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Membership Meeting Agenda, September 13 – 3 pm – Marinette Auditorium — Round Up Volunteers — Other Notes

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Good afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members this last Sunday in August,

AGENDA ITEMS – Membership Meeting Monday, September 13 – 3 pm Marinette Auditorium

A. WELCOME BACK (our first Membership Meeting since January, 2020 – wow!)
Club Board Tom Jeffers – VP, Jan Booth – Treasurer, Ann Clark – Secretary, Evelyn Larsen – Membership, Lynda Skaggs – Publicity, Dan Haberman – Member at Large, Dave Breault – President
(Bill Booth – Website Master)

B. SECRETARY’S REPORT

C. TREASURER’S REPORT

OLD BUSINESS

A. Current state of ongoing projects – bleachers, gates, wind screens, paddleboard signs, lobster, etc.

B. Club contribution to Franklin’s Million Dollar Mask Drive

C. BYLAW COMMITTEE WORK
1. Bylaw Committee – Coleen Hoeschen, Donna Holick, Diana Graham, Cindy Golden, Dave B
2. Current status

D. Club Board Request to increase single expenditure amount from $200 to $500 (as stated in our Club current Bylaws).

NEW BUSINESS

A. ROUND UP TOURNAMENT PROGRESS (Tues-Wed-Thurs Oct 19, 20, 21)
Lynda/Jeff Skaggs – Tournament Directors
Donna Holick – Tournament Coordinator
PK – Tournament Volunteer Coordinator

B. Pickleball Court Pursuit
Rich Peterson

C. Fall Schedule of Events/Activities

Membership Meeting – Monday, Oct 25 – 4 pm Marinette Auditorium
Fun Day – Tuesday, Oct 26 – 4 pm Mountain View Courts
RWB Club Tournament – Monday, Nov 8 – 3 pm Marinette Courts
(Barbara/Richard Heywood Directors)
Volunteer Luncheon – Saturday, Nov. 13 – Noon Bell Center Auditorium
Club Christmas Party – Wednesday, Dec 8 – 5 pm Sun Dial Auditorium

OTHER NOTES

VOLUNTEERS needed for our ROUND UP TOURNAMENT – still a few volunteer slots available – please check the sign ups and GET INVOLVED!!! Shirts for Volunteers will be given out – sign up and put in your choice of size – the deadline for ordering shirts is near – don’t miss out – Volunteer!
Line Team Judge Sign Ups soon – (see P(at) K(lepadlo), Tom Jeffers or Steve McClean for more information)

Our CLUB BOARD is meeting with personnel from the RCSC BOARD and ADMINISTRATION on September 7 – more news coming forth after that meeting!!!!

For now,
Dave B

Volunteer Reminders — Fall Round Up Tournament — Upcoming Events

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Good afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members,

A few reminders for some important CLUB EVENTS coming up – please remember to VOLUNTEER!

Our Club ROUND UP TOURNAMENT – October 19-20-21 Tuesday (Men), Wednesday (Mixed), Thursday (Women).
The Sign Up Link can be found in the right column on our Club Website Home Page suncitypickleballclub.org Thank you, surely, for all of you who have already signed up! Bravo!! Still some Volunteer slots available – check it out – VOLUNTEER!! Shirts for Volunteers will be provided by Aetna!! Nice shirts!!
On a related note: The Sign Up Link, specifically for our Line Judge Teams, will be available soon . . . stay tuned!

