TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: CHRIS WILSON

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: CHRIS WILSON

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: CHRIS WILSON---The Grand Pickleball Club held an in-house three-day skill level tournament. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded to doubles teams in each of 6 skill levels (5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5) for each division (Men's, Women's Mixed). Photo credits: Wayne & Kathie Squires, Joan Casazza, Iris Mjelde, Brenda Ridings.

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: CHRIS WILSON---The Grand Pickleball Club invited members of pickleball clubs from around the Valley of the Sun to participate in a three-day tournament. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals were awarded to doubles teams in each of 6 skill levels (5.0, 4.5, 4.0, 3.5, 3.0, 2.5) for each division (Men's, Women's Mixed). There were 148 teams competing over a span of 3 days. Photo credits: Nancy Eckart, Elissa Kravitz, Wayne & Kathie Squires, Sandy Lightwine, Iris Mjelde.

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: MARTY COHEN--- A 3-day tournament for the Grand Pickleball Club members. Photo credits: Elissa Kravitz, Connie Rosano, and Nancy & Bob Eckart.

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: MARTY COHEN--- A 3-day tournament in frigid weather at Sun City Grand. Participants came from all over the valley including Casa Grande. Photo credits: Nancy Eckart, Wayne & Kathy Squires, and Joe Stotts.

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: DAVE BAER--- Three divisions of mixed doubles teams competed in a compass format. Each division was comprised of 16 teams. One Gold medal was earned in each division, everyone else earned a Silver or a Bronze.

Here is a CHALLENGE: See if you recognize all these pickleballers without their hats!

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: DAVE BAER--- The Grand Pickleball Club invited members of pickleball clubs from around the valley to participate in a three-day tournament. Medals were awarded for Gold, Silver, Bronze in each of 5 skill levels (Novice, C, B, A, Open) for each division (Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles). There were 150 doubles teams competing over a span of 3 days.

---TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: ROB GARTLAN--- This was a 2-day tournament. Participants were ranked by skill level, then divided into two groups: Wednesday Group was comprised of players in B,C,N skill levels, Thursday Group was comprised of players in O and A skill levels. Names in each group were drawn from two hats to form the teams. The tournament was played in a Compass Format, thereby having 8 Gold medals and 8 Silver medals awarded in each group. Each team was guaranteed to play at least 4 matches, so fun was had by all.