"Come join us!" Pickleball @ Northwest Chicagoland Suburbs

"Hey everybody especially everyone in the Northern and Northwest suburbs / need a few more sign-ups for this class / Have nine so far / 8 courts on wood floors plus 8 courts on rubber coating / I have paddles for 8 courts please bring your own paddle, if you have one, balls will be provided./ Come joins us!" USAPA Ambassador Joe Balagot - West/Northwest Chicagoland Suburbs balagotjoe@yahoo.com  

Place to Play Pickleball!
16 PICKLEBALL INDOORS!!

LOCATION: Adlai E. Stevenson High School
1 Stevenson Drive, Lincolnshire, IL 60069

DAY/TIME: Thursday Nights 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
DATES: April 8th - May 13th

• 6 sessions listed as an adult continuing education course
• $42 per person, multiple registrations receive 10% discount
• CODE ASR38 (NO SENIOR FEE)
• Online Registration Available: http://www.d125.org/prep/

FAMILIES WELCOME

Pickleball Tournaments in District Senior Games in Ontario

Pickleball Tournaments in District Senior Games in Ontario
"As many of you are aware, Pickleball has been added by the Ontario Senior Games Association as an official sanctioned summer event. This means that all districts in Ontario can add pickleball to their schedule." Wayne Roswell

• Windsor/Essex Senior Games - play downs are on Tuesday, April 27, finals April 29th. Registration is 9:00 a.m., start 10:00 a.m. They will be held at Riverside Minor Baseball Club, 5865 Ontario St. Windsor
• Durham Senior Games, Friday, May 10, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. McLean Recreation Centre, 95 Magill Drive, Ajax. (note: the date and location are tentative at this time)
• Scarborough Senior Games, May 27, 2010 at Milliken Park Recreation Centr
• York Region, Friday, May 14, 8:00 A.M. at the Magna Centre, 800 Mulock Drive, Newmarket.

CLICK HERE to read the complete posting on Pickleball Ontario!

Iowa Pickleball in the News

Senior Center's membership grows 17 percent since 2008
Josh O'Leary • Iowa City Press-Citizen •
February 25, 2010

A year ago, most members of the Iowa City/Johnson County Senior Center hadn't heard of pickleball, much less picked up a paddle and played the game. These days, the sport has become so popular with members that it's now being played five days a week at gyms in Iowa City and North Liberty, and organizers are seeking more space.

"It's great fun and it's great exercise," Kathy Breese said Thursday before a pickleball match at the Mercer Park gym, where a dozen people used graphite paddles to send plastic balls flying across nets in a tennis-like game.'' CLICK HERE to read full press-citizen.com article.

Pickleball Global Growth

"Pickleball is growing internationally with the formation of Pickleball Canada and players in Kenya, Cyprus, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, India, England, Australia, and New Zealand." USAPA President Bill Booth (7/2009 USAPA News)

USA Pickleball Association

AND BEYOND

Pickleball Canada

All India Pickleball Association

AIPA Pickleball Demo held at the Mumbai Cricket Association

January 31, 2010

India

USAPA News 11/2009

by Dick Manasseri

Director, National/International Relations

USAPA member Sunil Valavalkar is also the Founder and General Secretary of the All India Pickleball Association. Sunil is a true Pickleball Pioneer with a love of the game who is teaching and promoting pickleball in his home country as a sport for all.

He played pickleball for the first time in Canada in 1999 and was so enamored with the sport that he visited a second time in 2006 to play some more. When he returned home to India, he brought a few paddles and balls with him and started giving pickleball demonstrations to Mumbai sports lovers.


To his surprise, this sport was very warmly received by a cross section of the society. The majority of today's population in India is eager to play a sport which is easy to play, which would offer them fun and, at the same time, it would also make them fit. Pickleball is satisfying all these requirements of India's modern society and so there is an encouraging response for this sport. The AIPA was formed to promote pickleball in India.

I was most impressed with the AIPA Pledge  with its emphasis on the "Right to Play" for every citizen in India. As Sunil recently explained to me, "Pickleball is the only sport available for the average person. At my current camp, two persons who are physically challenged also played pickleball with ease. In wheelchairs, they played this sport with as able bodies as their opponents. That's the value of pickleball and, hence, I think we can demand the universal "Right of Play" through pickleball."

To learn more about this fascinating story, you can go to the All India website www.aipa.in . There you'll see in words, pictures, and video, the inspiring story of Sunil's success with attracting players of all ages and circumstances to pickleball on the other side of the globe. The video link is http://www.aipa.in/Video.htm . Sunil has managed to introduce and promote Pickleball by aggressively working with the media http://www.aipa.in/Mediask.htm

Sunil has shown that Pickleball is truly a "Sport for All", a Lifetime Sport. We congratulate Sunil and all the players of the AIPA. Sunil has asked me to invite any USAPA travelers to India to contact him at sunilw@gicofindia.com just as we invite all AIPA players traveling to visit family and friends in North America to contact us at dmanasseri@usapa.org .

MI Pickleball BuZz! Launched 2/10/2010

MI Pickleball BuZz! Launched February 10, 2010! Short and sweet MI Pickleball real time news to use. Follow* or bookmark the link for quick and easy access to information, announcements, and registration flyers. http://www.google.com/profiles/MIPickleball






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Pickleball Spectacular! Columbus, Ohio! March 5, 2010

Pickleball Spectacular!
Columbus, Ohio

Central Ohio Senior Olympics

in association with

The Arnold (Schwarzenager!) Active Living Festival

Pickleball Games! Friday, March 5, 2010

$25. registraition fee for Pickleball Competition. Paid Pickleball Competitors receive a t-shirt and one day entry to the Arnald (Schwarzenager!) Fitness Expo events.

• Details - Registration Flyer
• More on the Active Living Festival

Questions?!? Email Bob Kaiser at rckaiser3@columbus.rr.com

USA Pickleball Association Training Grant - Ripon, WI

Ripon Pickleball Association News
By USAPA Ambassador Dave Lukoski

USA Pickleball Associaiton provides Ripon Pickleball with new net system

The Ripon Pickeleball association received a grant from the USAPA and received a new net system for traveling throughout the State of Wisconsin trying to increase the numbers of players and communities playing Pickleball.

Ripon association member and USAPA Local Ambassador Dave Lukoski said, "The RPBA is very grateful to the USAPA for providing us with this much needed equipment and we pledge to grow this great sport this coming year. We will travel just about anywhere there is interest for the purpose of increasing the numbers of Pickleball players in the State of Wisconsin."

Lukoski added that he has contacted several Wisconsin Recreation Department directors with the offer of a demonstration to communities in the 40 mile radius around Ripon.

The Ripon Pickleball Association liked the new system so much that they bought a second net system from the USAPA and it was delivered this past Saturday and used on the indoor courts today 2/7.

Thanks to those who have donated cash to defray the cost of the second net system.

Iowa Picklers Spotlight Johnson County Pickleball

Iowa City and North Liberty Picklers spotlight Johnson County PICKLEBALL via You Tube.

• PART 1 Johnson County, Iowa Pickleball
• PART 2 Johnson County, Iowa Pickleball

For more information, email the USA Pickleball Association (USAPA) Ambassador for Iowa City - Ron Stiers at ron.stiers@yahoo.com . Iowa, a vital part of the exciting growth of PICKLEBALL in the USAPA Great Lakes Region, now has 9 USAPA Members! CLICK HERE to learn more about how you can BELONG!