Eileen J. Snearly On March 1, Kelsey Leitel, family stabilization coordinator at Aviva, came to the MountainView Preserve Lady Niners (MPLN) board meeting. She attended the board meeting to thank the MPLN for their donation to Aviva that was collected at the Niners’ Holly Jolly Golf event held in February 2022. Ms. Leitel said since…
Shirley Hamann March is the month we celebrate our Club Champions. The annual Club Championship Tournament is a low gross event divided into three age groups: Club Championship, Seniors, and Legends. The winners were Helen Graham, Club Champion; Takyeo Eakin, Senior Champion; and Helen Buhler, Legends Champion. Awards were presented at the annual Club Championship…
Wanda Ross The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners’ Club Championship is a three-day competition played over a period of two weeks. The winner is the player with the lowest gross score total for the three days of play. What an exciting competition it was, for we didn’t know until the last stroke who would be the winner.…
James Wetegrove This is the first SaddleBrooke Men’s Niners Club Championship tournament after more than 12 years of the club’s existence. The event was very well attended, with more members participating most days than an 18-hole group put on the SaddleBrooke courses! This will be an annual event going forward, joining our other planned activities. The…
Eileen J. Snearly The Crossing the Brooke fun day of golf is when SaddleBrooke TWO Niners and SaddleBrooke One Niners invite each other to this annual, reciprocal event. This golf day was held Feb. 8 at the MountainView Golf Club. Co-Chairs Joyce Sutay and Suzan Carter worked hard to make this event a great success.…
Ann Lange Kim Cox earned the MountainView-Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) 2021 Most Improved Player (MIP) award. The annual award, started 19 years ago by member Mary Canfield, carries on the tradition of inspiring pride in accomplishment and challenge for continued improvement. Kim said she was floored when her name was announced but was able…
Wanda Ross We SaddleBrooke Lady Niners enjoy golfing together every Tuesday morning. That is always fun, but sometimes we have special golf events that bring us more excitement. We were eager for our Niners Unite Tournament on Feb. 23. For this tournament, the Lady Niners golf club plays with the Men’s Niners golf club. We hadn’t held…
Feb. 1 was the conclusion of the annual Presidents Cup tournament. This is a match play event. Thirty-two players qualified for the event on Jan. 11, and matches were played Jan. 20 through Feb. 1. Carol Bidwell was the Presidents Cup champion by winning her match against Takyeo Eakin. Gail Plimpton finished in third place.…
On Feb. 7, 42 Verde Sputters and four guests sputtered through 18 holes on the SaddleBrooke One putting green. There were three money-hole winners: LaVonne Ashwood, Mickey Levich, and Karen Martin. It was also a great day for holes-in-ones: 34! Hazel Roper had four and Donna Bujnovsky had three. LaVonne Ashwood, Mary Ellen Clark, Maggie…
Ann Lange Since 2008, the MountainView-Preserve Women’s Golf Association (MPWGA) has noted the ace winners for both low gross and low net each month. The monthly winners are then rounded up for a playoff round in January to determine and celebrate the Ace of the Year winner for each category. The 2021 Aces with pretty…