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Paddle play and Clinics, SW Regional Winners

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The following from Lis Smoot regarding Paddle Play and Clinics:

Paddle Play will begin again on Monday, January 14, from 10-11:30. You don’t need to sign up for this, just attend. Monday is for Beginners and 2.0 players, Tuesday is for 2.5 Players, Wednesday is for 3.0 Players, and Thursday is for 3.5 – 4.5 Players. Mentors are badly needed to help with each day. Please volunteer to help for a day that is below your Rating. If you are able to volunteer, PLEASE email Lis Smoot.
Skill Clinics are beginning again with Lesson 1, Serve and Return, on Tuesday, 1/8 at 3pm and Thursday, 1/10 at 6 pm. Sign ups online are required.

Lis has also agreed to run our Rodeo Skills/Drills coming up Feb 8. This is a week after the SSIPA Tournament concludes, and we will need 12 to 15 volunteers to make this event run smoothly. Please consider stepping up to help make this fun filled event a success. Sign up and more details coming soon on our Website.

Our Club was well represented this week at the SouthWest Regional games in Surprise. This was the largest regional tournament in the USA this year, with 850 participants. The following from SCPC won medals: Lynda Skaggs/Cindy Golden-Gold-3.0/60-64; Ann Clark/Michelle Orton-Gold-3.0/70-74;Terri Smilie/Margie Cole-Silver-3.0/70-74; Lis Smoot/Nancy Sonnenburg-Bronze-4.5/65-69; Larry Streuby/Kim Trew-Silver – 3.5/65-69; Dave Sinclair/Ed Millett-Silver-4.0/70-74;Lis Smoot/Singles-Gold-4.5/65-69; Lis Smoot/Singles -Bronze-4.5 Overall 64-69 &70-74; Malcom Derr/Partner-Bronze-5.0/70-74; Michele Orton/Doug White-Gold -3.0/70-74; Terri Smilie/Al Bisogne-Silver-3.0/70-74; Ann Clark/Coolhand Luke-Bronze-3.0/70-74; Michelle/Doug-Silver-Overall 3.0/70-74, 75-79 & 80+ and Terry/Al-Bronze-Overall 3.0/70-74, 75-79 &80+. If you know someone who medaled and is not listed please let us know via Club email. [Update: Penny Janecky & Sue Bryant won bronze in 55-59 3.0 division.] [Update: 1/16/19 Bob Keesecker and Glenn Jones won bronze medals in the 3.0, 50-59 age bracket.]

Next weeks local tournament is at Happy Trails Resort and a few of us are headed to Bullhead City for their Senior Games.

Correction, Renewals, Frogs, Meeting, Shirts

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Due to a scheduling conflict for the Marinette Auditorium, the Club Tournament has been rescheduled to Friday, February 22.

The grace period for renewing memberships expires January 31. Since payment was actually due by the end of 2018, we expect your 2019 dues to be paid before participating in any Club event after December 31, 2018. For your renewal to be complete, the Treasurer must have BOTH your dues AND your completed membership form. Both can be completed on the website. There seems to be some reluctance to complete the membership form each year. It takes 3 minutes or less to complete the form, and completing it will catch things that may have changed over the past year about which you may have forgotten.

The Frogs/Birds Tournament is filling up nicely. As this is, as are most of our tournaments, primarily a social event, playing partners will be assigned by the tournament committee. There will be future tournaments where registrations will be submitted as teams, and registration instructions will specify that requirement.

Another reminder – there will be more – that our next Membership meeting will be January 21 @ 4 @ Marinette. Please try to attend.

Tshirt orders must be in NLT January 20. You may order on the Club Website..

ESPNEWS to Air One-Hour Special This Sunday, November 25

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Pickleball fans everywhere will have front row access this Sunday to the 2018 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships. A one-hour special, hosted by tennis legends Luke and Murphy Jensen, the must-see dynamic 1993 French Open Doubles Champions, will air at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST this Sunday, November 25 on ESPNEWS. The program will re-air on the same network at 1 p.m. EST / 10 a.m. PST on Saturday, December 22.  16 hours of on-demand replays of the tournament are also available on ESPN3.  Click here for details.

