David Zapatka We’ve all heard the saying, “Pickleball is won at the net.” What does this mean? Honing your skills around the non-volley zone (kitchen) can improve your play and results. Here are a few key points: 1. It all starts with hitting a deep serve, putting the opponents in a position where it’s tougher…
Category: May 2025
May 2025
Pool Players of The Brooke’s Second Ladder Championship Competition
Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) held their second ladder competition, with 20 PPB members participating. Tony “The Snake” Cardillo implemented and administered the PPB ladder competition. The main reason for this competition was to increase head-to-head competition within the PPB Billiards Club. Each challenge on the ladder was a…
May 2025, Sports
Gary Barlow’s Long Overdue Title!
Joseph F. Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on March 29 in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center Billiards Room. Thank you, PPB, for sponsoring this tournament. The format of this 8-Ball Singles Tournament was double-elimination. This is the fifth and last in a series of five…
May 2025, Sports
Pool Players of The Brooke’s 2025 Membership Appreciation Happy Hour
Joe Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) held their annual Membership Appreciation Happy Hour event on April 1 in the MountainView ballroom from 3 to 5 p.m. PPB founder Dominic “The Doctor” Borland was the Membership Appreciation Event Committee chairman and also master of ceremonies. As the PPB members entered, they…
May 2025, Sports
Drop-In Tennis Under the Lights: Stay Cool, Have Fun!
Paul Greene Drop-In Tennis is completing a fun and successful “high season.” The problem is, who wants to play summer tennis when it’s 100 degrees in the shade and there is no shade? The solution: Drop-In Tennis Under the Lights. Sometime in early May (check with tennisclub@saddlebrooke.org for the day we move from Monday, Wednesday,…
May 2025, Sports
Want to Play Better Tennis/POP Tennis?
Janis Bottai Janis is a functional aging specialist and personal trainer. She has kindly offered the following suggestions to improve your conditioning, balance, and strength while minimizing injuries.—John Sochacki, SaddleBrooke Tennis Club board member Three areas of focus to improve both your conditioning level and your ability to move about the court efficiently and effectively:…
May 2025, Sports
SaddleBrooke and Ranch Senior Softball Action
King Mitchell, Jr. (aka Mitch) Well, SaddleBrooke and Ranch Senior Softball fans, here it is April 25 and SaddleBrooke Progress deadline time. Here’s the past and future in the action-packed world of SB softball. Tournament Action Forthcoming May 26 (Memorial Day) Yessiree, neighbors, dat’s right! Three games of softball entertainment will be offered, sponsored (since…
May 2025, Sports
Cornhole Club Greets 500th Member
Christine Schmitz In less than one year, the SaddleBrooke Cornhole Club is proud and excited to announce the admission of its 500th member! It was only one year ago that this club had its first meeting and was merely an idea trying to reach fruition. Our Spring Fling on April 11 became the momentous occasion…
May 2025, Sports
A Doubles Tennis Party to Say Farewell!
Debbie McGeehan Who doesn’t like to get together to drink some home-brewed beer? First, we had to play some doubles to work up a thirst, and that is exactly what we did, despite the wind! This get-together was in honor of Richard Wantuck who will be moving from SaddleBrooke on May 29. Randy Zimmerman organized…
May 2025, Sports
Cornhole League First Session
Dana Eckhardt The Cornhole Club started their first league on Jan. 20, 2025. It consisted of both a social and competitive league, which had 10 teams each. They competed on Monday afternoons from 3 to 5 p.m. with all teams playing three games with two different teams and, at the end, receiving points for placement.…