Dave,

Please feel free to post my message on the other group. My interest
is in getting the word out where and when pickleball is being played
as we sometimes have difficulty finding other players.

Dennis

--- In pickleball@yahoogroups.com, Dbaleria@... wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/12/2007 5:49:49 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> pickleball@yahoogroups.com writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am a new member of this group. We are just completing 2 weeks at
> > St. Clair TTN park. A group of us, most of whom met in Fl., have been
> > here to visit and play pickleball. The park has 2 good pickleball
> > courts. We got the manager to add a fence on the back side so that we
> > don't have to chase balls. We have had 20 or more people playing most
> > days. We had a tournament today. We also taught several new players.
> > The plan at this point is to meet at about the same time next year -
> > early august. The Michigan Senior Olympics will be near here about
> > that time and the suggestion has been to have a group here at the same
> > time so that those who want can enter the Senior Olympics - Michigan
> > includes pickleball but not as a medal event.
> >
> > It looks to me like many members of this group are TTN members.
> > Perhaps we can use it to let each other know when and where members
> > are playing pickleball.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
>
> Good idea, Dennis. Are you on the TTN members Yahoo? If not, can I
post
> your report there? And here is our recent one to that list a week
ago for
> Bend-Sunriver TTN:
>
> There are 4 nice pickleball courts, 3 permanent and 1 also used as a
> half-court basketball court. The other half of that open court is 1
of the 4 courts,
> the other 2 being inside a nice fenced area, along with 1 tennis
court. No
> lighting for night play, but the courts are of good surface,
well-painted, with
> good nets. There are a number of picnic tables along the fence and
a shade
> gazebo over a couple of them.
>
> We played 3 singles games Sat. at 11 a.m. Another couple was
playing tennis,
> then played some singles pickleball on the other fenced court. My
guess is
> the 2 fenced pickleball courts were formerly where a 2nd tennis
court once was
> located, a nice 2-4-1 trade due to the national growth of pickleball
playing
> versus tennis. One guy playing with his daughter said the regulars
play at 9
> a.m., which is typical. On Sun. we again hit the courts at 11 a.m.
for more
> good pickleball play. Carl, one of the Recreation folks, said they
had had a
> big pickleball tournament here over the 4th of July.
>
> Well done, Bend-Sunriver TTN! Dave
>
> Dave & Sandy Baleria, TTN/LTR Gold Alliance ($500 resale)
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