November 2017 Tournament Medal Winners.
Alex Patterson (far right), Presbyterian Village Vice President, presents the title sponsor check for the Pickled Peach Valentine Classic Tournament to Robert Bostrom (middle) and Larry King (left). Photo: Tim Rogan
Pickleball article on NPR's site: Pickleball For All: The Cross-Generational Power of Play.
Article on the local pickleball scene and upcoming tournament just went up on OnLine Athens: Pickleball in Athens growing in popularity
Doc holiday shootout - spaulding county - Aug 2017.
 Larry and Roy took silver. |  Walter and his partner (far right) took silver. |
Randy from Lay Park said that he is in need of backpacks for kids when school starts back. AAPA is making a $150 donation from our operating budget for them to use for that purpose. This is one of the ways that the association tries to help the communilty.
This is how Roy and larry looked playing Pickleball at The National Senior Games in Birmingham, Al.
Peach tree corners
Tyler H. and Robert P. take Bronze at Get Off Your…and Play Pickleball at Life Time Athletic and Tennis, Peachtree Corners, GA.
2017 National Senior Games
in florence, SC.
PermANENT COURTS NOW OPEN
For directions and hours go to the Southeast Clark Park entry on the Where We Play page.
YONAH PLAY? SPRINg tournament
IT'S OVER! THE 2017 PICKLED PEACH VALENTINE'S CLASSIC WITH 180 PLAYERS FROM ALL OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND AS FAR AWAY AS SURPRISE ARIZONA WAS A HUGE SUCCESS. Play began Friday, at 3 PM. HUMANA was our TITLE SPONSOR. Thanks to Dianne Carroll and Iva King for being our 2017 Tournament Directors. They did it all. Roy Carroll and Larry King were the Tournament Committee with Bubba Waddley, Jim Hartley, Janis Perry, Nelda Van Schoick and Ken Calkin.
Subject: 90 year old Pickleball player
Athens Banner Herald by
Hilary.Butschek@OnlineAthens.com
Good human interest story
Athens Pickleball player Jim Conglose, on left, celebrated his 90th birthday playing Piclkeball with Jerry Brinegar (Dr. J) and all his other Athens friends. He plays about three times a week at Lay Park and shows no mercy to his younger opponents. Jim will be playing in the third annual Pickled Peach Valentine Classic Tournament February 10th-12th at the Classic Center.
SATTERFIELD PARK
In good weather Satterfield is saturated with Athens Area Pickleball Players! IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME! Satterfield Park is available Saturday and Sunday mornings and first come, first serve at any other time. You must be a member of AAPA to have access to the equipment locker unless you bring your own net, balls and paddles.
Athens Banner Herald by
Hilary.Butschek@OnlineAthens.com
Good human interest story
Athens Pickleball player Jim Conglose, on left, celebrated his 90th birthday playing Piclkeball with Jerry Brinegar (Dr. J) and all his other Athens friends. He plays about three times a week at Lay Park and shows no mercy to his younger opponents. Jim will be playing in the third annual Pickled Peach Valentine Classic Tournament February 10th-12th at the Classic Center.
SATTERFIELD PARK
In good weather Satterfield is saturated with Athens Area Pickleball Players! IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME! Satterfield Park is available Saturday and Sunday mornings and first come, first serve at any other time. You must be a member of AAPA to have access to the equipment locker unless you bring your own net, balls and paddles.
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Back L to R: Jeff Freshe, Danny__, William Said, Michael Schmidt, Robert Lowrey, Tim__, Barbara Trawick, Matt Justiss, Joel__, __, Emily Rudow, Cory Henry, Front: Zoe, __, Jamie Calkin, Ken Calkin and Craig Rudow
