PB Potluck Social Scheduled for Thursday 8/22 - Our association is planning another PB Potluck Social this Thursday, weather permitting, from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The weather appears to be questionable due to predicted thunderstorms but we can't go by that so we are planning on having it on Thursday. Unfortunately, we have no one from the board to cover Friday as a backup date so if the weather cancels it, then it's cancelled for this week. See the top of the web page for an announcement the day of - posting around 4:30 pm.
We are planning to use a large white board with squares for peoples names as a new method for handling the court rotations. In this way, people will know who is up next rather than searching for the owner of a paddle. This should also reduce the manual effort of moving the paddles. Folks can write their name down in the next sequential open square - going from top to bottom and left to right. Once 4 people go to the court, their names will be crossed out. The squares will be filled up and when the next column is full it erased. This should allow people to fill in four names in a blank square if their is a desire to play together. This should also help novice players to play together. Please note that even if a full square is available and there are two people listed in the square before them, the two need to go on the court prior to the four listed. Hopefully this will make the court transitions go smoother. We should have someone managing the board to facilitate the rotations at the beginning of this new system.
We are working with CA to provide some additional PB courts on any available tennis courts adjacent to the PB courts. We hope to lay the lines down on some of the tennis courts to offer more than 6 PB courts - it will depend on the availability of the tennis courts for that time period.
Please bring some food to share and place it in the small room at the top of the stairs. Please remember to bring your preferred beverage as well. Please try to pickup your food offering between 8:15 pm and 8:30 pm otherwise we will have to either trash it or offer it to someone else to take. It's much easier for us for you to take your offering.
Please remember to move off the court after your finished. This will give others the opportunity to play on various courts.
PB Social Pictures - we have modified our photo menu and added a photo slider for the previous PB Social on 8/8. Thanks to Michael Smolyak for contributing these wonderful pictures of the various games and social times.
Delaware's Diamond State Pickleball Club Invitation - we have been invited to join in a "meet & greet" indoor PB session in Wilmington Delaware on Saturday August 31st from 9 am to 3 pm. Delcastle Indoor Tennis Center will have 6 to 8 courts available for their members ($10) and non-members ($15). This includes food from 11:30 am to 1 pm. If you are in the area or want to go up to Wilmington that day, let me know via email and I will send you the invite link - sneeringere@gmail.com. We received this invite because we are exploring an invitational event with this club sometime in the fall - no details yet.
Monday evening indoor PB opportunity - Jim McKee, a pastor from Chapelgate Christian Academy has offered the use of their school gym for Monday evenings. We are planning to check it out to see how many courts could be setup and work out the details. It would be after 6:30 pm in the evening after the school programs finish. I'm interested in knowing how many members would be willing to participate in this. The school is located on Marriotsville Road between Rt. 40 and Rt. 70. Please use the following doodle if interested.
Monday evening indoor PB survey