Tag: pickleball

Wearing of the Green pickleball social

Participants at the mixed doubles social

Janet Myrick What a great time 60 participants had celebrating St Patrick’s Day in a mixed doubles social. Partners were decided from a blind draw. Our day started at 7:00 a.m. in order to set up our temporary nets and court lines for the extra four courts. This takes a team effort, which we had.…

The Duel in the Desert Pickleball Championships

Jack Hill and Tom Dawson are winners at the Duel in the Desert!

Jack Hill and Tom Dawson are winners at the Duel in the Desert! Sun Lakes pickleball players Jack Hill and Tom Dawson ventured out of the familiar Sun Lakes pickleball confines 28 miles east to the Duel in the Desert. No, this wasn’t the familiar OK Corral saga. This was the more serious Palm Creek…

Pickleballers Take Top Spots At Evil Tournamement

The EVIL Women’s team; seated, center, is Karn Rounds, team captain.[/caption]Karn Rounds Congratulations to the women of Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood (SLPCC). For the second year in a row, the SLPCC women won the top spot in the East Valley Interclub League (EVIL). The women played ARC (Ahwatukee Recreation Center), Province, Solera and Trilogy…

Tommy Wong Memorial Pickleball Tournament results

David Zapatka Sheila Parkinson and Dianne Zimmerman fought their way to a Bronze Medal in their third Women’s 4.5 Pickleball Tournament together. On January 8, at the well-attended all-age skill Tommy Wong Memorial Tournament in Surprise, Sheila and Dianne overcame a large deficit in their first match to win 11-8 and 12-10 to set up…

5th Annual Mission Royale Pickleball Tournament results

Gary Baker and David Zapatka bronze medal winners 4.5 men’s doubles.

David Zapatka The tournament-tough Sun Lakes pair Dianne Zimmerman and Sheila Parkinson teamed up for yet another successful East Valley pickleball competition. This time it was in Casa Grande at the fifth annual Mission Royale Pickleball tournament. Attendance at this year’s tournament far exceeded previous years leading to four tennis courts being striped with pickleball…

USAPA Southwest Regional Pickleball Champions

David Zapatka and Don Simmons Bronze Medal winners of the 4.5, 60 plus age division.

David Zapatka As you can see from the picture, Bev Krueger and Dick Johnson, gold medal winners of the 3.5 skill bracket, 75 plus age division had a wonderful time playing together. This was a huge win at a huge tournament where pickleball competitors from all over the country came in search of gold. Congratulations…

What’s not to love about a Club Love Tournament?

The Club Love Tournament winners receive their braggin’ rights hats. From left to right: Jim Berney, Patricia Koepp, Bob Michael, President, Gene Nelson and Steve Dockter.

Irene D’Aloisio, Publicity The Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cotton (SLPCC) held its very first Club Love tournament on February 16. The Valentine event was a blind draw mixed rated tourney for SLPCC members only. The tournament encompassed members from 2.5 level through the 4.0 level. Each team was comprised of two different levels of skill…

Norris Invitational another success

The hard-working volunteers who helped in front of and behind the scenes. From left to right: David Novikoff, Mary Park, Bob McIlravy, Lindi Speager, Jorge Aparicio, Irene D’Aloisio, Gordon Markham, Linda Dirksmeyer, Andy Hughes, Karen Macksam, Hank Bryce, Bob Michael, Kathy Markham, Karn Rounds, Bev Schalin, JoAnn Zapatka, Dave Zapatka. Not pictured: Bev Krueger.

Irene D’Aloisio, Publicity Once again, the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood (SLPCC) hosted the Norris Invitational Tournament which was held from March 7-10 at the Cottonwood pickleball courts. The tournament was open to all Sun Lakes residents. A double elimination event, it had both mixed doubles and doubles with five ratings categories. The first place…

Pickleball Rodeo at IronOaks

The Sun Lakes Pickleball Club learns Pickleball Rodeo!

David Zapatka Recently back from a Pickleball tour of the Dominican Republic, Pat and Sue O’Connell returned with an event they were privileged to participate in called Pickleball Rodeo. Wanting to share this fun with the members of Sun Lakes Pickleball Club at IronOaks, they hosted 40 participants as 10 teams of four with monitors…