Columbia Association Open House - We received the following information from HCPA member Sonny Tannan at CA and wanted to pass it along to our members.

"Join us on Saturday, March 14, 2020, from 12:30 pm - 2 pm for our Pickleball Open House. We will have 6 indoor pickleball courts available at Long Reach Tennis Club (6180 Old Dobbin Ln, Columbia, MD 21045) for open play, games and limited instruction (demo paddles may be available for use).
Each participant* that will be playing in the Pickleball Open House event will be required to provide Sonny Tannan (pawan.tannan@columbiaassociation.org) the following information in order to participate in the event and play on the courts: 

*For minors, parents must provide information for each participant and may use their own email address as contact information.

There will be a maximum number of participants allowed for this event due to the space available and the popularity of the last event. So, don't wait to get your registration back to me!"

HCPA memeber Marc Austin joins Team Gamma - Congratulations to HCPA member Marc Austin for becoming a new national member of "Team GAMMA".  GAMMA, based in Pittsburgh, PA. is a leading producer of many different pickleball products.  Their paddles are top of the line and they offer other high quality pickleball products including portable nets, balls and ball hoppers, equipment bags, training gear and athletic apparel. Marc has acquired all of GAMMA's  seven different recently manufactured paddles for demo purposes.  He will have them with him during any of his pickleball classes and clinics and wherever he plays and trains for anyone to try out. 

The best news is he has been given a personal discount code, "austin15" which gets anyone 15% off every order of pickleball items when ordered from their website:

www.gammasports.com

!!!!!   Also- free shipping after spending $59.00 for all orders.  This is a great value for GAMMA's top notch pickleball products which are rarely discounted.

HCPA Continues Partnership with HCPSS - Our Association will be collecting paddles and balls to donate to the Howard County School System to be used in physical education classes to teach students about pickleball.  The donated equipment will be given to PE teachers who attend their in-service training the week before school starts in August.  We are asking everyone to consider if they have any paddles and balls that they would be willing to donate in this effort.  We will also be sending out information later on how members can make a cash donation to purchase new paddles and balls.  The first collection time for these items will be on our Spring Opening Day play at a date to still be determined.  This notification is just to get everyone aware of this effort and to determine what you have to be offered.

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