Ed Cova and Barbara Ash - MSO 2008 Pickleball Champions
Dan Ross, pictured here with his wife USAPA Member Sally Sutley, is the 98th Michigan USAPA Member. Someday soon (maybe today?!?) Michigan is going to be 100 USA Pickleball Associations Members strong! Even the zero degree weather can't put a freeze on this action! Go Michigan Pickleball Players!*Full Disclosure Statement: USAPA Ambassadors Owen and Patty Papke created the new Great Lakes Pickleball slogan: "Support Your Sport!" A great slogan and a great message for Great Lakes Pickleball! Thank you Owen and Patty! But just this once I'm going to put my full disclosure statement in fine print (shhhhhhhh don't tell Dick) -- for me its not really about the sport -- its ALL about the people. And MI Pickleball has the BEST of the Best of the Best people -- including Owen and Patty! Yesterday I had a blast watching three professionals Beth Lawson, Lisa McCoy, and Kyle Middleton referee pickleball! These women even have striped ref shirts in their closets! My players know that I'm the "non". The non-sports pickleball player aka a recreational player. I play piickleball because it is a FUN and social way to stay fit. Dan and Sally, both highly skilled competitive players, are two of the many BEST reasons I fell in love with the SPORT of PICKLEBALL ! PICKLEBALL truly is the SPORT for ALL ages and ALL players -- recreational and competitive!! Save the Date: March 27! OPC Rochester is hosting a FUN Recreational Pickleball Tournament on Friday, March 27! A good day for me to wear the princess PINK striped shirt hanging in my closet :) ! Yours in pickleball, Janet Razz aka princess ref
Spring PICKLEBALL
Tournament
Saturday, April 11, 2009
50+ Mixed Doubles
Hartland Senior Center Mission Statement:
Promoting happy, healthy and independent living for adults 50 and over.
~ Pickle Up Your Paddles ~
The Michigan Senior Olympics Social is a Pizza and Karaoke Party, Tuesday, February 3, 2009! The Tanglewood Pickleball Club, in FL has created a song AND dance, "The Tanglewood Crawl"! IF the Tanglewood FL Pickleball Players create a You Tube Video of their song and dance...THEN the MI Pickleball Players will clap along and we will have a USAPA South Atlantic to USAPA Great Lakes Region virtual Karaoke Party! AND DANCE! Special thanks to Bob Northop and Melissa Muha, USAPA SW Michigan Ambassadors and MSO DanceSport Directors for initiating and organizing the MSO Pizza and Karaoke Party!
Did you notice, when the Detroit newspapers have a lull, they dedicate and entire front page to a 0-16 season!?! No such lull here at MIPickleball.usapa.org! Yesterday, a record breaking Great Lakes Region Showcase Event, with 76% of the Player List USAPA Members! Today, a NEW USAPA Pickleball Ladder League! Three of the ten USAPA Ladder Leagues are now Michigan Great Lakes Pickleball Ladders!
Troy, Michigan Ladder
Nancy Robertson, Manager
Penny Kragh, Captain
Nancy and Penny are the Women's Doubles 1st Place Winners in the three most recent SE Michigan Great Lakes Pickleball Tournaments! In addition to having a Manager and Captain that are great players, the Troy, Michigan Ladder is hosted on Sunday nights (a great time slot for working seniors) by one of the Great Lakes Region's best pickleball facilities, the Troy Community Center.
The Troy, Michigan Ladder is beginning with 16 SOLD OUT tickets. The Northville MI Ladder has 16 on the Player List and is accepting players. OPC Rochester MI Ladders currently have a total of 70 ticket holders. The next OPC Rochester Ladder season will begin April 2009. If you want information on hosting a USAPA Ladder at your pickleball facility, please contact Janet Razz, OPC Rochester MI Ladder Manger at MIPickleball@gmail.com
1st Place - Penny Kragh and Nancy Robertson
2nd Place - Jan Doke and Karen Wyatt
3rd Place - Dai Lin Shu and Hilda Weber
1st Place - Lewis Forrest and Renard Kolaska
2nd Place - Jack Licata and Patrick McPhail
3rd Place - Dick Manasseri and Vic Wittkowski
Rack up the Ranking Points!
Become a USAPA Member TODAY!
USAPA Membership Registration Form
Questions: Janet Razz MIPickleball@gmail.com
