Summer Inter-Community

Mark your calendars

Summer inter community pickle ball starting May 1,2015  at 7 AM

May schedule as follows

Monday & Wednesdays at Robson

Friday & Saturday at Palm Creek

Starting June will be Wednesdays at Mission Royale

Times will change as the HOT gets HOTTER

Larry and Avis Gray have volunteered to be the coordinators again this year,

if you have any questions during the summer, please e-mail them:

redavlar@gmail.com
                                         
                                                                    

                                                                                 

                                                                                                        

The Pickleball Blues

      

New Shoot Out Software For You

Steve Mueller, through the years, has initiated different projects, the most recent is the LED Reader Boards that we enjoyed this year.

Steve has  now developed software that is available to everyone, free of charge
You enjoy playing in our Shoot Outs during the season,

Now you can organize them at home!  Or during summer play at Palm Creek. 

http://www.pickleball.biz/club/club-programs/organized-play/shootouts-and-ladder-play/

Thanks Steve!!

No Fooling

April 1st, is the start of a new season for our club
Many members are on their way home  and will be spending Easter with their families and others will be celebrating here with their pickleball family.
Our new Board of Directors, officially takes office today, we welcome them and offer them our vote of confidence and our support.  We thank those who have left the board as they join the group of members who have previously served, and offer them our heartfelt Thanks.
As we kick off our new season, much has been updated on this Blog
Under Club information you will find:

• A new contact list
• An updated roster (please advise if any corrections are needed)
• An updated medal list for the season
• A brand new link called "Growing Pickleball" developed by AJ and Irene Fraties
• A new category called "Club Policies" . These policies have been moved from the information section, to make them easier to find.

In the world of pickleball, the action never stops, it just slows a bit at Palm Creek.

Please be sure to e-mail me with any Tournament Medal news, new Pickleball start up news, pickleball activities at Palm Creek over the summer and pictures.

This is a good time if you have not already, to sign up on the Blog for "Follow by E-mail".

This time of year we have fewer weekly post, this will insure that you do not miss anything, you will be notified when a new post has published.  

Thank you for your continual readership and making this Blog a success, we have had more than  151,000 hits and in the month of March we had 6,109 pageviews!

Enjoy playing this summer and remember you will find new places to play by checking: http://www.usapa.org/places-to-play-pickleball/

The tournament winter season has now ended

Congratulations!

Spring Slam at Sun City Medal Winners 

Al Hager and Carol Lindow

not shown

Marsha and Byron Freso

Don Simmons and David Zapatka

Welcome To Our New  Board

Donna Christiansen      President

Marg Ouimet                  Vice President

Roger Fellows               Treasurer

Kate Perrie                     Secretary

Ken Schaebethal           Member at Large

Jocelyn Barr                  Member at Large

Reed Cowen                  Member at Large

Donna Christiansen - Kate Perrie - Ken Schaebethal - Jocelyn Barr

Reed Cowen - Marg Ouimet - Roger Fellows

Thank You for your Service

             Suzie Nunley                 Gary Baker                        Les Scott

Robson Ranch Tournament

Congratulations!

Robson Ranch Tournament

Byron Freso - Carol Lindow - Marsha Freso - Al Hager

Maurice Parobec - Brenda and Dan Jmaeff

Not Shown: Randy Bourne - Sally Dobson -Theresa Orcutt - David Zapatka

Many of our club members participated in our last tournament in Casa Grande for the season. It seemed at any given time we had at least one of our club members volunteering to referee and serve as line judges.  Every court had Palm Creek members on hand as spectators, enjoying the games and cheering on our players.  When not at the courts, club members could easily be found enjoying lunch!

Complete list of Medal Winners for this season is posted under Club Information. 

Our First

Barbara Hillman and Maurice Parobec celebrated their love on March 18, 2015 with the exchange of their wedding vows. Family and Friends were in attendance to celebrate this joyful occasion.

Barbara Hillman and Maurice Parabec

with Matron of Honor and Best Man

Brenda and Dan Jmaeff 

 Officiated by Pastor Debbie

Best Wishes to Barbie

Congratulations to Maurice

Pickleball Rocks Club of the Month

So much to say about this club. We witnessed first hand why this is one of the largest and most active clubs on the planet. Everything they did for players, sponsors and vendors at their Duel in the Desert tournament was first class. But what got our final vote was the fact that 117 3.0 players came out to play in their great desert tournament. That is a testament that they are definitely doing things right to help pickleball grow. What a great host they will be for the Open events at NationalsVII. Congratulations Pickleball Rocks Club of the Month, Palm Creek Pickleball Club.

The Medal Winners ....

Congratulations !!!

