball players at our community courts recently. After playing a couple games, this question was posed to me: “What should we do to improve and become 3.5 players?” We reviewed the first four mistakes the past two months. This month, we…
Nancy Dowell Pickleball in SaddleBrooke began with 85 enthusiastic SaddleBrooke residents coming to see a demonstration of the game in the MountainView parking lot in 2007. The demonstration was organized by former residents, Dave and Beth Patterson, who were the driving force behind organizing pickleball in SaddleBrooke. Seventy-five of those people attending that day signed…
Dani Arbuckle; Abridged by Ron Bouchard Doubles tennis is an enjoyable way to pass the afternoon with friends, but it’s also more than just a social activity. Doubles tennis is a great way to keep fit. In a two-hour session, you can expect to burn a significant number of calories. Exactly how many you burn…
Eileen J. Snearly The passing of the torch is relinquishing responsibilities, a tradition, practice, or knowledge to another. This metaphoric expression alludes to the ancient Greek torch race, in which a lighted torch was passed from one runner to the next. On Jan. 19, the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners held an awards event at the…