For those of you that enter tournaments (or have kids that bring home medals) and are fortunate to bring home some hardware, what do you do with them when you get home?
Wear them to work on Monday for show and tell?
Hang them in the closet or throw them in a drawer?
Use them for Christmas ornaments?
Here are some fun ideas!
Grab your old medals and make a wind chime!
And some more ideas including a fill as you win shadow box and using a rake to display your medals.
Pickleball Demonstration at 11:30 this Saturday with the Grand Opening!
A bit of open play might happen after that.
2 indoor courts
7100 Pyramid Way (The Hive is to the north of the skate park.
“Open Gym” hours on Tuesdays and Sundays 9-11 am will be free, however donations are encouraged and welcome. If you wish to reserve the facility for only your use on certain days and times at $70 for two hours. Contact the park ranger at Lazy 5 Regional Park.
This facility needs volunteers for each pickleball session.
If you do apply to volunteer, THANK YOU! And please send an email to TMPC to let us know. You can contact us here: truckeemeadowspickleballclub@gmail.com
Big thanks to all who volunteered to be court volunteers!
And big thanks to Lyle Mason and Washoe County Parks & Recreation for getting courts at The Hive!
On Wednesday March 20th, 64 TMPC members participated in two sessions of Kings and Queens of the Court. Players moved up and down the courts depending on their wins/losses of each game. No scores were kept for each game and participants played to great music brought by Netto Montoya.
Washoe County School District is off for spring break from Monday March 25th through Friday April 5th.
Both Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows and the Plumas Street Gym will be closed during this time.
Boys and Girls Club will re-open for play on Tuesday April 8th.
Plumas Street Gym will re-open for play on Monday April 8th and remain open Monday through Friday until the last play for the spring on Friday April 26th.
The Indoor Courts page is kept updated for your use throughout the year.
Wednesday April 24th – Social and National Pickleball Month
Save the Date for the next TMPC Members Only event will be Wednesday April 24th. This will be a club wide social for all members with food, play and fun. More details coming soon on our Events page.
Eighty players participated in TMPC’s most recent members only event on Wednesday February 27th at Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows.
Big thanks to all the players who participated and board members who played and helped coordinate the event. Music was provided by Board Member Netto Montoya and Board Member s Paula Cobb and Bruce Burkham helped DJ!
Big thanks to all who have registered for this Wednesday’s Musical Pickleball event.
Current player list for both sessions can be seen on the Musical Chairs Pickleball event page. This list is sorted by session, rating and first name .
If you are registered, but won’t be able to play, please email TMPC as soon as possible. Email TMPC
If you are not registered, and want to be on the waiting list, please email TMPC as soon as possible. Email TMPC
Double big thank yous to players who volunteered to play in either session. You have all been assigned to the Late Sleepers session from 11:30 to 2:00.
Thank you all again and we are all looking forward to lots of fun play and dancing on the courts on Wednesday.
Once again, pickleball dominates the Reno Tahoe Senior Games – in numbers and in fun! Out of about 250 participants in the games, 150 were pickleball players!
TMPC members are tournament directors for the pickleball events- Alan Clark and Joan Deputy in the competitive division and Lyle Mason in the recreation division. Many TMPC members volunteered to help the tournament directors as well as play in both divisions.
Thanks to all who helped and played in the Reno Tahoe Senior Games. It’s always good to see old friends and meet new ones on the courts! Good times!
Competitive Division Results
Women’s Competitive being silly
Women’s 4.0 BRONZE – Sandy Nieland & Karen Rinella GOLD – Brenda Gross & Becky Privitt SILVER – Krista Kip & Christina Fegert
Whether you have been playing one day or one year or fifty one years, pickleball has likely enhanced your life in many ways.
Kory and Lynne Kelly
A recent podcast on Pickleball Kitchen showcases Kory Kelly’s amazing journey through PTSD and back out into the world with some help from pickleball and pickleball friends.
Not a podcast listener? Check out this fabulous article by Jodi Pree in San Marcos Island’s Coastal Breeze News.
“Before pickleball, Kory Kelly served in the Air Force and CIA and had been living with PTSD for five years. He was only able to go to work and come directly home. One and a half years ago, Kory was introduced to pickleball by his 80-year-old mother and her church ladies.He quickly became hooked on the sport, and it gave him the opportunity to face his fears in a supportive, encouraging environment.
“What pickleball has done for me? It brought me out of my house. The people are the treasure of this sport! The game is great, but it’s the people. I now have friends all over the country. It has changed my life! It has returned me to my wife and family,” expresses Kory Kelly.”
For those of you without allergies, getting outdoors this time of year is fabulous!
Wear them to work on Monday for show and tell?
Hang them in the closet or throw them in a drawer?
