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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, … Read more

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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 … Read more

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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 … Read more

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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 … Read more

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After several years’ conversation among SCPA members about what fun a pickleball cruise would be, Mary Sisti put one together for November!   Fifteen intrepid SCPA members and friends departed Ft. Lauderdale on the Regal Princess, sailing to eastern Caribbean ports including St Thomas St Maarten, and Princess Cay. The group had exclusive use of two … Read more

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Once again, Tom Stanar ably organized and managed the annual Summer Fun Tournament and Pot Luck Breakfast with help from his wife Linda, Jerry Veazey, an injured Richard Bloom, and Barb and Marnie Chisholm.  Artist Nancy Bowerman topped her previous custom prize creations.  Richard Sullivan and Wendy Tilden snagged our first-ever tournament sponsor, Dillon’s Einstein Bros … Read more

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SCPA member Kai-Peter Koenig immigrated to the United States from Germany at age 10, just seven or eight years after WWII.  Eager to fit into his new country, Kai-Peter adopted the first name “Pete,” Americanized the pronunciation of his last name, and quickly learned perfect, unaccented English.  In his early 20s, Pete served as an … Read more

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SCPA members took home eight medals in the Vail Western Slope Regional Pickleball Tournament, August 15-19!  Congratulations to: Junior Serenel for Gold in 4.0 Men’s Singles (in his first tournament ever)Lori and Chuck, Gold 4.0 Lori Miller and Chuck Maish for Gold in 4.0 Mixed Doubles Julie Worthington and Linda Bush for Gold in 3.5 Women’s Doubles Rich Garcia and Ruthie Kimmons for Gold in 3.0 Mixed Doubles (in Ruthie’s first tournament) Junior and … Read more

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Thanks to Karen and Mike Miller, Wendy Markley and Wes Knight for organizing a pot-luck picnic tribute to longtime club member Darby Piens, who died June 28 at age 79.  About 100 people — club members, spouses, and family/friends of Darby — shared late afternoon sunshine, wonderful dishes and Darby stories. Darby  was an avid … Read more

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After trying pickleball just a couple of times in 2017, new SCPA member Ruthie Kimmons is really jumping in now.  She’s showing such rapid improvement that we were surprised to learn Ruthie has no racquet or court sport in her background. Originally from New Orleans, Ruthie, a registered nurse (mostly critical care) for over thirty … Read more