Other upcoming Events/Activities:
Please consider Volunteering and Assisting in some of our future Club Events/Activities:
October 24 – Sunday – Reciprocal with Sun City West at Marinette
November 8 – Monday – Red (R) White (W) Blue (B) “in house” (friendly) Tournament at Marinette
November 13 – Saturday – Volunteer Luncheon at the Bell Center
December 8 – Wednesday – Club Christmas Party in the Sun Dial Auditorium (with the Band Street Player)
So, choose where you would like to volunteer/assist – meet some new members, expand your “social” network, have some added fun, help continue in promoting this wonderful sport, in continuing to promote our very successful Sun City Pickleball Club – such a great Club, such a great group of people!
Please contact any one of the following to get more involved – Club Board Members who wear RED name tags (Tom Jeffers, Jan Booth, Ann Clark, Evelyn Larsen, Lynda Skaggs, Dan Haberman, Dave Breault), Volunteer Coordinator P(at) K(epadlo), Reciprocal Director/Tournament Director Jeff Skaggs, Tournament Coordinator Donna Holick, R W B Directors Barbara/Richard Heywood.
Thank you all!!!!!
For now,
Dave B

PS. Reminder: September 13, Monday, 3 pm at Marinette – General Membership Meeting!

Volunteer Signups — Round Up Tournament — Other Notes

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Good morning Sun City Pickleball Club Members,
Here it is already August 10 . . . and here we go . . . yes, finally!! Time to put on your VOLUNTEER hats . . . lots happening as we get into the “busy seasons” – fall, “winter”, spring!! Well, September through April – we kind of skip “winter” here! Bravo!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!

ROUND UP TOURNAMENT October 19-20-21 Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday at Marinette – all day, each day! Our Club really needs your help in VOLUNTEERING during this 3 day event . . . GET INVOLVED!! The sign up link is located on our Club Website – upper right side – just click on the link and put your name in for the time and position you have selected – lots to choose from so sign up early – and often!! Please select as many “slots” as you can – Volunteer Shirts will be provided by the Aetna Group who is our major sponsor of this tournament – thank you Aetna!

Thank you all for VOLUNTEERING!

Lynda/Jeff Skaggs – Tournament Directors, PK – Volunteer Coordinator, Donna Holick – Tournament Coordinator, Bill Booth – Website Master!

Let’s get out there and put on another successful Round Up Tournament – a great way to continue to show everyone how super our Club is – a great representation of the success of Sun City Pickleball – of our Sun City Pickleball Club! And, as stated – Bravo – thank you for Volunteering!

A FEW NOTES:

The RCSC Board has scheduled a meeting with them, the RCSC Administration and our Club Executive Board on September 7. A very positive step in finding a solution for the real need for additional Sun City Pickleball Courts as the Mountain View plan proceed. Really looking forward to that meeting! More, for sure, as those discussions take place. Rich Peterson has put together a very interesting and plausible proposal for additional Pickleball Courts on the South Side – thank you Rich, as always, for putting your expertise to work!

Please add to your calendars (refer to our Club email of July 6 for other events/activities) – Reciprocal Team Play with Sun City West will begin here at Marinette on Sunday, October 24. Much more on those times/sign ups in the near future!

Reminders:

Our first General Membership Meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 13 at 3 pm in the Marinette Auditorium.

Please continue to look for ways to Volunteer – many events/activities will be posted in the next month or so – stay posted – Volunteer often! Thank you to all who Volunteer!

For now,
Dave B

Reminders — Round Up Tournament — Membership Meeting

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Good Saturday afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members this Monsoon season,

A quick note to remind all those Club Members waiting so “patiently” for our ROUND UP TOURNAMENT (our first “home” tournament since Jan. 2020). ROUND UP TOURNAMENT dates are set for Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday October 19, 20, 21. Sign ups begin at 10 am next Tuesday, July 27 and are staggered – complete information and instructions can be found on pickleballtournaments.com.

This is also a time to remind all Club Members to put those dates in their “Volunteer” column of “things to do”! Sign ups for those volunteer positions will be available soon – 3 days to volunteer and help your Club out. This is a major fund raiser for our Club – all proceeds are put right back into Club events/activities/court improvements/pickleballs, etc. Thank you ahead of time for volunteering and showing your Club spirit and support . . . thank you!

Reminders:

Our first general Club Membership Meeting of 2021 is scheduled for Monday, September 13, 3 pm in the Marinette Auditorium.

Please pick up the pickleballs and put them in a cooler! Thank you!

