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Desert Frogs vs Snowbirds Tournament and Dinner

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Desert Frogs vs Snow Birds—Saturday, March 12th, 2:30-5:00 pm, Dinner will follow at the Bell 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. Snowbirds are to bring side dishes.
  • 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 5th.

Contact Dan Haberman.

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.

Call for First Aid Staff

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The Tournament Committee for the Sun City Spring Slam has been made aware of the fact that the Fire Department is suffering staffing shortages because of Covid, and they might not be able to staff our First Aid tent as they have done in the past.

If anyone qualifies: doctors, nurses, EMTs, physical therapists, or athletic trainers who could possibly fill these spots, please go to the Volunteer for Spring Slam section underneath Sign Up Links on our Sun City Pickleball Club website! Or, let Diana Graham, Donna Holick, or Alice Ritzman know how to contact you. Thank you. Sign up here…

New

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Hello Sun City Pickleball

Was kind of a cool, windy day here if Sun City today. For those who played I’m sure the wind made play interesting.

We have SO much enthusiasm from our players to improve and get better at their game! We were offering novice and intermediate lessons on Mondays, but these lessons alternated Mondays. That meant novice was offered twice a month and intermediate was offered twice a month. These lessons had 16 sign up participants each week, a waiting list and numerous complaints from club members who could not get into these lessons. Here’s what’s new. The novice class will now meet every Monday at 1 pm at the Marinette. We will now be offering intermediate lessons every Friday at 2 pm at the Marinette.
Novice lessons are for those early-stage beginners who would be considered having a below 2.0 rating.
Intermediate lessons are for those players who are 2.5 to 3.0 rated. You can sign up for these lessons on our website.

The rating clinics on 1/29 and 2/5 have all slots filled now. Yea!

Club tournament on 2/18 is filling up quickly’

The Sun City Pickleball board has made the decision to turn the Lobster Machine at the Marinette into a “training tool” Wiil only be available to our instructors. I understand this might not be a popular decision with everyone, but it was the best solution we could arrive at. With the Lobster being made available to any RCSC card holder it was constantly in need of repair which limited it’s use and was costing the club time and money to repair.

Hopefully wind will die down soon,
Have fun on the courts,
Dan H.

General

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Good Morning

Thanks to all members who attended our Club Membership meeting on Monday afternoon.

Attention Singles Players. Yes, you high energy, extremely fit, mobile, half-crazy old people who enjoy the singles game of pickleball. We now have a place for you to sign up to play singles on our website. Look under Signup Links for information and to sign up.

LIs Smoot is going to put on two rating clinics in the near future. More info on days, times and signups to come. If you have no current USAPICKLEBALL rating or club rating I encourage you to go to one of these clinics.

Club Tournament coming up on Friday February 18th. Start time for this event is 10 am. Pizza lunch on the Marinette patio to follow. Look for sign up info coming soon. Thanks to Richard & Barb Haywood for being tournament directors.

Line judge clinic with Tom Jeffers on March 1st.

If you’re interested in knowing about all the clubs Sun City has to offer, consider going to Discover Sun City Day on Wednesday January 19th. There are two sessions, one from 9-11 am and the other at 6-8 pm. The event takes place at the Sun Dial. The Sun City Pickleball Club will have a booth there.

All for now. Have fun on the courts,
Dan H.

Full Swing

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Good Afternoon

As we leave the Holiday behind and move into the new year our club is really starting to get busy. Many of the snowbirds have returned in the past week including many of our Canadian friends who missed last year because of covid. So nice to see all the friendly faces on the courts

Just a reminder that your club renewal form and $15 payment need to be submitted by January 15th. You can easily do this on our club website or by filling out a paper form and depositing it the black mailbox inside the Marinette pavilion. We should be seeing red 22 stickers on all name badges by the 16th or shortly after.

Now, speaking of submitting your renewal form. By signing, submitting and paying your club dues you are basically signing a contract. You are agreeing to follow the bylaws, rules and procedures of the Sun City Pickleball Club. You can find these documents on our club website. just a few reminders of what you have AGREED to when you signed that form.
1. During all club activities including drop-in play Monday-Friday 7am to 11am you are REQUIRED to wear your name tag. Please don’t take offense or get defensive if a board member or another club member asks where your name tag if not wearing during club time/activities. It’s required.
2. You have agreed to volunteer a minimum of 4 hours to the club. There is currently a volunteer sign up for the Spring Slam on our website
3.You have agreed to “demonstrate good sportsmanship and respect for others”. This includes making sure all players get equal access to the use of the courts.
4. You’ll have fun. I’ve kind of added that one on my own.

Some upcoming dates/activities.
January 14th Fun Day at Marinette from 4 to 7pm. Bring a snack to share.
January 16th reciprocal vs Sun City West at Sun City West. 4.0+ men’s and women players needed for this event. Please contact Jeff Skaggs if interested.
January 17th club membership meeting at Marinette auditorium 4pm.
February 4th. The Rodeo/skills event has been cancelled due to covid concerns.
February 18th Club Tournament. Look for sign up on website soon

Please consider attending the first RCSC board meeting of the new year on Monday, January 10th at 9am This meeting is at the Sun Dial Auditorium. If you wish to speak at this meeting be sure to show up early to get your name on the signup sheet. Sheet is taken away promptly at 8:59.

