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Glen Ellyn, Illinois, resident Rettger wins national pickleball title

Rachel Rettger is no stranger to success, having been a high school state qualifier in both tennis and badminton and a four-year letter winner in college.

• 2021 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships 5.0 19+ MxD

Alix Truong/William Sobek vs Rachel Rettger/Casey Cullen

• 2021 Casa Grande Open Pro Women's Doubles

Taylor Uhl/KaSandra Marie Gehrke vs Natalija Todorovic-Shaw/Rachel Rettger

• Bill would declare pickleball the official state sport of Washington 
• Here's a sporting idea: Make pickleball the official state sport

• Nml Pickleball : Now for some more content to finish off 2021. We answer 5 big questions for the new pickleball season in 2022
• The PPA Tour announced via The Dink Pickleball that there will be no more spin serves. (45+ comments)
• Forbes Magazine Golf’s Growth Has Nothing On Pickleball, But The Two Sports Enjoy Synergies Nationwide 

SENATE BILL 5615

Bill would declare pickleball the official state sport of Washington

KXLY Spokane, WA December 29, 2021

OLYMPIA, Wash – Two Washington senators want the legislature to declare pickleball as the official state sport.

A Washington congressman named Joel McFee Pritchard and his friends invented pickleball on Bainbridge Island in 1965, according to USA Pickleball.

“These men created the game at Pritchard’s summer cabin after they ‘persuaded’ their abnormally hyper children to go outside to play a few games of badminton, but there was no pickleball equipment to be found,” reads Senate Bill 5615. “Instead, these fathers did some brainstorming and created a new game using ping-pong paddles, a net, and a neighbor’s plastic Wiffle ball.”

The bill says the rules they created are still in use today by the USA Pickleball Association.

Senators John Lovick of Mill Creek and Sam Hunt from Olympia pre-filed the bill for the legislative session, which gets underway in early January.

“The legislature intends to honor and recognize the Washingtonians who created, popularized and continue to enjoy this sport by designating pickleball the official sports of the state of Washington.”

• Comment On Senate Bill 5615
• How to Register to Testify in a Committee Hearing
• Joining a Committee Meeting: Video and Audio in Zoom
• Pre-filed Bills 2022
• Senate Bill 5615 Facebook Group

Here's a sporting idea: Make pickleball the official state sport

Mill Creek Beacon December 30, 2021 

Like other states, Washington claims its share of official symbols: the state flower is, of course, the rhododendron. The state bird? American goldfinch. Fish? Steelhead. Tree? Western hemlock. Fruit? Apple (natch).

We even have a state dance (square dance) and folk song ("Roll On, Columbia, Roll On"). Thank you, Woody Guthrie.

It might be a surprise to some, then, that Washington doesn't have an official state sport.

With the help of newly-appointed state Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, pickleball enthusiasts hope to fix that oversight.

Yes, pickleball.

To the uninitiated, pickleball – a paddle sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong – is the fastest growing sport in the U.S., with more than 4.2 million players.

Sen. Lovick just dropped Senate Bill 5615 for consideration in the upcoming legislative session to make pickleball the official state sport of Washington. Sen. Sam Hunt of Olympia has signed on, and other legislators are interested, Lovick said.

Lovick didn't pick pickleball out of a hat. He said he and Mill Creek Beacon columnist Chuck Wright were talking last summer about the lack of an official state sport, and Wright encouraged Lovick to consider pickleball.

Wright, a fount of knowledge about all things Washington, noted that pickleball was actually invented here.

The movement's momentum really took off following a chance encounter in Kate Van Gent's driveway. She was arriving at her Mill Creek home a few months ago, just as Lovick was walking away from her front door. He was doorbelling for City Council candidate Melissa Duque at the time.

They began to chat, and she explained she was exhausted from playing five hours of pickleball. Seeing an opportunity, Lovick told her he was considering the pickleball legislation and asked for her help. Kismet.

Van Gent had taken up the sport at the start of the pandemic. She had been a pilates enthusiast, but COVID forced the closure of indoor gyms and other workout facilities, so she was looking for an alternative. (Read More)

Senate Bill 5615 Press Reports

1. Bill would declare pickleball the official state sport of Washington KXLY Spokane, WA December 29, 2021
2. Here's a sporting idea: Make pickleball the official state sport Mill Creek Beacon December 30, 2021
3. Local-led effort trying to make pickleball official state sport Everett Herald January 8, 2022
4. Bill would name pickleball official Washington state sport KING 5 News January 12, 2022
5. Pickleball to be Touted as the Official Sport of Washington State The Island Wanderer January 12, 2022 
6. State senators propose making pickleball Washington's official sport USA TODAY January 13, 2022
7. Legislature looks to honor pickleball’s Washington origins as official state sport The Spokesman-Review January 13, 2022
8. Pickleball Points: State senators propose making pickleball Washington's official sport Palm Springs Desert Sun  January 13, 2022
9. Governor Jay Inslee Press Conference January 13, 2022 Clip
10. What's happening with schools, snow, and... pickleball? We've got you covered KUOW Public Radio NPR January 14, 2022
11. Push to make pickleball the official state sport FOX 13 Seattle January 14, 2022

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NBC News #TeamWaters

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2021 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships

  

