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…
Greg Hlushko A number of pickleball players have discovered and are enjoying playing POP. It has some similarity to pickleball, with both sports requiring a single underhand serve and a manageable-sized court. POP doubles is played within the singles lines on a tennis court, and there is a baseline that is nine feet in from…
Kathy Kortus SaddleBrooke Desert Gems United States Tennis Association (USTA) 7.0 Ladies 65 and Over Team won their Southwest Sectionals in Scottsdale Dec. 9 through 11. The six teams represented in the tournament came from El Paso, New Mexico, and Central and Southern Arizona. It was a round-robin format with each team playing five matches. SaddleBrooke…
Debbie McGeehan Our Christmas Dinner Dance has always been one of our favorite events of the year, and this year was no exception! We had almost 130 traditional and POP tennis members along with guests attend the evening in their festive attire. The SaddleBrooke One Vista’s Dining Room was beautifully decorated, and the staff worked…
TJ Duffy “It was very informative to learn more about the University of Arizona Cancer Research Center. We are very fortunate to have this valuable resource in our community.” —Sharon Gartner, SaddleBrooke Tennis Club (STC) Director at Large SaddleBrooke once again played host to a multi-faceted fundraising event in the fight against skin cancer. The event…
Greg Hlushko You are never too old to learn or to get back again to table tennis. Many have played at least a bit of table tennis at some point in their lives—some very casually and some a bit more seriously. Well, it’s time to get back and pick it up again. If you haven’t…