The SaddleBrooke Swim Club will host their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19, at the MountainView clubhouse. Joining the festivities this year, the Paper Crafters Club will lead a fun craft activity for the children. Follow signs leading to where to meet in the MountainView clubhouse! What a fun way to spend the…
Tag: Swim Club
March 2025, Generals
Swim Club Is Offering Adult Learn-to-Swim Classes
Terese Butler Have you always wanted to learn how to swim but didn’t have the chance? Or maybe you gave it a try but found it difficult and didn’t think it was for you? There are a myriad of reasons why you might have stayed away from the pool, but now is the time to…
October 2024, Sports
No Rocking Chairs Allowed
Noelle Minck I first met Theresa Ashton behind the starting blocks at the 2023 Polar Bear Swim Meet at the University of Arizona pool. Her competitive spirit and serious focus on her upcoming race impressed me, since this was my first U.S. Masters Swimming meet competing for the SaddleBrooke Swim Club (SBSC), and I was…
September 2024, Generals
Free Swim Lessons!
Sign up now for SaddleBrooke Swim Club’s free October swim clinic! Swimming is the best activity you can do for your body and an exercise that you can do the rest of your life. Strokes have changed in the last 40 to 50 years since we took lessons. Science has identified many areas where the…
September 2024, Generals
Swim Club Is Offering Adult Learn-to-Swim Classes
Terese Butler Have you always wanted to learn how to swim but didn’t have the chance? Or maybe you gave it a try but found it difficult and didn’t think it was for you? There are a myriad of reasons why you might have stayed away from the pool, but now is the time to…
August 2024, Front Page
Did You Watch the Olympic Swimming in Paris?
Claire Guidas Does that make you want to restart or improve your own swimming? No matter what your experience or level, the Swim Club has something for you! Don’t know how to swim? Can swim one length of the pool but want to learn some better techniques to start lap swimming? Able to swim laps…
June 2024
U.S. Masters Swimming Films at the DesertView Pool!
Claire Guidas U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) chose SaddleBrooke for the creation of videos for training swim coaches across the country. For three days in April, elite swimmers from the SaddleBrooke Swim Club, as well as other top adult Arizona athletes, demonstrated proper swim form for the cameras in the beautiful setting of the DesertView pool.…
June 2024, Front Page
Cool Off in the Pool!
All summer long, the Swim Club will offer coached practices on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Two or three practices will be available on those days between the hours of 7 and 11 a.m. While all practices will offer a combination of technique and fitness work, the 7 a.m. session will place a slightly higher…
May 2024, Generals
Grandkids’ Easter Egg Hunt Brought Lots of Laughter!
The sounds of excited children’s laughter filled the air on the Saturday morning before Easter. The children were participating in the annual Grandkids’ Easter Egg Hunt, organized by SaddleBrooke TWO’s Fitness, Wellness, and Recreation Committee and hosted by the SaddleBrooke Swim Club. This year, more than 50 grandchildren of residents and staff participated in the…
Clubs & Classes, March 2024
Swim Club Hosts Third Annual Glen Peterson Aquatic Festival
Julie Adamen It was a beautiful Saturday morning at the DesertView pool for a swim meet—well, not just any swim meet, but the Glen Peterson Aquatic Festival, hosted annually by our Swim Club. In total, 28 very enthusiastic Swim Club members participated in what one swimmer dubbed, “the goofiest event I’ve ever been to, but the…