Category Archives: Playing Social

Slam

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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

FUN DAY

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FUN DAY

THERE IS FUN DAY THIS EVENING AT THE MARINETTE FROM 4 TO 6 PM.
COME JOIN US FOR SOME SOCIAL PLAY. BRING YOUR PADDLE, A SNACK TO SHARE AND A BEVERAGE OF YOUR CHOICE.

DAN

Hat and Shirts

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It’s time to order your Club shirts & hats!  You can order your items through January 30th, 2023.  The group order will be placed on the 31st of January, Shirts will be delivered to your home address within 2 weeks once group order is placed.  (Here’s a tip….if there are 2 of you in a household, order all your shirts in one order. That way you’ll only pay one shipping charge.  (The shipping charge is a flat $6.95 regardless of the # of shirts you order.).  The hats will be delivered in bulk to Lynda Skaggs who will notify everyone by email when to pick up your hat at Marinette.

Below are 2 separate links, one for shirts and one for hats.  These links will also be available on our Club Website:

For shirt purchase, use this link:
https://www.customink.com/g/bbt0-00cp-kq9e
Women Sizing Guide   Men Sizing Guide
For hat purchase, use this link:
https://www.customink.com/g/bbt0-00cp-q52j

The holiday party was a big success! Good times, good friends, good food.  Thanks to the Main Street Band for the great dance music and many thanks to PK and all of her volunteers who helped plan the dinner and set up and to all those who made the table centerpieces.

Congratulations to Bud Langford for his much deserved “Volunteer of the Year” award!

Due to the continued cold weather, the Marinette court resurfacing has been pushed back to May. RCSC was informed by the contractor that some of the courts would never be warm enough this winter to resurface.

Upcoming dates:
Fun Day @ Mountain View – January 1st, 12 – 5pm
Fun Day @ Marinette – January 13th, 4-7pm
Membership meeting January 16th @ Marinette auditorium, 4pm

Thank you to our outgoing board members, Ann Clark Secretary, Patty Evans Treasurer, Kathryn Rabe Publicity.  Welcome to the new incoming officers Rachel Trojanovich Secretary, Alice Ritzman Treasurer and Mo McClean Publicity.

Remember to use the paddle holders and pick up all of the balls and return them to the ice coolers.  More & more snowbirds will be arriving after the holidays so paddle holders will be in heavy use!

Happy Holidays,
Dan

Round Up

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Hello Sun City Pickleball

Our Round Up Tournament was a huge success! Despite the torrential down pours we experienced on Saturday! For those of you who were not able to attend the tournament, we had rivers running through the Marinette pavilion. Our members and the RCSC maintenance personnel jumped into action and eventually the tournament carried on. Wish I could name each and every one of our volunteers by name to thank them! You’re awesome. Jeff and Lynda Skaggs, as always, were great tournament directors. The tournament ran like a well-oiled machine.

Our club members that played in Round Up represented us well. Medal winners included:
Gold Medal men. Kim Janecky. Jerry Raisanen, David Stephens.
Gold Medal Mix. Kathy Waller. Andy Kinder. Patty Evans. Jan Hodgson.
Gold Medal women. Kari Anderson. Penny Janecky. Kathy Waller. Nancy Considine. Terri Smiley. Paula Beaty, Karen Madison. Jan Hodgson.
Silver Medal men. Jim Diamond. Randy Romero. Tim Hatzenbeler.
Silver Medal women. Patty Evans. Alice Ritzman. Carrol Worsnup.
Bronze Metal men. Bob Thacker. Dave Breault, Tom Jeffers.
Bronze Metal Mix. Carol Hutchinson. Bob Thacker. Joy Stephens. David Stephens. Irene Leaf. Tim Hatzenbeler’
Bronze Medal women. Gay Jones
Congratulations to all!

Reciprocal play versus Sun City West on Sunday October the 23rd at the Marinette courts staring at 1 pm.

Club Membership meeting on Monday October 24th at the Marinette auditorium starting at 4 pm.

Fun Day at Mountain View courts on Thursday October the 27th from 4 pm to 7 pm. Please bring a snack to share. beverage of your choice.

The club is in full swing folks. And many of the snowbirds have yet to arrive. 1018 members as of today’

Happy hitting!
Dan

Upcoming

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Good morning Sun City Pickleball

Some upcoming events and reminders.

Tomorrow Friday October the 14th, Our Round Up Tournament begins. Runs through Sunday the !6th. All the courts at the Marinette will be in use for this tournament. If you would still like to get some pickleball play in, you will need to head to the Mountain View courts. I’d like to thank all our club volunteers who help make this tournament happen. Also, a big thanks to Lynda and Jeff Skaggs for being the tournament directors. This quite possibly will be Lynda and Jeff’s final time as tournament directors. Will be in need of someone to take their place. If you are not playing or volunteering i recommend you head down just to watch and support or club members who are participating.

