Tag: pickleball

Wanted—Sun Lakes Country Club pickleball players!

Karen Jankovich Come join one fun club, Sun Lakes Country Club Pickleball Club (SLCCPC).  SLCCPC encourages and promotes a fun and social atmosphere where club members of all skill levels can enjoy playing pickleball, meet new friends, improve skills, and socialize. Pickleball is a fun, easy sport to learn! Introduction to pickleball lessons are offered,…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka Last month we introduced Hall of Fame inductees Robert Lanius, Earl Hill, and Fran Myer. This month each one of those inductees is sharing their personal pickleball tips with us. These tips are paraphrased from a video they created. Robert Lanius – Be patient on the court. Wait for the right time to…

Relishing Pickleball

Hall of Fame inductees David Zapatka If you’ve played pickleball around the Valley, you will likely know something about Bob Lanius and Earl Hill, two of this year’s three USAPA Pickleball Hall of Fame members. Robert Lanius is being recognized for his contribution to the sport of pickleball by creating and developing the PickleballTournaments.com software…

The many benefits of Pickleball

  We seem to be hearing a lot about this great new sport with the funny name. It’s being played everywhere, and rumor has it that it will become an Olympic sport soon. But what’s it mean to you? For starters, the game is just plain fun. But here’s a great article from a Texas…

Arizona Pickleball Players League champions

This season’s Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) 4.5+ champions. (see article in June’s Splash). Back row (left to right): Ron Robinson, Greg Mather (Capt.), Mark Chomko, Carl Tietze, Doug Kelton; Front row (left to right): Todd Williams, Mike Toolson. Dan Geenen is not pictured.

Arizona Pickleball Players League ends with Salad Bowl finale

On Saturday, April 26, 2019, the inaugural season of the Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) 4.5+ Salad Division ended in a tightly-contested, season-ending Salad Bowl matchup between the top two teams in the six-team division. Teams Up To No Gouda and The Unbeanables had split their two regular-season matches, so it was clearly a bragging…

Relishing Pickleball

David Zapatka Lucy Kovalova and Dick Johnson are this year’s Pickleball Rocks Players of the Year. Why is this a special moment for pickleball players in the Phoenix metropolitan area? Because Dick Johnson resides right here in the Valley. Many of our readers know and have played with or against Dick Johnson in social and…