PickleBall Fix: September 24, 2021
This Fix covers the Saturday cookout, October Fun Tournament, new October schedule and instructional tips.
COOKOUT
Thanks to Carol Bowe and Melanie Havekes for the delicious spaghetti Bolognese and meatballs at the cookout on Saturday. Guests also provided so many tempting dishes it was hard to choose! The Timber Pines Harmonizers--Senior Moments provided entertainment singing several songs for the group. Raffle winners of pickleball bags were Nora Van Demark and Lois Hawkins. Great evening!
Note: The Harmonizers’ 2021 Annual Show “We Remember Radio” will be held on Saturday, October 23 at 2pm at Stage West. Advance tickets are $16 and $20 at the door.
Reminder: Every member is invited to the weekly cookouts, but please remember to sign up on Den by Thursday before the cookout. In order to adequately provide enough of the main dish for everyone, the chefs need to get an accurate accounting of members attending. If you have trouble signing up, please have another member add your name to the Den by 5:00pm on Thursday.
TOURNAMENT UPDATE
Sign up for the free, fun tournament on October 17, designed for FUN not competition!! All members are welcome! Play at your level--men, women, mixed, singles, dinking, Skinny Singles—there is something for everyone. Learn tournament play and participate for medals. Don’t miss our first local tournament in 2 years.
A flyer for the Fun Tournament is posted on the PARC Bulletin Board. Click the link at the bottom of this email to view the flyer. Application forms are in the holders on the back side of the PARC first shade area. Fill out the form including your partner’s name and place it in the PB Box above the application forms. Eagle Hemp will sponsor the tournament supplying hotdogs for participants.
OCTOBER SCHEDULE
The October schedule is available for Den sign-up. Much of the schedule will remain the same, including training on Courts 1,2 every day, evening events beginning at 6pm and Skinny Singles sign-up. There are a few changes from September:
--New event on Sunday evening will be mixed partners ABCD. This will be mixed doubles run with an ABCD format.
--Last Sunday of the month will have partner round robin beginning at 7pm. More information to follow.
--Next Paddle Up event added to Wednesday morning at 9am with additional courts to allow more players. --Tournament scheduled for Sunday, October 17th. There are no sign-up sheets in Den for this day. More information on Tourney sign-up and other details to follow.
OTHER ITEMS
--TP 40th Anniversary Celebration. On February 26, the TPPC will hold events all day including food/drink at the PARC to celebrate Timber Pines 40th Anniversary, as well as the PARC Opening and the Club’s 10th anniversary. Club T-shirts are being considered for purchase for the occasion. More details later.
--A new ball machine for practice is available at the courts for use on Practice/Training Courts 1,2. It is located under the Pavilion. Please return it after use.
INSTRUCTIONAL TIP
The number one question in a pickleball game seems to be: What’s the score and who is the number one or two server?
The following explanation will not solve the problem but will help.
--If a player is his/her team’s first server at the start of the game, the team’s score will always be EVEN when this player serves from this position on the court (“deuce” court).
--The team score will always be ODD when this player serves from the other court position (“add” court).
The rule for serving is that you MUST announce the score and your serving position before serving; do this and you will have less of a problem determining if the server is number 1 or 2. This is definitely required in tournament play.
PICKLEBALL MAGAZINE
Take a look at September’s complimentary issue of Pickleball Magazine at https://viewer.joomag.com/pickleball- magazine-6-5-wd/0225584001631278186?short&. Read about resorts adding pickleball as one of their amenities, the Tournament of Champions, instructing your family and friends in pickleball and much more.
Play safe and be careful. See you at the Saturday night cookout! PLEASE BRING CORRECT CHANGE!
Marie Knowlton, TPPCP, Deb Howard, VP, Dave Dwyer, Treas., Bev Crane, Sec/Comm., Tom Asbel, Director, Don Rooks, Director, Cathi Ellingson, Director