Inter-Community play is starting at 5 different Communities.

Highland Lakes as well as all other Communities have many snowbirds going North for the summer months.  This is the reason we have incorporated Inter-Community Pickleball play with other Communities in our area.  We have 5 Communities interested in joining Highland Lakes for Inter-Community Pickleball play during the summer months.  Hawthorne, Pennbrooke, Legacy, Arlington Ridge and Water Oaks.  Highland Lakes has invited these Communities to join us to play Pickleball on our regular scheduled days.  Pickleball Players from Pennbrooke and Hawthorne will be joining us on Tuesday morning May 18th.  Monday night May 24th Arlington Ridge will be joining us for some fun games.  We are still waiting to hear when Legacy will be joining us.  I will keep you informed as soon as everything is finalized for the Inter-Community play.
Today, we had 3 nets going on a Sunday afternoon with a total of 12 to 14 people playing.  There were great games played with lots of fun and laughter.

Irene's forehand.

Irene eyeing the ball.

Irene's backhand.

Mike Guenst aiming to get that ball.

Dan Juran is wondering what happened.

Bob Cuenin, your not supposed to catch the ball.

Bill Guenst, plays a mean game.

Pat Neafsey, gets his serve across.

 

Happy Mother's Day to our Pickleball players.

Today was Mother's Day and still the Pickleball players were on the courts to play some fun games.  We had two nets going full force for several hours.  There were some intense games going on and as usual everyone was having fun.

Judy M. and Cindi

Bob C. and Janet

Susan C. & Nancy

Janet, Dan and Ken
Even though we're loosing folks to the snowbird factor it was still a good day for pickleball.  We had 4 courts going today with players sitting out.  Don G. came by to say good bye as he will be leaving tomorrow.  His right hand was swollen from a wasp sting so he was unable to play a last game with us.  We will definitely miss him this summer.

Richard waiting for the serve

Bill coming back with a tricky dink shot

Looks like Richard is going for a smash!

Even though we're loosing players that are heading north for the summer we are still getting about 3 courts worth.  We had some good games today and a fun time.
Saw Manny last night and it looks like he is making a good recovery and will be back on the court with us in a couple of months.
Joel was in fine form last night on the court after his long absence caused by health problems.  It's good to see him and Dyan back.

Court 4 "Reserved for Low Impact Play".

The "Competitive"/"Most Competitive" court assignments that we recently tried did not work so the committee has come up with another idea that went into effect tonight. We have reserved court 4 for people who want to play a non aggressive type of play.  As you can see by the pictures this court was being used by several of our players this evening.

We would like to welcome Joel & Dyan Zimmerman after a long absence due to illness.  Glad to have you back!

We also would like to welcome (Cliff & Roseleen Still), two new players who joined us tonight to learn how to play Pickleball.  Welcome to our Pickleball Group!
 

Tuesday Morning Pickleball

Manny went in the hospital on Tuesday for a hip replacement. We are all hoping that the surgery went well and that he will be back on the courts playing with us again soon.... pain free!!
We had a good pickleball session yesterday morning (Tuesday).  3 courts again.  Sorry but I was too busy to take any photos.  Lynn

Sunday Pickleball

This posting is late but we had a good group for pickleball on Sunday afternoon.  It was kind of rainy outside but some of us got together for some good games.  We had 3 courts going.  I tried to get a few shots of Marie as she is always the one taking the pictures and never gets in them.

Thursday Morning Pickleball

This morning, we had three of our newest players trying to improve their Pickleball game and Don Gullakson was right there to give them the proper instructions.  We had 20 players and four nets set up to accommodate these players.  The last net was being used for instructional play.

Friday Morning Pickleball at Highland Lakes

Thursday Morning Pickleball

This morning we had 20 Pickleball players with 3 nets going. We all played many games some good some bad.  Drew McGinnis was out on the courts showing us adults how this game is played.  He is one great little athlete.  I know his grandparents (Marvin & Sue McGinnis) must be very proud of how he has developed playing this game of Pickleball.  Sue McGinnis was on the outside of the courts training Molly (Drew's sister) how to play Pickleball.  Molly was hitting the ball and doing quite well.  Take a look at her form.
This morning, we welcomed Nancy Custard back from vacation.  Nancy has a natural talent of keeping track of the score for herself and the other players she is playing with.  Thank goodness your back, now we don't have to worry about our score when were playing with you.

The changes for Competitive and Most Competitive play took effect tonight.

At our Pickleball outing it was announced to all players that we now have a Pickleball committee which consist of Manny and Marie Cardoza, Ken and Lynn Corbett, Harry Yorgensen and Don Gullakson.  This committee was put together so that we could work together to enhance the play of Pickleball here at Highland Lakes.  Today, April 5th the changes took effect where we sectioned off the courts for Competitive and Most Competitive play.
Tonight, we had a total of 26 players join us in some Competitive and Most Competitive play.   The players were Bob F,
Cindi E, Don G, George B, Gerry c, Irene B, Irene Leader, Ken C, Lynn C, Marie C, Marilyn C, Richard E.  We had three guests tonight and we welcomed them all.  Kathy Fegers daughter of Bob Fegers, Vernon a guest of Gerry and Marilyn Crowell and Drew McGinnis grandson of Marvin and Sue McGinnis.