Tates Creek Christian Church Lexington, Kentucky

This is a story of Ron Eversole who learned how to play Pickleball  here at Highland Lakes when he was visiting his sister & brother-in-law Jan & Joe Groft.  He now owns a Villa on Cash Court and will be playing Pickleball here at Highland Lakes as often as he possibly can. I asked Ron to write up an article on how he has started Pickleball in Lexington, Kentucky. I have added some pictures so you can all see how beatiful his new Gym is. Thanks Ron for sharing your story.

I was introduced to pickleball during a visit to Highland Lakes in


January of this year. I was hooked immediately!


We just happened to be constructing a 23,000 square foot addition to


our church building - that included a Multi-Ministry Center (gym). I


decided to introduce pickleball in Lexington. None of our guys had


ever heard of the game, but were interested in giving it a try.


Several of them were hooked just like I was. We now have three courts


and play one or two nights a week. We even have some retired men who


want to begin playing during the day.

We don't quite have the well-oiled operation that you have at Highland


Lakes, but we are making progress and look forward to enjoying the

game in the coming weeks and months.

Ron

Thursday Morning Pickleball

What a great turnout we had this morning to play Pickleball. We had three nets going and lots of players waiting their turn to play. Lots of good games and lots of fun. Thanks to Harry Yorgensen, we now have a new system to record the players handicaps. This will come in handy when it's time for our Senior Olympics in March.  Don't forget to mark your score!


I received a call from Mario Palmenteri from Water Oaks, he will be joining us to play Pickleball on Monday night. I also received a call from Louis Bracci from Arlington Ridge wanting to know if they could come and play with our group on a Monday night. He will ask his players tomorrow when they would like to come to Highland Lakes to play Pickleball.

Friday Morning Pickleball

This morning we had a good turnout for Pickleball. We have added a new member to our Pickleball group, his name is Bill Guenst. We are so glad you were able to play all morning without an incident. Hope you enjoy the game as much as we do.  Gerry and Marilyn Crowell are back playing Pickleball. Mike Dilling just got back from vacation.  Welcome Back, Mike! Marvin & Sue McGinnis are back after being away for awhile. Especially glad to see Bob Fegers back on the courts playing Pickleball. Glad to have you all back and enjoying the game of Pickleball.

NOTICE

There will be no Pickleball this coming Monday night on Novemeber 16th due to Resident Celebration. 

The Arena is being reserved on Friday, December 4th from 11:00 to 1:00, therefore there will be no Pickleball on that morning.

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Monday Night Pickleball Nov 2, 2009

Players from Water Oaks and Legacy are continuing to have fun at Highland Lakes Inter-Community Play. We had Diane Moore from Water Oaks join us for some Pickleball fun.  We enjoyed having her, she is a very good player. Legacy folks continuing to trickle in for some good games. Nice to see Karen Orman back after a long summer. Welcome Back, Karen!  It was so nice to see Bob Fegers back on the courts, helmet and all and still shows us up.  Welcome back to Ed Buonopane! This was his first time back after his heart surgery. Cindi is now back from visiting with her Mother. It was a wonderful evening of games and socializing with friends.

Friday Morning Pickleball

It must be Friday because we had a great turnout for Pickleball this morning. It's probably because we start an hour later and everybody gets to sleep in on Fridays. There were three nets going and many players waiting their turn. There were many good games being played and we were glad to see all our players having fun. It was nice to see Bob Cuenin back from Costa Rica.

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Posting some Pickleball Pictures

Here are some pictures taken on Monday night 10-12-09. I'm just getting around to posting them now. Enjoy!

Irene Leader is learning how to play Pickleball. Welcome Irene!

We are all thinking of Jane Yorgensen and wishing her a speedy recovery.
Get Well Soon, Jane!

Jan Groft had her cast removed today and doing well. She can walk!

It was nice to see Jack & Dena back for the winter months. Welcome Back, Jack & Dena!

Pickleball Group Hosted the first Saturday Morning Breakfast of the season.

Pickleball had the pleasure of hosting the first Saturday Morning Breakfast of the season. Twenty members of our Pickleball group ready and willing to help. It was a great turnout.
A huge Thank You to all the Pickleball players who took time out of their busy schedule to help with the breakfast.

There were three men to help was pots and pans after the breakfast.  Don Gullakson, Mike Dilling and Harry Yorgensen.  Below is a picture of Harry in his kitchen uniform.

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Friday Morning Pickleball

The morning started off with a bang, many great games were being played, one in particular where Sue and Marie were playing against Harry and Manny. The girls beat the guys!! It was too much for the men to handle as you can see in the picture below. Don Haro stopped by for a visit and chit chat with the players. The guy in the beach outfit (Pierre) came strolling into the Arena and thought he was actually going to play Pickleball in this gettup. Lots of fun and lots of laughs for everyone.

A Get Well message for Ann Parker and Donzetta Miller. Ann had surgery on her foot and we all wish her a speedy recovery. Donzetta was in the hospital with a staph infection and is recovering well. Your Pickleball friends are thinking of you both and wish you the best.

Pickleball PLayer has many talents.

Talent of Our PickleBall Players:
We know that Harry Yorgensen has made many things to help us out at PickleBall, but you should see his latest achievement. When you’re in the hallway of the Clubhouse, take a look at the Golf League Hole in One plaque. Harry made this as a service to the Golf Group. This professionally looking plaque would have cost the golf league a lot of money, but Harry made this one and he outdid himself with the professional quality of the job.

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Thursday Morning Pickleball

We had a small group of Pickleball players today with two nets going but we had some very good games. It's always more fun and enjoyable when we have all our Pickleball players but small group or large group the results are always the same. Fun, Fun, Fun! Come on out and have some fun.