February 2022 Oracle

MINI NEW YEAR ’ S EVE TOURNAMENT On December 31, 2021, pickleball players rang the New Year in early with a mini - tournament from 3:30 to 5PM. Fun games were followed by hot dogs and frivolity before revellers continued on to other evening celebrations!

NEXT TOURNAMENTS:

Valentine Pickleball Tournament: February 11, 2022 $10 per person Register with a person who is NOT your sweetheart and have a morning of pickleball fun. Sign up with Kathy on February 7 th and 8 th from 8:00 - 9:00 AM. CAN - AM Pickleball: February 22 - 24, 2022 Bring your patriotic spirit and sign up with a partner from your country! $10 entry fee with gold, silver and bronze medals to be awarded. Canadian and American shirts will be available for purchase.

HAWAIIAN PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT This fun tournament was unique– with winners being determined by their poker hand after 5 games! Pickleball winners had the advantage of drawing additional cards with each win! It was crazy fun for the 104 participants who signed up!!! The winners were: Group A : 1 st – Sue Pavelka; 2 nd – Tanya Rae Hicks; 3 rd – Colleen Iwanicka; 4 th – Pieteke Pelsma; 5 th – Roiann Ahrberg. Group B: 1 st - Jill Lawlor; 2 nd – Mark Fischer; 3 rd - Dan Reiman; 4 th – John Boudin; 5 th – Glen Brewer Again, we applaud Kathy Oedekerk for an amazingly delightful day and thanks to Randy Anderson for providing the inspiration for the poker challenge! A big shout out to the Ukulele Crew who provided awesome entertainment and to the volunteers who served lunch and prepared the courts! It takes a village! Thanks everyone!

The CAN - AM schedule will be as follows: Sunday

Feb 20 GOLF CART PARADE 11:30 - 1PM Feb 20 CORNHOLE TOURNEY 1PM

Sunday Monday Tuesday

Feb 21 TENNIS MIXED DBLS Feb 22 TENNIS WOMEN ’ S DBLS PB MEN ’ S DBLS Feb 23 TENNIS MEN ’ S DBLS PB WOMEN ’ S DBLS

Wednesday

SINGO WITH DJ JOHNNY

Thursday

Feb 24 PB MIXED DBLS

Friday

Feb 25 GOLF Feb 26 GOLF

Saturday

CAN - AM PARTY/AWARDS

COURT CHANGES FOR MORNING OPEN PLAY Effective January 17, 2022, courts 1 - 4 will be designated for 2.0 and 2.5 level players during morning open play. Court 7 will become a challenge court at 9AM every morning. OPENINGS FOR THE PICKLEBALL COMMITTEE There are openings on the Pickleball Committee for two new members. If you are interested, please contact Keith

Bassham. Thank you so much to Janice Wald and Judy Froese for your past service! We appreciate you!!!

Submitted by Lynn Barry, Pickleball Public Relations

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