Stephanie MacDonald, the District Ambassador for Southern Colorado and Hubie "Horns" Townsend an ambassador for Natrona County, Wyoming are the co-winners of the Pioneer Award for 2020. We all congratulate you both for jobs well done in promoting the sport of pickleball. We will remember this year of 2020 as being … Continue Reading …
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Featured District Ambassadors
Meet Bill Roehrs
Hello Pickleball Enthusiasts, Introduction to pickleball My name is Bill Roehrs. I am the District Ambassador for Nebraska. I live in Lincoln and am a retired public-school music teacher. After I retired, my wife, JoAnn, and I decided to spend some winter time in Arizona. In 2013, friends told us about PebbleCreek, a … Continue Reading …
Meet Pat and Charlie Hart
In this inaugural edition of the USA Pickleball Great Plains Region website, we are happy to feature-profile both Pat and Charlie Hart, the co-District Ambassadors for the North Dakota District. Here's the two-page feature-profile: … Continue Reading …
Featured Pickleball Club
A Pickleball Club in Southwestern Montana
The Bitterroot Pickleball Club of Southwestern Montana Pickleball courts are springing up in the Bitterroot country of southwest Montana like mushrooms after a forest fire. It’s mostly got to do with the incredible transformation of USAPA Ambassador Rick Trauth from an ordinary unassuming Bitterroot entrepreneur into a … Continue Reading …
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USA Pickleball Grant Program
The USA Pickleball Grant program is a great source of funds for community and school programs. Please contact USA Pickleball or us if you have any questions -- Ramona & Steve Boone, Great Plains Regional Directors. This report summarizes the grant program results through the 4th quarter of 2019. The charts below … Continue Reading …
South Dakota DA Recalled to Active Duty
After forty years of military service, and twenty-five years of teaching and coaching, Colonel Gary Miller retired and found pickleball, or maybe it found him! Whichever it was, Miller and pickleball soon fell in love with each other! Gary played his first game in November 2012. He says he loves the soft game and practices … Continue Reading …
Featured People
Meet Gregg Smith of Witchita, KS
I retired to Wichita 5 years ago from Atlanta Ga. I was born in Salina, KS, and wanted to return home to be with my family. In Atlanta my life sport was Volleyball. I played competitively and officiated for many years. When I moved out to Wichita I needed another sport that I could play that would help keep me active in … Continue Reading …
“Pickleball builds community and fun.”
Part ping-pong, part tennis, game grows in popularity If you’re looking for a fun sport to play, Ken “Pickleball Ken” Marquardt said he knows one where you can’t go wrong. "Everybody can play pickleball," Marquardt said. “Pickleball is just like tennis only smaller, just like ping-pong, only … Continue Reading …
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GOCO Grant: Cañon City, Colorado
This grant was made possible through the efforts of the Cañon City Pickleball Players Association and the Cañon City Area Recreation and Park District: BEFORE and AFTER. I started playing pickleball with my neighbors on tennis courts in 2012. The courts next door were tennis … Continue Reading …