Wet start to the year DETAILS ON MEDALLION PLAY

from March 2023

Pickleball: The Rise of America's Newest Obsession

BY KATHIE HOLTZAPPLE & BETH HANDEL 18-HOLE LADIES CO-CAPTAINS

When setting the 2023 Tournament Calendar, your Captains decided it would be fun to play some different games. To start it off, Jan 31 was scheduled at Match Play Day. Our field was small in number — as many members were on the Mexico Golf trip — but mighty in spirit. The players were flighted and set up to play against a player of similar index. As shown in the table below, many of the matches were tightly contested. Many thanks to Teresa for setting up the matches and tracking the results. More inter club Match Play Days to come.

The first tournament play on Feb 7 was slated to be played on the River/Lake. However, due to the River being closed, our Low Net tournament was held on Vineyard/Lake. The day was quite cold, but enough players hung in there, and we had a least one flight. The winners were: Kathie Holtzapple (73), winning a tie breaker over Cynthia Neely (73), and Patty Anderson third at 75.

On Feb 14, Valentines Day, our hostesses, Diane Gardemeyer, Anne Huyett, and Sondra Huff, showed us how to celebrate the day with our golfing buddies. Hats off to the ladies for creating a festive mood and providing fun prizes.

Winners of the event were:

1: Diane Gardemeyer, Anne Huyett & Sondra Huff

2: Kim D’Angelo, Dianne Wheeler & Cynthia Neely

3: Joy Sasaki, Chris Phelps & Linda Fyffe

Special Award Winners: Hilda Wentland & Cynthia Bannon

Closest to the Pin: Sondra Huff

February came in with the promise of nice golfing weather – would it last? We hoped so. So much that a couple of our members, Laura Reeves, Ginny Pelton and Melissa Krebill, decided to play. These ladies are hardy players, but even they had to call it quits after having been caught in a downpour of rain. You can only absorb so much water.

After the Valentines Party, I held the first meeting for the WWGA 2023 Invitational. The agenda for this meeting was to introduce the suggested theme for the event and to get an idea of who would be heading up the committees.

The theme for this year’s Invitational to be held June 14, 15 & 16, will be “Cruising” with Laura taking the lead for incorporating the theme into the activities. Cost of the event has not been determined as I am just beginning to work on the budget. We are planning a Wednesday- evening cocktail party with a band, a horse race and the two-day eclectic tournament. More information to follow as it develops. insert 3 0f 70

Play on Feb 21 was brutal due to temperature — it was so cold. That means the winners deserve a major round of applause for posting the scores they did.

Flight 1: Flight 2:

1. Pamela Hughes 89

1. Cheri Firpo 98

2. Patty Anderson 91

2. Pat Kishida 107

3. Joy Sasaki 93

3. Sandi Small 108

Merlot Flight

1.Vicki Gallego 103

This tournament was also the first of seven designated as Medallion Play. Our Club has two Medallions from NCAG that we give out at the end of the year. The two players who have the lowest net score from 3 of the 7 play dates will be awarded the Medallions at year end.