2013 Annual Pickleball Tournament - Mixed Doubles Division

Day 3 - Mixed Double Division

Congratulations to the following winners in the 

Mixed Doubles division

Mixed Doubles
Bracket	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed Skill Doubles 3.5	Eldonna Coats-Paul Barksdale	Jodie Koerner-Robert Koerner	Allyson Stroeder-Joe Hubbell
Mixed Skill Doubles 4.0	Brenda Jmaeff-Dan Jmaeff	Terry Lavigne-Donald Bangs	Nancy Stern-Jim Vincent
Mixed Skill Doubles 4.5	Caryn McComas-Bill Demory	Dalonna Cooper-Dennis Carter	Donna L. Robins-Randy Bourne
Mixed Skill Doubles 5.0	Yvonne Hackenberg-Jim Hackenberg	Theresa Orcutt-Dave Touchet	Betsy Lawson-Scott Lennan

For full result of the pickleball tournament and photos

2013 Annual Pickleball Tournament - Men's Division

Day 2 - Men's Double Division

Congratulations to the following winners in the 

Men's Double division

Mens Doubles
Bracket	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mens Skill Doubles 3.5	David Zapatka-Greg Mather	Ronald Herzog-Jeff Jones	Robert Di Girolamo-Darwin Broek
Mens Skill Doubles 4.0	Dan Jmaeff-Maurice Parobec	Robert Koerner-Mark Karwas	Larry Kraus-Paul Gayer
Mens Skill Doubles 4.5	Lynn Carlson-Randy Bourne	Troy Horton-William Joy	Dennis Carter-Mike Crabtree
Mens Skill Doubles 5.0	Chile Chilelli-Pat Kane	Jim Hackenberg-Geoffrey Justiss	Yoda Friedenberg-Al Hager

For full result of the pickleball tournament and photos

2013 Annual Pickleball Tournament - Women's Division

Day 1 - Women's Double Division

Ed Robson and Al Hager

Congratulations to the following winners in the 

Women's Double division

Womens Doubles
Bracket	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Womens Skill Doubles 3.5	Jodie Koerner-Jackie Kline	Patty True-Dianne Zimmerman	Darlene Williams-Karen Eastman
Womens Skill Doubles 4.0	Dee Rochel-Carolyn Stevens	Cindy Moore-Terry Lavigne	Barbara Schmidt-Sally Dobson
Womens Skill Doubles 4.5	Caryn McComas-Cookie Drake	Theresa Orcutt-Donna L. Robins	Sue Liley-Teresa Smith
Womens Skill Doubles 5.0	Yvonne Hackenberg-Betsy Lawson	Susan Buerkens-Deb Arnold	Roxanne Pierce-Linda Gartlan

For full result of the pickleball tournament and photos

Pickleball Tournament Committee Chairs

The following are the committee chairs for the Pickleball Tournament,  please contact them if you are interested in helping on a given committee.  

Tournament Director:             Al Hager

Assistant Tournament Director:       Mike Rains

Tournament Table

Tournament Board Postings:                         Jolyn Rains & Barb Hager

Bracket Posting:           Sandy Byrnes

Registration Desk – Check-In:        Greg & Veronica Long

Tournament Match PA System:     Richard & Kristy Shine

USAPA Desk & New Member Sign-up:    Charlie & Helen Forbush

Photographer & Video:            Charlene Rule

                                               

Blog Postings:       Sandy Byrnes

             

Referee Trainer/Coordinator:         Larry & Nancy Kraus

                                                           

Raffle & 50/50 Drawing                  Mary Jo Wong

Tournament Set-Up/ Parking Signs/Maintenance

Tear Down & Clean-Up                            Dard Price

Medical Team:     Caroline & Dave Anderson                           

Publicity Team – Contact Newspapers for advertising & coverage. Local Restaurants for discounts, Motels for discounts.

Sandy Byrnes

Morning Coffee & Snack Table

Hydration/fruit Table  Ray & Sheila Corey

ROBSON RANCH 1ST ANNUAL SKILL LEVEL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT

ROBSON RANCH 1^ST ANNUAL SKILL LEVEL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

(SKILL LEVELS 3.5 THRU 5.0)

MARCH 21, 22, 23, 2013

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION MARCH 1, 2013

Thursday, March 21^st 2013

Women’s Doubles (3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)        

Friday, March 22^nd 2013

Men’s Doubles (3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)

Saturday, March 23^rd 2013

Mixed Doubles (3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0)

**Rain Date Sunday, March 24^th if needed**

*$5.00 lunch with be served daily courtside for players and spectator.

* Full menu and daily specials will be available each day in the Robson Bar/Grill for lunch and dinner.

Many vendors will be set up courtside with a variety of pickleball items; such as paddles, clothing and jewelry. A 50/50 drawing will be held daily along with a special raffle to be held at the model homes area.

A USAPA booth will be set up to allow sign-up for the pickleball membership or to renew existing memberships.

For more detailed information to enter our tournament go to usapa.org, or go directly to pickleballtournaments.com to register online or print off a registration form.

