Spread the Word

Today in the Ballroom

Starting at 3 PM

Members will be on hand to help sign you up for the

"Members Tournament", don't miss out on the fun!

We are also going to kick off our fund raising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Please help make this a success

 "The Recipe"

Banish dry skin

$ 5.00 (3.6 oz)

Vintage

Our Original Club Pin has been

retired, only a few left - $3.00 each 

"Pickles"

High Demand

$5.00 

Monthly Club Meeting starting at 4 PM

Nominees

For our upcoming election in February - we have several club members running for office
As more nominees submit their Bio's they will be added to this link.
The link has been placed under club information for future reference

2017 Nominees

St. Jude's Fund Raisers

Our National Organization has selected  St. Jude's as our Charity
As a club we will be doing several things for Donations .. At our Welcome Table, Monthly Meetings and Tournaments.  We welcome all fundraising ideas and contributions.
At our club meeting on Wednesday, we will be selling "Pickles The Dog"
Come early as these are expected to sell fast

"Pickles the Dog"

On sale this Wednesday at our Club meeting

$5.00 each 

A Piece of Heaven

Doubled

                                                                          Photos taken by the Vanderlinden's

Reminders....

 

January 10^th is the last day to order your club shirts in order to have them for the Member tournament. Shirts may be tried on for size and ordered on January 10^th from 10:00-2:00 in Sonora South. You can fill out an order form there or print one here and drop it off. Times will be posted on the Blog with regard to picking up your shirts in early February. A second order will be placed as well. Darlene and Sally are the co-chairs and their site #'s can be found on the order form.

Our January General Meeting will be held in the Ballroom on Wednesday, January 18^th from 4:00-5:00 pm.  We encourage all members to attend to get information about what is happening in the club off the courts.

Our Member Tournament is approaching rapidly. The dates for play are February 6^th-8^th. Registration closes January 27^th. This is our tournament for our members only. If you have never played in a tournament, this is a good place to get a feeling for what it is like. Play against your friends in your skill and age level. Talk with your round robin captain or any Tournament Committee member. You can access more detailed information regarding the tournament by clicking here. PLEASE NOTE: The Tournament Committee will have a table set up prior to the General Meeting at 3:00 to assist you in registering for the tournament or to answer any of your questions. You will need a credit card for online payment, your pickleballtournaments.com login and password (if you have one). It would also be helpful if you have a tablet or laptop you are familiar with as the committee will only have two on site.

Your pickleball club functions because of volunteering. The Park provides the courts but everything that happens there on a day-to-day basis is done by club members volunteering their time.  Whether it is Round Robin Captains, Mentors, Membership or Welcome Table, training clinics, tournaments, court washing, putting balls on the courts or the many other behind the scenes work, it is all done by club members volunteering their valuable time.  When you get a request to volunteer, please consider if you can contribute a couple of hours on a one-time or regular basis to support your club.  Without your time, things don't happen.

See you at the General Meeting,
Palm Creek Pickleball Club Board of Directors

Welcome

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the Palm Creek Pickleball Club. With our membership approaching 900+ and 32 courts, we can seem a bit overwhelming. We have many tools and links you may find helpful and informative. Many of those links and websites are listed and described below. Please feel free to contact any of us for further information. See you on the courts!!

You can find a wealth of information on our Blog. Visit our Blogspot! and see our current calendar with upcoming events, tournament information, club minutes, bylaws and policies, officers and directors, our organized play schedule and much more.

Another source of information is our national association, USA Pickleball Association. Click here to learn about the USAPA and how to become a member. Our Assistant Regional Director, Rosemary Reese, is a member of our club and can be reached at click here. 

Our Facebook page has many pictures and updates on daily activities.  Visit often. "Like us" on our Facebook page. 

To find the contact information for our club officers, board members, committee chairs and directors, click here.

We have developed two handouts that are also available at the courts. For an overview of our sport and pertinent information about our club click here. This brochure explains our Club Bulletin Boards referred to as "Big Blue" and "Big Green" (previously called Big Blue North and Big Blue South). Big Blue is used for information for levels 2.0 through 3.0. Big Green is for levels 3.5 through 5.0. Our Organized Play handout is a guideline explaining how to get involved in our Round Robins, Shootouts, tournaments and training. Click here for an electronic copy of that handout. Please be sure to visit the "Big Bulletin Boards" at the courts. Much of this information is also posted on the boards.

The next two handouts are designed for both viewing as well as printing.  To see our entire Organized Play Schedule by level and day of the week, click here. For an individual "player card" for any specific level, click here.

Click on the following links to review some important Club policies:
Round Robin Playing Policy
Open Play Policy
Challenge/Open Court Play Rules
Unsportsmanlike Behavior Policy

To learn about our Rating Information and Procedures, click here. This link also contains information on Skill Level Definitions and Expectations.

