Monday night Pickleball on September 14, 2009

We had a full house on Monday night for Inter-Community play, four nets were being used and many players were waiting for their turn to play. We were glad to see Dean & Beverly back playing Pickleball. Ken and Lynn were showing us how they play Pickleball in Greensville, NC. Sue and Marvin were really on top of their game tonight. Jerry dropped by (as he always does) to chat with the players. We wish you well, Jerry! We also had a new member of our community join us at Pickleball. Her name is Renee, she did very well and had fun playing the game. Welcome to our Pickleball group.

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There is no Pickleball this coming Monday on the 21st due to Resident Celebration.

 

Rich & Donna Donald played Pickleball with our Highland Lakes group this morning.

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Rich and Donna Donald (USAPA Ambassadors from New Tampa, Fl) joined our group for Pickleball this morning. It was so nice to see them again. This was the first time Rich & Donna met Ken & Lynn. They have correspnded through email for quite some time but had never really met each other. It was nice to have them both meet here at Highland Lakes.

There were some good games going this morning with three courts in full swing. Pickleball is a sport we have fun playing, plus it gives us the exercise we need and it's a great place to meet all your friends.

Monday night fun with beginners and advanced players.

We had one of our regular players return from up North (Dean Melvin). Welcome Back, Dean!

Monday night was a blast! We had players from everywhere. We had 14 players from Highland Lakes, 7 players from Legacy and two guest from Greenville, SC (Ken & Lynn Corbett). Ken and Lynn learned how to play Pickleball right here at Highland Lakes when they came visiting Lynn's Mother. They have since started their own Pickleball group in Greensville NC. We look forward to seeing them when they visit and have them join us to play Pickleball with our group.




 

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Welcome Back Don & Don!

Welcome back Don Gullakson (COACH) and Don Lewis. We had lots of good games going this morning with 13 players from Highland Lakes and 4 players from Legacy. No one was ready to give up the nets at 11:30. I think they could've played for a couple more hours and still want more. What a wonderful sport this Pickleball game is for all of us.

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Monday night Inter-Community Play.

Inter-Community play is still going strong at Highland Lakes. Tonight there were a total of 18 players, 9 from Highland Lakes and 9 from Legacy. The players from Legacy were Nancy, Frank with his wife Carol and daughter Dawn, Rueben, Bob Miller, Penney, John & Mark. The players from Highland Lakes were Cindi, Susan, Marvin, Irene, Bob Miller, Manny, Janet, Marie & Dick.

In this first collage from left to right are Marvin & Dawn, Penney, Mark, Nancy, Dawn & Marvin, Manny & Carol, Irene & John.
 

In the second collage from left to right are Bob Miller (Legacy) & Dick, Cindi & Bob Miller (Highland Lakes). 

In this third collage from left to right are Irene & John, Sue & Janet, Bob Miller & Dick, Sue & Janet. 

Marion Portland

We just learnt that Marion Portland, loving wife of Al Portland, passed away. We all extend our deepest sympathy to Al for his loss. This thought comes from the entire Pickleball group both past and present. 

Reflections from our past.

Thought you might like to see some of the archives we have of people who have played Pickleball. These people helped start Pickleball at Highland Lakes and deserve their place on our blog. I am featuring just a few of these pictures but there are many more who deserve to have their picture here. 
 
 

Thursday Morning Pickleball

We are all praying for Ed Buonopane who had open heart surgery yesterday. We all wish him a quick recovery. This morning we had some good games going. There were 6 players fron Highland Lakes and 5 players from Legacy. Thanks to those Legacy players, they have been keeping our courts alive with some great pickleball this summer. 

 

Inter-Community Play at Highland Lakes 8-17-09

We had a good turnout for our Inter-Community Play at Highland Lakes tonight. There were 8 players from Legacy and 8 Players from Highland, three nets were set up for tonights play. The first collage is of Jan Groft, she is our newest beginner and is doing very well. Bob Fegers stopped by to chat and root everyone on. Eileen Mitchell has been coming in on Monday nights to practice her game. She is trying to build up her knee so she can come back to play shortly. We are all looking forward to her return. 

 

 

Highland Lakes Pickleball 8-14-09

Manny & I were a few minutes late getting to the arena this morning. When we arrived Sue & Nancy from Legacy were setting up the Pickleball courts for us. What a wonderful surprise, Thanks girls! There were three nets set up and all were being used with an overflow of players waiting to play. It was nice to see Sheila Dumas return after a long absence. As you view the pictures you'll be able to see that everyone was having a good time playing Pickleball.

















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