Green Valley Senior Games

Marg Ouimet and Rosemary Nichol

Duel in the Desert

Theresa Orcutt - Gary Baker - Marsha Freso

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Sally Dobson - Tim Dugger 

Fun in the Sun

Byron and Marsha Freso

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Don Simmons

By the Numbers

A report of interesting facts were given by Bob VanderLinden at this months monthly meeting.
We had the 3rd Largest Tournament and the Largest Club Tournament!
Our new Tournament Name and Logo are a huge success.

50+ Volunteers Set Up the Tournament

230 Balls Used

235 cars parked daily

Meet and Greet

Attended by 240 players and volunteers

Attendees enjoy a Great Start to a Great Weekend

Before the Games Begin

Palm Creek Chorus

800 Cups of Coffee and Morning Snacks

Vicky MacDonald and Sandy Cowen

479 Players in 672 Matches

270 Men - 209 Women

Oldest Player 82 years old!

3.0 - 117 Players

3.5 - 148 Players

4.0 - 113 Players

4.5 - Gary Baker + Sally Dobson Bronze Medal Winners

42  Typical Tournament Medical Incidents

Marg Ouimet - Medical Coordinator

The Sponsorship Program and Design Work

helped kick the tournament up to a new level

The ice cream was a treat we all enjoyed!

John Robertson and Wanda Cassidy

The Raffle

46 Prizes Donated by 

our Generous Vendors and Club Members.  

Jim Nussbaum knows how to work the crowd!

 Photographers took 1,000's of pictures

Barb Schmidt

USAPA Table

Susan Kimbley and Cincy Nelson

 Ride For the Warriors

Ticket Sales - $765

Roger Fellows and Sharon VanderLinden

 Serving it up at the Beer Garden

LeRoy Schmidt - Reed Cowen - Jerri Sedio

152 Pizza'a

106 Bags of Ice

2500 bottles of water

230 Gatorades

102 cams of soda

Smiling Club Members

 Kathie Baker - AJ Fraties

Palm Creek General Manager and 

Our Tournament Director 

Lisa Harold and Bob VanderLinden

Tournament Volunteer Pary

Until Next Year

Let Freedom Fly

Here's the news!

Election results, 264 members voted

President - Donna Christiansen

Vice President - Marg Ouimet 

Katie Perrie - Secretary

At Large - Jocelyn Barr
                    Reed Cowen

A Candidate for President

COLIN CALDWELL

I realize that I've thrown my hat into the ring at this late stage in the elections and that I would be considered an underdog in the campaign process but I felt that the future of our club was important enough for me to declare my candidacy for the position of President of our club.

My experience and qualifications to be your President are as follows:

·         I worked for Bell Canada in Ontario, Canada for 34 years and held both technical and managerial positions

·         VP – Brantford Canadian Hearing Society

·         VP – Brantford Charities Association

·         VP – Canadian Pickleball Association

·         President – Canadian Pickleball Association

·         Tournament Director – Palm Creek Pickleball Club – I served as your tournament director for three years whereby I introduced sweeping changes to our tournament, including elevating our tournament to a Tier 2, introduction and implementation of online registration and computer operation of the tournament

·         Palm Creek Board of Directors – I served on the Board of Directors for three years

The next two years will be a challenge for us as a club with the USAPA Nationals and with future expansion planning with the management here at Palm Creek.  With my listed credentials with respect to my duties as your tournament director I believe I am, the best qualified to work hand in hand with the USAPA to manage our involvement with the Nationals.  With my listed expertise, I believe I am qualified to work on your behalf to coordinate our future efforts for improvements and additions to our courts. 

I ask only that you consider my qualifications and vote for whomever you feel is the best choice for you and the club.  There are many candidates running for a variety of positions and your vote is not only requested but also necessary to sustain our club.  I hope I can count on your support.

Colin Caldwell

THANK YOU

To Our Tournament Director Bob VanderLinden  and Our Tournament Committee
Karen Fellows, Chuck MacDonald, Roger Fellows and Les Scott.
This team started working on this year's tournaments last season and continued to work tirelessly throughout this season.
Thank you to all the volunteers, who signed on to clean and set up all the facilities, the volunteers who maintained the courts throughout the tournament, those who gave us opening ceremonies, provided fresh coffee every morning and fruit throughout the day, the referee desk and the countless referees and line judges, the ever ready medical team, the raffle team, the volunteers who worked the meet and greet's and the pizza event, for the rest of to enjoy these events, putting together the swag bags and the incredible sponsor program.  All the vendors were great and the ice cream, really made us all feel like kids again!
Our Tournament Committee and teams of volunteers, gave us once again a tournament that players and spectators alike enjoyed and an event that all Palm Creekers could be proud

From ALL of US

To ALL of YOU

Our Sincere Thanks

Over the next few days, photos  and fun tournament facts will be put on  he Blog