Shawne Cryderman The 2016 Tucson Senior Olympics (TSO) Pickleball Tournament was held at Tucson Racquet and Fitness Club on January 11, 12 and 13. This popular tennis venue has 12 permanent Pickleball courts with plans to add more courts in the very near future. Pickleball tournament directors Priscilla Scott and Michael Botwin did a fabulous…
Elaine Kienitz The new year started with our Founders’ Cup Tournament and luncheon. The Founders’ Cup gives us a chance to pay tribute to the ladies who founded our club in 1990. The winner of the tournament is determined by the best overall low net score. The winner of the 2016 Founders’ Cup is Vernie…
Bob Edelblut On January 14, the eighth hole at the MountainView Golf Course yielded another hole-in-one and the winner this time is Dan Nordhill. First of all, congratulations for getting your first hole-in-one and for doing same while playing in a regular Thursday M-PMGA event for, as you know, free beer will flow at the…
Bob Edelblut On Thursday, January 7 the first monthly luncheon of the year was held by the M-PMGA at the MountainView Ballroom. Under normal circumstances all members attending the luncheon would have participated in 2016’s first weekly tournament, but Mother Nature had other plans and after a brief early morning discussion the golf event was…
Ted Belanger On a cool January 2 Saturday morning ride 37 members of the CycleMasters rode their bikes around SaddleBrooke in search of the Candy Cane Tree. The beautiful pine tree in the Villas complex was decorated with different colored candy canes, with five specific colored canes eventually being the winners. Which one to choose…
Fran Berman Fifteen people attended the Freethinkers on January 21, the third Thursday of the month. Thirdsty Thursday is a social gathering of SaddleBrooke Freethinkers and guests during happy hour at the Roadrunner Grill. Attendees included residents of SaddleBrooke One, SaddleBrooke Two and SaddleBrooke Ranch. We meet new people at every meeting and introduce them…