Anne Williams Who says summer in SaddleBrooke is too hot? Fortunately, the temperatures in late May/early June were moderate. This allowed 32 POP and 48 SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC) tennis players to enjoy two hours of lively court competition on May 29 for a Memorial Day Tennis/POP play event and potluck luncheon. Members, many of…
Mike Oberski SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC) hosted a very interesting interclub team tennis event, which was held over a six-week period on Sunday afternoons. This social, yet competitive tennis league is a mixed-gender league played using some unusual tennis formats that add a bit of interest to the game. World Team Tennis (WTT) is played…
Debbie McGeehan We are very fortunate to have some of the best tennis courts in the State of Arizona! All 20 courts are used by our SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC) members who play tennis and/or POP tennis, along with being used by nonmember residents. Thanks to our SaddleBrooke One and SaddleBrooke TWO maintenance personnel who…
SaddleBrooke Tennis Club member and SaddleBrooke TWO Golf Patrol Officer Mike Oberski planned and hosted a First Aid demonstration conducted by the Golder Ranch Fire Station personnel on the SaddleBrooke One main Tennis Center courts on March 20. Providing immediate attention to someone who has collapsed on the tennis court, either from a cardiac arrest…
Greg Hlushko Come and play a few games at the SaddleBrooke Table Tennis Club and get reacquainted with a game you may have played years ago! Many of our members mention that they had not played table tennis for many years prior to coming to SaddleBrooke. No problem! If you have played previously, you will…
Tracy Reingruber The SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC) held its annual St Patrick’s Day Social on Friday, March 17. Although the Leprechauns did not bring us their pot of gold from the end of the rainbow, they did bring us great weather. The event featured 19 mixed-doubles tennis and POP tennis matches from 9 to 11…
Debbie McGeehan It was a successful season for the 4.0/4.5 ladies team who played interclub this past fall. The season started in September and ended in December. The team came in first place on Tier Level 1. There were a total of 14 players, led to victory by Co-Captains Venita Ransom and Holly Rose. The…
Debbie McGeehan and Melanie Murphy The Tucson Senior Olympics event is held annually the second and third weeks in January. This sporting event includes a large variety of sports, including tennis, pickleball, softball, target shooting, bowling, running, track and field, and many more. The tennis tournament this year was played at Fort Lowell Park. Seven…
Welcome Back, Snowbirds! The migration is complete! Now that you are back in the land of sunshine and temperate climate, it is time to discover your inner Serena Williams. That’s right, Drop-In Tennis welcomes your return to the wide, wide world of tennis (which you may not have played since you were the No. 4 singles…
Anne Williams “Hey, we should have a tennis tournament between SaddleBrooke and SaddleBrooke Ranch!” “Great idea … we should make it an annual event!” “Hey, we can call it the Battle for the Saddle!” “Perfect, and we will host the first year!” This was the conversation (in October 2022) with Mark Adamson, the newly elected…