Service for Gene

Will be next Friday Aug 7 at 10:00am. It will be held at the Sun River community center.

Very Sad News

I just learned Gene Sams from Sun River passed away yesterday from an apparent heart attack. Gene was one of the nicest guys I have ever met. A true Gentleman who will be missed by everyone who ever had the chance to meet or play with him.

For those who wish to send condolences: Helen Sams, 4192 Ambassador Dr., St. George, UT 84790

As soon as I recieve information regarding services I will let everyone know on here.


RIP Gene

Nevada Senior Olympics

The Nevada Senior Olympics pickleball event will be held Oct 8,2009. USAPA Ambassador for Las Vegas Char Shulte has sent me a registration packet that I can forward to anyone that plans on playing. There are 3 events. Men and Womens Doubles and a Mixed Doubles event. The cost is a very low $3.00 per event. If you are interested send me or Char an email and we will send you the packet.

charschulte@cox.net
johnram@rconnects.com

Christmas in July

Good times were had by all who played in last nights tournament at Worthen Park in St George. Lacey did an excellent job directing the tournamnt and things went smoothly. It takes a lot of work to pull off a tournament and Lacey deserves everyones thanks. There was 2 divisions of mixed Doubles. I will have all the results up when I get the email from lacey. Look below at the womens T Shirts The city of St. George is selling. I think you will like them.

I love Pickleball

The city of St. George has designed a beautiful womens tee that says "I love pickleball" in French. These are not the cheap T Shirts you normaly see. They are a high end attractive dress tee that you could wear out to dinner. The tee's are selling for 20.00and Lacey said she will cover the shipping costs. Contact her at lacey.wallis@sgcity.org And tell her you saw them here!

Cornichon Balle

Sept.. Sun River Tourney

Here is the info for the upcoming tournament. If you need a copy of the registration form just send me an email and I will forward it to you.






Sun River St. George Open
Pickleball Tournament
September 18 and 19, 2009

Come join us at the Sun River St. George pickleball courts Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19 for championship play. Take Exit 2 off I-15 named Southern Parkway, turn west on SunRiver Parkway, right on Country Club Drive, then right on Blue Grass Way. Parking lot is on the eastside of the courts. Play starts at 8 AM each day. There will be three events:
Friday - Mixed Doubles
Saturday – Women’s Doubles and Men’s Doubles

To register for doubles event(s), submit a separate form for each participant:
Enter each event number plus your chosen partner’s name
OR enter each event number plus Need Partner. Please put your email address and/or phone number on the Registration form so the Tournament Directors can notify you when a partner is found.

Applications must be received no later than Monday, September 14. This should be a good warm up for those wishing to participate in the Huntsman Games.

All events will be double elimination, and will likely involve two brackets. Each event will have two age groups:
Ages 18-54
Ages 55 and up

The participant fee is $25.00 per person, regardless of the number of events you enter. Your fee includes an excellent T-shirt designed by SunRiver resident artist Ginger Miller as well as ONE lunch ticket for your choice of three lunches at Sun River’s renowned River Walk Grill on either Friday or Saturday. The three lunch choices are:
(1) hamburger, fries, and soft drink
(2) signature salad with chicken and soft drink
(3) turkey avocado wrap with house salad and soft drink

If you have any questions regarding the tournament, call:
Bob Klarich (801-389-0568 or 435-773-6731) or Lee Talley (801-361-0596)

Hope to have you join in on the fun,
Bob Klarich, Lee Talley, and Bill Sederowitz
Tournament Directors

Christmas in July needs sign ups

Ok lets get out and support this local charity with a fun night of Pickleball. If anyone is looking for a partner just send me an email and I will put it up on the blog.

Got an email from Lacey last night and the tournament needs more sign ups or it will be canceled. Deadline to register is Wed July 15th. You can register online at www.activityreg.com See you on the courts!

Play in Mesquite

If you are coming to the Mesquite area please send me a email so I can set you up to play pickleball. Our group plays everyday except Tues-Thurs and anyone is welcome to come out and play. I will be happy to pay your guest fees! While you are here you can check out our beautiful community and local casinos. It is a win/win

Sunriver Invitational

What a great tournament!

Yesterday I was lucky and got invited to play in the "Sunriver Invitational Tournament" The format was fantastic with 12 players rotating partners. You played 1 game with each of the other players and at the end added up all your points to find a winner. So every point counts! Even when you are up 10-0 you do not want to give the opposition 1 point because that point could cost you at the end.