For now,
Dave B

A Look Into The Fall Calendar Of Events/Activities

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Update not in club email: Monday, December 6, GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, 4 pm – Marinette Auditorium. The annual meeting which includes election of the 2022 Club Executive Board.

Good afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members,

And we have made it to July – no doubt the heat is here – observations would be that Club Members are: playing earlier in the day, hydrating like crazy, seeking shade, and playing within personal limits. There even has been a “mister” available from time to time . . . thanks, Lynda/Jeff!
The pavilion is getting more and more use each day!

A fact – it is good to have a calendar of Club activities/events . . . we missed this for well over a year! So, here is a first glance – much more will come out as time goes on:

The first date is an added date:

September 13, Monday, 3 pm – GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING – at the Marinette Auditorium.
A full agenda will be sent out prior to that meeting – we asked for this extra meeting time since we haven’t been able to have a full membership meeting since Jan, 2020. Lots to prepare for, too, as we approach our Round Up Tournament October 19, 20, 21.

October 19, 20, 21 – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday – our FALL ROUND UP TOURNAMENT – The registration for the Round Up begin on July 27 – complete information will be available on pickleballtournaments.com.

October 25, Monday, 4 pm – GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING – Marinette Auditorium. This is the regular scheduled meeting and will take place as usual – more on that agenda in time.

October 26, Tuesday, 4 pm – FUN DAY – Mountain View Courts

November 8, Monday, 3 pm – RED WHITE BLUE CLUB TOURNAMENT – Marinette Courts

Saturday, November 13, Noon – VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON – Bell Center Auditorium

Wednesday, December 8, 5 pm – CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY – Sun Dial Auditorium (with Street Player).

Monday, January 17 (2022), 4 pm – GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING – Marinette Auditorium.

First glance at our Club Calendar – details and information in much more depth will be headed your way later!

This calendar is not totally complete, of course, as there will be more times/dates added as in reciprocals, lessons, clinics, ladders, round robins, etc. All that information will be available as we get a little closer to their starting dates.

Please remember to ALWAYS SIGN IN ELECTRONICALLY – we want to record every time any person comes in to play pickleball.

Remember – this heat wears out (and softens) the pickleballs too – so – please pick them up when you are done playing and put them in a cooler. At Marinette, the coolers should be kept in the pavilion. Thank you – as stated before – the pickleballs thank you!

For now,
Dave B

A Welcome Back — Few Notes

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Good afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members this Thursday, May 27, 2021,

WOW . . . yep, that’s the first expression that comes to my mind as I recall the number of Club Members who showed up at Marinette yesterday for our first Club event – our Wednesday morning Round Robin! It would definitely seem that our Club Members are ready to GO! Pickleball is alive and well in Sun City!!! Thank you to all who showed up and participated in this first event . . . and, thank you to all the many other Club Members for your understanding and patience as we “scrambled” to use all courts efficiently during those early hours – and, I mean ALL the courts! Great and Bravo to our Club for demonstrating once again the popularity and continued interest in this wonderful sport of pickleball . . . our Pickleball Club Member numbers are on the increase – growing, it seems, daily! We welcomed several new Members even yesterday! The Round Robin is scheduled to take place each Wednesday at 7 a.m., however, there will be a max number of participants in this event – with summer vacations, trips, etc., all should be fine. And, thank you to Evelyn Larsen and her round robin team for helping coordinate court play considering all that was going on! Another Bravo indeed!!

Related to how well our Pickleball Club is growing and our Club Members wanting to participate more and more – at the next RCSC Board meeting on Monday, June 14, 9 a.m. at Sun Dial, the latest plans for the Mountain View Rec Center renovation project will be revealed. As a “pickleball person”, you may want to put that date on your calendar . . . some important details concerning the Mountain View pickleball courts are in those plans/discussions.

