All,

Over the last two weeks, 23 pickleball club members attended CPR/AED training provided by Vic Fastiggi here at Sun City Grand.  Thanks again to Ching for setting this up, and to Vic, and congratulations to Ron Zettek, Joyce Miller, Pat Kane, Rock Kane, Ken Monefeldt, Jan Booth, John Anglin, Nancy Eckart, Bob Eckart, Ching Valde, Bonnie Heinz, Mariel Antonino, Nikki Greene, Gale Leach, Jean McCurdy, Bill McCurdy, Linda Pimental, Rhonda Ratekin, George Cox, Rob Gartlan, Linda Lenzini, Kay Ford and Gerri Gerard for completing the course.  We hope we never need your services.

If you use the first aid kit, please let Ching Valde know so that she can make sure the kit gets restocked properly. This will keep our first aid kit up to date and ready for the next emergency, which may involve you.

A conceptual idea has been submitted for an indoor pickleball court for the summer.

I have been talking to the other pickleball club presidents in the area (Sun City, Sun City West, Pebble Creek, Arizona Traditions, Happy Trails, and Festival) about having some interclub activity.  What I have proposed is to have an interclub skill level drop in once a month.   Each month, one of the local clubs would host a particular skill level.  So in July for example, SCG would host an A skill level drop in, SCW would host the open skill level drop in, Festival would host the B level, Pebble Creek would host the C's, etc.  The following month, SCG would host the opens, Festival the C's, SC the A's, AZT would host the B's for example.  The other clubs have expressed interest even though a lot of their folks are gone for the summer as well.  If you think you might be interested in participating, would you please send me an email (rgartlan@cox.net) and let me know what skill level you would be playing in.  I am not asking for a commitment, just trying to get some idea of the interest level here at SCG by skill level.  

The volunteer signup is available for the November tournament on our website at http://grandpickleball.org/tournament/volunteer.html.

Thanks,

Rob Gartlan

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