Pickleball! Great Game of the Great Lakes!

Dear USAPA Great Lakes Region Members,

Today is a good day to say, "THANK YOU!"

Today, thanks to your participation and support, Great Lakes is Number One in regard to USAPA Members. Great Lakes gently edged in front of Atlantic South for the first time on August 10th and (amazingly) has held the lead for 10 days. Today, USAPA has a total of 1649 Members. The top three regions are Great Lakes (342), Atlantic South (334) and Southwest (263).

Today, thanks to your participation and support, PICKLEBALL is firmly rooted and growing in the Great Lakes. I raise my paddle to the USAPA Board Members and Pickleball Players across ALL USAPA Regions and Pickleball Canada for making this growth possible. Atlantic! Atlantic South! Great Lakes! Mid-South! Northwest! Great Plains! Southwest! West! Canada West! Pickleball Canada! We certainly do belong to a FANTASTIC Pickleball Community!

Today, thanks to your participation and support, PICKLEBALL is making a lasting difference in the well being of the men, women, boys, and girls across the Great Lakes Region.

• USAPA Great Lakes Region includes nine states, IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI, and the province of Ontario. ALL ten areas in the Region are experiencing USAPA Membership growth.


• USAPA Great Lakes Region is home to 2 USAPA Board Members, Marilyn Holladay and Dick Manasseri, 58 Local USAPA Ambassadors, 342 USAPA Members, and approximately 4159 Pickleball Players.


• USAPA Great Lakes Region is hosting USAPA Sanctioned competitive tournaments with trained referees.


• USAPA Great Lakes Region created and is developing two new recreational pickleball divisions, "Mixed Generation Pickleball" and "Recreational Speed Pickleball".


• USAPA Great Lakes Region is hosting more Ladder Leagues than and other region.


• USAPA Great Lakes Region is dramatically increasing the number of 'Places to Play' walk-in pickleball.
  
• USAPA Great Lakes Region is enjoying a slow-but-sure increase in the number of outdoor courts painted for pickleball.
  
• USAPA Great Lakes Region is reaching out in a focused effort to grow the sport among youth, adults, seniors, families, neighbors, parks and recreation departments, schools, and congregations.
  
• USAPA Great Lakes Region Action Network is collaborating to offer an abundance of community demo clinics, beginner lessons, drills clinics, and instructional skills clinics.

Great Lakes Pickleball Players are demonstrating their Midwest ingenuity, skill, exemplary sports ethics and enthusiasm as, together, we grow and develop the Great Game of the Great Lakes! PICKLEBALL! THANK YOU!

Yours in pickleball, Janet Razz