Great Lakes Pickleball

11/12/09

Pottawatomie Community Center Pickleball! St. Charles, IL

Pickleball A Racket Game All Can Enjoy (Nov 8, 2009 St. Charles IL, www.dailyherald.com) Cris Anderson of St. Charles is surely the most excited about this game being offered at the Pottawatomie Community Center. ... She convinced some park district officials to try it, and they were quickly hooked. So the game will be offered on a "walk-in" basis starting Jan. 1 for those 18 and older from 2:30 to 3:55 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday at the community center gym.

11/2/09

USAPA 2009 National Tournament: Brackets and Results

USAPA 2009 National Tournament

Schedule

Monday, November 2
Men’s and Women's Doubles 65+
Tuesday, November 3
Men’s and Women's Doubles 19-64
Wednesday, November 4
Mixed Doubles 19 & over
Thursday, November 5
Masters & Legends Doubles
Friday, November 6
Men’s & Women’s Singles 19 & over, Open Mixed Doubles, Junior Mixed Doubles
Saturday, November 7
Open Men’s & Women’s Doubles, Junior Division Men’s & Women’s Doubles
Sunday, November 8
Open Men’s & Women’s Singles, Junior Men’s & Women’s Singles

Brackets and Results

USAPA National Tournament BRACKETS & RESULTS

11/1/09

Content Rich Website: USAPA Pickleball Tournaments

USA Pickleball Association

http://www.usapa.org/

The USAPA website is rich with content on how-to host a Pickleball tournament and how-to apply for USAPA sanctioning. Reading the USAPA guides is a time investment that pays off in high player satisfaction with a well run tournament. Here are the USAPA website sidebar titles to look for and the direct links.

Run a Tournament http://usapa.org/sanctioning/tournament_tips.html

Tournament Software http://usapa.org/tourney/

Sanctioning http://usapa.org/sanctioning/index.php

Rankings http://usapa.org/rankings/index.php

Official Rules http://usapa.org/officialrules/ and Scoresheet http://usapa.org/tournamentnews/OFFICIAL_USAPA_SCORESHEET.pdf

Training Room Referee Guide and Referee Clinic http://training.usapa.org/

Partner Search http://usapa.org/partner/partner.php

It is important to note that USA Pickleball Association desires to list ALL Pickleball tournaments on the USAPA Upcoming Events Calendar - sanctioned and unsanctioned, competitive and recreational.

"A USAPA-sanctioned tournament allows players to be ranked on a national basis. Non-sanctioned tournaments may also use these sections as guidelines. Tournament directors for non-sanctioned tournaments may be flexible in the use of these guidelines to better fit the skills, ages, and diversity of their players. The USAPA enthusiastically encourages these non-sanctioned tournaments to promote knowledge, growth of the game, skill development, and having fun while playing pickleball. Tournaments may be sanctioned for the ranked events that they include even though a tournament director may also choose to include recreational or unranked events."

10/30/09

Pickleball Up! Up! Up!

Pickleball Success Comments on USAPA National Tournament

"The direction of pickleball in this country is

up, up and up thanks to the many volunteers in the USAPA!"

10/18/09

USAPA Ambassadors Opt-in!

USAPA Ambassadors!

"You all recently received an e-mail from Dick Manasseri inviting you to join our new USAPA How-to Group. This Google Group is the tool that you all have been waiting for. As Ambassadors you are already great leaders in promoting the sport in your local areas. This tool will take your leadership skills to the next level. Regional and Local Ambassadors across the country are sharing their success stories and providing you with detailed information to help grow pickleball and USAPA memberships in your area. Learn from those who have already walked in your shoes. Check out the mini-plans and pick a couple of things that you would like to accomplish this year. Or, partner up with another Ambassador and work as a team to build and carry out your mini plan. If each one of us sets just two goals for the year – just think how much we can accomplish as a Region. But first - just look at what's out there and share anything you have that will assist others. The group has only been up and running for less than two days as of this writing and already we have nearly 35 members on board. What are you waiting for?"

Donna Donald, USAPA Atlantic South Regional Ambassador
10/15/2009 ASR Newsletter http://asre-newsletter.blogspot.com/

Membership to the USAPA How-to Group is by invitation to USAPA Ambassadors/Directors. As of today, 52 Ambassadors/Directors representing 27 states have opted into the newly formed USAPA How-to Group.

USAPA How-to Group
http://groups.google.com/group/usapa-how-to-group
USAPA Pickleball Promoters exchange best practices and resources to expedite the growth of Pickleball

If you are a Great Lakes Pickleball Ambassador and have not received an invitation or have questions about the sign-in process, please contact Dick Manasseri.