Pam McWhorter Val and Marty Braden along with Vicky Ballew and Laurie Johnson organized another ladies pickleball Drills & Skills group. More than 150 ladies were enrolled in this fall/winter session. The coaches were Marty Braden, Sean Weaver, Keith McDonald, Chris Johnson, Jeff Gauvin, Mike Meline, Sara Meline, Mike Behrendt, Ray Henson, Jeff Antrican, Tammy Dana-Bashian,…
Pam McWhorter The Pickleball Club’s Final Four Tournament was held Nov. 16, 17, and 19. There were lots of great pickleball matches and enthusiastic crowds. Ladies kicked off the event on Thursday with a full day of challenging matches and exciting wins, not to mention all those stylish outfits. Looking good, ladies! Men took the courts on Friday.…
Pam McWhorter Court Construction The new courts are making progress. I was excited to drive by and see a ramada! What’s a ramada? In Latin America, ramada is the word for shelter. In Chile, a ramada is a pergola. Ramada, shelter, pergola, potato, potata, or whatever, I know we are all looking forward to the day we…
Brenda Weide Summer is in full swing at the pickleball courts. If you drive by the courts during midday it seems to be deserted. But if you go by early in the morning you would see that the courts are busy as usual. The 4th of July Pickleball Social was a bang this year. The courts were full…
Nancy Popenhagen Pickleball Open Play system: In order to get the highest utilization from our overcrowded pickleball courts, we do not allow individual reservations. In place of reservations we use a system called Open Play. In Open Play, groups of four players rotate onto the court, play one game, and then rotate off as another group…
Mimi Blythe and Constance Angus With extreme gratitude, we want to report on this fundraising social just one more time! There are few opportunities that combine the perfect blend of fun, food, raffles, pickleball, volunteerism, and philanthropy all wrapped up into one single event. Well, the Back-to-School Drive held on Saturday, July 23, was such…
Cynthia Schwartz Beth Kelly is the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club Player/Volunteer of the month. Beth is an artist, a teacher, dog trainer, and an avid collector of Major League Baseball memorabilia. Born in New Jersey, Beth received a bachelor’s degree from Colorado’s Women’s College, with a major in art and minor in education. Beth was an…
Kathy Aalto As the pickleball courts opened up with playing restrictions in place, the ground rules changed on how pickleball is played at PebbleCreek (PC). How the game is played and keeping score didn’t change, but how to get a court and how to find other players to play with changed. All PC Pickleball Club…
Cynthia Schwartz Pickleball courts are open in PebbleCreek! After weeks of being shut down, the HOA worked with the PC Pickleball Club on protocols and guidelines for opening up the courts, so that all residents could play. While all club events and socials are canceled, players are excited that they are out in the sun…
Cynthia Schwartz At the general membership meeting held on March 11, the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club (PCPB) members elected a new PCPB Club board. Martha Urbin, former board secretary, was elected as president. Jim Barbe (vice president) and Judy Parker (officer-at-large) will remain on the board in their current positions. Members welcomed two new board members…