Rich Medals in Lee County Senior Games

On Tuesday and Wednesday we were in Ft. Myers for the Lee County Senior Games. We stayed at the LaQuinta for the two nights, celebrating our anniversary the first night after the competition concluded.

Click on picture to enlarge - use back arrow to return to this page. Above are pictues of Rich playing with his mixed doubles partner, Linda Kramer, and with his doubles partner Bruce Whitehead. He and Linda did not lose a game in the mixed doubles competition, and they easily took the gold. The men's doubles competition was much more difficult - but he and Bruce are smiling for the camera as they wear their Bronze medals. The tournament was held at the Wa-Ke Hatchee Recreation Center in Ft. Myers.

The competition is always good, and watching the games is always exciting, but we always run into old friends, and sometimes, as is the case this time, we are fortunate to meet new people.

I know some of you from out there in Michigan check out this Blog once in a while - and those of you in the Hartland, Michigan area will recognize these two. They are spending winter for the first time in Florida - and we hope our unusually cold weather will not deter them from coming again. This is Phil and Judy Dobby.

You'll recognize these two for sure - Where there is a pickleball tournament taking place you will usually find Nancy Meyer and Cindy Eddleman who just relocated from the Ft. Lauderdale area to Ft. Myers.

This is Ron and Marie Smith. We met this couple for the first time two years ago when we were staying at The Villages. I (Donna) played with them most mornings at the Churchill Street Rec Center. What is so funny is that. I had forgotten their names and over the past few months Ron and I have been e-mailing each other back and forth as he and Marie have been working hard to get pickleball started in Cape Coral. You can imagine how surprised I was when Ron came up to me at the tournament and we began talking about pickleball at his church!! I will never forget their names again. They'll be at The Villages again this summer - July and August. Hope we see them again.

Working with the USAPA allows you to meet so many new people. This is Ron Farra - another of my recent e-mail buddies !!! Ron hails from our home state of New York and has a home in Saratoga Springs, a place that Rich and I visited when we were first dating. We frequented the Saratoga Race Track. Ron winters in the Ft. Myers/Cape Coral area at the Cinnamon Cove Community