Membership Meeting
Membership Meeting
Monday March 27th
Marinette Auditorium
4 PM
Agenda item:
Possible loss of Lake View Project
New Website
Name tags for members 80 and over
Inclimate weather policy
Ice machine/badge making machine
By law additions
Upcoming dates
Dan
RAIN
ITS RAINING. ALL CLUB ACTIVITIES ARE CANCELLED.
ITS CLUB TIME UNTIL 5PM. GUEST AND NON CLUB MEMBERS CANNOT DISPLACE CLUB MEMBERS FOR COURT TIME
Dan
Desert Frogs vs Snowbirds Tournament and Farewell Dinner
Desert Frogs vs Snow Birds—Saturday, April 1st. The tournament will begin at 2:30pm at the Marinette courts. Dinner will follow at the Lake View Recreation Center 6:00-8:00 pm.
This is our club Super Bowl event for the New Year. We will be playing for your group’s name on the perpetual plaque and bragging rights.
- Dinner after the event.
- The club will provide Cane’s fried chicken, dinner rolls and desert.
- Bring your own drinks. The club will provide cups and ice.
- The plaque will be awarded and pictures taken.
The format:
A bracket – Advanced – will be 4.0 rating and above.
B bracket – Intermediate – will be 3.0 rating to 3.5 rating.
C bracket – Beginner – will be 2.5 rating and below.
Some players may be moved to a different skill level to fill a bracket.
Rounds will be limited to 13 minutes. Winner is team with highest score. Ties will be permitted.
It is first come in each bracket. If you are late, you will be on the wait list. Total number of players is 72 (36 Desert Frogs and 36 Snowbirds).
Desert Frogs Signup… Snowbirds Signup… Dinner Signup… Click the tabs for the other signups. Sign-up deadline is March 25th.
Contact Dan Haberman.
Frogs VS Snowbirds
Hello Sun City Pickleball on this rainy, soggy day.
Our Spring Slam Tournament was a huge success! But with Jeff and Lynda Skaggs as the tournament directors, how would you expect anything less? Thanks Jeff and Lynda. Would also like to thank the many club members who volunteered! These tournaments could not happen without you. The Skaggs and myself got numerous compliments from the participants, the referees, the venders and the spectators on what a great, well-organized tournament our club hosts.
Our club was very well represented not only with participants in the tournament, but also on the medal stand. Well done. The winners have appeared with their picture and hardware on our Facebook page.
Our next membership meeting is on Monday, March 27, at 4pm at the Marinette auditorium.
If you volunteered at the Spring Slam? You filled out a raffle ticket for volunteering. The drawing will be immediately after the membership meeting. Must be present to win.
The Desert Frogs VS the Snowbirds tournament is coming up on Saturday April 1st. Yes. April 1st. This is not an April fouls day joke. The tournament will begin at 2:30pm at the Marinette courts, The signup should be on our web page soon. There will be 42 signups for Frogs, 42 for Snowbirds. 40 players for each. 2 subs/reserves for each.
We will also be having our Farewell dinner on Saturday the 1st pf April. The dinner will be held at the Lake View recreation center. Starting at 6pm. Dinner will be provided. Bring a beverage of your choice. The signup for the dinner should also be on web page soon. There will be 200 signup slots for this event.
Wish i had some good news about the possibility of our club getting more pickleball courts! Not only do I not have good news, I’ve got no news. It appears the new/current RCSC board of directors is going to kill the Lake View project. Not %100 sure, but likely. Looks like they could be starting all over once again, It was one year ago today we had a membership meeting at the Mountain View, Thought there was a plan for good, quality courts to be built at the Lake View. Not sure what the plan is now?
Can’t hardly believe I’m talking about events in April! Some of our Snowbirds are getting ready to head back to their summer homes.
Stay dry and as always, happy hitting.
Dan
Slam
Hello Sun City Pickleball,
Really nice the weather has warmed up! No layering of clothes. Don’t dare to be the first to say “gosh, it’s to hot”
Spring Slam is coming up starting on Friday. Thanks to the Skaggs for being the tournament directors. Good luck to all of you participating and a big thanks to all the volunteers. Speaking of volunteers. Please wear your Sun City club name tag while you are volunteering. If you were given a purple Aetna Volunteer shirt in the past, please wear it. If not, and you have a purple shirt please wear it. We want to show appreciation to Aetna for their support, sponsorship of the tournament.
