BEGINNER PICKLEBALL CLINICS CHANGE IN LESSON TIMES Due to increasing numbers of pickleball players, we have moved our beginner clinics: 1PM-2PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. All clinics are free. Please wear running shoes or court shoes and a hat and sunglasses. We will provide paddles for the clinic, if you don’t have one of your own. Our promise is that we will have you playing a game within 15 minutes of beginning instruction. You will learn: how to volley the ball how to serve
PICKLEBALL CLUB OF ORPS Our ORPS pickleball time trial continues at courts 7 and 8 at El Saguaro. Our pickleball numbers continue to climb; as of today, February 16, we have 293 club members, made up of 203 owners and 90 renters. We expect to pass the 300 club members mark by the beginning of March. In January we had a successful free hot dog lunch on the patio behind ES handing out 400 hotdogs, complete with fried onions and a pickle. We also held our 3rd anniversary club tournament and party at the end of January. This was a fun tournament with three types of games - a regular play game, a dinking game at the kitchen line and an opposite hand game. 101 participants, and 160 at the potluck dinner which followed. Lots of fun and laughs for everyone! Look for announcement of winners of our first annual competitive mixed pickleball tournament which took place February 22. Our pickleball year end party and dance will take place Sunday, March 13 for all club members. More information to come.
basic rules of the game basic strategies of play why you have to stay out of the kitchen!
We now have so many successful beginner players that we have scheduled their own time each day to play: novice play from 10AM until 1PM Monday to Friday.
Our youngest club member!
Tournament organizers hard at work
Working hard flipping hotdogs!
Our turn next!
NEW PICKLEBALL SCHEDULE To accommodate increasing numbers of players, we have changed to the following schedule for the month of March:
Novice players waiting for their turn to play
ONLINE PICKLEBALL NEWS There is lots of news online about the growing sport of pickleball. Check out our club website: http://orpspickleball.wix.com/orpspickleball Pickleballchannel.com for skill development videos, human interest stories on new people taking up the sport, bios of up and coming pickleball players. Pickleballtournaments.com check out event brackets in real time on all tournaments around the valley and across the country. Palm Desert Senior Games is listed as ISF Palm Desert Senior Games. Check out the 3.5 and 4.0 event brackets for results for all ORPS players. Go ORPS go!
MARCH 2016
MON—FRI
SAT & SUN
8AM—10AM
Advanced Play
Open Play
10AM—1PM
Novice Play
Open Play
Beginner Classes Open Play
1PM—2PM
2PM—8PM
Open Play
Open Play
Lots of activity on the courts starting about 3PM. Come out and enjoy the fun with your neighbors and friends. For more information, contact S TAN or M AUREEN M ILLER -N IELSEN at 760 424-8002
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