Category: Sports

Meet Bob Stocks

Bob Stocks has a ferocious two handed backhand.

Bob Stocks SaddleBrooke Tennis Club player and board member Bob Stocks, with his partner and longtime friend Barney Peet, won the right to play in the USTA League 65 plus 8.0 National Championships in March of this year. Everyone who has played against Stocks is familiar with the determination shown in this photo as he…

Gender Social Team Tennis

Women’s Team

Jay Wilson The return of Gender Team Tennis was a smashing success this year. More than 60 players from the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club enjoyed the afternoon sun and friendly tennis, followed by snacks and cold beverages. GSTT, as it is called, brought members of all skill levels together to get to know each other as…

Verde Sputters news

Most Holes-In-One with two each are Sheila Abraham, Caroline Rolfe, Faith Holt and Linda Carr. Missing from photo is Ruth Catalinotto

Trudy Rossi As always, winter has been very kind to the Sputters as we have been able to putt almost every Monday. However, on a blustery Monday, March 2, the Sputters played host to the MountainView Lady Putters and, while we could only play nine holes, we had a great time, laughed a lot, shivered…

Cold weather can’t stop the SBWGA

Wanda Hutchinson, Roger Bales, Roger Cady and Betty James

Ret Convey Before getting to our news, I would like to extend congratulations to Andy Higgins for his promotion to the position of Head Pro at the Flagstaff Ranch Golf Club. The SBWGA thanks Andy for his hard work and efforts on our behalf and we wish him well in his new position. Congratulations to…

SMGA 2015 Match Play Tournament results

J.R. Salladay, winner Flight 1

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…

MountainView Lady Putters Chico’s luncheon

MVLPutters and SaddleBrooke Sputters putting under stormy skies

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…

Softball fun well worth the price paid

2015 St. Patrick’s Day Tournament Recreation League Champion – The Charles Company, back row: Bob Cole, Bob Alvarez, Harold Norton, Mark Foster, Steve Grabell and Pat Tiefenbach; front row: Jake Jacobson, Jack Graef, Paul Jarzembinski, Debbie Seguin and Greg Morgan; photo by Jim Smith

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…

SaddleBrooke Swimmers “Smokin” at Polar Bear Swim Meet!

The SaddleBrooke Swim Club gears up for the final event of the season.

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…