Pickleball Nets Fundraiser
YOU DID IT! Fundraising goal met in under a month for Shoreview Park pickleball players.
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April 2020 Newsletter
Pickleball Play Still in Pause Mode As the Seattle metro area continues to follow the governor’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” guidelines, we all are anxious to resume pickleball play in social settings. To help keep your mind in the game, we’ve got a special hello from professional player Jennifer Lucore, here’s a link to some good hand-eye coordination
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Spring 2020 SMPA Directors Election Results
At the April 2, 2020 close of voting for the Seattle Metro Pickleball Association (SMPA) Board of Directors, SMPA voting members approved the Board-recommended slate. Returning for additional terms are Miguel de Campos, Theresa Haynie, and SMPA President Jerry Kindinger. We welcome three new directors, Kiersten Bacon (Edmonds), Mary Ann Benack (Seattle), and Jeff Jolly
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March 2020 Newsletter
SMPA Annual Member Meeting Cancelled You’ve no doubt heard through the pickleball grapevine or by way of social media that the Seattle Metro Pickleball Association (SMPA) Annual Member Meeting and Play day at Rainier Community Center has been cancelled due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) concerns. We value the health and safety of all of our pickleball community members,
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Winter 2020 Newsletter (January)
Mosqueda Wants Input on Seattle’s Budget Seattle Citywide Council Member Teresa Mosqueda, as new Chair of the Housing and Finance Committee, wants to share her priorities for the city’s 2021 budget. As she points out in her mailing, the Council and the public (that’s you and me, pickleball players!) get about two months for the budget process. In
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How many pickleball courts in Seattle? – December 2019
Your Seattle Metro Pickleball Association sent the following letter to the Seattle Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan team on December 13th. To: Seattle Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan (pks_sprstrategicplan@seattle.gov) Cc: Seattle Board of Park Commissioners (Rachel.Acosta@seattle.gov); Seattle Park District Oversight Committee (shanyanika.burton@seattle.gov) Subject: SPR offers 145 dedicated tennis courts and 0 dedicated pickleball courts Dear Seattle
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SMPA Year-end Wrap Newsletter
SMPA President’s Fall/Winter Message Seasons Greetings all, Holidays are upon us! That means several community centers will be closed to pickleball for 1-2 weeks this month, or at the very least, on the holidays. Be sure to call before going to your favorite community center venue to play PB after December 15th. Check with the
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Greater Seattle Area Court News – December 2019
Indoor Seattle Pay to Play Starting in January 2020, you will have to pay to play pickleball at the Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center. This is because pickleball there happens in the morning before the center officially opens at noon. Since Seattle Parks &Rec (SPR) department has decided to stop funding all drop-in activities that previously took
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SMPA Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter
Falling Leaves and Winter Pickleball We’re skipping a month or two of newsletter editions so that we can include a number of items in this Fall/Winter edition. Seattle Metro Pickleball Association (SMPA) doesn’t rest, and the Board has been busy with a number of tasks. There’s a tournament to plan for next summer, events to
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September 2019 Newsletter
In this newsletter Kirkland opens three dedicated pickleball courts The city of Kirkland has converted the Everest Park tennis court into three dedicated pickleball courts. Pickleball players found this new facility is already well used. If you want to join other players there, keep an eye on the North Seattle Pickleball Facebook group and/or make sure you join Playtime Scheduler. If you
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