We want to welcome everyone to come and view our Robson Ranch community and our state of the art pickleball courts. We encourage all Robson communities to come and join us for a weekend of fun, competition and comradery. We promise to have some of the best pickleball play in all of Arizona!

If you have any problems registering or any questions concerning the tournament please contact:

Al Hager, Tournament Director

(419)-619-1122 or email hager1371@aol.com.

Mission Royale Tournament Winners

Congratulations to the following club members who won medals at the Mission Royale Tournament which was held Jan. 30 - Feb 2.     Full results can be found here . 

Congratulations to Dave Wong and Dave Lawell who took a silver in the Men's Doubles 3.0. 

Congratulations to Caroline Anderson (3rd from right) and her partner Dee Rochel for taking a gold medal in the Women's Doubles 3.5

Congratulations to Barb Hager and Terri Yates for taking a silver medal in the Women's Doubles 3.5 

Congratulations to Al Hager and his partner Cookie Drake for taking a silver medal in the Mixed Doubles 55-59. 

Congratulations to Al Hager and his partner Patrick Kane for taking a silver medal in the Men's Doubles 5.0. 

Note:  Photos courtesy of Bill Kvistad

Robson Ranch Pickleball T-Shirts

With our tournament just around the corner, t-shirts are ready to be ordered.  Several  styles/options will be available.  This year’s color will be gold(yellow).  Order your’s today and show support for Pickleball, Robson Ranch, and tournament players/volunteers.

There is some concern to previous shirts not fitting correctly.  I will supply links to the shirt specifications.  Each specification gives the measurement and how the measurement is taken.  You can measure a shirt that correctly fits and match the size exactly.  Each individual is responsible for ordering their correct size.

I will supply an order form.  Payment is required prior to shirt being ordered.  Once order is submitted, a 2-3 week turnaround is expected.

The Robson Ranch Logo from our RR Pickleball blog will be used.  Any change in the color of the logo requires an additional $15.  Cost of the shirt will be comparative to last year $14(S-XL), $16(2X), $18(3X).  Price may vary if a more expensive shirt is requested.  Price includes shirt, print, and tax.

The link to the shirt site is: www.sanmar.com.  Last year’s shirt style was ST700 and LST700.  Click on specs for sizes.

Deadline for orders will be 14 Feb(Valentine’s Day).

Point of Contact will be Steve Arthur (540)355-8065 or gitpicker42@aol.com.

We've got LIGHTS!!!!!

Note: that the lights must be shut off by the last group leaving the court and MUST be turned off by 9PM in consideration of Comanche Dr. Residents.

2ND ANNUAL MISSION ROYALE PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT

DATES: Wednesday, January 30^th thru Saturday, February 2^nd, 2013

Just a reminder for all you Pickleball enthusiast, last day of registration for the Mission Royale tournament is January 10^th. Please get your registrations in to help support Mission Royale’s tournament.  Even if you are not playing please take time to attend a day at their tournament just to see how the tournament is ran. They have great food at a reasonable price so you could enjoy lunch one day with friends. Pickleball vendors will be there with items to sell as well as raffles to take a chance at winning items!

PLEASE HELP SUPPORT OUR INTERCOMMUNITY FRIENDS WHO WILL IN TURN SUPPORT OUR TOURNAMENT!

Referee Seminar

To All Pickleball Club Members

As Director of our March tournament, Al Hager has asked Nancy and me to manage the referee portion of the tournament. For the tournament to function smoothly, it's critical that we have a large number of trained and willing referees. We need to have trained referees for all 16 courts all day for 3 days plus backups so that no one gets burned out from refereeing too many matches. With tournaments at Palm Creek, Mission Royale and Robson, our area needs a large number of qualified referees. I know a number of our members attended the training session at Palm Creek led by Tom Gearhart and then practiced during our round robins at Robson. Tom has again graciously agreed to provide a training seminar. This training is essential for those of you who have not refereed in the past and I'm sure a refresher course would be helpful for those who took last year's training, but have not had much experience at tournaments throughout the year. As noted in the flyer below, the training will require attendance at both the January 5th and 12th sessions.

If you're interested in becoming a referee and willing to attend the 2 training sessions, please send an e-mail to larrykraus@yahoo.com so we can contact Rosemary Reese at Palm Creek to ensure that passes are available and also add you to our list of possible referees. We appreciate the commitment of our members to help ensure that our tournament is a smoothly run, first class endeavor.

Larry and Nancy Kraus

Referee Seminar

Do you want to learn how to referee a pickleball game? If you do, we as a club need you. Just sign up at the pickleball courts.

WHEN: Saturday, January 5, 2013 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.

Where: Pickleball Courts

Commitment: 2 Saturdays (Jan. 5^th & Jan 12^th & practice refereeing 12 games before “In-house Tournament”.

What you should do before the seminar: Go to USAPA.org and click on Official rules, print them and then read and understand them. Understanding the rules is imperative to being a good referee.

Instructor, Tom Gearhart #389