Montgomery and Darling win Lagunitas Men's Open
Posted by Michael Cochrane on Nov 17th 2021
Huntley Montgomery and Thomas Darling had to beat two strong
teams to win the 2021 Lagunitas Men's Open, including the host clubs pro
Sebastian Bredberg and his partner Hugh Klein in the finals. The upset of the
tournament came in the quarter finals when Peter Lardner and his 14-year old
son Tom, beat the #1 seeds Cochrane and Ward 6-0, 6-1. Cochrane was heard
saying after the beatdown, "He d
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Pickleball popularity soaring! See the NBC Today Show team play
Posted by Drew Weisholtz - NBC Today Show on Nov 4th 2021
Working at TODAY isn’t all fun and games, but at least part of it is.The TODAY team recently got together to play pickleball, a sport with a funny name that has been around since the 1960s, but has really come into its own in the past few years, with the number of courts in America tripling over the last decade.Read/Watch the full article at Today.com
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New paddle courts, hut expansion are a go in Winnetka
Posted by Joe Coughlin - The Record North Shore on Nov 3rd 2021
Winnetka’s platform tennis expansion plans got a game-clincher this week.The Winnetka Village Council on Tuesday, Nov. 2, OK’d a proposal that will add two courts and expand the paddle hut at the Winnetka Platform Tennis Club at the Skokie Playfields campus.The project, which has been in development for three years, hopes to break ground in the spring of 2022.The new courts will be Nos. 7 and 8 fo
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Vanity Fair Publishes Article on the Growing Popularity of Pickelball
Posted by Vanity Fair on Oct 28th 2021
The article is featured in the November issue of Vanity Fair and discusses everything from the popularity of pickleball among the Hollywood movie stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, to it's roots (perhaps on Bainbridge Island, Washington). Pickleball is growing at an unprecedented rate due to it's inexpensive cost to play, ease to learn, and that anyone can play regardless of athleticism. Pickleball cou
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