Information for all our Pickleball players,
About a month ago we had a special request of 4 people from 3 different communities asking if they could practice on one of our indoor courts on Sunday afternoons for three weeks.
The reason being is that they were practicing for the Tour State Senior Games which will be held at Ft. Myers on December 4-5. This tournament is being held indoors and neither one of them was accustomed to playing Pickleball indoors. They all have outdoor courts in their communities. They are Jim Spurlock of Plantation, Jack Trafalski & Brenda Littlefield of Citrus Hill and Sheryl Greiner of the Villages. In return for our hospitality Brenda Littlefield is providing us with a free Pickleball clinic for our Pickleball players at Highland Lakes.
This clinic will be held Sunday afternoon on January 30, 2011 at 2:00 PM. Write it on your calendar and come down to the arena and have some fun.
I will be sending out a reminder as the time gets closer.
Thank You
M&M
Today we had the pleasure of watching four Pickleball players play some outstanding Pickleball games. These players were using our indoor courts to practice for the Tour State Senior Games which will be held at Ft. Myers, FL on December 4-5. These players were Jim Spurlock from Plantation, Jack Trafalski from Citris Hills, Brenda Littlefield from Citris Hill and Sheryl Greiner from the Villages.
There was a good turnout for the Saturday breakfast that was sponsored by the Highland Lakes pickleball group. There was also a good turnout in pickleball players to work the breakfast. The pickleball players that were present to help out were Bill, Cathy, Mike, Beverly, Dean, John, Bebina, Nancy, Dorothy, Irene, Maureen, Renee, Janet, Susan, Marvin, Ken and Lynn. And Manny was scrambling the eggs. They were the best! John and Dean were the pot washers and they did an excellent job with no complaints. Please let me know if I left anyone out.
I took a few photos and they are below.
This was our last Monday night for intercommunity pickleball playing. There happened to be a bad thunderstorm that caused some of the Hawthorne players to come over and also the crew from Water Oak came down. We had some really competitive games going on. We only had 3 courts for pickleball as the photographers were back to take photos of the HL residents for the new book coming out next year. That took up our 4th court but it didn't stop the enthusiasm though. No one seemed to mind sitting out on the bench a little longer between games. Actually we all had a nice social time too that way. The intercommunity playing will end after the Thursday morning session. We sure have enjoyed it and the players from the other communities have really helped us out. The other communities that have participated are Legacy, Hawthorne, Water Oak, Pembroke, and Arlington Ridge. We look forward to next summer when we can all get together again. Lynn
We were very glad to have Rich and Donna Donald join us here at Highland Lakes for some fun Pickleball games. They are currently staying at the Villages until the end of September. Rich and Donna are Ambassadors to the USAPA. Water Oaks and Legacy joined us as part of our Inter-Community play. Four courts were going at full speed tonight. Thanks to all who participated in our Inter-Community play. It's always a pleasure to have you join us in some fun games. Marvin & Susan McGinnis grandson Drew is here and ready to play Pickleball. He was on the courts tonight and mingled in with all the other Pickleball players. We are glad to have you back Drew and hope your able to come and play some Pickleball games with us. Pictures are posted on the blog of Drew McGinnis. He just turned 10 years old and has been playing Pickleball for 2 1/2 years. He plays about twice a year when he comes to visit his grandparents here at Highland Lakes.
We had four courts going on this hot Sunday afternoon. Three players from Legacy and 2 players from Hawthorne were welcomed as we played many challenging games. The pictures below are from our Sunday afternoon Pickleball session. Click on the pictures to get a much larger view.
Pickleball will be hosting the Saturday Breakfast on October 9, 2010.
As you know the money we receive from this breakfast is used to have a Pizza party towards the end of the year.
In the past, we have had a great response from our Pickleball players to help serve at the Saturday Breakfast.
This year I am asking again for our Pickleball players who are here to help with this Saturday morning breakfast. Buy your tickets early and encourage your friends to come to the breakfast so that we have a good turnout. All those who can help should report to the Arena between 7:00-7:15 am on October 9th. Please wear your Pickleball shirt and show all residents who come what a great Pickleball group we have.
We will send out another reminder as the date gets closer.
Thank You,
M&M
This morning we had a total of 12 players. Two courts were going constantly and sometimes three were in action. Our newest Pickleball player is Kathy Carter. Welcome Kathy to our Pickleball group. I think Bob Cuenin used some Miracle Grow on his head because this morning he actually had hair! What a surprise that was.
It was a great night for Pickleball. We had 4 players from Water Oaks, 2 players from Legacy and 12 players from Highland Lakes. We also had Anita Pasiak's daughter (Lynn) join us in some Pickleball games. As you can see our Inter-Community Play is still going strong but unfortunately will end on September 30, 2010. It has been a great summer for Inter-Community play and we hate to see it end but our Snow Birds are starting to trickle in and by the end of September we will have quite a few back. We have met some wonderful people from 5 different Communities and it's because of them that our Pickleball games throughout the summer have been so much fun and very challenging.
To all Highland Lakes, Hawthorne, Legacy, Pennbrooke, Water Oak & Arlinton Ridge Pickleball players.
There will be no Pickleball at Highland Lakes on Monday night 8/23/10 and on Tuesday morning 8/24/10 due to the Primary Elections.
