Gary Averett The 2015 SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association annual Match Play Tournament was completed on March 7 after four previous rounds of elimination from the initial field of 89 players. The Match Play is the only major SMGA tournament played in this format. It is a net only scoring event with matches conducted between two…
Category: April 2015
Sports, April 2015
MountainView Lady Putters Chico’s luncheon
Shannon Martinell March 2015 activities for the MountainView Lady Putters included putting with the Putter Sputters at HOA1 on March 2. Those who attended braved the cool and rainy weather and enjoyed the time shared with our fellow putters from HOA1. On March 9 our monthly luncheon celebrated St. Patrick’s Day and featured a fashion…
Sports, April 2015
Softball fun well worth the price paid
Jonathan Green SaddleBrooke Softball Stadium, March 15, 2015 – The Senior Softball St. Pat’s Tournament with games, food, music and entertainment proved once again to be the best free show in SaddleBrooke. SSSA thanks Patrick Shaffer Dentistry for sponsoring the tourney again this year. SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) got 80 players to play four…
Sports, April 2015
SaddleBrooke Swimmers “Smokin” at Polar Bear Swim Meet!
SaddleBrooke Swim Club assembled a relatively small team of 28 swimmers to race at the twenty-fifth annual Polar Bear Swim Meet hosted by Tucson’s Ford Aquatic Swim Club at University of Arizona on January 25. While official team and individual scores were not tabulated, indications are that the team finished a close second to the…
Sports, April 2015
Pickleballers medal at Robson Ranch, Palm Creek and Green Valley Tournaments
SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) members played well in tournaments held in March of 2015. At the third annual Robson Ranch Tournament held in Casa Grande, Arizona, on March 18 through 22, Bob Koerner and Mark Van Matre won the gold medal in the Men’s 4.5 skill level, while Paul Frederickson and his partner, Bob Hills…
Sports, April 2015
SaddleBrooke Lady Niners 2015 Club Champion – Janet Rasmusson
Sports, April 2015
Nancy Frazer, our coordinator
Nancy Frazer Long time SaddleBrooke Tennis Center Head Coordinator and well-loved friend Nancy Frazer has realized, since the days when we had only 50 members, the importance of first impressions at the Tennis Center. She has done her part. Every member recognizes her. Entering the Tennis Center they are greeted with the essence of professionalism…
Sports, April 2015
STC hosts the Arizona Wildcats Tennis Team
The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club played host to the University of Arizona Wildcats men’s tennis team as they played an exhibition match before a crowd of more than 120 spectators. Applause roared from the STC tennis center when 11 student athletes and one assistant coach delivered high caliber collegiate play for the entertainment of all SaddleBrooke…
Sports, April 2015
600th member of SPA is Charla Blacker Eggleston
Shawne Cryderman The SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association officially reached the 600 Member Milestone in early March. Close in December 2015, but not quite at 600, we waited to see what would happen after the yearly renewal of memberships in early January and how many by the month associate members would join during the winter. This is…
Sports, April 2015
MPLN Aces of the Month
Carol Thompson The MountainView/Preserve Lady Niners Ace of the Month matches presented these winners for the last three months. So far the 2015 winners are the following: January: Low Gross Linda Rouse, Low Net Carol Larson February: Low Gross Laura Walsh, Low Net-Marla Butcher March: Low Gross Becky Fisher, Low Net Holly Riviere Congratulations to…