New Lobster Pickleball Machine and more stuff

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Members,

Exciting news about Pickleball Machine, Video, Partners Tournament, Reciprocal Play, Scheduling Committee, Holiday Party, Member Meeting, etc.

Partners Tournament: this Tuesday, Nov. 20th at 9am start, Marinette.  If you haven’t signed up, come watch the fun anyway.  Those that haven’t paid, please bring your $5 per person in an envelope with your name on the outside to give to Phil Arinno or a board member.  Also, note that Marinette’s west parking lot will be under repair on Monday, Nov. 19th and Nov. 20th.  This will limit our parking, particularly for the tournament.  Please consider using the residential parking area in back of the Clay Corner or north of the Marinette facility.

New Lobster Pickleball Machine: Edit 12/3/18: The Lobster Pickleball Machine acquisition/use procedure is under review.

Paddle Play: There will be no Paddle Play this Tuesday or Thursday, November 20 and 22. Tuesday is the Partners Club Championship and Thursday is Thanksgiving. Beginners and 2.5’s may come on Monday, November 19.
Beginning the week of November 26, there will be no Paddle Play on Fridays. 3.5-4.5 players are welcome to come on Thursdays.

Reciprocal Play: There is the Westbrook (social) reciprocal event next Sunday, 11-25 @ 1:00 at Westbrook.  We still need two more men to sign up.  Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4fadaa28a3fd0-westbrook

Mens League: Hey gents, the women have multiple leagues going on, what about us?  Jeff Skaggs is willing to set this league up, but we need to gauge interest.  In other words, we need a few more guys to say they would participate when it is set up.  Here is the link to indicate your interest.  https://suncitypickleballclub.org/2018/11/03/mens-league-2-5-3-5/

Scheduling Committee: Met this week and finalized winter schedule that runs until April. Please check the website (will be updated soon) for updated calendar and court schedule (shows which courts to be used for what purpose).
Highlights: Tuesday and Wednesday round robin begins at 8 am at Marinette; Thursday round robins for both Marinette and Mt. View begin at 9 am.  Tuesday ladder returns to 2 pm.
New schedules will be printed and added to bulletin boards later this week.

Holiday Party: Dec. 1st at 5 pm in the Social Halls of Bell Recreation Center. This is going be the best party yet.  Live rock and roll/country music by Street Player, a local band that performs in many venues in AZ.  Raffle items will be provided.  The Italian dinner provided by Sardella’s (let Frank Spina know if you want gluten free) is expected to be a savory, filling dinner with dessert.  Tea and Lemonade will be provided.  You are welcome to bring your own preferred beverage.  Tickets remain available for the rest of this week only.  Please contact Frank Spina, Pat Klepadlo, Kevin Pates or Clarisse Oaks asap for tickets.  Members get a screaming deal at only $10 and guests are still getting a deal at only $20.  Let’s bring in the winter season with dancing, socializing and good food.

Member Meeting: Please join us for an end of year review.  December 18th, Tuesday, 1pm at Marinette Auditorium.

Lots going on…  Welcome back snowbirds.  Be safe and enjoy our wonderful facilities and events.

2018 Board of Directors

Another win for Sun City Pickleball Club members!

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Medal Winners at the Margaritaville USA Pickleball Nationals, Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells CA

Doug White and Michelle Orton won the Bronze Medal in the 3.0 – 70+ level.
Jane Powell won a Silver Medal in 3.5 65+ women’s doubles.
Congratulations to the medal winners!!

