Debbie McGeehan Awesome tennis, wine, beer and snacks, all happening at our tennis center! Who wouldn’t have enjoyed an afternoon of spectating, playing and socializing at our beautiful venue? Taking place in good weather over six Wednesday afternoons in February and March, Social Team Tennis was another successful and fun event hosted by the SaddleBrooke…
H.V. Topspin, Esq. “A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Winston Churchill One of my favorite mathematicians (not that I have that many-Heisenberg being the other), is Vilfredo Pareto who posited that all groups can be divided into two distributions of roughly 80%-20%. With tennis players, the 20%…
Mark your calendars for February 25, 2019 to attend the American Heroes Luncheon, sponsored by SaddleBrooke Troop Support (STS) and their generous donors. Come have a great lunch, hear engaging presentations by two American heroes, and help Tucson-area troops and veterans. American Heroes Luncheon What you get for only $30: a great lunch; keynote speaker…
TJ Duffy The word is beginning to spread that all SaddleBrooke residents and guests are invited to join the cause of defeating skin cancer in its various forms. The third annual Skin Cancer Research Fundraiser was held on Saturday, November 17 at the SaddleBrooke Tennis Center and although tennis was a prominent theme of the…
Debbie McGeehan It was a beautiful day to play tennis, have a barbeque and meet new members! We had players on 18 courts consisting of Mixed Doubles and Men’s Doubles. Members played for one hour and switched partners and courts for the next hour. Everyone survived the heat and gathered on the patio to quench…
Chad Stettler STC members just finished one of their largest social events of the year, the Calcutta Social. Ninety-six players squared off in a two day round robin format tournament that had everyone guessing up to the final ball being played as to which team of eight players, four women and four men, would…
Jay Clayton Wilson Douglas Wolf is a firework of explosive enthusiasm. His friendly, gregarious personality pounds its way into your heart and immediately enriches your day. No one will ever have to search for him. Just listen. You’ll know where he is when you hear his laughter ring out in our desert community. He…
Steve Leane Garry Jenkins, STC’s first president and Garry’s vice president, Nancy Frazer, worked tirelessly together to form the club in 1994. They have witnessed many changes in STC over the past 24 years: from a small group of 50 or so active players and four courts, to today’s 400+ members, twenty courts, beautiful…
Mike Oberski SaddleBrooke Tennis Club celebrated an early Valentine’s Day with a tennis social for our members on February 13. In the spirit of attempting something different members were organized into teams of two ladies and two men with a World Team Tennis adapted format. Over 50 of our members at all levels had…
Jay Clayton Wilson Many successful businessmen have led corporations to tread new paths that led to great accomplishments. They were appreciated and well compensated for their efforts. Not so much with those who have devoted their retirement years to a tennis club in a desert community. Compensation is nonexistent. But appreciation overflows in great…