Submitted by: Karen Fellows
Registration Status - Resident Tournament and Duel In The Desert (Our
12th
Annual Tournament)
Resident Tournament
To dispel any
rumors, tournament registrations for the Resident Tournament
are still open,
and we are encouraging all members to find partners and
enter this fun and
exciting tournament put on just for you. This tournament
will be held
February 7-9. Events will include Men's Skill Doubles, Women's
Skill Doubles,
Mixed Skill Doubles, Men's Age/Skill Doubles and Women's
Age/Skill
Doubles.
The Age/Skill events are split by age in 10 year increments,
50-59, 60-69,
and 70+. Our hope is to divide these brackets into smaller
skill divisions
rather than all skills. In order to do that, we need all
skill levels to
enter these events. Divisions could be 2.5-3.5 &
4.0-5.0, or 2.5-3.0,
3.5-4.0, and 4.5-5.0, or some combinations thereof. But
it takes lots of
entries in this event to make this
happen.
Registration forms are available on the north side of both Big
Blues. Or you
can register online using www.pickleballtournaments.com. Look
for
tournaments by state (Arizona), then scroll down in date order to the
Palm
Creek RESIDENTS Tournament. Registrations close January 28, but please
do
not wait until the last minute to register.
Wanda Cassidy is our
Tournament Registrar. You can reach her at
palmcreekresident@gmail.com if you
have any questions.
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Duel In
The Desert (Our 12th Annual Tournament)
Now, for the news about the newly
named Duel in the Desert Tournament at
Palm Creek. This tournament will be
held March 6-8. Tournament Registrations
have been rolling in hot and heavy
since registrations opened November 15.
In fact, we had 100 players on the
list the first day of registrations. And
it hasn't stopped since. We are
currently over 400 players on the list. We
don't need to tell you that this
is one of the most sought after, premier
tournaments in the country. Many of
the brackets have reached capacity
quickly and we have been forced to close
registrations for some events or
for some skill levels. For these events
there are still players on the list
needing partners; the list can be found
on our tournament listing at
www.pickleballtournaments.com, click on the
'More Information' button, then
look for the 'Players Needing Partners'
button. Please feel free to contact
any of these players if you are
interested in playing.
The remaining events still available for
registration are:
Women's Skill Doubles - all skill levels 3.0-5.0 Men's
Skill Doubles - skill
level 3.0 and 5.0 only Mixed a Skill Doubles -skill
level 5.0 only
If you fall into any of these levels or events, we
encourage you to complete
your registrations soon. Again, registration forms
are available on the
north side of both Big Blues. Or you can register online
using
www.pickleballtournaments.com. Look for Tournaments by State (Arizona)
on
the Tournament menu, then scroll down in date order to the (for the
time
being, still listed as) 12th Annual Palm Creek Pickleball
Tournament.
Registrations close February 24, do not wait until then to get
your
registrations in.
Karen Fellows is our Tournament Registrar and
can be reached at 7743 or
pickleballpalmcreek@gmail.com if you have any
questions