Dave Mungo On April 4 the Quail Creek Pickleball Club (QCPC) hosted the SaddleBrooke Ranch Pickleball Club for an intercommunity competition. This event was a huge success. Our players and volunteers truly raised the bar for competition events held here, and we certainly showed SaddleBrooke Ranch how to put on a party. Our Social Committee…
Don Amour Since this past fall, every Tuesday and Friday at 9:30 a.m., a group of Parkinson’s patients, their caregivers, and volunteers from the Quail Creek Pickleball Club get together at courts 1 and 2 at Quail Creek. Over the hour-and-a-half session, there is some social time to get acquainted and share information on our…
Janine Baxter The March event for the Nurses of Quail Creek was an information session about pickleball players here in Quail Creek who have been awarded grant money. Not so unusual until you learn that these players also have Parkinson’s, and the grant came from the Parkinson’s Foundation. A presentation was given by Lenny Friedman,…
Shireen Kolarik The Quail Creek Pickleball Club arranged clinics in February and March for its members with pickleball pro player and instructor Brian Martin. Brian Martin is from SweetShot Pickleball out of the Phoenix area, and he plays in the senior pro league for the Coachella Valley Scorpions. Brian provided a variety of sessions for…
David Zapatka With the holidays behind us, there has been quite a bit of talk about how to introduce relatives to pickleball, the game we discovered and love. The debate about how best to do this centers around two concepts. The first is to begin teaching new players how to serve. The second is to…
Shireen Kolarik On Jan. 13 the Quail Creek Pickleball Club started a new event, afternoon open play. The first day of this new event had a great turnout. Players enjoyed our beautiful afternoon weather and many people to rotate playing with. This new open play is offered daily from 1 to 3 p.m. Both morning…
Lenny Friedman On Dec. 18, 20 Quail Creek Pickleball Boys Night Out members and spouses attended the Tucson Roadrunners vs. San Diego Gulls AHL hockey game. The Roadrunners won 5-1. The Quail Creek Pickleball Boys Night Out group plays round-robins on Monday and Thursday nights and Sunday mornings. They also meet to drill and have…
The Quail Creek Pickleball Club (QCPC) has updated its software used to reserve pickleball courts. All residents of QC may reserve a court outside of Pickleball Club activities. See QCPOA Rules for rules governing pickleball courts. To make a court reservation as a non-club member: • Go to qcpickleball.org and scan the QR code in…
On Oct. 8, 10 Parkinson’s patients, their caregivers, and pickleball volunteers gathered at the Quail Creek pickleball courts for a session of the Intro to Pickleball for Parkinson’s study. Mary Riley, former teacher and coach, current personal trainer, pickleball addict, and Parkinson’s patient, talked about her diagnosis, treatments, and benefits from playing pickleball. She discussed…
Roxanne Housley The new pickleball courts and ramada were decorated and filled to capacity on July 3 as 72 players joined in the Mixed Round Robin Social. Before play, Eldon Housley and Betty Rongner sang patriotic songs, and most of us joined in singing. Bill Foraker’s playlist included many patriotic songs, along with lots of…