MI Pickleball

11/05/2009

Michigander Medals in Tier 1 Pickleball Tournament

!!! CONGRATULATIONS !!!

Yvonne Hackenberg (MI)

and her partner

Hilary Marold (TX)

USAPA 2009 National Tournament (Tier 1)

SILVER

Women's Doubles 55-59

and

Women's Masters 50-64

BRACKETS! RESULTS!

11/04/2009

Coach Mo's Pickleball Technique Tweets

Pickleball Tips on Twitter by Coach Mo

"Pickleball Tip 25 - Your opponents only need a pulse to win the point if you miss the serve. Give them a chance to lose."

OH Yea! I'm all to familiar with that one :O !

Are you ready for more Pickleball Strategies and Techniques? Well now you can get more info from Coach Mo by following his tweets!

Learn more...

http://twitter.com/PickleballCoach

11/03/2009

Next Up: Auburn Hills Pickleball Turkey Tourney!

NEXT UP:

Auburn Hills Pickleball

Turkey Tourney

Registration Form and Details:

http://usapa.org/file/mi/Auburn_Hills_Turkey_Tourney_2009.pdf

November 13 and 14

11/02/2009

USAPA 2009 National Tournament! Schedule! Brackets! Results!

For Picklers following the USAPA 2009 National Tournament...

7 Day Schedule PoP! POp!

Monday, November 2
Men’s and Women's Doubles 65+
Tuesday, November 3
Men’s and Women's Doubles 19-64
Wednesday, November 4
Mixed Doubles 19 & over
Thursday, November 5
Masters & Legends Doubles
Friday, November 6
Men’s & Women’s Singles 19 & over, Open Mixed Doubles, Junior Mixed Doubles
Saturday, November 7
Open Men’s & Women’s Doubles, Junior Division Men’s & Women’s Doubles
Sunday, November 8
Open Men’s & Women’s Singles, Junior Men’s & Women’s Singles

Brackets! Results!

USAPA National Tournament BRACKETS & RESULTS

Michiganders!

Bob Cary, Sue Cary, Dan Clemence, James Hackenberg, Yvonne Hackenberg, Marilyn Holladay, Doug Kant, Mark Karwas, Larry Kraus, Dick Manasseri, James McIntyre, Laura Patterson, Joyce Staffen, Bud Stefanko, Pat Sullivan
Others!?!

Welcome to the World!

For the family members following MI Pickleball...

The 1st of 5 babies our family is expecting was born today!

Welcomed to the world by four generations, thankful for the privilege of beholding Baby's miraculous newness and celebrating life in relationship with one another!

Praise be to Jesus Christ our Lord!

11/01/2009

USAPA Pickleball Tournament Calendar, Software, and Sanctioning

The USAPA website is rich with content on how-to host a Pickleball tournament and how-to apply for USAPA sanctioning. Reading the USAPA guides is a time investment that pays off in high player satisfaction with a well run tournament. Here are the USAPA website sidebar titles to look for and the direct links.

Run a Tournament http://usapa.org/sanctioning/tournament_tips.html

Tournament Software http://usapa.org/tourney/

Sanctioning http://usapa.org/sanctioning/index.php

Rankings http://usapa.org/rankings/index.php

Official Rules http://usapa.org/officialrules/ and Scoresheet http://usapa.org/tournamentnews/OFFICIAL_USAPA_SCORESHEET.pdf

Training Room Referee Guide and Referee Clinic http://training.usapa.org/

Partner Search http://usapa.org/partner/partner.php

It is important to note that USA Pickleball Association desires to list ALL Pickleball tournaments on the USAPA Upcoming Events Calendar - sanctioned and unsanctioned, competitive and recreational.

"A USAPA-sanctioned tournament allows players to be ranked on a national basis. Non-sanctioned tournaments may also use these sections as guidelines. Tournament directors for non-sanctioned tournaments may be flexible in the use of these guidelines to better fit the skills, ages, and diversity of their players. The USAPA enthusiastically encourages these non-sanctioned tournaments to promote knowledge, growth of the game, skill development, and having fun while playing pickleball. Tournaments may be sanctioned for the ranked events that they include even though a tournament director may also choose to include recreational or unranked events."

10/30/2009

Muskegon Pickleball Update by USAPA Ambassador Wayne LaPointe

Muskegon Pickleball Update
by USAPA Ambassador Wayne LaPointe

wayne.lapointe@gmail.com

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An update to tell you that the Muskegon area is starting to have some consistency with Pickleball.

Spring Lake, the Norton Pines Athletic Club, which is located between Muskegon and Spring Lake, has now scheduled (and is expanding) Pickleball court times. Specifically, walk-in PickleBall court time is on Tuesday and Thursday from 1 to 3 pm (at a cost for non-members of $4.00 per session). They like to have you tell them ahead, if possible, because they tape the number of courts needed each time. As of this Saturday, October 31st, 2009, they are also offering Pickleball on Saturdays from Noon to 2 pm on a trial basis.

Note: Norton Pines Athletic Club is also open to having Pickleball tournaments and are willing to have as many as 12 courts available.

Norton Pines Athletic Club Contact:
Sean McQuillan USPTA, PTR
Director of Tennis
Tennis@nortonpines.com

Norton Pines Athletic Club
1350 Judson Road
Spring Lake, Mi 49456
http://www.nortonpines.com/

Also in Muskegon, Omni Fitness Club has always also been open to Pickleball, but are limited to one court, thus a regular schedule hasn't been realistic.

Tanglewood Agewell Services has a good Pickleball following, and the two outside courts were utilized. There is an indoor court, but times vary depending on other programs offered. Also, the court is condensed into a 38 foot room, which makes for great camaraderie and limited movement, but does severely alter some aspects of the game.

One other tidbit:
In our attempt to expand Tanglewood's Pickleball year round:
Tom Hornik is a devout Pickleball player who played outside at Tanglewood Agewell Services with us this summer, as well as inviting us to play at Omni Fitness Club where his daughter is the owner. Tom, Marna of Tanglewood, and I have been trying to find a large enough common spot where we can work together to offer Pickleball.

We have many outdoor tennis courts in the Muskegon area, and now that I have discovered that I can purchase portable lines, next summer should open up other possibilities!!!

------------------------------ GO Muskegon Picklers!!!