A Pickleball Summer

A Summer of Pickleball 

Jamaica Plain comes online thanks to Karen, Colleen, Peg, Paula et all

 The Reading Early Birds

 Two Reading Originals

Full House in Belmont

The Wellfleet Five after a few games

Pickleball Camp

Gregory Morell:

PICKLE BALL TOURNAMENT
AND RECREATION WEEKEND

AT CAMP BIRCH HILL
333 C BIRCH HILL RD. NEW DURHAM, NH 03855

Dates: September 22,23,24, 2017

FOOD, FUN, PICKLE BALL ON 6 NEW COURTS, TENNIS, SWIMMING, PADDLE BOARDING, BEACH BAR-B-Q, AND LOTS MORE

OVERNIGHT ACCOMM0DATION IN 20 CABINS W/hot SHOWERS
WEEKEND FEE: $100
(INCLUDES 2 BREAKFASTS, 2 LUNCHES 2 DINNERS & 2 OVERNIGHTS)

Non-overnight tournament participants: $25 per entry (includes 1 lunch)
Saturday: MEN’S & WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Sunday: MIXED DOUBLES

PRIZES & TROPHIES...

Overnight Summer Camp in NH | Camp Birch Hill Camp Birch Hill is an overnight summer camp for kids and teens in New Durham, NH. Campers make personalized schedules from 50+ activities!

Belmont

Belmont Town Field is  drawing crowds
Tuesday 9 AM
Thursday 6 PM
Sunday 9 AM
Thanks to Ruane Crummett for the photos

The End of the Season

A Gathering of Reading's Initial Pickleball League Season

First Place Winners

Slam Dink Cats

The Real Thing

These are the portable nets in Belmont

And these are the honest to goodness permanent nets in Belmont

Tuesdays at 9 AM, Thursday at 6 PM and Sundays at 9 AM

Dave Pike, Pickleballer in a Dinghy

Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Six Thousand Miles Alone in a Dinghy Grand Finale is Almost Here (and I’m alive to tell the story) by Journey June 30, 2017:  Down Day Today--No Travel Miles for Journey, Wilson, or I Ok, just checked the weather and it is looking like we will be making a dash for the finish line tomorrow.  That is a big YEA and bigger RELIEF! We will be coming from Whitehall which is about 27 miles away.  Assuming we can get away from the dock at around 8:30 am, I believe we can be into Grand Haven between 11:30 am and noon. Unless the weather forecast is really off or we have fog like this morning, I think this is a safe bet. Once into the breakwater at Grand Haven, I will try to do a live Facebook feed assuming we have good cellular coverage.  I have made my page public so anyone can watch the live feed.  Click here to go to my Facebook page. Ann will be traveling this last and final leg with me and we will be stopping at the Marina Boardwalk Dinghy Dock (right behind Farmers Market) to help celebrate my stupidity, tenacity and "Crossing that darn wake with about 5,400 miles between waves".  It has been a ride that I will never forget, nor the people along the way!  Those of you who are pickle ballers, wave that paddle proud so I can see them when I come in.  My daughter, Nancy, will be at the dock (with a Pickleball Paddle in Hand) and we will give her updates as to where we are and she can relay them to those of you at the dock. In another week or two, after a little more thought (unlike my shoot from the hip blog posts), I will share some of the "life lessons" along the way and share some of my deeper thoughts about the why now, why a small boat, why solo, why, why, why? I would like to think I learned a little more about myself somewhere along the way as well as all the people who supported my Journey along the way. That includes all of you who voluntarily chose to follow my posts, even though I can get off topic or probably bore you to death a random thought along the way. To those of you who are still wondering what Pickleball is, I encourage you to go out and give it a try. The boating community and the Pickleball community are both great support groups and encouraging as you learn  boating or  pickleball skills! To those of you who have told me that I have in some way inspired you, that is an unexpected thrill for me.  It has never been about that, but I was inspired by an canoeist (Verlin Kruger) years ago and by a couple of young women (Kate and Jessie) who did the great loop a few years ago in a very small sailboat  and blogged about their adventures along the way. I think they lite the fire that had been smoldering for a number of years. So, if you are in the neighborhood tomorrow, please consider stopping by.  I would love to see you! Journey | June 30, 2017 at 7:07 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/p6sWcX-104 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Six Thousand Miles Alone in a Dinghy. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sixthousandmilesinadinghy.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/grand-finale-is-almost-here-and-im-alive-to-tell-the-story/

Tournaments

Chris Walkley gives instruction to the players in Harwich's Chutes and Ladders Tourney

Upcoming Tournaments

July 16 Georgetown Mixed Doubles for Intermediates and up

contact Sue Trainoff at trainoff2000@yahoo.com

August 18,19 and 20
MA Senior Games
Marlborough MA 
visit http://www.wardparkpball.org/ma-games

July 28,29 and 30th
NH Senior Games
Manchester, NH
Contact Walt Hooker at pickleball@nhseniorgames.org