In addition to informational emails such as this, you will also be added to our SignUp Genius roster. Our club uses SignUp Genius (SUG) to notify members of training clinics and other activities undertaken by the club throughout the season including soliciting volunteers for the Members tournament and Duel in the Desert. If you share an email with another club member, only one of you will receive email notifications. Because only one of you will be recognized by SUG and the associated skill level used to determine which training clinics to invite you to, one person may be left out of training invites. Even though you can both sign up for things from this single email, difficulty arises if you are not the same skill level. The remedy for this is to have separate email addresses. We can help you set up an additional address, if required, at one of the drop in sessions. If your skill level changes, please contact the club secretary, here to change your level in order to receive appropriate training notices. To contact our training team for SignUp Genius issues, send us an email. For a SUG tutorial, go here. We will also hold periodic drop in sessions where we will help you with any issues you may have with your specific computer, phone or tablet. Check out the blog calendar for those times and locations. 

Please plan to attend our General Meetings. They are held monthly on a Wednesday, at 4:00 pm in the Ballroom. Specific dates are listed on the calendar on the blog.

Again, Welcome!!!
Palm Creek Pickleball Club Board of Directors 

Donna, David, Susan, Don, Jocelyn, Reed and Tom

May all our Club Members, Friends and Family

have a Healthy and Happy

2017

Tis the Season

Twas the Night Before Christmas

When all Through the House,

Not a Creature was Stirring

Not even the Spouse.

When up on the Roof

There Arose Such a Clatter,

We sprang from our Bed

To see What was the Matter.

Then What to Our wondering

Eyes should Appear,

But a Chubby Old Elf

Sporting Pickleball Gear!

He Wasted no Time

But he Started to Dink,

Then Shouting a Challenge

He gave us a Wink.

We Slammed and We’d Lobbed

Then we started to Volley,

He placed his Kill Shot

Then got Oh So Jolly!

We Heard him Exclaim

As he Flew Out of Sight

Maybe Next Year with Practice

They’ll Put up A Fight!

HoHoHo..... Merry Christmas Everyone!

 

Author Della Bass 

 

 

Need a Stocking Stuffer

Author Robert Tasler

 is a Palm Creek Resident

pbt45@ecentral.com

303-324-7788

Monthly Meeting

The Board

Club Dance Tickets

Tables Will Sell Out Fast

Tickets are being sold by the table, (table sizes vary)

Purchase Tickets - $10 each

Thursday - 12/15/16

10 AM

At the Courts

Look for Mary Duncan

Club Shirts

The order forms are listed under Club Information

We were informed that Sizes are exactly the same as last year

If you would like to try them on, save the dates

January 3rd 9:00 - 1:00

Cholla Room

January 10th 10:00 - 2:00

Sonora South

The 10th is the cut off date for the first order

Christmas Organized Play Schedule
Starts Monday - December 19th
The schedule is linked under Club Information

Club Meeting

4 PM

Ball Room

Wednesday 12-14-17

Congratulations!!!

Mesa Regal

Dex Decker

Gold - Women's Doubles 5.0

Gold - Mixed Doubles 5.0

USAPA NEW Member Software

The New Software is almost here. Per the notice below, the current system will be off line this upcoming weekend. Additionally you will no longer be able to share an e-mail.

Date: December 9, 2016 Attention All USAPA Members:   NEW MEMBER SOFTWARE READY! Transition scheduled for December 16-19 We are extremely pleased and excited to announce that on Monday, December 19th 2016, we will be launching the much anticipated USAPA  Membership Automation System. When selecting this software we listened to your comments and feedback and wanted to ensure that we incorporated the top three features that you let us know were most important to you. Real time processing Ability to print your own Membership Cards Ability to view and self-update personal contact information In addition, the new system will provide: Enhanced reporting features for management and ambassadors New Partner-Search feature for tournament players New Ambassador-Search feature Revised Member Look-Up feature To allow for the conversion and transition to the new system, the USAPA Membership Application and Renewal portion of the USAPA website will be shut down at 2:00p.m.EST (11:00a.m.PST) on Friday, Dec. 16. Memberships and renewals are scheduled to re-open at 11:00a.m.EST (8:00a.m.PST) on Monday, Dec 19.  No applications/payments can be accepted during this conversion.  We apologize for the inconvenience but the developers will work to get the new system up and running as soon as possible. We recognize and appreciate that ease of use is always important in any new endeavor. We also know that there is a learning curve that is associated with a change of this sort. CHANGES: To help with this conversion, there are a few changes that we wanted to bring to your attention right away: Access to the new system will require a unique e-mail address for each member. No shared e-mails. After accessing the system, you will set up a user-ID and password for future access to the USAPA Membership system. A printable invoice will be generated as a record for your membership dues. Checks can no longer be accepted in the mail without a printed copy of the invoice stub on the bottom of the new invoice We hope you find this new system as exciting as we do.  And, we look forward to continuing to find ways to help you and support the growth of our sport.

Final Reminder

It is almost here - if you snooze you lose - don't delay - sign up now

DAVE WEINBACH CLINIC

(click here)

Medal Winners

Congratulations !!!

Voyager Holiday Tournament

Kerry Hawthorne - Bronze  Men's Doubles 5.0

Ross Perkin - Bronze Men's Doubles 5.0

Les Franke - Gold Mixed Doubles 4.5

Dex Decker - Gold Women's Doubles 5.0 (not in picture)