Jay Clayton Wilson During his very first season as a full time SaddleBrooke resident, Walter Fritz, a former performing arts teacher, an acclaimed producer, actor, singer and accomplished tennis player, partnered with Dick Partridge to win the 2016 STC Championship. We need to know more about this truly unique person. First we should inquire into…
Jay Clayton Wilson A lot of SaddleBrooke Tennis Club members eagerly volunteer to serve our club in every conceivable capacity. Almost all of their jobs are pretty visible, like the president or those who put social events together. Everyone knows them by name. But there are a few who perform difficult jobs in the background,…
Jay Clayton Wilson A sensible, new Organized Play Using Scoring (OPUS) program for men has been launched by the Board of Directors and greeted with great enthusiasm. It provides better tennis by more efficiently arranging matches between similarly skilled players. The men’s 3.5 and 3.0 groups will be particularly pleased because that is where occasional…
Jay Clayton Wilson Tennis at SaddleBrooke is about more than the game. It is all about the camaraderie among players. Such friendship is evidenced at the numerous SaddleBrooke Tennis Club events where we enjoy good food, on the courts where we share compatible competition, at the parties where volunteers create a joyous atmosphere and in…
Jay Clayton Wilson Dick Partridge and his wife, Patsy, joined the SaddleBrooke community in 1997 when Dick retired at age 58. His goal was to stay healthy and enjoy his retirement years. He chose to start playing tennis regularly. Having had only two lessons and a few years of social tennis, he joined the STC…
Jay Clayton Wilson “The most outgoing couple one could hope to meet at STC.” That is the description most often heard about John and Carol Sochacki. It is an honor they have earned during their 10 years in the SaddleBrooke community. It would be a rare event or most unusual tennis opportunity occurring at the…
Jay Clayton Wilson The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club celebrated the first day of summer. Debbie McGeehan and Joyce Wantuck put together a wonderful hot-day event they called the STC Ice Cream Social on the club’s spacious patio. These energetic ladies are the club’s fun-Olympians. Searching their calendars they find every possible occasion to celebrate and have…
Jay Clayton Wilson Almost every STC member has had Steve Leane restring a racket at one time or another. No surprise there because Steve is a Master Racquet Technician who has played with us and strung our rackets for us more than a decade. But there is more to Steve than many of our members…
Jay Clayton Wilson Cinco de Mayo at STC is party time. True, it must compete with the Battle of Puebla at the Mexican Fort Lorento for universal attention. Still, SaddleBrooke came alive again this May 5 when Joanie Dragon exercised her artistic talent to bring the STC patio to colorful life for the party. Traditional…
Jay Clayton Wilson The 2016 Club Championship Tournament was directed by the tireless couple, Terry and Gary Rowell. It was an unqualified success. Our championship tournament is the premier tennis event for STC as well as the entire SaddleBrooke community. That’s because our cherished desire to remain healthy during retirement has morphed into an exciting…