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Hello, Sun City, Pickleball Club.

Lynda Skaggs has made arrangements for a clinic to come to the Marinette. Follows is a description of the clinic.
Patrice Ayala, professor from Midwestern University, a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy will be coming to the Marinette pickleball courts along with several of her students to teach a class on what to-do to avoid a fall (fall risk) and then a little bit about the “best” way to fall.
Best way to fall is part of their “Senior Athlete Fitness Exam” (SAFE for short) and several little stations; taking vitals, testing walking speed, (which is highly correlated to fall risk), grip strength, shoulder and ankle flexibility, balance on even and uneven surfaces with eyes open and closed.
If you’d like to attend this FREE educational class, please use sign up on Sign up Genius.
Hopefully this class will be offered again this winter.

Our annual Fall Tournament “Pickleball Round Up” is open for registration. Our members get a $10 discount on their entry fee. Free lunch for all players. This is a wonderful tournament to get started in your tournament career, it’s open to levels 2.5 to 5.0. Go to https://www.pickleballtournaments.com/ to register. Lynda Skaggs is available if you need assistance.

The committee that was formed to oversee/help with design and construction of the courts coming to the Lakeview met recently. The committee did some brainstorming and we have passed on a list of needs and wants to the RCSC. I’d like to thank the club members who stepped up to be on the committee. Jeff Skaggs, Bill Booth, Dave Breault, Sue Bryant, Mike Lasker, Dave Parenteau, Marcia Gregory, Rachel Trojanovich and myself. We’ll keep you posted as we get information.

We have new windscreens on the Union Hills side of the courts.15 and 16 and 19 and 20. Coming in November will be the resurfacing of all the courts at the Marinette. Schedule of that project with be forth coming.

Hope everyone is enjoying their summer! Happy Hitting.
Dan H.

Class on avoiding fall risk

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Patrice Ayala, Professor from Midwestern University, a Board Certified Clinical Specialist in Geriatric Physical Therapy will be coming to the Marinette pickleball courts along with several of her students to teach a class on what to do to avoid a fall (fall risk) and then a little bit about the “best” way to fall.

Best way to fall is part of their “Senior Athlete Fitness Exam” (“SAFE” for short) and is made up of several little stations; taking vitals, testing walking speed ( which is highly correlated to fall risk), grip strength, shoulder and ankle flexibility, balance on even and uneven surfaces with eyes open and closed. These stations will be set up at our Fall Round Up Tournament, October 14,15 & 16, 2022 @ the Marinette Center.

Friday, August 12, 6:00-9:00 PM on the bleachers of courts 1-4.

If you’d like to attend this free educational class please sign up on Signup Genius…

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Yesterday at the RCSC Board meeting the motion to approve an additional 2022 budget of $50,000 to pursue an architectural detailed design & construction quote for new Pickleball Courts at Lakeview was passed!. Foregoing a 2nd reading also was passed allowing RCSC to get started right away!
 
On another note, it is with great sadness to report Club member, Holly Cirillo, has passed away. Our condolences to her husband Michael.

RCSC membership meeting

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Good Afternoon
Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.

There is a very important RCSC membership meeting coming up on Thursday, June 30th, at 9 am, at the Sundial auditorium. At this meeting there will be an agenda item to add 50k to the 2022 budget to pursue an architectural detail design and construction quote to building new pickleball courts at the Lake View Rec Center. This is the first and very important step to getting pickleball courts constructed at the Lake View!
I would encourage all club member who are residing in Sun City to attend this meeting and show your support to the passing of this agenda item. If you are a snowbird, and not currently in Sun City, I’m listing the names and email addresses of the RCSC board members. Please take the time to email any or all the board members asking them to vote yes on this agenda item.

Hope your all enjoying playing pickleball wherever that may be.
Dan H

Pickleball Round Up Presented by Aetna Medicare Solutions

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Our annual tournament, “Pickleball Round Up Presented by Aetna Medicare Solutions,” will take place October 14,15 & 16, 2022 at the Marinette Center. Registration begins on July 12th.  If you’ve never participated in a USAP Tournament, this is a great tournament to get started! You don’t need a rating to participate, you can enter the tournament as a 2.5 or whatever rating you feel your level of play is at currently. Because this is a sanctioned tournament you’ll need to join the USAP @ https://usapickleball.org/ and also create a profile on https://www.pickleballtournaments.com/  There is a $10 discount for Club Members participating in the tournament so make sure to enter Sun City Pickleball Club in your profile. Hoping to see a lot of our new members take part in this tournament!

New Stuff

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Good afternoon, Sun City Pickleball,

We hope to see the outdoor courts at the Marinette get cleaned on a more regular, scheduled basis moving forward.
The next court cleaning will be on courts 13-16 on the morning of Sunday May 29th. These courts will be unavailable until they dry off.