Thanks to Tom Jeffers for doing a line judge clinic. Also, a big thanks to Elain Guest and Steve McClean for helping out. Thanks to all of you who took the time to participate in the clinic. We could still use some line judges for the Slam tournament. Sign up on our web page or just show up.
The usual Friday night social hosted by Terry and Murray Griffen is still on! The social night has just been moved to the Mountain View for this one time during the tournament.
Happy hitting, see you on the courts.
Dan
Slam Volunteers
| Hello Sun City Pickleball The Spring Slam is coming up starting on March 10th. Still in need of the following volunteers 8 more-line judges. 6 more parking lot attendants. 2 more door people for Sunday morning. You can sign up for these positions on our club web site. Great and fun way to get you four hours of required volunteer hours done. Happy Hitting Dan |
Tournament
Club Tournament is tomorrow, Saturday.
Play starts at 11am. Plan on showing up around 10;30.
Pizza lunch to follow. Bring your own beverages.
Good luck and have fun.
Dan
Volunteers
Richard Haywood, tournament director for this Saturdays Club Tournament is in need of a few volunteers.
If able to help out contact Richard at 847-742-6418..
Thanks,
Dan
Line Judge Training Clinic-Spring Slam 2023
Line Judge Training Clinic-Spring Slam 2023
Club members-if you have been playing pickleball for six months or more, consider fulfilling your Club volunteer requirement as a line judge for our upcoming Spring Slam, March 10-12. Our own Club member, Elaine Guest, is a certified USA Pickleball Referee. Elaine will soon put you at ease with the role of line judge and share her tournament gold medal match experiences with you during this clinic.
A major revenue source for our club is the tournaments that we host every year at the Marinette courts. For our members who have participated or observed tournament play, you know that successful tournaments depend heavily on our club volunteers. One of the most exciting and dynamic volunteer positions is serving as a line judge.
Our tournaments are USA Pickleball sanctioned events, which require line judges for all gold medal matches. A pickleball line judge, much like a tennis line judge, is part of the team that supports the referee by observing the travel of the ball and signaling to the referee if the ball has touched the ground or other object outside the court boundaries.
Line judges have the opportunity to see the gold medal match competition and the best players compete at all the skill levels. For our members looking to learn how to line judge, this class is a must for you. For our seasoned Club line judges, this is an excellent review of the rules and their application to the game.
We’ll spend about an hour discussing the role of line judge, then we’ll apply that knowledge on the courts to practice the new skills. Go to Sign Up Genius and register no later than March 4th. The class is limited to 16 participants, plus four alternates. Paddle, name tags, and court attire are required!
SignUp for the 2023 Spring Slam Line Judge Training Clinic, Here…
For clinic questions, please contact Tom Jeffers at jeffers.tj@gmail.com.
Remember to sign up as a Spring Slam line judge volunteer!
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Location: Marinette Pavilion
Time: 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Upcoming
Hello Sun City Pickleball
Some upcoming dated to remember.
The Club Tournament is coming on Saturday February 18th. The signup for this event is now on our website. Thanks to Barb and Richard Haywood for being the tournament directors for this event.
Our next Fun Day is Friday February the 10th at the Mountain View courts. The fun begins at 4pm. Bring a snack to share, beverage of your choice and your best social pickleball skills.
An event being added to our calendar is a mixed Round Robin for players with a 4,3 or higher rating. The Round Robin will be on Saturdays from 9am to 11am at the Marinette, courts 1-3. Talk to Karen McAdams for more details.
The Rodeo was a huge success! Thanks to Liz Smoot for organizing this event. Thanks to Deb Lantzy for organizing the food. Also, a big thanks to all the volunteers and those who participated.
Karen Young is still in need for some 4.0+ players to fill out the A roster for the up coming reciprocal play VS Sun City West.
As always, happy hitting and look forward to seeing you on the courts.
Dan