Happy Hitting
Dan H.

Volunteer for Spring Slam Tournament

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ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS
The Spring Slam is March 4th, 5th and 6th. As pickleball club members, it is our opportunity to support the club by volunteering. PLEASE sign up! You can sign up to volunteer by going to our club web site. The sign up is found under sign up links. If you have questions and are hesitant to sign up because you are not sure of the duties, please ask! If signing up to be a line judge, attending the line judging clinic is required. Please look for future notice about when clinic will be offered. Thanks everyone in advance.
See you on the courts.
Deb Lantzy

Please Volunteer here…
Dan Haberman

 

Slam

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Good afternoon,
One more reminder. Registration for the Spring Slam tournament opened up today. This tournament takes place on March 4th, 5th and 6th at the Marinette.
Sun City Pickleball Club members receive a $10 discount on the registration fee to this tournament.
Sign up today.
Dan

December Review — 2022 Calendar Notes

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Hello Sun City Pickleball Club Members!

What a busy December this has been!! And our next year will be in “full swing”! Great to see the courts filling up each day and so many returning players . . . hmmm . . . could be a very interesting Snowbird/Desert Frog Tournament in March!!! Is that listed on the Caeser’s website!?

NEW 2022 CLUB BOARD

Congratulations to our new Club Board – elected at our annual meeting December 6! Thank you for “stepping up” and keeping this Club one of the best in Sun City!

2022 Board Members:

President – Dan Haberman
Vice President – Lynda Skaggs
Secretary – Ann Clark
Treasurer – Patty Evans
Membership – Gay Jones
Media/Technology – Kathryn Rabe
Member At Large – Dave Parenteau

OTHER ANNUAL MEETING DECISIONS

The new By Laws are now “in play”! There will be 2 more sets of bleachers purchased asap. Club donations will be sent to The Sunshine Service, the Sun City Foundation and the Sun City Fire Foundation. Gift cards will be presented to the many RCSC workers who help facilitate various facets of pickleball at Marinette and Mountain View!

CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY

The first year of holding our Club Christmas Party at the Sun Dial Auditorium was a super success – all went so well!! A special thank you to PK, Paula Beaty and Deb Still for coordinating this event and another thank you to the many volunteers who helped set up and take down! Over 220 Club Members attended this year! Next year – same venue, same caterer, same band . . . more Club Members!!?

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

This annual award was presented to one of our Club “power couples” –
MO and STEVE MCCLEAN!
Their efforts were evident throughout the year with their involvement in the success of the Round Up Tournament, the very many various Club events as important contributors and, of course, as a major part of the Lobster “survival” team!
BRAVO – MO and STEVE – THANK YOU!!

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

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Thanksgiving Schedule – Club Christmas Party – Notes/Reminders

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Hello Sun City Pickleball Club Members,

Welcome to everyone here or returning to this “winter” season in Arizona!! Bravo weather . . . ahhhh . . . so nice!!

COURT SCHEDULES:

The Holidays always bring some schedule changes for all us “pickleball addicts”! One change in court availability happens over the next few days – Mountain View Courts closed tomorrow (Wed) for monthly cleaning but OPEN on Thanksgiving Day from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The Marinette Courts are open tomorrow (Wed) but CLOSED on Thanksgiving Day. All courts open on Friday as usual!

CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY:

Wednesday, December 8 – 5 p.m. – Sun Dial Auditorium – Catered Dinner (Turkey, Ham, Salad, Side Choices, Dessert) – Dancing to the tunes of the Band Street Player – Tickets ($10 Members and $20 Guests). Last day to purchase your ticket is Wednesday, December 1. See any Club Board Member for more information. You may bring a “special” beverage of your choice – of course!

NOTES:

Our CLUB VOLUNTEER LUNCHEON was a super success – some very fine food and much “entertainment” in the “raffle” choices . . . THANK YOU to P(at) K(lepadlo), Lynda/Jeff Skaggs!!!
THANK YOU to all VOLUNTEERS!!

VOTE for your 2022 RCSC Board of Directors by Tuesday, December 14. As stated before, Karen McAdam, one of our outstanding Pickleball Club Members and one of our outstanding Sun City Community Members, is running for one of those 2022 RCSC Board Seats – VOTE!!!

REMINDERS:

CLUB ANNUAL MEETING – Monday, December 6 – 4 p.m. – Marinette Auditorium

RCSC ANNUAL MEETING (QUORUM if POSSIBLE) . . . Monday, December 13 – 9 a.m. – Sun Dial Auditorium

SC/SCW RECIPROCAL – Sunday, December 19 – 1 p.m. – Marinette Courts
(sign up to play at suncitypickleballclub.org)

MEMBERSHIP DUES – Pay on line for 2022 – $15 – suncitypickleballclub.org

RESULTS:

SSIPA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – El Mirage

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