Bob Edelblut Let’s jump straight to the point. On Thursday, April 5 at the Preserve Golf Course Brian Gallup finally had his day—his first ever hole-in-one on the 14th hole. Didn’t all of you hear our train blow its whistle? Rumor has it that several neighbors living near the green heard the whistle and…
Bob Edelblut Everyone knows that the MPMGA Member-Member Match Play Tournament takes forever to complete. This year’s event was no exception. The planners hoping to jump start play scheduled the first two rounds for February 28 and March 1. No one contacted Mother Nature—the weather on the 28th was so bad that play was…
Bob Edelblut The President’s Cup, viewed by many as one of the top Men’s Club special events, was played on March 28 and 29 at the Preserve and MountainView golf courses. It is a stroke play tournament played with full handicap and the lowest net score for the two-day event takes home the trophy.…
Phil Simpson On the glorious weekend of April 6–8, your faithful pool-side scribe witnessed a truly dominating performance by SaddleBrooke swimmers as they cruised the host-friendly waters of the Oro Valley Aquatic center on route to their sixth (count ‘em!) consecutive Arizona Short Course Yards Championship. The SaddleBrooke Masters Swim Team hosted this three-day…
Joe Giammarino and Dominic Borland Pool Players of The Brooke want to thank our generous sponsor Catalina ACE Hardware. On April 14, 2018 the Pool Players of the Brooke hosted a Singles 8-Ball Tournament. Tournament Directors were Dominic Borland and Joe Giammarino. The following field of 15 players gathered to play competitive 8-Ball. Jim…
Eileen J Snearly Carrie Underwood: “I’ll be the last one standing, two hands in the air, I’m a champion.” That is what MountainView/Preserve Lady Niner President, Linda Rouse, could have proclaimed after the two-day golf Club Championship played on April 2 and 3, 2018. There were 23 golfers playing for the honor, and winners…
Barbara Johnson On April 24 the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners enjoyed their annual Ladies Choice Tournament, and we were all seeing double! That’s because the theme this year was “Twins.” Each lady played with a gentleman who was not her spouse or significant other and they dressed alike. Most had on the same color shirt…
Jay Clayton Wilson Remember when the University of Arizona tennis teams visited our courts for the Skin Cancer Research Fundraiser? Remember how the players did that rather awkward looking, seemingly uncoordinated dance around the court before they started hitting? That dance is what this article is all about. It will be called the Dynamic…
Mark Hojnacki Our SaddleBrooke Senior Softball facility began construction in 2004 and opened for play in June of 2005. SSSA President Gene Bovee and numerous others were key figures during that time working with Robson to create our current Field of Dreams. The softball complex has been described by many visitors as the best…
Jim Tayburn “Bella” usually means good or beautiful and aqua means “water” so I think Bellacqua signifies Steve is good at hitting golf balls over water. That was verified when on the first day of the two-day Links Cup Championship Steve had a birdie on SaddleBrooke hole no. 2. He went on from there…