David Zapatka New to pickleball and want to improve quickly? Try these tips: * Seek out a mentor to help you learn the game. Talk with experienced players to glean information and helpful tips. Try what they suggest. Practice using their advice. * Serve deep and into the middle of the opponents’ court. Do not…
Joe “Fast Eddie” Giammarino The Pool Players of The Brookes Billiards Club (PPB) hosted a 9-Ball singles pool tournament on March 30 in SaddleBrooke One’s Catalina Recreation Center (CRC) Billiards Room. The format was a double-elimination 9-Ball singles tournament. Thank you, Rancheros Market, for sponsoring this tournament to the tune of a special gift certificate…
Andrea Molberg With over 1,000 passionate, vocal residents wanting dogs allowed on our golf courses, the SaddleBrooke TWO Rules and Regulations Committee (RRC) responded. The RRC collected comments, queried impacted groups, and asked SaddleBrooke One about their real-life experience. The result was a SaddleBrooke TWO draft rule, closely imaging SaddleBrooke One’s, which permits dogs on…
Robert W. Shea Several members of the SaddleBrooke Photography Club aimed their cameras skyward on the morning of April 8 in an attempt to record the celestial event on their digital devices. A dark solar filter was required to lessen the luminance of the sun and prevent damage to the camera’s image sensor. Some members…
Happy Tail: From Maine to Texas to SaddleBrooke Romayne Trudo It has been a long, arduous trip for Miss Bo, but she has now found her forever home. Miss Bo was living the good life in Maine until her owner passed away suddenly. Family members Kelli and Brian, who are also snowbirds in SaddleBrooke, drove…
Phyllis Ketring The Health Night Out on Monday, May 20, will be a free skin cancer screening at 7 p.m. in the DesertView Theatre. One in five Americans will get skin cancer in their lifetime. With some of the nation’s hottest and brightest sunshine, Tucson is second only to Sydney, Australia, when it comes to…