I feel comfortable speaking for all the guests that were invited and saying "We had a GREAT time! Thank You Marty, Don and Bill for the invites. I plan on having a tournament with this format at Sun City Mesquite in the fall. Here is the email I got from Marty last night with the results


Hope everyone had a great time. Below are the results. We will try and have another competition in August and possibly expand to a "C" group to include more players. Good to see Harry Eubanks down at the courts. Thanks to everyone for making this a fun event.
Thanks, Bill Dysert, Marty Grossman, Don Odle (Tournament Directors)
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A Group Points


Bob Klarich 111
Bill Dysert 110
Steve Hafen 110
Walt Ashby 107
Rob Roy 99
Sanjoy Bhattacharya -- Worthen 99
Don Odle 98
Pat Flannery 94
Tom Wheeler Entrada 83
Pat McKissick 81
Marty Grossman 67
Jim Real 66


B Group


Steve Garcia--Hurricane 117
Ginger Miller 112
Gene Sams 110
Nora Flannery 103
John Ramirez-- Mesquite 99
Di Shanklin -- Entrada 95
Tom Rankin 94
Jim Duranceau 94
Tom Tischler-- Worthen 90
Bill Sederowitz 88
Mary Lynn Larson--Worthen 85
Kay Eubanks 76

Entrada

Last night I was invited to Entrada to play pickleball. I was told by Di Shanklin that this was “Smash mouth” pickleball and if I did not like getting hit with the ball this might not be the right group for me. I arrived early and got a nice tour of Entrada by Tom Wheeler.
I found myself mesmerized by the beauty of that area.

Then we started playing.

In my brief time playing pickleball the one thing I have come to realize is that most of the people that play this game are great people. There is just something about the game that draws competitive but friendly people. The Entrada group is no different.

I started playing and quickly thought I was in over my head. They were hitting it harder than I was used to and it took me a bit to catch up to the speed of the game. After a couple of games I felt like I had caught up and was really enjoying myself.

I don’t know about you guys but I hate to lose. At the same time, I don’t mind getting beat. You just realize that some players are better than you and you tell them “nice shot” after they hit it by you. I said”nice shot” often last night.

After 3 hours of solid play I was exhausted and still had a long drive home so it was time to go. I really enjoyed my time out there and hope to someday do it again.

If you are ever looking for a fun weekend getaway check out Entrada. The rooms are awesome and you can golf during the day then play pickleball at night. The website is
http://www.golfentrada.com/

Idaho Senior Games

New USPA Ambassador for Boise Carson Spencer has asked me to post info for this years Idaho Senior Games
.

I would like to invite all players to the IDAHO SENIOR GAMES in Boise ID. August 8,14-16 &20-23 , 2009. The Web site for more information and registration is www.idahoseniorgames.org . If any of you are in this area and need a little sports action, our games are fun, well organized and competitive. A few of the games to be played PICKLEBALL,vollyball,cycling,handball,track & field,racketball, tennis, ect.

PICKLEBALL SCHEDULE August 15& 16 .

Would love to see players from our region in St. George, Mesquite and others show up and play some good hard games.

Boise Idaho and surrounding area are beautiful and exciting. So if you decide to come and play be sure to take in all the rough outdoor excitment of the area.

Thanks

Carson Spencer, new Ambassador of pickleball for the Boise Idaho area.

Utah Summer Games

Here are the results from this years Utah Summer Games in St George. This is a good link to a video from the tournament.

http://www.kcsg.com/sports/47112477.html?video=YHI&t=a



Singles-Men
1, Tim Finger, St. George, .
2, Rick Lambson, Cedar City, .
3, Steve Garcia, hurricane, .


Singles - Women
1, Karen Marchant, Cedar City, .
2, Diane Shanklin, Santa Clara, .
3, Kathy Duncan, Cedar City, .


Singles - Boys 18 & under
1, Casey Rand, West Jordan, .
2, Jordan Rand, West Jordan, .


Doubles - Men
1, David Timmons / Steven Hafen, St. George / st george, .
2, Rick Lambson / Stefan Lemire, Cedar City / St. George, .
3, Tim Finger / Michael Searle, St. George / ST. GEORGE, .


Doubles - Women
1, Sandy Bryant / Karen Marchant, Cedar City / Cedar City, .
2, Diane Shanklin / Char Schulte, Santa Clara / Las Vegas, .
3, Ginger Miller / Pam Gossett, St. George / Saint George, .


Mixed Doubles under 50
1, Karen Marchant / David Timmons, Cedar City / St. George, .
2, Kathy Duncan / Marcus Foulger, Cedar City / Salt Lake City, .
3, Anna Lindsey / Daniel Lindsey, St. George / St. George, .


Mixed Doubles 50+
1, Ginger Miller / Steven Hafen, St. George / st george, .
2, Mary Lynn Larson / James Grappo, St.George / Saint George, .
3, Geralyn Mcewen / Gene Sams, St. George / St George, .