Good afternoon everyone.
DINK CHALLENGE
The LPC held the 2021 Dink Challenge on June 30th. Many members trained each Wednesday during the month of June by participating in our ongoing PickleSkills coaching. A total of 40 teams participated in 2 sessions in 3 skill levels: Recreational, Competitive, and Advanced. Each team played 3 games in a round robin format, with the top 2 teams in each skill level vying for the gold medal.
Many thanks go to the volunteers who helped set up and take down the nets, the coaches who provided four weeks of dinking and soft game instruction and to Mark Henry who put a lot of time and effort in planning the event!
Here are your Gold Medal Winners!
Recreational
6:00 Isis Garcia / Julian Craveiro 7:30 Cathy Bricker / Traci Hamilton
Competitive
6:00 Markk Pugh / Joe Medosch 7:30 Sonia Schmeider / Judd Disch
Advanced
6:00 Carolyn Sanders / Cary Sanders 7:30 Will Eaton / George Richards
GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
The 2021 Great Plains Regional Championships were held in Colorado Springs from June 23rd through 28th with participants coming from all over the US. All gold medalists earned a berth at the 2021 USA Pickleball National Championships. 5 LPC members qualified for Nationals by taking home 6 gold medals, 7 others took home 9 silver or bronze medals!
Congratulations to LPC gold medalists: Orlie Carpio, Cindy Cashman, Barbara Moore, Gloria Myers, and Bob Steinhoff (2 golds)
LPC silver medalist: Polly Unger (2 silvers)
LPC bronze medalists: Gerry Cashman, Jerry Green (2 bronze), Jean Marsh, Barbara Moore, Gloria Myers, and Kim Normandin
PARKS DEPARTMENT LEAGUES
The third session of the Parks Department summer league will begin on August 21. Registration is now available through the Parks Department. League format TBD.
Are you interested in playing in a Friday evening Singles league? If there are 8 players interested in an 8-player ladder league, I think they will put it together. Please let me know in the next few days if you are interested. $35 per person for a five-week session, beginning August 21.
ANSBOURY CLINICS AT MEHAFFEY
Don’t forget that courts have been reserved at Mehaffey on Friday, July 23 through Sunday, July 25 for the Sarah Ansboury clinics. Court availability at Mehaffey will be limited those three days!
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The next meeting of the LPC Board of Directors will be held at 1:00pm on Tuesday, August 3. All interested LPC members are welcome to attend. So that we can have adequate seating available, please let me know if you plan to attend.
See you on the courts!
Bob
