Joseph F. Giammarino Pool Players of the Brooke, we would like to thank our generous sponsors La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant and Xpert Automotive in Catalina. On March 25, 2017 Pool Players of the Brooke hosted a Scotch Doubles 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. The following field of 14 players gathered…
Jay Clayton Wilson On a crisp, sunny afternoon in late December SaddleBrooke residents were treated to an unexpected treasure in the very center of our community. To participate in this unique treasure, we did nothing more than open our eyes at our community’s most popular venue. The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club hosted the United States Tennis…
Bob Edelblut Hole-in-One number two for the MPMGA happened a mere 14 days after the ice had been broken. John Kraus, playing at SaddleBrooke Ranch on February 16, scored his first ever hole-in-one on the fourteenth hole. Congratulations! What an experience! His playing partners John Bidegain, Ted Knapp and Jerry Westra performed the witness function.…
Pete Giljohann The Robson Pickleball League BBQ Banquet with SaddleBrooke Ranch on Sunday, March 19, was a great success and the Final Tally and scores for the league were announced. The League matches were played from December through March with each community playing each of the other communities once. As expected PebbleCreek finished first with…
On March 7, Kevin and Amelia Schaeffer provided a surprise champagne dessert for the SBWGA-18 membership. Kevin gave the membership an idea of what their business provided since it involves diversities of financial planning. Amelia spoke the accolades of her husband, presently his character of integrity, intelligence and family man. Kevin had previously presented an…
Andrea Molberg Both pickleball players and pickleball medals are plentiful in SaddleBrooke. SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) now has 628 members cheering about their friends’ latest tournament results and the congratulations are well deserved. The 2017 Tucson Senior Olympics were held February 2 through 5 at Tucson’s Voyager RV Resort with sunny and pleasant weather. Teams…
Jonathan Green Exciting close games, lots of well-fed and enthusiastic fans and perfect weather played well for SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association’s (SSSA) St. Patrick’s Tournament, Saturday, March 18. SSSA thanks Patrick Shaffer, DDS, for sponsoring his namesake tournament once again this year and Doug Wagers, Window Wizard, for cooking the brats and dogs on his…
Jay Clayton Wilson Gary Stithem was a mainframe programmer for a major financial institution who hails from Denver, Colorado and Moab, Utah out in the Canyon Lands. From a young age his goal in life was not related solely to the IBM mainframe. It was to become a player on a USTA team at the…
Andrea Molberg On the morning of February 1, 16 pickleball association members grabbed bags and donned safety vests for their first pick up of trash and debris along an adopted portion of Edwin Road from Columbus (eastern boundary) to Eagle Crest Parkway (western boundary). These four teams of four volunteers collected lots of paper and…
Joseph F. Giammarino On Saturday, March 18, 2017, the Pool Players of The Brooke Travel Team drove the 85 miles up to Sun Lakes, Arizona to play against the IronOaks Breakers Pool League for possession of a personalized Travel Plaque. Our teams consisted of: Dominic “The Doctor” Borland and Paul “Bankster” Callas, Fred “The Baker”…