Wanda Ross Lady Niners gladly welcomes new members. Ten new members joined this year, and more are joining. Most are new to SaddleBrooke. Many golfed elsewhere and are eager to golf here. Some already enjoy league play. Snowbirds often are members of Lady Niners, plus a league at their other homes. Some new members are…
Ann Lange Anyone looking for a hot time knows to call the MountainView/Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA), especially after someone else had turned the thermostat up to “hell” and then left for the summer. In order to have fun surviving new heat-setting records, the MPWGA created a new tournament, and on Aug. 23, “Summer Heat” sparked.…
Why join the SaddleBrooke One Men’s Niners? * To golf in a friendly setting with new or existing friends * Learn more about the game in an easy, nine-hole format * Experience competitive fun with other golfers in our community Who can join? Membership in the SaddleBrooke Men’s Nine Hole Golf League is available to…
Shirley Hamann Anne Stonecipher, 2022 SaddleBrooke Women’s Golf Association (SBWGA) President, started sewing when she was just 10 years old, making doll clothes for her younger sister. She has loved sewing ever since. She was lucky enough to have a wonderful junior high school sewing teacher. The 8th grade girls made shirtwaist dresses with a…
Eileen J. Snearly Every Monday morning at 8:30 a.m. during the summer, the MV Lady Putters gather for a fun time of competitive putting and possible prize winning on the MV putting green. If a putter has family or friends whom she wishes to putt with, they are welcome to join the fun. Summertime in…
David Zapatka Many people believe pickleball was named after founder Joel Pritchard’s dog who was named Pickles. Not true! Joel Pritchard’s son, Frank, recently came clean about the real reason the sport was named pickleball. It was a hot July afternoon on Bainbridge Island, Wash., in 1965 and 13-year-old Frank Pritchard was bored. He whined…
Scott Newberry Aces Hole 13 at MountainView Alan Doan On Saturday, July 16, Scott Newberry was playing a round at the MountainView course with fellow golfers Ron Pozzi, Bob Osbold, and Bob Barker. On hole number 13, Scott pulled out a 5-wood and smacked his tee shot to a back left pin position 134 yards…
Debbie McGeehan The saying goes, “Take it easy, have an eegee!” That’s exactly what the tennis and POP players did on Saturday, Aug. 6. SaddleBrooke tennis courts were filled with action in the morning. There were courts of organized mixed doubles play, along with men’s doubles and courts of POP players. Warm and humid days…