Tag: pickleball

Winter Wonderland Pickleball Social

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…

PebbleCreek Pickle Gals go pink

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

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…

Labor Day Pickleball celebration at PebbleCreek

Team Beach Pickleball

Pam Smith The un-official end of summer holiday is more than packing up your swimsuit in PebbleCreek! A Labor Day social event kicked off at 7:30 a.m. on the Pickleball courts with fun and excitement for over 170 members of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club with snacks, drinks, games and prizes for social and competitive play.…

Kathy Hubert-Wyss wins gold

Kathy Hubert-Wyss is the winner of the Dr. Pepper mountain bike and helmet donated by our new neighborhood Burger King on McDowell. Kathy had just been presented with her Gold Medal for her win in the Women’s Doubles Skill Group 2.5, then her name was drawn in the raffle on the last day of the…

Saturday Morning Pickle Gals

Mardelle Widmer and Lexi pose on the new rug.

Karen Bush Every Saturday morning a group of 16 to 24 PebbleCreek pickleball gals head to the courts and get together to play in a two hour round robin. Our main objective is to have fun! It’s a wacky and wonderful group of gals that are always game for all kinds of hijinks. On Halloween…

Therapy Paws benefits from generosity of Pickleball Club

Left to right: Mike Crabtree (2015 President of Pickleball Club), Sarah Marsh (Secretary of Therapy Paws), Jean Reynolds (President and Co-Founder of Therapy Paws), Candy Lawson (Treasurer of Therapy Paws) and Gordon Cooper (2015 Treasurer of Pickleball Club). The dogs are Bess, Finnley, Nelli and Abby.

Thanks to the generosity of the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club, Therapy Paws received an early Christmas present this past December! The Pickleball Board presented a check for $500 to several members of the Therapy Paws Board on December 22. Therapy Paws is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on supporting therapy dog teams and working with various…

Join the fun at inaugural Pickleball Tournament

Come join the fun and excitement at the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club USAPA (USA Pickleball Association) sanctioned tournament on February 10, 11 and 12. We expect to have 250 to 300 players in this tournament from our club and many other clubs from around the USA. Some of the top pickleball players will be here. This…

Pickleball Club elects new officers and plans events

Outgoing 2015 President Mike Crabtree and wife Sandy. Both are tournament players and Sandy is co-captain of the Ladies’ Ladder.

Pancho Epstein At the October 11 annual Pickleball Club meeting the membership voted in a new Executive Committee for 2016. Elected were Pat Murphy, president, Fred Biancardi, vice-president, Ann Faber, officer-at-large, Bonnie Relic, secretary and Renee deLassus, treasurer. The meeting took place in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom with approximately 150 members attending. The members often…