Terry Hurley SaddleBrooke Senior Softball will hold its first-ever playoffs at the community’s ball field starting Monday, April 18. Twenty-seven teams in all nine winter leagues will play in a single-elimination tournament throughout the week. Most players compete on more than one team. Regular season standings determine the seeding and byes where necessary. Two championship…
Raymond H. Goettsch The board of directors of the SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) met on March 16. Gary Stevens reported that a court allocation committee has been established to create court schedules for the forthcoming 14 pickleball courts at the Ridgeview location. The committee’s goal is to maximize the use of the courts by SPA…
Alan Doan Ninety-two—that’s how many MountainView Preserve Men’s Golf Association (MPMGA) golfers teed it up in the annual Stampede, a (normally) two-day, four-man team event. Day one was held on Feb. 21 at the Preserve. Day two was scheduled for the 24th, but was canceled due to weather. (In the words of MPMGA President Dick…
David Zapatka The Volley Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “A volley is a shot hit in the air before the ball bounces. It is used as a return of a ball that travels close to the top of the net and that is usually hit…
On March 7, the sun was shining, the air just a little chilled, as 72 Sputters and Ranchettes (from SaddleBrooke Ranch) congregated upon the putting green at SaddleBrooke One. Teams of four included two Sputters and two Ranchettes. Sputters all were dressed in their verde-colored shirts, and the Ranchettes were in their red/pink shirts, so…
Kris Rudin Our spotlight this month is on one of the nicest people you could meet on the putting green or anywhere else. Annette Moyle moved to SaddleBrooke with her husband from Escondido, Calif. in 2017. She and her lucky husband celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary on March 17 of this year! Annette was invited…
Keith McLean Carolyn McLean Keith McLean scored his third hole-in-one in four years on March 5 on Catalina 8, 160 yards, with a 5-iron. His ace was witnessed by Dale Cogswell, Frank Earnest, and Don Mann. Congratulations, Keith! All that practice paid off. Dave Hill Lori Hill Dave Hill achieved his second lifetime hole-in-one on…
Shirley Hamann March is the month we celebrate our Club Champions. The annual Club Championship Tournament is a low gross event divided into three age groups: Club Championship, Seniors, and Legends. The winners were Helen Graham, Club Champion; Takyeo Eakin, Senior Champion; and Helen Buhler, Legends Champion. Awards were presented at the annual Club Championship…
A tribute was made to the late Glenn Peterson on March 19 at the DesertView pool. Glenn was the first president of the SaddleBrooke Swim Team starting in 2005 and swam with the team up to his last day, passing on Oct. 23, 2021. About 40 competitive and fitness swimmers from the club participated in…
Wanda Ross The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners’ Club Championship is a three-day competition played over a period of two weeks. The winner is the player with the lowest gross score total for the three days of play. What an exciting competition it was, for we didn’t know until the last stroke who would be the winner.…