Cynthia Schwartz Marylou Furaus grew up in a small copper mining town in Montana and was one of 13 children. She commented, “Everyone was poor, and we did everything together. Everything we had was homemade. I shoveled sidewalks in the winter, babysat, ironed clothes for families, and sold newspapers in the saloons for my brothers.…
Cynthia Schwartz In February, the PebbleCreek Pickleball (PCPB) Club hosted the fifth annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament. The PCPB Club’s tournament is a USAPA (United States of America Pickleball Association) sanctioned tournament and is classified as a tier 2 event. Almost 500 players participated in 44 bracket events that included men’s, mixed, and women’s doubles. Matches…
Cynthia Schwartz Starting in mid-October and running until April, more than a hundred men participate in the PebbleCreek Pickleball Men’s Ladder. Ladder is an event intended to provide competitive matches between players of similar abilities. Once a week, players in groups of four play a match of three games to 15 points. In the three…
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 Bright and early on New Year’s Day, the pickleball courts were filled with players who were getting in a few games before heading off to spend time with family and friends. The chatter between games was about making new year resolutions. We compiled a list of what we heard on the courts! 1.…
Cynthia Schwartz Pickleball players Sheri Sears and Chris Morlan were sharing stories about the neighborhoods that they lived in before moving to PebbleCreek. They realized that back home they both had experiences in giving a family a Christmas they never expected. Their memories sparked the idea to create Jingle Ball Rock, a FUNRaiser in PebbleCreek.…
Marty Aalto Scotty Johnson is the deserving club winner of the Volunteer/Player of The Month for December. We all know what a great pickleball player and even better coach Scotty is, but did you know his number one sport is golf? He has shot his age every year since turning 65, seven years ago. That…
Cynthia Schwartz Starting in mid-October and running until April, more than seventy women pickleball players participated in the PebbleCreek Pickleball Ladies’ Ladder. Ladder is an event intended to provide competitive matches between players of similar abilities. Once a week, players in groups of four play a match of three games to 15 points. In the…
Cynthia Schwartz The dance floor was rocking with dozens of pickleball players who attended the PebbleCreek New Year’s Eve Party in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. Hosted by the PC Activities Office, the annual event featured Rhythm Editions, a dance band that is frequently seen at PebbleCreek. Joanne Burch was heard saying, “The best part of…
Cynthia Schwartz Pickleball players from PebbleCreek won medals in the 2019 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championship Tournament. The Nationals is the largest pickleball tournament in the world and draws thousands of spectators. This year, there more over 2,200 players from around the globe, participating in matches held over ten days. The ages of players ranged from…