On Wednesday, March 9 SaddleBrooke Pickleball had three doubles team’s medal at the Southern Arizona Senior Games held at Robson Quail Creek in Green Valley. Men’s Doubles Skill Level 3.5 Age 50 plus Gold medal: Gale Evans and Bill Stickney Men’s Doubles Skill Level 4.0 Age 70 plus Silver medal: Dan Stebbins and Stan Strebig…
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Sports, April 2016
The MPMGA participates in two more Pima Cup events
Bob Edelblut On Monday, February 29 the Pima Cup Match, originally scheduled for February 1, was finally played at the Highlands at Dove Mountain. The thirty-six golfers representing the six golf clubs that compete in our bracket of the Pima Cup all thanked their lucky stars that they were able to play this match in…
Sports, April 2016
Tom “Half Jacket” Barrett destroys field of 18 at the Ranch
Joe Giammarino Pool Players of the Brooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch Billiards Club want to thank SaddleBrooke Ranch and our generous sponsors Lindsay’s Quality Cues, Carlota’s Authentic Mexican, Brake Max by Bashas’ and Leiber Custom Homes LLC. On February 27, 2016, the SaddleBrooke Ranch hosted an 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino.…
Sports, April 2016
Bob Muruniak finally has his first
Bob Edelblut If I were the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course I would be asking, “Why is everyone picking on me?” For the fifth time in the first two months of the year a hole-in-one was scored at this hole and the current winner is Bob Maruniak. By the way, this is the…
Sports, April 2016
SMGA Match Play Tournament
Gary Averett The SaddleBrooke Men’s Golf Association (SMGA) held the annual SMGA Match Play Tournament February 27 to March 5 at the SaddleBrooke Golf Course. Match play is a much different game of golf than normal stroke play in which only the total score determines the winner. In match play, whoever of the two competitors…
Sports, April 2016
SaddleBrooke Sluggers dominate in mid-week double header
Leonard Gann A group of SaddleBrooke competitive players, led by manager Tim Ward, played a doubleheader March 16 against a team from Apache Junction. The home team proved to not be a very good host, winning two games with scores of 25 to 5 and 27 to 14. In the first game the fine pitching…
Sports, April 2016
SaddleBrooke PickleBallers earn medals at world class venue
Andrea Molberg SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) was well represented March 3 through 6 at the thirteenth annual Duel in the Desert Pickleball Tournament, one of the top five Pickleball tournaments in the world and the largest Tier Two Club Sponsored Tournament. Palm Creek Golf and RV Resort in Casa Grande have outstanding facilities for this…
Sports, April 2016
John McKinney – The prize is yours
Bob Edelblut It is fairly well known that the MPMGA is on a roll when it comes to scoring holes-in-one—eight in the first ten weeks of the year. Then on Thursday, March 17 at the Preserve Golf Club the most unbelievable, unimaginable and off the chart happening took place. John McKinney had two holes-in-one! Yes,…
Sports, April 2016
Tournament of Champions winner
Bob Edelblut The Tournament of Champions is one of the relatively new additions to the Men’s Club portfolio of special tournaments. It was created with a single purpose in mind—to enhance the golf experience for the members of the MPMGA and by all measures it has been a major success. The TOC event is played…
Sports, April 2016
February and March Madness at SBWGA
Carmela Pankey February and March are a couple of the best months in the year to play golf here at SaddleBrooke. Except for a few frost delays here and there in February, the weather has been ideal. It’s also more the merrier with the winter visitors adding to the enjoyment. Congratulations go out to Geri…