PickleBall Fix: March26 ,2021
I’ll keep this “Fix” short as you've already received two emails from the Club on March 24: Annual Meeting notice with Agenda and Slate of Candidates with bios and Gene Long Celebration of Life announcement. The Meeting Agenda and Slate of Candidates and their bios are posted on the Lodge Bulletin Board and the Club website at www.tppickleballclub.org.
Reminder for the Annual Meeting Please wear your mask in the PAC
Since the meeting is in the PAC, space is limited. Although it is not necessary to sign up on the Den to attend the meeting, it will be helpful to determine how many members plan to come in case we must address the space issue. Forty members are needed for a quorum. According to the Club By-laws, all voting for the BOD candidates will need to attend the meeting to vote. The Nomination Committee Chair will announce the election at the beginning of the meeting, collect the ballots, close the voting and then counting will commence. Seven (7) Board Directors will be announced later in the meeting.
April Play Schedule News
The April play schedule starting on Thursday, April 1 is on the Den and ready for sign up. It is much the same as March with the following exceptions:
-- For open play type events including ABCDs and Next Paddle Up, members should sign up guests by placing their name in an available slot in Den. There is no longer a need to place the guest name in the comments field. Guests MUST be signed up in Den by a member with their first and last name.
--Guests will still not be allowed to participate in member only events such as Shootouts, Round Robins, Lessons, Skills/Drills and Skinny Singles. If a member would like to invite a guest to Donny's ABCD, they must contact him in advance.
--Wednesday Skills and Drills has increased sign-ups from 8 to 12 and will occupy 3 courts.
--Saturday Skinny Singles is moving from 11am to 3pm. The 11am time slot has been replaced with Open Play. If anyone is interested in participating in Skinny Singles, contact Pieter Trappenburg (masspiet@verizon.net).
The April schedule is published on our website at http://www.tppickleballclub.org/tppc_schedule_april_6_courtfinalv4.pdf.
Pickleball Tournament Gold Medal Winners. Two Club members, Tom Asbel and Aart DeVos participated in the Pickle Plex Spring Fling Tournament in Punta Gorda this past weekend. Aart and Tom played a round robin of 8 games against 8 different teams in the 70+ bracket at the 3.5 level. Winning the GOLD MEDAL, they had 7 wins and only 1 loss. Congratulations, Tom and Aart, what a great accomplishment!!
This will be the last Friday “Fix” sent from the current Board. We hope you have found it helpful in keeping you connected to pickleball and the Club’s events and activities.
The current officers want to thank you all for your support this past year. See you at the Annual Meeting on March 31 at the PAC at 1pm and the Courts at 3pm.
Marie Knowlton, TPPCP, Deb Howard, VP, Dave Dwyer, Treas., Bev Crane, Sec/Communications