Jim Grosjean Summer is over, according to the calendar. October brings back cooler temperatures, our beloved snowbirds, and, best of all, a refurbished MountainView Golf Course. Unfortunately, only the back nine was ready for play on Oct. 1, with the front nine slated to open on Nov. 1. For just eight days, we had 27…
Raymond H. Goettsch During the last two weeks of September 2023, SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) members volunteering to be instructors in player development classes had their own pickleball skills tested. The successful volunteers will be assigned to assist in three player development classes created by Player Development Director Paul Massara: Pickleball 101, Pickleball 201, and…
James Wetegrove, Publicity Chairman Why Join the Men’s Niners? * To golf in a friendly setting with new or existing friends * To learn more about the game in an easy, nine-hole format * To experience competitive fun with other golfers in our community Who Can Join? Membership in the Men’s Niners is available to…
Mike Oberski Have you ever wondered what it was like to watch the Roman Empire sport of gladiator fighting back in 105 B.C. to A.D. 404? Well, you need not look much further than today’s sport of tennis, especially at the U.S. Open in New York this year. And if you think our younger generation…
EJ Snearly Some say golf is an art form. If you consider imagination and self-expression, then golf is an art form. They call this course management. With golf events on hold due to course closures, the MPLNiners went to Absolutely Art and took a class. With wine and snacks, the Niners made fused glass vases and…
Raymond H. Goettsch On Sept. 9 SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) members Doug Turley and Greg Wilkins competed in the 2023 Labor Day @ Espire Sports pickleball tournament in Prescott, Ariz. The U.S. Senior Pickleball circuit tournament was sponsored by PIG (Pickleball Is Great) and was held on indoor courts in the Espire Sports Complex. Doug…
Anne Williams How many of our friends and acquaintances here in SaddleBrooke do we know on an intimate basis (well, enough to describe where they came from, what they did in their careers, etc.)? The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC) Social Committee had the idea to use the Labor Day 2023 Social Event as a way…
Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) Billiards Club wants to thank our Travel Team director Tony Cardillo for putting the latest competition together. On Sept. 9, the PPB Billiards Club hosted a singles Round-Robin 8-Ball Tournament in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. The PPB was tentatively scheduled to play…
Roe Callahan What do POP tennis, motorcycles, interior design, and landscape design have to do with one another? They are all the things Anthony Faifer, our POP Tennis Player of the Month loves to do. Anthony lived and worked as a landscape designer, interior designer, and property manager for 20 years in South Africa before…
Cecelia Nims The Horseshoe Club of SaddleBrooke meets every Tuesday and Friday at 8 a.m. All skill levels are welcome, beginner to advanced. We are located just south of the baseball field down the street from the DesertView Theatre. We have extra shoes, so all you need to bring is yourself. This is a great…