Barbara Johnson The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners wound up their summer activities in style. First up was our Ace of the Month competition on August 5. Ann Irwin was the winner for Low Gross, while Olga Lawrence won Low Net. Congratulations, ladies! August 12 brought an afternoon tee time, which was made much more pleasant by…
Carol Thompson Save the Date: November 11, 2014 The women of SaddleBrooke’s MountainView/Preserve Ladies Niners (MPLN) are teaming up with the American Heart Association Go Red for Women to benefit an important issue that hits home for many of us. Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women compared to all cancers combined,…
Rick Ervin The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association bid bon voyage to one of its founding fathers and most dynamic organizers on Wednesday, July 9 at the HOA 1 Activity Center. Joe Lestingi, who is moving to Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife Jean, was honored by an overflow crowd of appreciative softballers and their spouses. The…
US Masters Swimming, or USMS, has three swim competition seasons: Short Course Yards (SCY), which is swum in a 25 yard pool, Short Course Meters (SCM), swum in a 25 meter pool, and Long Course Meters (LCM), swum in a 50 meter pool. SaddleBrooke Masters, the competitive arm of the SaddleBrooke Swim Club, has achieved…
Paula hit a 7 wood on hole No. 11 at the Preserve on August 7. She thought it was a good shot (it was a blue pin), but she couldn’t see the ball once it got close to the hole. She and her playing partners (Kate Pope and Barb Heaps) looked for the ball until…
The International Federation for Swimming (FINA) held its biannual international world championship swimming for Masters Swimmers in Montreal, Canada, this summer. Over 5,700 senior swimmers from 97 nations showed up to test their skills against a world class set of competitors. SaddleBrooke’s own Harold Peter arrived in Montreal in early August determined to compete against…