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62 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | JULY 2025 As a welcome to summer, the Four Seasons Pickleball Club, organized by Tournament Director David Martin, held its first-ever White Out Tournament on May 10. Nearly everyone who participated wore all-white attire, which turned out to be ever so appropriate for an unseasonably hot day. Each white-clad pickleballer got one raff le ticket for a special drawing, with Carol Ward winning and taking home a Bistro gift card and FSPB logo mug. The tournament featured two divisions for women's doubles and two for men's doubles. With the help of scorekeepers/court monitors Colleen VanNordheim, Kelly Boggs, Gino Domico, and Jeromee Liebenberg, all divisions started playing at the same time, using all eight courts. By the end of the tournament, water bottles and jugs had been emptied, and the winners were found to be: Women's Division One: Gold- Shelley Allard/Julie McGrath, Silver- LynnRae Dupree/Kelly Vucinic, Bronze- Tracey Mahan/ Yana Whittinghill Women's Division Two: Gold- Lori Crosse/Bev Haller, Silver- Nancy Ginnetti/Carol Ward, Bronze- Laura Burton/Gayle Wardenski Men's Division One: Gold- Tony Greicius/John Schaefer, Silver- Jimmy Conner/Robert Mahan, Bronze- Lou Luna/Syed Ali Men's Division Two: Gold- Richard Carrasco/David Thomason, Silver- Flip Baldwin/Barry Ginnetti, Bronze- Tracy Maxwell/Perry White What looks to be a simple list of winners cannot show how hard-fought and close many of these games were. Our relatively new bleachers are shaded in the morning, so watching the games from there was quite comfortable and convenient. At the end of play, sandwiches made by the Bistro folks and snacks for all to enjoy were provided by the club. Many thanks to Bob Mendenhall for the pre- game birthday donuts and Maggie Domico for her special post-game refreshments. The 50/50 raff le winners were Tom DePaola and Bev Haller. All in all, we had a hot day, good games, and fun times. Four Seasons Pickleball Club play is daily from 7 to 11 am. This is club time for players to paddle up and enjoy games with one another and any of their guests. As our club is growing, many mornings, all eight courts are totally full, and there are players queued and waiting. Any newcomers are cordially invited to paddle up and join in the game play. Those who want to drill or practice amongst themselves may need to do so anytime outside of the morning club playing time, unless there are open courts available and no one is waiting to play a game. Please come out and join us. Pickleball is easy to learn and fun to play; we're playing every Saturday at 8:30 am. Nancy Hessin provides lessons for those who want to begin playing pickleball. No equipment is required; no prior experience is necessary. Just wear comfortable clothing, court shoes, and show up. Without exception, everyone loves working with Nancy. So, come on down to The Courts, introduce yourself, and join the fun. ~ Gayle Wardenski, gmew@hotmail.com Pickleball Our Savior's Lutheran Church — ELCA Sunday Worship 9 am also on Facebook Live Sunday & Weekly Bible Studies All are welcome (951) 849-3343 • 1320 W. Williams, Banning oursaviorsbanningca.com