Wednesday, March 11, 2009

PICKLEBALL MAKES THE SPORTS PAGE

As temporary RV residents in the Outback at Tanglewood, Rich represented Tanglewood, with his partner Al Goldberg in the Heartland Senior Games on March 6th and 7th

On Friday he and Al beat out recent Gold Medal Winners in the Michigan Senior Olympics 60-64 age bracket. What a match. He and his partner Linda Kramer also took the Gold Medal in the Mixed Doubles on Saturday.

The following picture is from the Highlands Today Sports Section of the Tampa Tribune here in Sebring. The article was written by Brian Gjurgevich. The only mistake is that, as you can see, Rich is the player on the Right! CLICK ON THE FULL STORY LINK BELOW TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE.

Rich Donald (left) returns a shot while teammate Al Goldberg looks on Friday during Tanglewood Pickleball Club's Heartland Senior Games Pickleball event in Sebring.

Tanglewood Pickles Competition

The Tanglewood Pickleball Club signed up its 100th member last week, an impressive figure considering its enrollment less than two years ago.

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There is also a very good article (written by yours truly) out on the USAPA Atlantic South Website about this First Ever USAPA Sanctioned Tournament in Florida. There is also a link to several pictures of the tournamen. The link to Mark Jones pictures are really excellent. He's a great photographer. SANCTIONED PICKLEBALL AND MT OLIVE PICKLES

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1 comment:

Upstate Pickleball Group said...

Thanks for adding Upstate Pickleball to your links. We've linked your site to ours.
Lynn & Ken Corbett