Check out the new things at the Marinette! The new bleachers are up looking onto courts 1-4. They look great.
Also check out the new pickleball themed clay totem pole outside of the pavilion. Thanks to the Clay Club for an outstanding job in creating this piece. If the totem pole looks a little wobbly to you, I’ve been assured it is very stable. The clay pieces might have some play and movement to them, but the pole structure is not going anywhere.

Next, look for new wind screens going up on the back side of courts 15, 16, 19, and 20 along Union Hills.

All for now. Stay cool and enjoy playing pickleball!
Dan H.

Summer Usage

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Good Afternoon,

Kind of a interesting time of year for our club members. Our full time Sun City residence are showing up early in the morning to play before it gets too hot. A snowbird like myself could not play pickleball today because Colorado got several inches of snow.

Even with many of the snowbirds back at their summer homes, the Marinette courts particularly have remained busy especially during the morning hours. There are scheduled club activities most mornings. These events do have reserved courts. But if an event has four reserved courts and 30 plus show up for the event the participants are only allowed to use those four courts and cannot displace other club members from courts. Most club events have a sign-up genius page for that event. If you look at the sign-up page and all the slots are full, do not show up at the event expecting to participate. This DOES NOT mean you can’t still play pickleball! You just need to use the paddle holders for the next available court. You can even still play with your friends by putting your four paddles together in the holder. This is not the first email I have sent addressing the paddle holder usage. Please, if unclear how to use the paddle holder system ask a board member or one of our many experienced players.

Especially as the temps are rising, please remember to put the pickleball balls in a cooler when you are finished playing. Don’t assume someone else is going to do it.

Stay cool or warm depending on you circumstances and as always happy hitting.
Dan H.

Fun Day

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The Friday morning fun day at the Marinette was a huge success.
We had approximately 130 participants. It must have been the free donuts? It did appear to be a “fun day” with lots of laughter, chit chat and some fun pickleball games thrown in.
Thanks to Deb Lantzy and her helpers for organizing the food and drinks.

Our club is growing daily. Which is now making some of our club activities very popular, with high demand and limited court time. Evelyn Larsen has such an event. The round robin she coordinates on Wednesday mornings has become very popular. The thought was once the snowbirds left and we started the summer schedule the numbers for her RR would drop. This past Wednesday that was not the case. If you wish to participate in Evelyn’s Wednesday RR moving forward, you will need to sign up via Sign-Up Genius.

The paddle holders at the Marinette are starting to be used effectively, especially on courts 13 through 20. On courts 1-4 and inside the pavilion there is still some room for improvement. When ALL the courts are being used, using the paddle holders is the fairest, most effective way for people to rotate on and off the courts. Your group of players play a single game and then come off the courts. The next set of four paddles goes onto the vacated court. Those of you wishing to play with same foursome just need to put your paddles together in the next available slot. If you have a question about how the paddle holder system works, please ask one of our board members (red and white name tags). Many of our more experienced players will also be able to help you.

Courts are getting used earlier and earlier. Maybe the heat?

Happy Hitting,
Dan H.

Marinette Fun Day

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Marinette Fun Day

Just a reminder our club is having a fun day at the Marinette this Friday, May 6th, from 7 am to 10 am.
Breakfast sweets, coffee and juice will be provided.
Come to the courts to have some fun pickleball play. Eat a couple of donuts and then go work those calories off on the courts.
Dan

End of Season

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Good Afternoon

May 1st is right around the corner. The temps are rising, The Snowbirds are heading back to their summer homes. What a great winter season Sun City pickleball has had!
We’ve had so much to be thankful for this season from October 1st 2021 until now almost May 1st 2022. Many of our Canadian friends were able to return to Sun City after a covid lock down. All of our rec centers remained open the entire winter. Our club was able to return back to most of its scheduled events. Round Robins, ladders. lessons, clinics, club tournaments and The Round Up and The Spring Slam. A huge thank you to all our wonderful volunteers who made these events possible.

We do have a fun day coming up on May 6th at the Marinette, from 7 am to 10 am. The club will provide donuts, muffins, coffee and some juice drinks. All you need to do is show up and have fun.

We have new reciprocal play leaders. Next year in our play versus Sun City West, Karen and Wil Young will be the go to coordinators for this activity. Thanks Karen and Wil.

The summer schedule which starts on May 1st can be found on our web page. There will be numerous weekly activities. Modified pickleball, social pickleball, women’s ladders and round robins, mixed round robins and ladders. A men’s Thursday ladder being coordinated by Marc Ward. Contact Marc if interested. This ladder is a continuation of the ladder Mike Luke did during the winter.

I’d also like to thank Jon Flach for his efforts in organizing an 80+ year old group of our young at heart pickleball players. At last count this group included 22 members.

All for now. Stay safe and as always happy hitting.
Dan .