Hi Everyone,

 

1.    The elections for the 2010-2011 Grand Pickleball Club board will be held at the next membership meeting (Tuesday, Feb 9th, 3 pm, Cimarron center).  Please plan on attending and exercising your voting privilege.

 

The slate of nominees:

a.    President:                      Marty Cohen

b.    Vice President:             Ted Koch

c.    Treasurer:                      Linda Hoggatt

d.    Secretary:                      Jeanne Harteau

e.    Members at Large:       Bob Cary, Marv Friedman, Barb Grady, Earl Tripp (to fill 2 vacant positions.  A voting ballot will be distributed at the meeting).

 

2.    We are planning a pass the paddle (each team will only have one paddle) event on Friday, March 12th starting at 9 am.  This will be mixed doubles, bring your own partner.  There will be multiple divisions (by skill level); the number of divisions will be determined by the number of players who sign up for this.  There will be a flyer and signup sheet posted on the bulletin board shortly.  Games will be to 11 points, or 12 minutes, whichever occurs first.  Snacks will be provided.  

 

3.    Don't forget our coffee and biscotti this Friday, Feb. 5th, from 8:30 to 11:00 at the Pickleball Pavilion.  We will be taking care of any membership renewals/stickers there and Ralph Norrander will be there for any folks who want to look at the Whipper Snapper Paddles.

 

4.    The Sunday Night Mixer for Feb 7th has been cancelled.

 

5.    For those folks who are going to play in the Palm Creek Tournament and plan on staying there in an RV:

a.    Are you planning to stay at Palm Creek in your RV for our 7th Annual Tournament?
We don't want you to be disappointed; there are very few spaces available.
E-mail our tournament directors – Barb and LeRoy Schmidt so they may notify Palm Creek Reservation Department.  E-mail Address: schmidtB@bresnan.net

b.    Then call Palm Creek to make your reservation 520-876-9700.

c.    Be sure to tell them that you will be staying for the “Pickleball Tournament” and ask for the discounted rate.

d.    Looking forward to your participating in this tournament - travel safe.

 

Rob Gartlan

President

Coffee & Biscotti

 

 

Date:  Friday, Feb. 5

Where:  Pavilion by the PB Courts

Time:  8:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Donation:  $1

 

 

 

This is a note from one of our club members.  I have forwarded it to the club presidents in the area.

 

Hi Rob,

 

By way of introduction, my name is Garth Merkeley and I am a member of the SCG Pickleball Club-(A Canadian), and have to admit I am "hooked" on Pickleball and would love to help introduce the game to more Canadians when I return to Canada in April.  I have been in contact with Chuck Lefaive in Canada who is the Founding member of Pickleball Canada. Chuck has been instrumental in creating an organization promoting the game and there has been an official Canadian web site for some time.  I would like to be able to contact-or have Canadians playing at SCG contact me with the hope of creating a contact list to help promote the game in Canada.  Given the existing privacy laws, I understand that Canadians playing here would have to volunteer their information and that we would have to ensure that their contact information would be kept private.

   

Would it be possible for the SCG Pickleball Club to send out a blanket email to members here notifying them of our desire to create a contact list? Or failing that, leave a voluntary sign-up sheet at the drop in desk for Canadians playing here to sign?  My phone number here is 623-455-8464 if you would like to discuss this further.

 

I hope to hear from you soon.

 

Garth Merkeley