Nancy Teeter Is one sport better? I interviewed seven SaddleBrooke residents passionate about both pickleball and tennis to find out. Peter Bidwell, Larry Gray, Greg Hlushko, Mary Hlushko, Kathy Jensen, Jackie Kline and Linda Linegar have long tennis playing histories. Most have played tennis for 40 plus years and, except for Larry Gray, play both…
CJ Wright never touched a racket until shortly before she moved to SaddleBrooke 10 years ago. CJ (short for Carol Jean) was like so many who are new to our community. She and her husband had to feel their way around the plethora of activities that are offered here. But things began to change about…
Jay Clayton Wilson Kay Koontz has spent 10 of her 15 years at SaddleBrooke as an STC coordinator. She has always been a popular player and a real treat at the desk. Kay is fondly remembered for her delightfully friendly phone messages on the STC answer machine. At present, we will see her in her…
Jay Clayton Wilson The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club was the place to be for the 2015 celebration of Independence Day. All hands reported for duty to make the event spectacular. First there was mixed doubles play followed by a spicy Chili Cook-Off, a delicious lunch, an introduction of new members, a cowboy poet and an introduction…
Jay Clayton Wilson Marty, a California aerospace engineer who tested scientific satellites for a living, found his way to Tucson where he played tennis until a second knee replacement ended his tennis playing days. Significantly, this Chicago boy has always been devoted to volunteering, first as an AARP tax counselor and then as a math…
Cheer and throw your hats in the air. Two STC 3.5 teams have advanced to USTA Sectional matches that will be held in sunny El Paso, Texas, this fall. The Ladies 55 plus team is captained by Mary Jo George and Sandi Stohl. The men’s team is headed by Joe Schullik and Jim Abrahamson. The…
Immediately following SaddleBrooke Tennis Club’s Club Championship Tournament, our volunteers gave a party on the patio for members and their guests at which members donated food and drink and were served in the delightfully friendly SaddleBrooke atmosphere. Tennis clubs are recognized as a venue for healthy, active, fun loving people. Ours is the best of…
SaddleBrooke Tennis Club hosted its top players in the Club Championship finals, thus contributing to the long history of this important tournament. Annually the event has been advertised as the premier STC activity in the SaddleBrooke Community. For the second consecutive year the tournament’s volunteer coordinators were Joyce and Richard Wantuck (see separate article). This…
Joyce and Richard Wantuck are the SaddleBrooke Tennis Club members who organized and conducted the premier event of the year, the Club Championships. Their imagination led to a reformatting of the event in which they underscored our members’ enjoyment of doubles tennis. Not just any ‘ol doubles tennis! Instead there were at least eight separate…
Bob Stocks SaddleBrooke Tennis Club player and board member Bob Stocks, with his partner and longtime friend Barney Peet, won the right to play in the USTA League 65 plus 8.0 National Championships in March of this year. Everyone who has played against Stocks is familiar with the determination shown in this photo as he…