Our pickleball group has grown to about 70 members in Ruidoso and Alto has about 30 members. This has happened in about 3 years and is still growing. Our head pickle is Gary Beatty & his wife Gay. They are from Green Valley, AZ and with Ora Marie Templeton's help secured a private tennis court for us to play on in Ruidoso. Gary was able to put 4 pickleball courts on this tennis court.
This court is the property of Margaret Dupont that played profession tennis. She is now 93 years old and is in a nursing home in El Paso.
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| This is Gary Beatty |
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| Gay is to the left of Gary and I'm not sure of the ladies name on the far left |
Besides being a great game to play it also is a very social gathering. We talk and enjoy ourselves everyday. Plus we like to have parties.
Our first party of the year was two weeks ago at my friends Sharon & Dan Allen's house. We had a good group of about 30 that showed up for a pot luck dinner, drinks & dessert.
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| Carolyn & Sharon |
Our second party was tonight at Michael & Peggy Dudman's. He held it at his housing addition's clubhouse that had a huge fishing pond. It rained in the afternoon so it cooled off into the upper 60's. Great evening for a gathering of about forty pickleball friends.
During the evening Gary presented and honored Ora Marie (age 84) with an appreciation card and a beautiful pickleball paddle pendant like mine.
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| Sharon & Ora Marie |
Then we played a little ladder golf. This was a lot of fun and I had never seen it played before.
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| This is Nancy Knox that I am talking to and she is 87 yrs young and is playing pickleball |
We have a great group of people that we have gotten to know through this fun game of pickleball.
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| They really make fun of me saying fix'n so Gay and Gary got me this T-shirt |
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These are some more random shots on the courts with players and friends.
I love this game but it is taking a toll on my shoulder. I may have to cut it back to 3 or 4 days a week instead of 6. Maybe I'll just go to more garage sales!!!!
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