Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brooke (PPB) Billiards Club hosted an 8-Ball Singles tournament on Nov. 4 in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. This was our first tournament on our brand-new, beautiful, 9-foot Diamond Pro-Am pool tables. Thank you, SaddleBrooke One and the Pool Gods! The format was…
Stuart Watkins Lloyd Schmidt and Holly Ravitz hosted a neighborhood Halloween drop-in at their home. Neighbors and friends dropped by for a toast and to see the front yard display. Events like this went on everywhere in SaddleBrooke on this special, eerie evening. This is one of the things that makes living in SaddleBrooke fun.…
Mike Oberski What a rockin’ good time we had for our Halloween tennis and POP tennis social this year. More than 90 people attended to play tennis and our growing sport of POP tennis, followed by a build-your-own buffet dinner. Once again, we danced to the “Monster Mash” song. The gals delighted us with their…
Ellen Avenoso On Nov. 14, 16, and 18 the SBWGA-18 Holers held their final major tournament of the year: The Cactus Classic. This is a three-day net tournament comprising 18 holes of play on each of the SaddleBrooke One nines. Forty-seven members participated, and with the generous sponsorship of Lexus of Tucson, we were able…
Scott Baker On Nov. 9 the SaddleBrooke Men’s Putters held its quarterly awards breakfast at the Agave Restaurant in SaddleBrooke One. More than 50 members were in attendance for the breakfast and award presentations. The following awards were presented: Average Gross Score: 1st Roger Shamburg, 2nd Tom Virant, 3rd Dan Cavanagh. Monetary awards were presented…
EJ Snearly The MountainView Preserve Lady Niners’ two-day golf tournament was held on Nov. 7 and 14 at MountainView Golf Club. A luncheon in the MountainView clubhouse followed the golf tournament. This year we are proud to recognize the President’s Cup winner Caryl Dowell. Caryl is not only a great golfer, but she has also…
EJ Snearly An appreciation reception was held for the sponsors of the MPLNiners golf league. On Nov. 13 in the MountainView Bar and Grill, the MPLNiners welcomed some of their sponsors. The sponsors who were able to attend were introduced and were able to talk about their business experiences. During the event, which featured hors…
Clunk, clunk, clunk goes that little white ball as it speeds into the hole. The newly reseeded greens are fast, but that doesn’t slow down the Verde Sputters, as 52 Sputters, four new members, and four guests hit the putting green on a beautiful Nov. 6 morning. Donna Bujnovsky presented Connie Kotke with her Star…
Joe Giammarino On Nov. 16 the Pool Players of the Brooke Billiards Club (PPB) showed their appreciation for SaddleBrooke One’s board of directors and the Health and Recreation Committee (HRC). The PPB’s president Dick Dunbar, the PPB’s first lady Kathleen Dunbar, and Dominic Borland organized and executed an appreciation event to recognize the board’s commitment…
It’s autumn. The weather is excellent and the snowbirds are returning to SaddleBrooke. So, what do the SaddleBrooke Lady Niners do? We enjoy our annual Turkey Shoot Golf Tournament and Luncheon. The tournament was held on Nov. 14 with a Gone Golfin’ theme. It was a time to set our worries aside, to get out…