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Club Meeting and Party on July 11

We had a great time at Henry and Roz Garland’s home on July 11 for our pickleball club party.
Officers for next year were elected:
  • Rick Hooker President
  • Jamie Elliott  Vice-President
  • Bud Schwartz  Vice-President
  • Jeanette Stuart  Secretary/Treasurer
Thanks to Bubba Davis for serving the last two years as Vice-President.  He is going to be very busy this coming year as the new President of the AAFPO board.
We now have 53 club members. Pickleball is growing larger all across the nation.
The club voted to have an outside banner made that can be hung up when we go to tournaments and when we have an opportunity to hang one up here in town. Jamie, Sandy, Debra, and Claudette are working on this. Thanks for volunteering to help with this project.
Upcoming Tournaments:
Durango:  July 25 & 26.
Colorado Springs: Sept. 10-13.
Albuquerque: Sept. 18-20.
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Summer Beginner Pickleball Clinics start today, Monday, July 6!

Every Monday night through the months of July and August, weather permitting  🙂 there will be a beginner’s pickleball clinic.  Learn the history, the rules, and how to play!  All equipment is provided, just wear tennis shoes and comfy clothes.

Location is at the Angel Fire Resort Tennis Courts – Court 6 – back one on the right.

Hope to see you there!

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Ruidoso Pickleball Championships – June 12-14, 2015

The 2d Annual Ruidoso Pickleball Tournament was held on June 12-14. Several members of the Angel Fire Pickleball Club participated.

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In singles, Penny Gentile took bronze in women’s 3.5, Bud Schwartz took bronze in men’s 3.5 and Rick Hooker took gold in men’s 4.0.

In women’s doubles, Roz Garland and Nancy Hooker took gold in women’s 3.0 and Jamie Elliott and Penny Gentile took silver in women’s 3.5.

In men’s doubles, Henry Garland and Jim Jeffcoat took gold in 3.0.

In mixed doubles 3.0 action, Roz Garland and Jim Jeffcoat took gold, and Nancy Hooker and Henry Garland took silver. Jamie Elliott and Bud Schwartz took bronze in mixed 3.5. Also playing were Debra and Bubba Davis.

Congratulations to all who participated!  And thanks to our friends in Ruidoso for putting on a fun tournament!

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New Mexico State Senior Olympics Results

June 4-6, the New Mexico Senior Olympics were held in Roswell, NM.  Rick Hooker, Brian Nystrom, and Bud Schwartz participated.

Brian won gold in the 50-54 Men’s Singles Event.  Rick won silver in the 60-64 Men’s Singles Event.

Rick and his partner Gail Gourley won silver in the 60-64 Mixed Doubles Event.

Rick and Bud won silver in the 60-64 Men’s Doubles Event.

Congratulations!  Way to represent Angel Fire!

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Albuquerque Senior Olympics Qualifier Tournament March 27/28

Congratulations to Gretchen, Brian, Buddy and Rick who all qualified for the New Mexico Senior Olympics at the Albuquerque tournament on March 27 and 28.  And thanks to our friends in Albuquerque for putting on a fun and well-run tournament!

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Overall results as communicated by Gary Rutherford:

​​Congrats to all the participants of the Senior Olympics at Manzano Mesa. Special thanks to Mo and Randy, Gretchen, Dale and the other tournament organizers/communicators. Also, to all those who reffed (there were many of you) and manned the desk (Mo, Shirley, Belinda). The results are:
Womens singles:             Mens singles:
50-54
gold Joyce Helgeson       Brian Nystrom
55-59
gold Mo Wright                Tony Teague
silver Randy Wright

60-64
gold Gail Gourley             Rick Hooker
silver                                Gopal Rao
bronze                              Bud Schwartz

65-69
gold Dale Reynolds          Ram Pereyra
silver                                 Jim Garrison

70-74
gold                                   John Lopez

75-79
gold Penny Dever-Reynolds

80-84
gold Louise Kiss

Womens doubles Mens Doubles
50-54
gold Helgeson/Kane
silver Bemis/Corrales
bronze Denman/Gourley
55-59
gold Gutierrez/Martinez Wright/Ashmore
silver Gonzalez/Teague
60-64
gold Miranda/Burns Paull/Chavez
silver Sedillo/Wantuck Schwartz/Hooker
bronze Pruess/Childs Rao/Rutherford
65-69
gold Warrender/Allen Pereyra/Salm
silver Reynolds/Dever-Reynolds Lopez/Garrison
70-74
gold Kiss/Herron Jones/Gilbert
75-79
gold Mills/Sandoval

MIXED DOUBLES
50-54
gold Helgeson/Pereyra
silver Bemis/Rao
bronze Denman/Schwartz
55-59
gold Teague/Martinez
silver Wright/Wright
60-64
gold Burns/Paull
silver Miranda/Martinez
bronze Wantuck/Chavez
65-69
gold Allen/Jones
70-74
gold Yamada/Dever-Reynolds
75-79
gold Wellner/Sandoval

GREAT TOURNAMENT-GARY