Good morning Members,

Your new Leadership Team had its first meeting yesterday and we're ready to roll!!

The 2025 calendar is already filling up with lots of tournaments and events for our club. We hope you'll take advantage of what we have to offer. We're looking forward to a great year!!

Here's a sneak peek!! Fun Leagues, Men & Women's tournaments, Charity events, DUPR nights, Mixed Doubles tournament, Fundamentals Clinics, Beginner's classes, Dinkathon, Evening social gatherings.....

Please check the calendar on the website as well as the case, (outside courts 1-4) for information on upcoming events.

Coming Soon:

Fundamentals Clinic- January 20-24, 10:30-12:00   *Registration is optional but not required. Click on the class you'd like to attend on the calendar.  See you there!

Club General Meeting- Monday January 27th at 5:00 at Independence Center. Food will be provided*

Spring Fun League (Team Format)- Mondays beginning February 24-March 31st. *Details to follow soon!

*Meetups continue at 1:45 until further notice.  Cyndy Crossman is our new Meetup Liaison. Please contact her with any questions at scapickleballclub@gmail.com  

Monday- Women's Only    

Tuesday- Mixed Doubles

Wednesday- Beginners

Thursday- Men Only

Friday- Mixed Doubles

See you on the courts!!

The first Leadership Team meeting of 2025 will take place on January 6 at 9am at Liberty Center. Any member wishing to attend is welcomed. For those of you that like to plan ahead, the first General Meeting of the year is scheduled for January 27 from 5-9pm at Independence Center (food will be provided). 

Below see the agenda for the Jan. 6 meeting:

MEETING AGENDA
Monday, January 6, 2025, 9:00am
Liberty Center 

1. Establish quorum
2. Approve minutes from prior meeting (12/5/24)
3. Introduce new Leadership team
4. Treasurer’s report
5. Leadership & general meeting schedule
6. Leadership team responsibilities for 2025
7. 2025 tournament dates
8. Fun league dates
9. Meet-up format
10. Classes for beginners
11. New courts update
12. Court usage for new courts
13. New social events
14. Member feedback

-Meetup Cancellations: The Wednesday Beginner's session will NOT be held on December 25th or January 1st.  Enjoy the Holidays!!!

  * Beginner's Meet up will resume on Wednesday, January 8th with Dody Garcia, Gail Kingham, Joe Pitts and Becky Munoz as facilitators. Thank you to these energetic volunteers!!

*The Tuesday Mixed Meetup WILL meet on the 24th, as usual. Thank you, Jerry Edelman!                                   

*Calling all Singles Players! If you're interested in playing full-court singles with a group of fellow members, please contact David Rubin at davidrubingamer@yahoo.com 

*Coming Soon!! "Pickleball Fundamentals" will take place in January for 5 consecutive days: January 20th-24th from 10:30-12:00.  A different skill will be covered each day. These sessions are geared toward beginner to intermediate players however, any interested member is welcome to attend & no need to enroll.  We highly recommend you attend all five sessions to get the maximum benefit & level up your game!   More details to follow in the days ahead.

  **Check out our Pickleball display case in front of the lower courts! We'll be posting announcements and events there, for everyone to see. Please stop by periodically so you can stay "in the know" :)

See you on the courts!!!!

Club Fair: Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello at our Pickleball booth last Saturday!

We had lots of membership renewals as well as several brand new folks who will be joining us!!

Due to the large number of NEW members, there will be an additional New Player Orientation this Saturday, December 14th at 11am. Thank you, Larry Strumwasser for volunteering to facilitate this!  *Players should meet under the canopy in front of the lower courts.

Want to play full-court singles?? The new singles players group is up and running! They meet on Thursdays at 10am.  Anyone who is interested is welcome to come out and join in!  For more information contact David Rubin at davidrubingamer@yahoo.com  

Holiday Party!!  The Big Event is this Friday, December 13th!! Doors open at 4:15. Dinner is served at 5:00.

Bring your dancing shoes and be ready to hear some great music provided by The Randy Anderson Band!!

We look forward to celebrating with all our members. Happy Holidays!!

Pickleball member David Rubin is looking for other players who want to play full-court singles!

Maybe you've only ever played doubles and would like to give singles a try. It's a sure way to get in your 10,000 daily step goal!!

If you are interesting in meeting up weekly with this group, please contact David directly at:

davidrubingamer@yahoo.com

Thank you!!

The lights on the pickleball courts have not been working at night this week and we are unsure when they will be fixed. Given that we were going to change the meet-up times to 1:45pm on Dec. 1 anyways, we've decided to change all the meet-ups to 1:45pm for the winter season, starting tomorrow (Nov. 8). Please keep an eye out for an email about the beginner's meeting on Nov. 13. Thank you. 

*The Intermediate Fun League finished it's 5th week today. Thank you to all participants and volunteers!

And the winners are......

Low Intermediate: Gold-David Rubin & Mary Ellen Brunaugh   Silver-Bosco Wang & Janice Preece

High Intermediate:  Gold-Jeff Smith & Debbie West   Silver-Steven Engelberg & Roxane Rusch

*The Advanced division will finish their matches on Monday November 11th

*The Mixed Doubles Tournament will take place on Saturday November 9th at 10:00. You are invited to come watch and cheer on all the teams!  Good luck players.

Fun League is well underway on Mondays and Wednesdays.  Thanks to all our participants and volunteers for making it happen!!  A Reminder: Please check- in at 10:15 so we can start the games promptly at 10:30. Thank you!

Coming Soon! Mixed Doubles Tournament (November 9th 10:30).  Plenty of time to sign up!  Women Needed! We have a handful of men who are looking for a partner. Ladies, if you'd like to play and need a partner, please email us ASAP! 

Meet-Ups: Please Note, the current 3:45 time for meet-ups will continue through the end of November.

Holiday Party...Save the date!! ( December 13th ) Details coming soon!

Renew Your Club Membership! You can renew your 2025 membership now for $15 . Visit our website at

pickleball.scaclub.org  for membership forms.

Next General Meeting: Monday November 18th at 5:00  Independence Center

See you on the courts!!

Questions? Contact Jen Carlson jenlcarlson@yahoo.com