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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
On October 5 the Pickleball Club began its winter schedule of events by starting with this season’s first TGIF Night Social Play. Every Friday from 4:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. club members bring snacks to share and several of the courts are open for social play. Players at all levels play together. It’s a great way for…