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Registration is Open for Summit County’s First Pickleball Tournament!

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Summit County Pickleball Association and Silverthorne Recreation Department are jointly sponsoring the first annual “Pickle in the Peaks” tournament on July 20 and 21, 2019 at Rainbow Park. There will be mixed, men’s and women’s doubles in three divisions:  Saturday, July 20: mixed doubles in three skill levels — 3.0 & below, 3.5, 4.0 & aboveSunday, July 21: men’s doubles and women’s doubles in three skill levels — 3.0 & below, 3.5, 4.0 & above The format will be round robin with the top four teams in each division advancing to medal play. Medals will be awarded for the top (more…)
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Pickleball in Ixtapa, MX This November, Anyone?

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SCPA members Jerry and Joan Veazey would like to know if anyone would like to join them on an instructional pickleball trip organized by national champions Scott and Daniel Moore to the all-inclusive Club Med Ixtapa Pacific resort on November 12-19, 2019. Over the course of the 5-day camp, professional instructors Scott, Daniel and Jon Moore, as well as Cookie Drake, will work with participants on strategy, technique, skill development, court positioning, effective practice methods, mental toughness, and more. The player-to-instructor ratio is guaranteed to be 8:1 or less. The resort also has world-class bars and restaurants, stunning beaches, and (more…)
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Featured Member—Rick Bell

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Rick Bell, SCPA’s newest board member, is shown above with his wife, Mary Bell, daughter Kaitlin, her boyfriend Drew, and Winnie the dog. Kaitlin and Drew have played pickleball with SCPA when visiting Summit County. Rick and Mary hail from Ohio and are enthusiastic Ohio State Buckeyes fans (misguidedly, in the opinion of your author, a Penn State alum). Rick is retired from Chrysler Corporation, where he was the Automation Trainer. He’s been involved with nonprofit organizations and especially youth sports for many years —including as a soccer referee, coach and President of the Salem Soccer League. Rick’s other passion (more…)
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New SCPA T-shirt Order is In!

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Our new T-shirt stock for spring 2019 includes three styles: Short-sleeve in neon yellow, blue or pink with SCPA’s longstanding logo. $20. Long-sleeve in white with Bob Sisti’s Colorado state flag design, introduced in October 2018. $25 New short-sleeve version of the Colorado state flag design in gray. $20 To buy a shirt, see SCPA secretary Julie Worthington at drop-in play or email her at jworthingtonco@gmail.com. Shipping is available for a small extra charge. (more…)
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SCPA to Celebrate National Pickleball Month with Fun Tournament

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The USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) recently announced that the month of April will once again be designated “National Pickleball Month.” Justin Maloof, Executive Director of the USAPA, said, “Pickleball is experiencing unparalleled growth in the United States. By establishing National Pickleball Month again for April, it will help us to continue to promote the sport on a national level and help get Americans moving, stay active and truly enjoy this great sport.” In fact, the Sports & Fitness Industry Association’s 2018 Pickleball Participant Report reported that the sport has 3.3 million players in the US, an increase of 12% over (more…)
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Silverthorne Rec Center Explains Monday Play

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A Message from Mindy Nicolds, Sports Coordinator Have you heard?  We have 6 hours of pickleball playing opportunities on Mondays!  We are so glad to see so many different faces taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity!On Mondays, please pick a level that you best play with.  If you consider your play more High Intermediate-Advanced, come during the early session (7-10am).  If you consider your play more Intermediate-Beginner, come during the afternoon session (11:30-2:30pm).  Please do not play all day.  There are a lot of players out there who would like some quality time on the courts. Choosing one session or (more…)
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What’s a Little Stinkin’ Snow When It’s Time for Pickleball?

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Pickleball … or snowball? For the past couple of months, Tom Richmond and Dave Morse have been leading a quiet movement to play outdoors all year long! Tom tells us that shoveling off a court at Trent Park is easier than it looks. They even got a group out to play, surrounded by snow, on the day before Thanksgiving! How SCPA first heard of this phenomenon: On November 17, Jerry Veazey emailed, “Joni and I walked down to get a paper this morning and heard pickleball noise coming from the Trent Courts. We found Tom & Dave playing. “We Summit (more…)
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Trip Report — Pickleball in Costa Rica!

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During the first week of December, 25 Summit County players — Jerry and Joan Veazey; Vanessa Koehler; Lori Miller; Julie and Bob Worthington; Wendy Tilden and Richard Sullivan; Deb Stacey and Howard Townley; Lori McWain and Terry Armstrong; Carla Christiansen and Gary Wilson; Pricilla and John Flanders; Linda Bush and Terra Lee; Paul and Sharon Jones; Kai-Peter and Lilian Koenig; and Ruth and Steve Kent — joined about 60 other players from Colorado and around the US for a week of pickleball in Costa Rica. Organized by James Main, a 5.0 player who recently moved from Colorado to Mexico, the (more…)
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Trip Report — USAPA Nationals!

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By Julie Worthington What an experience! Coincidentally, our family road trip to Oxnard, CA coincided with the National Pickleball Championships at Indian Wells, CA — right on our route! What a thrill … and what an experience to witness the best pickleball players in the world! Upon arrival at the beautiful Indian Wells venue, Bob and I were greeted by SCPA president Lori Miller, Summit County’s best. Lori was like a kid at Christmas — grinning from ear to ear, hardly believing she was really at Nationals, and introducing us to people right and left. A true Ambassador of the (more…)