Reciprocal play between Sun City and Sun City West is right around the corner!! On October 23rd at the Marinette from 1pm to 3pm is our first match of the Fall! We are in need of players in levels A, B and C for both men and women! We have spots accounted for in the event there are dropouts or no shows! It would be great for our Sun City Club to have a fantastic showing and a WIN for the month of October to kick of the fall! Go to our web page, find the Reciprocal Play icon and sign up for this event using Sign Up Genius. Deadline for signing up is October the18th! A big thanks to Karen and Will Young for being this year’s Reciprocal play coordinators.

Our first membership meeting of the winter season is coming up on Monday October the 24th, at the Marinette auditorium from 4pm to 6pm. Hope you plan to attend.

Nice to be back in Sun City. Reconnecting with old friends, meeting new ones.
Dan

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 .

Fun Day

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Good Afternoon

Just a reminder there is a fun day at the Mountain View courts this Thursday, April 7th from 4 pm to 7 pm. Bring a snack to share, your beverage of choice and a plan to have some fun on the courts with your fellow Sun City Pickleball Club members.

The committee that is looking into the options for getting courts at the Lake View met for the first time. We came up with a list of needed criteria to make the current footprint have quality courts. The current footprint, though capable of having 14 courts, the committee felt that 14 courts would not meet the standards of what we hope to have with our courts. Our goal is to have as many quality courts as possible and will continue to work toward that goal. We also plan to submit a recommendation to the RCSC that the Lake View current footprint be enlarged to accommodate not only more courts, but good standard size pickleball courts.

If you’re not only a pickleball player, but also have some dance moves, contact Richard Haywood. Richard would like to have a table of pickleball players/dancers sit together at the Rockin’ Thru The Years club dances.

The combination lock has been put on the cooler at the Mt. View courts. You can get the combination from a board member or there are numerous Mt. View players who can pass the combo onto you.

Snowbirds are heading home, temps are rising, summer must be coming.

Dan H.

Fun Day

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Good afternoon, Sun City Pickleball.

The Club is having a Fun Day this Thursday February 10th at the Mt. View courts. The fun starts at 4 pm and goes until 6pm. Bring a snack to share and a beverage of your choice. Hope to see you there.

Club tournament is February 18th at the Marinette. Play starts promptly at 10 am. Pizza lunch to follow.

Thanks to Lis Smoot and her helpers for doing two rating clinics

New bleachers have been ordered. Check is in the mail. Thanks to Jeff Skaggs for his efforts on this project.

Hopefully warmer days are in our future until we can start complaining about it being too hot.

Happy hitting,
Dan H.

New Activity

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Good afternoon, Sun City pickleball players.

The club has recently added a new pickleball activity we want to make you aware of. It’s called Social Pickleball. This activity will be available starting Monday January 31st at 2 pm at the Marinette. And also, on Saturdays at 1 pm also at the Marinette. You can sign up for these events on our website.
So, what’s Social Pickleball? It’s an offshoot of Modified pickleball.
Definition of Social Pickleball:
A non-competitive round robin format. For players looking for a fun, comfortable, social, non-competitive type of play. Players should be able to move around the court safely. Players of various skill levels are perfect for this group. Standard pickleball rules are used.
Definition of Modified Pickleball:
A round robin format for players with limited mobility and/or permanent physical disabilities. Also, for those players recovering from a debilitating surgery. Modified pickleball allows a player two service tries and two ball bounces for players.
Thank you to Kathryn Rabe who is the social pickleball coordinator and Allen Gilson the modified pickleball coordinator.

There are still slots available for the rating clinics on Saturday January 29th and Saturday February 5th. You can sign up for these on our website. We highly recommend you attend one of these clinics if you do not already have a USA PICKLEBALL rating or a current club rating. A goal of our club is that all club members will need a rating in order to sign up for clinics and lessons. Thanks to Lis Smoot for coordinating these rating sessions.

There is now a sign up for our 2022 Club Tournament on Friday February 18th. Play starts at 10 am plan on arriving before 9;45 am. This sign up is also on our website. Pizza lunch to follow tournament on Marinette patio. Bring your own beverages.

Pickleballs seem to be mysteriously disappearing from the Mt. View courts???? Please do not take balls for yourself or to put into your bags. Until a solution can be found all club members help would be appreciated. One “possible” theory is the courts are getting used not only by non-club members, but possibly non- Sun City residences. Just keep your eyes open.

All for now,
Happy Hitting,
Dan H.