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The Lobster is Back — Covid Updates — Tournament results — March Notes

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Hello Sun City Pickleball Club Members this Sunday Afternoon,

March brings in Daylight Savings Time (but not here), reminds us of those IDES of historical note and, sends us the many, many days of perfect weather for pickleball play . . . it does, too, bring about that time when many of our Club Snowbirds ponder their “leaving” calendars! For us Desert People, it has been great to visit and play again with all those who meander here for “winter” . . . so much can be said for the wonderful friendships and camaraderie experienced during these last few months . . . however, the “rivalry” for the “crown” determined by the Frogs/Birds Tournament must wait a year for the “tie breaker” . . . you know, just saying, bragging rights and all!!! Something to look forward to in 2022! Keep those paddles “well tuned”!

On to the LOBSTER: Yes, the Lobster is back . . . cleaned, repaired and adjusted! Special thanks to Tom Jeffers and Steve McClean (with guidance from Diana Graham, Alice Ritzman and Ros Condrashoff) for all their work and expertise in getting our Lobster in “prime” working condition . . . let’s keep it that way! Please! For those of us who use the Lobster or those who may be new to using it, please take a look at the video put together by Lis Smoot (with help from Nancy Sonnenburg) on how to set up the Lobster and the correct procedure for using it! This video can be found on our Club Website suncitypickleballclub.org under the heading of player development and, then, click the link – Lobster machine – how to! The Machine thanks you!! Continue reading →

Connecting in February — Tournament results — Other Info

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Good Monday Afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members:

Yes, indeed, another beautiful day for playing this wonderful sport we so enjoy! Some sun, very little wind, and temps with lows in the 50’s and high in the 70″s . . . how good can it be!!!! All outside courts at Marinette were busy this morning and several inside courts as well! Play at the Mountain View courts also remain busy. This is such a great time of year with so many members coming in for our “winter season”!

Each month that passes in this year of 2021, there seems to be more and more optimism about getting to the other side of this pandemic . . . lots of vaccines are being administered . . . and many people have already (or soon will have) their second shots!

Although there are no SCPB events/activities, there are a few tournaments succeeding during this time – here are some of the results from those tournaments:
Up in Wickenburg – AAU Junior Olympic Games:
Bob Thacker/Bob Keeseker – Silver – Mens Doubles 3.5 70+
Jean Ward/Bob Thacker – Silver – Mixed Doubles 3.5 70+
In Phoenix – Grand Slam Qualifier:
Jan Hodgson – Gold – Mixed Doubles – 4.0 70+
Jan Hodgson/Karen Madison – Gold – Womens Doubles 4.0 70+
Grant Boulay – Gold – Mens Doubles – 4.0 50+
In Tucson – Tucson Winter Games:
Grant Boulay – Gold – Mens Doubles – 4.5 60+
As results come in, I may miss some so please let me know if I do. Congrats to all!!!

The new gates on courts 13 and 14 at Marinette are being used more frequently as we get used to entering from the south patio – it may take some time to coordinate and work out all the advantages of using those gates . . . still working, too, on getting a gate to go out from the pavilion to the north courts ( 1- 4).

A reminder . . . please take care of those pickleballs (still provided by our Club for everyday use) – we still need to remember to pick them up after play and put them in the Club coolers. Thank you . . . I heard a “rumor” – “the better a pickleball is kept, the better your game will be”! Truth!!? Certainly worth a try!!!?

So, for now, stay safe, have fun on the courts, enjoy all the wonderful social aspects of this sport, and all this great weather!

Dave B

Volunteer of the Year Award — Gates for Courts 13 and 14 — Notes

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A few important announcements:  
      
        The SUN CITY PICKLEBALL CLUB VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR has been awarded to JEFF SKAGGS!   Jeff’s continued contributions toward the success of our Club goes on and on.   A glimpse of his volunteerism – he serves on our Tournament Committee, was a Tournament Director for the Spring Slam, was the coordinator of our reciprocal events with Sun City West and had served on our Club Board as the Member at Large in 2019 . . . Jeff continued his work in 2020 as the one of the lead contacts in the purchase of the bleachers at Marinette that started in 2019 when he was a Member of that Club Board.  If you need the PA system set up – ask Jeff, if you need the computer set up for a Membership meeting – ask Jeff!  Cleaning out/organizing the Club shed or interior storage closet . . . yep, there is Jeff!  And much more!  Thank you, Jeff Skaggs . . . there is so very much appreciation for all you do, and, no doubt, will continue to do!  BRAVO!

