Pennies for Pickleball

Kings Point in Sun City is one of our very favorite places to visit. We'd been to a lot of tourneys over the winter which kept the adrenelin pumping, but today was going to be a laid back, let's have some fun and laugh pickleball day.

Louann is one of our very good friends, and one lady that knows how to put on a fun day for the recreational players. Prior to breaking her ankle and hurting her arm in an automobile accident, Louanne used to play in the tournament mixed doubles with Rich. They remain very good friends. That's Louanne with Rich, and there is Gary Ball behind her. Looks like Lou is trying to figure out who goes out to play next. Either that or their discussing the new RV that she and Tony will pick up in just a couple weeks.

This is a great picture of Ellen Zelins, and that's Tony, Louann's husband playing with her. It's so great to see Ellen back on the courts. She had been diagnosed with cancer and the last time we saw her she played just a couple of games, was wearing a scarf on her head because of the har loss from chemo. She's playing like her old self again.
Well, of course our friends came along with us today. This would be the last pickleball event of the winter before everyone headed back north. Here's Bob Huges partnering with Louise.

Kind of hard to see, but that's me and Louise playing together and Kathy Huges is on the other side.

That's Tony again playing with one Robert, another Kings Point resident.

There's Bob Huges, playing with Ellen. I know they won this game. You see those two on the other side. Just young kids. Today, when you lost, you had to pay your opponent a penny. You can be sure that Ellen was smiling big when she beat those two young'uns.

We met this couple when they came to play in the Heartland Games in Sebring. Ron and Connie Monson. Unfortunately, Conne fell on the courts just a few weeks ago and broke her arm. To even out the competition, she made everyone else play with their left hand. !!

Finally got Louann out on the court to play. She always spends all her time organizing play for everyone else. Yes we won this game!!!

Here's Marcel and Louise enjoying their match.
And........here's Rich and Gary playing for their penny. Gary will be playing with Rich in the upcoming Villages Senior Games.

At the end of the day, we all spent all the pennies we collected and bought ourself some really fine prized.