Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America! Wonderful
things are happening everywhere. Pickleball is helping to save many
tennis courts. All over the world there are old unused and rundown
tennis courts that would cost too much to refurbish. So, many parks,
communities, recreation centers, hotels and schools are converting
their old unused tennis courts into pickleball courts. This can be
done easily and with little expense.
Players are ordering portable nets and using painter's tape to
create the lines. Pickleball allows more members of the community
(young and old) to get outside and play again.
People of all ages and skills can enjoy this game
immediately. It's a wonderful way to utilize old
courts that are too damaged or abandoned. Look
at us here at Four Seasons. We got a beautiful
new tennis facility leaving the two old courts
down by The Lodge. The pickleball group rallied for them and K.
Hovnanian Homes came in and refurbished the two old tennis courts
and created eight new beautiful pickleball courts that are now being
used and enjoyed by over 100 Four Seasons' residents. So, thank you
to tennis for your old courts. We worked together to make the courts
great again.
On a sadder note the pickleball group wishes to send our love
and sympathy to the friends and family of a great tennis icon and
member of our community. We lost Irve Sturner but he will live on
in all of us. Thanks for your old courts, Irve. So glad you got to see
your dream come true on the new ones.
Good to see many new interested people at the activity fair. We
will be setting up beginning skill-building lessons soon. If you have
questions, please contact Nancy Barnaby (951) 845 0842 or email
rbarnaby38@verizon.net.
Remember to keep moving-stretching-walking-running, and of
course, pickling. ~Marty Key
Pickleball
The above pictured participated in the Catalina Pickleball Tournament
in Desert Hot Springs. No one won a medal-but all had a great time
and many of our group drove out to cheer them on. Women players (L-
R) Sally White, Janelle von Kleist, LynnRae Dupree and Donna Lewis.
Men (L-R) Jeromee Liebenberg, Bruce Lewis and (not pictured) Perry
White and Jerry Stone
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