        Tomorrow, Thursday, January 7, (beginning 9 – 10 a.m. or so?) 2 gates – one for court 13 and one for court 14 at Marinette will be put in!!  New, additional entrances to those courts will then be available for direct access from the south patio!  They have asked us to vacate those courts on this morning so they can begin construction as soon as they can get started.  Great news!   Of course, in addition to providing easy access to those courts, the use of the south patio will also help us maintain better “social distancing”!  Got to keep our courts areas safe and courts open!!  More thanks to each of you for following the safety guidelines . . . 

        Notes:

        Thank you, too, for all of our Club Members for filling out your membership forms for 2021 . .  a great response!  If, by chance, you are still not up to date in filling out your yearly membership info, please refer to our last Club email for all the instructions on how to do that quickly and successfully!   

 And, more from the “pig chase” in Wickenburg –

Patty Evans, Bronze – mixed 3.5
Donna Holick/Grant Boulay, Bronze – 4.5 mixed
Patty Evans, Gold – 3.5 womens doubles
Karen Madison, Gold – 4.0 womens doubles
Jan Hodgson, Silver – 4.0 womens doubles
Donna Holick, Silver – 4.5 womens doubles

       What beautiful weather for pickleball!!!  Stay safe!!!

For now,
Dave B
 
 

2021 Memberships — Safer Play Reminders/Suggestions during Covid — Notes

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Good afternoon Sun City Pickleball Club Members,

Yes, here it is . . . another beautiful Sunday in AZ! And here comes 2021! Good bye 2020!! While we are still under the restrictions of Phase 2, we are still playing pickleball on the courts and enjoying all the benefits of exercise, camaraderie, and the freshness of the “winter” air of the great southwest! (A little pollution aside!)

2021 Memberships:

Please read this next reminder if you haven’t sent in your 2021 membership application . . . VERY IMPORTANT!

Membership in the Sun City Pickleball Club is waived if you were a member in good standing during 2020. You DO NEED to complete a membership form. It can be done online at https://suncitypickleballclub.org/membership-form or a paper application can be filled out and put in the box on court 6 at the Marinette Center. Paper application forms can be found in the center kiosk area at Marinette. You can also give your completed application to any Board Member (Board Members wear RED name tags . . . . if you haven’t met them yet, just ask “around”, they can be found!) The forms can be mailed directly to our Treasurer, Jan Booth.
A reminder that if this is not done by January 15th, your name will be taken off the roster and you will no longer get any emails from the Club . . . you know, like this one . . . also, once we start Club activities again, you cannot join in those activities until you have renewed your membership. Please check whether you are “up to date” by checking the Club roster at https:suncitypickleballclub.org/roster/club. The Club password can be found by clicking on “request password” under the roster tab.
Basically, even though we are in this Covid situation, we must still register each Club Member with the RCSC as we do each year. The total number of Club Members is an important factor as we show the great interest in Sun City for this fantastic sport and the continued need for court usage, activities, improvements, etc! Take a few minutes and get your application completed . . . THANK YOU!

Safer Play Reminders/Suggestions during Covid:

We are all aware of the current situation with Covid 19 . . . as we know, the numbers of those affected are spiking in the West Valley. We need to continue following the safety guidelines set forth by our RCSC. Courts are still open and every day the courts are busy . . . “makes my day to play”!
Here is a note that was forwarded to me from one of our Club Members that, I think, says it well:

Pickleball Covid
Update . . .
As we all see the numbers rise we need to increase our awareness of social distancing. . . . our set up is sometimes tight. Please take your time and wait for space. Please wear your mask when coming off the courts and sanitize or wash your hands.

Seems direct and clearly, simply stated . . . thank you for keeping our court areas safer for play as you keep all this in mind!

Notes:

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