Battling for number one on May 1 were, left to right: Alex Potapoff, Scott Johnson, Rick Reed and Bill Pardue.
Pancho Epstein
On May 1 Alex Potapoff, in the final Gentlemen’s Ladder match of the 2014-2015 PebbleCreek Pickleball Club season, ran away with the championship. Potapoff scored a perfect 45 points against 34 for Rick Reed, 32 for Scott Johnson and 31 for Bill Pardue.
A crowd of 74 members and one dog on a leash continually applauded the entertaining action.
The top ten final standings in the ladder which ran for about eight months were 1. Alex Potapoff; 2. Rick Reed; 3. Dennis Makinen; 4. Scott Johnson; 5. Daniel Lichtenfeld; 6. Rod Ellison; 7. Bill Pardue; 8. Dennis Carter; 9. Mike Crabtree; 10. Pat Murphy
The ladder was flawlessly managed by Captain Lou Drinovsky and Ken Lunde.
The Ladies’ Ladder finals were played May 14, after this paper’s deadline.
With the summer upon us, the new pickleball schedule is now in effect. It’s on the club website http://pcpbclub.org. In fact, the site is jammed full of up to date pickleball information.
On the summer schedule is the annual July 4 Social; one of the club’s many upbeat fun events.
The popular drop-in play and round-robins will continue throughout the 100 degree temperatures.
And the eight original courts (there are now 20) are being resurfaced.
The winter schedule is presently being prepared. Featured is the biggest music event of the year. The third annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Club Welcome Back Dinner Concert is October 25 on the back lawn of the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse. Playing nostalgic rock ‘n roll songs will be PebbleRock. Also the singing trio WeRockToo will make their debut appearance. Last year approximately 500 members and friends attended. The crowd was jumping and jiggling.
If you’d like more information on pickleball or the club, contact Bob Oswald at [email protected] or 623-476-7553.
Pickleball is an exhilarating experience; exercise without knowing you are exercising. Come aboard.