Karen Bush Saturday morning Picklegals were at it again this year with their annual Ugly Christmas Sweater Day, It was a perfect cool morning for wearing our ugly Christmas sweaters, playing pickleball and celebrating with brunch. Sheri Sears won the prize for ugliest overall outfit and Dalonna Cooper won for ugliest sweater. A great time…
Jim Furaus The 2017 USAPA National Pickleball Championships were held in Casa Grande, Arizona at the Palm Creek Golf and RV Resort in Casa Grande and Robson Ranch in nearby Eloy, Arizona from November 4 through 12. PebbleCreek Pickleball Club had 16 participants in the tournament. There were 10 medal winners from the group, meaning…
Karen Bush One fun Saturday morning in November Picklegals brought children’s pajamas; to the courts and played in their pajamas, it brought some interesting looks and comments like, “Gee did you over sleep this morning?” Meanwhile, for a month Unit 51 and friends collected pajamas and books for a grand total of over 100 pairs…
Pam Smith PebbleCreek Welcome Back Concert at Eagle’s Nest was well attended with over 300 members on Sunday, October 22; great food, taco bar buffet and Southwestern salad. Great music by Rhythm Edition and a whole lot of great people dancing and having fun! This also marks the tenth anniversary of our Pickleball Club! Thanks…
Pam Smith Our social kicked off at 8:00 a.m., September 4, with a wonderful attendance of club members. Many thanks to our hosts Scott Beseda and Mary Marlow for a great social! Lots of delicious breakfast dishes, with prizes awarded for first, second and third place; 1st place Bev Shankland, 2nd place Nevin Nelson and…
PebbleCreek’s Memorial Day Social Event was attended by 150 members. The 8:00 a.m. kick-off began with many of our members playing two against one with our 5.0 players. Beat the Pro – whoever scored three points first! Winning raffle tickets for door prizes! Continuous competitive and social drop-in play throughout the day. A skills and…
The April 30 Robson League Picnic was for people who played in the Robson Team League Challenge throughout the year, plus significant other/spouse. Awards Picnic held at Sunrise Park at Eagle’s Nest in PebbleCreek. Great food from Rudy’s BBQ! Beautiful day, wonderful friends along with fun and games for everyone! Congratulations to the PebbleCreek 2017…
Pam Smith The last and final day of the Club Championship was on March 31 with Women’s Doubles. Another exciting day of excellent play; the challenge was not only against their opponents but again they fought hard in winds that exceeded 25 mph and the winners were as follows: Women’s 3.0 Doubles: 1st Kathy Hubert-Wyss,…
Pam Smith Here is what the players said about our second annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament that was held in February. We shared these results with all the players but wanted to share it with the club also. As we all know, the volunteers were the stars! Yes, we could not have done it without the…
Pam Smith Day two of the Club Championship was Mixed Doubles. Play was excellent. Players had to beat their opponent plus deal with 25 mph wind gusts in the late afternoon. Congratulations to all the winners: Mixed 3.0 Doubles: 1st Andrea Dilger, Ron DeBrincat; 2nd Kathy Hubert-Wyss, Chuck Saunders; 3rd Karen Vagley, Ken Ogden Mixed…