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…
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Sports, October 2016
Labor Day Pickleball celebration at PebbleCreek
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.…
Sports, May 2016
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…
Generals, April 2016
Inaugural PebbleCreek Pickleball Tournament was a great success
Jane Steele If you drove by the pickleball courts on Wednesday, February 10 you saw all the activity going on with our 404 tournament players and more than 200 spectators. Everyone was greeted at the front gate by our volunteers and directed to the courts. There they found coffee and the delicious baked goods made…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Saturday Morning Pickle Gals
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…
Front Page, February 2016
Therapy Paws benefits from generosity of Pickleball Club
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…
Front Page, February 2016
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…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
Pickleball Club elects new officers and plans events
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…
Sports, December 2015
New Pickleball Club logo
Pancho Epstein The PebbleCreek Pickleball Club has an exciting new logo from the mind of John Meyers. John described the creative process that went into the design that was written on Inkscape, a vector drawing program. “I was trying to think of what people in PebbleCreek would relate to. What is it they think of…
Sports, November 2015
Pickleball Club ladders and novice instruction
Pancho Epstein With most of the snowbirds comfortably landing in October, the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club’s winter agenda is off and running at warp speed. The biggest ongoing pickleball events are the weekly Ladies’ (Thursdays) and Gentlemen’s (Fridays) Ladders. Participating players are placed in groups of four according to rank. Each group plays three games to…