Condolences from your pickleball family....

Carl Clous, USAPA Ambassador, South Central Florida.

Carl resided in the Solivita Community in Poinciana, Fl.  Fellow pickleball player Cathy Miller sends this along........

We in Solivita are saddened to inform you that one of the USAPA's most enthusiastic supporters has passed away. Carl Clous, beloved friend and pickleball partner passed away the day before yesterday( Aug. 24th) due to an ongoing battle with various forms of cancer. He was a fighter to the end, not wanting to give in. Two weeks ago he decided to return to his home state of Ohio to be with his son and daughter there. 

 I am forwarding a message and pictures from Solivita's resident pickleball photographer that sums up how we all feel about Carl. 

Big Canoe Pickleball

Remember, last month Steve and Pat Dunn had organized a clinic at Big Canoe in Jasper, GA? What a great turnout they had! 

 Not yet listed on our places to play page but Linda Powell of Big Canoe says: We are just experimenting at this point to get a feel for the level of interest. We are starting by taping off 1 hard court and introducing a couple of clinics. 

We all know how addictive this game is…………..so we confident that we’ll be hearing more from this location real soon.

Fun for All - It's Pickleball!
www.carymagazine.com, August, 2012 - Cary, NC


“I didn’t want to go at first,” said William “Bubba” Grant, whose wife picked up the sport a few months before she convinced him to come along. After a year and a half, “Now all I think about is, ‘When can I play?’”

Never fear if you’re a stranger to sports. Cary Pickleball Ambassador Mike Walsh or Holly Springs and Garner Pickleball Ambassador Luis Vazquez are more than happy to show you the ropes when you arrive.

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Tanglewood Snowbirds at the Ontario Senior Games.

The  Ontario 55Plus Senior Games were played recently in Brampton.

Tanglewood (Sebring, FL) residents Wayne Roswell,  Marcie Taylor and Dave Werry were all there! 

Kudos to Wayne, who took on the role of convening the entire event this year.   Dave Werry with his partner from Aurora, Ontario( pictured)  took home the GOLD!!

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USAPA BANNER CONTEST !!!

ATTENTION ALL ATLANTIC SOUTH USAPA MEMBERS....... 

GET CREATIVE!!!!!

YOU ONLY HAVE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER   

Help us create a new USA PICKLEBALL banner. 

The USAPA Board is in search of a new design for our 3’ x 6’ banner that we give to ambassadors and clubs to hang at tournaments, lessons, and clinic or wherever pickleball is regularly played. The USAPA will award the winner with a three year extension to their USAPA membership plus Pickleball Central will award any one paddle of the winner’s choice that is displayed on their website and one dozen pickleballs. Contest Rules

National Senior Games Association Relocates Headquarters To Central Florida (via PR Newswire)

KISSIMMEE, Fla., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- National Senior Games Association (NSGA), a non-profit organization dedicated to senior health and wellness, announced today the relocation of its corporate headquarters to Kissimmee, Fla., effective immediately. The Osceola Board of County Commissioners…

Madison-Mayodan Recreation Department , NC Introduced to Pickleball

Great game, strange name
(Aug 21, 2012 High Point, NC, www2.godanriver.com)
 
Cheryl Albrecht, director of the senior center at M-M Recreation, wanted to bring Vaughn and a few other pickleball players in to help local Senior Games participants become familiar with the game. Albrecht said North Carolina Senior Games was likely to add the game to the schedule of events next year and she wanted to get a head start on learning the rules and gaining experience.

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Meet Deb Richter,Our New Ambassador for Brevard, NC

Hi from Brevard NC, land of waterfalls and pickleball. My partner and I found Brevard, and our new community, Connestee Falls back in Y2K. Bring back memories? Back then, I was an air traffic controller at the center in the Washington, DC area. Retired now, that was my 3rd, but primary career, having enjoyed a few years as a lab tech and computer programmer, and before that, a science and PE teacher/coach. I've been in every state of the union, and have traveled through Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe....Did I mention I like to travel and now I don't leave home without my paddle.

 My pickleball introduction was in October of 2010. Our wellness committee offered an afternoon seminar in Pickleball and I HAD to see what this sport with the dumb name was all about. We used two tennis courts with some taped modified lines, paddles and balls, some enthusiastic teachers and 40 rookies. At the end of the seminar someone came up to me and said "You're pretty good at this...want to organize it? I said yes and we haven't looked back.

We played for about 8 months with tape or chalked lines but our numbers grew. Today, we have an active and enthusiastic group of about 175 pickleball players who meet regularly for fun and competition. Our community has expanded and renovated one tennis court into 4 state of the art pickleball courts. We have hosted 2 tournaments, collectively raising $7000 for our local high school and college students as scholarships.

We have offered beginner classes for 2 years and this year, added sessions of intermediate and advanced skills training. We have started a ladder with the help of USAPA and play weekly, and have an interclub event weekly with another local group of players. We are also a very social group, hosting a monthly gathering during the summer called "Pickles and Beer". We are listed with USAPA and we invite and encourage visitors to enjoy our hospitality and community in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina.

Check out our website, www.carolinapickleball.com See you on the courts!