Pam Smith PebbleCreek Pickleball Club hosted its annual Club Championship tournament on March 29, 30 and 31, 2017. All skill levels 2.5 through 5.0. Men’s Doubles started the tournament on March 29 and the winners were as follows: Men’s 3.0 Doubles: 1st Dennis Ridgeway, Kim Reichert; 2nd Chuck Saunders, Steve McElroy; 3rd Scott Morlan, Scott…
PebbleCreek’s annual Mixed Doubles ABCD Pickleball Tournament, February 27, was delayed because of rain so it was rescheduled for March 9. Congratulations to all our Medal Winners! Great fun was had by many of our club members! Here are the results: A Flight: 1st Alex Potapoff and Heidi Farrell; 2nd Dennis Carter and Dalonna Cooper, B…
Pam Smith Another beautiful day in Paradise on March 11 as PebbleCreek hosted the final Robson League pickleball games for 2017. PebbleCreek finishes with another great win. PebbleCreek 87 vs. SaddleBrooke Ranch 33 Congratulations to everyone that participated in our Robson League Play this year!
The second annual PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament was held February 15 to 18, 2017. We had more than 500 players and more than 200 spectators daily for this four-day event. The 500 plus players represented 23 states and five Canadian Provinces and 38 different clubs. Our PebbleCreek Pickleball Club had 88 players entered. As many people…
Pam Smith On January 22, 2017 PebbleCreek Pickleball Club hosted a Chili Cook-off. Free admission and lunch with a canned food donation for the Aqua Fria Food Bank. The cook-off was well attended with delicious chili selections of over 25 different pots! We awarded cash prizes for our five top chili winners. Great fun, great…
Pam Smith The Third League Pickleball Event February 4, 2017 PebbleCreek traveled to Tucson to play SaddleBrooke. Team PebbleCreek 74 wins to SaddleBrooke 46 wins Big thanks to the Team Captains Lou Drinovsky – Mixed Doubles Team, Jim Barbe – Men’s Doubles Team, Paula Handrup – Women’s Doubles Team Robinson Team Pickleball League Standings: 1st…
Karen Bush On Saturday, November 5 the Picklegals wore their pajamas while playing pickleball and brought pairs of children’s pajamas to raise attention for the Pajama Program, an organization that provides comfort and love in the way of new pajamas and books to children in need as they are entering foster homes or shelters. Many…
Pam Smith Today over 200 club members enjoyed our annual Winter Wonderland Pickleball Social. We all brought an unwrapped toy as admission to the event. The toys are donated to the Goodyear kids to bring Christmas joy and a smile to their face. It was a beautiful day in PebbleCreek and we owe our thanks…
Karen Bush On October 22 the Saturday morning Picklegals went pink to support one of our members who was newly diagnosed with breast cancer and was due to have her very first chemotherapy treatment the following week. All 24 of us gals surprised her by showing up wearing pink. Our friend was very touched and…
PickleBall in Palm Springs Trip; March 8 through 10, 2017 Price: $475 per person/double, $625 per person/single. On sale November 22 at 9:00 a.m. at the Activities Office Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in North America due to its emphasis on timing, balance and placement, rather than strength age or gender. The…