Tag: pickleball
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PIKES PICK: Try out pickleball at this festival
Ready to learn something new or just go to play this popular sport at the free pickleball festival Jan. 17 at Springs Pickleball East, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 2975 New Center Point. Open play, paddles and balls provided, 11 courts. springspickleball.com – Linda Navarro
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Colorado Springs local earns silver at USA Pickleball National Championships
Helene Afeman traveled to San Diego with one pickleball partner, and earned a medal with another. Afeman, 62, of Colorado Springs, earned a silver medal at the USA Pickleball National Championships in San Diego on Thursday, but not in the event she qualified for. Afeman competed in the tournament in mixed doubles with her pickleball…
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Wresting over the paddle: Pickleball dispute heats up in Colorado Springs
A pickleball skirmish that’s in motion in Colorado Springs is not being played on a court, but both contingents are hoping to score the match point. After 13 years of operation, the nonprofit Pikes Peak Pickleball Association has had a good run and now is done, the seven-seat governing board decided in May. That’s when…
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Pikes Peak or Bust Pickleball tournament provides avenue for more than competition
Jeff Downs and Amy Smith watched as the ball bounced from their opponent’s paddle and balanced atop the net. Both Downs and Smith stepped toward the net, expecting the ball to fall on their side of the court at Monument Valley Park on Saturday. As the mixed doubles duo began to relax, the ball rolled…
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Pickleball creates enduring friendships in Colorado Springs
The pickleball players at the Westside Community Center might have started as friendly competitors, but they have developed into something more: the kind of meaningful relationships they know they can count on anytime of day. Whether it’s offering a ride when a car is in the shop, making food when someone is ill, sending a…
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Monument resident building new indoor pickleball complex at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to a mall near you. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a…
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New indoor pickleball complex with 24 courts planned at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to a mall near you. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a…
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New indoor pickleball complex with 24 courts planned at Colorado Springs mall
Pickleball is coming to the mall. Peak Pickleball, a 24-court complex that its owner says will be the nation’s largest privately owned, indoor pickleball facility, will take over the vacant Burlington department store at the Chapel Hills Mall, northeast of Academy and Briargate boulevards in northern Colorado Springs. Monument resident Scott Wilson, a former Dillon…
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Surveillance: ‘Mayor of pickleball’ marks his territory
This Denver police body cam footage shows Arslan Guney, 71, using a permanent marker to draw pickleball lines at Denver’s Central Park Rec Center. Guney was accused of causing nearly $10,000 in damage to Denver’s Central Park Recreation Center basketball floor when he drew lines to indicate where rec center workers should place yellow markings for…