Below are the latest medal winners from our own club members right here in Sun Lakes. Congrats to all our great players! David Zapatka and Dennis Hackney, Bronze, 5.0, Prescott, Arizona David Zapatka and Keenan Gore, Silver, 5.0, Festus, Missouri
Janet Myrick IronOaks Pickleball Club is proud to offer a two-hour clinic with 5.0+ National Champion Laura Fenton Kovanda on November 18 and 19. Laura is IPTA certified, and her recent titles include 2017 – U.S. Open – gold – women’s doubles 45+, National bronze mixed doubles 50+; 2016 Tournament of Champions, plus bronze open…
David Zapatka, USAPA rating committee member The Super Senior International Pickleball Association, SSIPA, became a reality last year when a group of us met at last November’s USAPA National tournament. SSIPA formed in 2016 to promote pickleball among our active senior (60+ years of age) population in this country and internationally. Our generation continues to…
Mary Eberle, Secretary SLCCPC Sun Lakes Country Club Pickleball Club is starting its exciting new season of pickleball, and we are inviting Sun Lakes Country Club (HOA1) residents to come to our “Introduction to Pickleball.” On November 18, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, our club members will be at the courts to explain and demonstrate…
Doug Williams In short, it’s an exciting, wildly-popular and fast-growing exercise game for active adult communities. A combination of tennis, badminton and table tennis, it’s played on a smaller court (with a slower, “whiffle- like” ball), so you don’t have to run so much! (Perfect for the, ahem, “senior” set.) In fact, nearly 70% of…
David Zapatka These are truly exciting times for pickleball. Not only is the sport growing by leaps and bounds across the USA, the United States of America Pickleball Association, USAPA, hosts its annual national tournament, a 10-day extravaganza of the best pickleball in the world, the first full week of November every year. This year,…
David Zapatka Pickleball in Sun Lakes has exploded the past eight years. From the first temporary courts in Cottonwood/Palo Verde in 2008 to the first Sun Lakes permanent courts in IronOaks in 2011 to the six courts in Sun Lakes Country Club in 2016, Sun Lakes pickleball players are now 700+ strong. With so many…
Irene D’Aloisio Never let it be said that the Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood is made up of weather wimps! Over 24 club members started early to play in the Summer Social – Hawaiian Style on June 26 at the Cottonwood pickleball courts. Oh yeah, it was definitely warm, but that didn’t stop these…
Mark your calendars now for this once-a-year fun event! We don’t want you to miss out. The Sun Lakes Pickleball Club Cottonwood (SLPCC) has scheduled the 5th Annual Norris Invitational Tournament for March 5 through March 9 in 2018. The annual event is held at the Cottonwood pickleball courts in Sun Lakes and is…
Janet Myrick Now that pickleball at IronOaks has temporary use of one of the tennis courts, we have scheduled clinics for all of our rated players. The clinics fill up fast and are held on Wednesday afternoons 3:00 p.m. We are still doing free intro to pickleball for anyone who would like to try playing…