2018 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships Broadcast

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Live Streaming Schedule on ESPN3
Thursday – 11/8/2018 – 4:00 PM-8:00 PM (ET) – Watch Replay
Friday – 11/9/2018 – 4:00 PM-8:00 PM (ET) – Watch Replay
Saturday – 11/10/2018 – 4:00 PM-8:00 PM (ET) – Watch Replay
Sunday – 11/11/2018 – 4:00 PM-8:00 PM (ET) – Watch Replay

https://usapickleballnationalchampionships.com/live-stream/

The details for how to get the ESPN WATCH app is in the above link along with FAQs for those who need assistance.

ESPN3 will begin livestream coverage of the Event beginning today, November 8 through Sunday, November 11. The free livestream will be 4PM-8PM EST (1PM-5PM PST) each of these days.  Tennis legends Luke and Murphy Jensen will host.

While the ESPN3 streaming service is free, you will need to log into your service provider account (DirectTV, Comcast, DISH, Cox, etc… whatever you use for your TV service).  Please give yourself time today to get the ESPN WATCH app (if you don’t already have it) and establish your login.

In addition, a one-hour national televised special presentation of the 2018 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships will air on ESPNEWS on Sunday, November 25 at 3PM EST (Noon PST).

Partners Tournament and Stuff

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Hi Club Members,

Partners Tournament, Nov. 20th morning: Where are you 2.0-2.5 players?  Are you playing round robins?  How about trying a club internal tournament?  We need men and women 2.0-2.5 players to enter to fill this division.  Also, tournament director, Phil Arinno, has opened up the 3.0-3.5 to 12 teams each for men and 12 teams for women.  So, more room to sign up now.  Also, will add a 4.0-4.5 mixed division now.  Join in the fun  Gather your partner and sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4fadaa28a3fd0-1stannual

Paddle Play is off and running this week at 10am on courts 1-4 at Marinette.  Lis Smoot is providing skill/drill practice with each other in our approx. rating area for the first half hour and then mixing the players up to test the drills during short games to 7 points.  It is “fun learning”.  Just show up at your rating day.
Needed: Instructors and mentors.  Paddle Play mentors are at least a 0.5 higher rating than the day they help coach players.  So, if you are a 3.5, then you can help on Monday (2.0) and Tuesday (2.5) and Wednesday (3.0) Paddle Play sessions. Also, Lis needs instructors to help with the Tuesday (3pm) and Thursday (6pm) clinics basic/advanced basic.  Remember, we all were getting help at one time from someone that was kind enough to give their time to train us.
To be an instructor, please contact Lis Smoot.

Westbrook Social Play:  This again is the 2.0-2.5 level of social play with our neighbors at Westbrook Village.  This is about good neighborly reciprocal social play.  We will mix up players between clubs to we can meet other players. First session is Nov. 25th at Westbrook.  Still some slots open.  Sign up at this link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4fadaa28a3fd0-westbrook

Sun City West Reciprocal Play:  Nov. 18th, Sunday at Sun City West.  Some slots still open.  Sign up link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090b4fadaa28a3fd0-reciprocal

Holiday Party: December 1st.  This is the first time we will have a live band, “Street Player”, who has been playing all over Arizona for years.  They play rock, country from 60′, 70’s and 80’s music.  Includes a saxaphone.  This is a chance  to put those quick moving Pickleball legs to rhythm or just enjoy music, good local italian food and socializing with other than skorts and shorts.
Note: In order to allow the caterer to prepare the food, we have to end the ticket sales on Nov. 20th.  For tickets, please contact one of our party committee members, Frank Spina, Dave Breault, Pat Klepadlo and Clarisse Oaks.  Or you can put your check (not cash) in an envelope with names of attendees, an email address and phone number for contact on the outside of envelope in the dues box behind the bulletin board at Marinette.

Scheduling Committee:  As our calendar and court schedule activity continue to increase, we realize that it is necessary to get more input regarding member interests for court usage.  For this reason and others, we are forming a Scheduling Committee.  This is likely to be a long term committee as the schedule of courts usage and events put on by the club changes throughout the year.  Therefore, we need to add a few people to a scheduling committee.  Please contact Steve Oaks or Clarisse Oaks if you are willing to join this committee.

Have fun out there.
2018 Board of Directors