Hello Pickelballers! Our “Pickleball Meltdown” charity tournament benefiting the Capstone Fuel Assistance Program is just around the corner on April 12th and 13th. Every registrant will get a raffle ticket when they arrive for the opportunity to win one of many great prizes. In each of the flights registrants can win one of many excellent new pickleball paddles, 12-packs of Franklin X-40s, gift certificates to Dick’s Sporting Goods, and gift certificates to The Meltdown - an excellent local restaurant Michelle and I happen to really enjoy. If you wish to purchase more raffle tickets to increase your chance of winning the price is $5 per ticket with the proceeds going to charity.

Here’s the best part. A very generous member of our pickleball community has agreed to match whatever money we take in from the tournament and write a check to the Capstone Fuel Assistance Program. So, the money you spend on registration and extra raffle tickets will be doubled when given to the charity!

The easiest way to register is either through the GMCF app or by calling the front desk. You may self register in any of the three categories. Remember, scores from this tournament will not be reported to DUPR so you don’t need a rating or DUPR membership to play. The 12th from 8am-Noon generally corresponds to DUPR ratings of 3.0-3.75, from Noon to 4pm is generally 3.5-4.25 and on the 13th from 8:30 to 12:30 is generally 4.0-4.75.

A big thanks to Nick and Cady for sponsoring this tournament and I hope to see you there!

Looking for number 12 at 10, someone come on in, Alan R