PickleBall Fix: February12 ,2021
Visit the TPPC website at http://www.tppickleballclub.org/ for all updated Club information, including Learning, photos, the membership roster with phone numbers, and much more. For example, members who participated in the Lucy Kitcher Clinic have asked about products/shoes and her upcoming pickleball clinics mentioned during the clinic. Check Lucy Kitcher entries under News/Upcoming Events on the Home Page.
Instruction Opportunities
--New Drop Serve. Mike Rocheleau, a TPPC member and certified pickleball instructor, is offering a free lesson on the Drop Serve vs. the Normal Serve to all Club members. The session will be held on Thurs, February 18 from 6-7p and include a discussion, demonstration and question and answer lesson on the two different serves. If you are interested in attending, please sign up on the Den.
--Series of 3 Lessons. Mike is also offering two (2) series of three lessons for a fee one for Beginners and another for Intermediate players who might want individual instruction beyond the free lessons/drills offered by the Club. Contact Mike directly at 603-767-6973 to register for the series of lessons.
Click the PDF link below to see a flyer with details on the free Drop Serve lesson and the paid series of 3 lessons. Flyers are also posted on the Lodge Bulletin Bd. and TPPC website on the Home Page under News/Upcoming Events at http://www.tppickleballclub.org/.
Volunteers Needed
The Club is always in need of volunteers to help with events and other activities and Club duties.
A new Sunday ABCD event has been added from 11-1pm. Thanks to Carol Bowe who has volunteered as the leader for this Sunday to begin the event and keep it running smoothly. If you are willing to conduct ABCD on one or more Sundays, please send an email with date(s) to the Volunteer Committee Chairs Helen DeGirolamo or Cathi Ellingson at tppcvolunteers@gmail.com and they will contact you. Thank you for your support.
Here’s what being the leader entails. The leader sets up 2 tables. Players place their paddles at the level they want to play (ABCD). The leader starts the event at 11am by selecting 4 paddles from each level on a table and assigning them a court. Each group of 4 plays one game, the winners then place their paddle up a level and the losers move down a level on the tables. When courts become available, the leader assigns another set of 4 players to that court. Play continues with the leader making sure players from each level are assigned a court. At the end of the time period, the tables are put in the closet.
PARC Update. Click the link to see the latest pictures of the new pickleball courts at the PARC: colorful courts, surrounding fences, fences between courts, and nets on each court. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX - 1vRHnMPHAK_kzPdoZzDtjOrVQC_8pjM7adN6N3P7MJ75n52hqdcQC6M8W0 - 04CMDi2cso_9S8LnFj6K2/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000&slide=id.gb4e3a6fea5_0_51
Reminder: Running for the Board of Directors
Members who would like to submit their names for the TPPC Board, please place a paper with your name, email address and phone number in an envelope addressed to Nominating Committee and put it in the Pickleball box on the parking lot side of the Lodge Courts by March 1. If you have questions about being a Board member, please contact Pat Thayer, Chair of the Nominating Committee.
If you have questions or anything that comes to mind that we are missing, send your question or suggestion to tppickleballclub@gmail.com. The Board is always interested in member ideas to continue to make this the best Club in Timber Pines. Let’s play safe pickleball, signing up on the Den for tracking, keeping social distance, and wearing masks when necessary.
See you at the Courts!
Marie Knowlton, TPPCP, Deb Howard, VP, Dave Dwyer, Treas., Bev Crane, Sec/Communications