Kevin Hillstrom More than a dozen PebbleCreek Pickleball Club members made the 50-minute drive across the urban desert to Mesa to play in the Celebrity Tanning Open. This event attracted approximately 500 souls for three days of competition. I am happy to report that many Creekers came away with hardware! Women’s 3.5 60+ was a…
Tag: Pickleball Club
Sports, June 2021
Pickleball Club Celebrates the Life of Pancho Epstein
Cynthia Schwartz Pancho Epstein was one of the founders and a dear member of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club. In April, the club celebrated his life by hosting the 2020-21 Pancho Epstein PebbleCreek Pickleball Club Championship. Pancho is remembered for his enduring, endearing, irreverent, comical, positive, and always entertaining contributions to pickleball in PebbleCreek. Bob Chester, PebbleCreek Pickleball…
Sports, May 2021
Pickleball Players Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
Cynthia Schwartz Pickleball players in PebbleCreek celebrated St. Patrick’s Day on the courts. Players wore emerald green shirts, hats, socks, fun necklaces, earrings, bowties, and shoelaces. Heard on the courts: * We’re always looking for a holiday to celebrate on the pickleball courts. * Everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’ Day. * Some players blended into…
Sports, April 2021
Pickleball Club Volunteer/Player of the Month: Tom Skinner
Cynthia Schwartz Tom Skinner is the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club Volunteer/Player of the month. Tom spent most of his life in the Boulder, Colo. area. He went to elementary, junior high, and high school in Boulder, attended the University of Colorado, worked at a local engineering firm, and raised two sons with his wife, Jean, in…
Sports, June 2020
Pickleball Players Head to the Hills
Cynthia Schwartz For those who love pickleball and play several times a week, the shutdown of the courts has been an opportunity to explore other kinds of physical activity and fun. A group of women in PebbleCreek have kicked off their court shoes, found their hiking boots, and headed to the hills. Ellen Enright decided…
Sports, May 2020
Pickleball Club Members are Fundraising
Cynthia Schwartz Members of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club overwhelmingly voted last year that the club would raise $500,000 to defray some of the costs for building 16 additional pickleball courts in our community. To date, the club has raised $290,000 through a variety of fundraising efforts. Tony Wells, chair of the fundraising committee, announced that…
Clubs & Classes, April 2020
Pickleball Club Raises $250,000 Towards New Court Complex
Cynthia Schwartz Members of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club overwhelmingly voted last year that, if a plan was approved by the PCHOA, they would raise $500,000 to defray some of the costs for building sixteen additional pickleball courts in our community. Now that the PCHOA has officially announced that RCI will spend $1.5 million for 16…
Front Page, February 2020
The Greatest Show On Courts
Pancho Epstein To launch the fifth annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament (Feb. 12-14), Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord will deliver a welcoming address to the 500 participants from the USA and Canada. Then the country’s National Anthem will be sung and The Greatest Show on Courts will blast off. Singing the National Anthems will be Ken Porter,…
Sports, December 2019
Pickleball Club kicks off fall season with record number of 1500+ members
Cynthia Schwartz PebbleCreek Pickleball (PCPB) Club players celebrated the start of the official Pickleball fall season with dancing and a buffet dinner on the Eagle’s Nest Patio. Bob Chester, President of the PCPB Club, welcomed players and said, “Thanks to all for another huge crowd at our Fall Season Kickoff Party! We are looking forward…
Sports, December 2018
Pickleball Club has been busy
The Pickleball Club was busy in October and November. Pickleball players have a new pony wall outside Court 17, safeguarding eager players from rolling down the hill when retrieving balls that were hit over the fence. Players on courts 9-12 are happy to see more canvas shades helping to block the setting sun that was…