• Pro Portraits

• Women's Doubles 80+

• #TeamWaters Win Back-To-Back National Professional Pickleball Title

• Pickleball champions: Anna Leigh Waters, Tyson McGuffin, Riley Newman all win double-gold

• Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry, 77, has turned to pickleball as his competitive outlet

• Thursday Notebook, Friday Notebook, Saturday Notebook

• You can't teach this type of defense 👀 it's in the Newman blood

• Highlight (1+ min) Tyson McGuffin/Riley Newman vs JW Johnson Pickleball/Callan Dawson 

• Highlight Reel (3+ mins) Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters vs Andrea Coop/Lucy Lucy Kovalova

• Women's Doubles 4.5 Gold Medal Match

#2021usapickleball #usapickleballnationals #USAPickleball #Margaritaville #IndianWellsTennisGarden #WatchUsGrow

2021 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships - 65+ Men's Doubles/Women's Singles

 

Championship Court Webcam

55:44 Steve Paranto/Bob Deller vs Peter Shaw/Ricki Terrian (R1)

1:39:23 Steve Paranto/Bob Deller vs Greg Whitfield/Ken Curry (R5)

6:17:42 Greg Leitzke/Greg Jacobson vs Rick Barry/Paul Hudanich

Article: Desert Sun, December 13, 2021

Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry has turned to pickleball as his competitive outlet

#2021usapickleball #usapickleballnationals #USAPickleball #Margaritaville #IndianWellsTennisGarden #WatchUsGrow 

#2021usapickleball 

Resources:

• NML Blog: USA Pickleball Nationals – 5 Takeaways – Zane-Y Nationals
• Yeung Photography  - 2021 Nationals Galleries
• NBC News 5: Crowley Woman Celebrates Pickleball Championship

Companies All-In On Pickleball As Sport’s Popularity Soars

Front Office Sports

The pandemic has become a time to pick up new hobbies, and pickleball is reaping the benefits.

The paddle sport — which has nothing to do with pickles — saw around 4.2 million players in 2020, a 21% year-over-year increase according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.

It’s the “fastest-growing sport in America” per the Economist, and Franklin Sports president Adam Franklin thinks it could be growing even faster than predicted, based on the company’s pickleball-related sales.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if by 2030 we saw 20 to 30 million active players,” Franklin told Bloomberg.

Commissioner of the Professional Pickleball Association Connor Pardo estimates the sport will become “as big or bigger than tennis.”

• The PPA entered a deal with Fox Sports to broadcast pickleball events. 
• The Tennis Channel, ESPN3, and CBS Sports Network also air games.
• Last month, Hyundai became the PPA’s first car partnership.

2021 APP World Pickleball Open: Singles

 

0:02 Ryan Sherry vs J. Kusmider 51:08 Frank A Davis (FAD) vs A. Gudz

1:00 Frank A Davis (FAD) vs A. Gudz 34:05 T. Clemmer vs C. Klinger 1:06:21 Jorja Johnson vs A. Kusmider 1:34:36 C. Klinger vs Ryan Sherry 2:24:48 A. Terron vs Frank A Davis (FAD) 3:01:09 N. De Elia vs A. Gudz 3:35:25 Frank A Davis (FAD) vs Ryan Sherry 4:26:21 S. Johnston vs L. Bernard 5:25:51 J. Kusmider vs Ryan Sherry

2021 Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships: Doubles

 

Court 1

12:28 Dave Weinbach/Dayne Gingrich vs Tyson McGuffin/Riley Newman 1:00:42 Jessie Irvine/Catherine Parenteau vs Lea Jansen/Irina Tereschenko 2:00:27 Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs Andrea Koop/Lucy Kovalova (Highlights) 3:11:54 Tyson McGuffin/Riley Newman vs JW Johnson/Callan Dawson (Game 3 Not Streamed) (Highlights)

 

Court 2

11:27 Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters vs Maggie Brascia/Mary Brascia 1:07:43 Dekel Bar/Matt Wright vs JW Johnson/Callan Dawson 2:37:12 Eric Lange/Wes Gabrielsen vs John Cincola/Brandon French 3:18:21 Eric Lange/Wes Gabrielsen vs Dekel Bar/Matt Wright 3:58:39 Andrea Koop/Lucy Kovalova vs Lea Jansen/Irina Tereschenko 4:45:44 Lindeman/Roenigk vs Paquette/Mark 5:12:37 Tardio/Cabieses vs Warner/Cullen 6:01:33 Warner/Cullen vs Krishnaswamy/Hubschman

Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs Jessie Irvine/Catherine Parenteau

 

Court 3

6:21 Tracy Dejager-Hale/Susannah Barr vs Lea Jansen/Irina Tereschenko 56:10 Lopez/Gilbert vs Howell/Keenum 1:39:06 Eric Lange/Wes Gabrielsen vs Tyson McGuffin/Riley Newman 2:30:03 Dekel Bar/Matt Wright vs Dave Weinbach/Dayne Gingrich 3:08:00 Tracy Dejager-Hale/Susannah Barr vs Andrea Koop/Lucy Kovalova

Gold Medal Matches

Lea Jansen/Irina Tereschenko vs Leigh Waters/Anna Leigh Waters #AL

Riley Newman/Tyson McGuffin vs JW Johnson/Callan Dawson

Saturday Notebook

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#2021usapickleball 

2021 APP World Pickleball Open: Mixed Doubles

 

1:55 Martina Kochli/Joey Farias vs Rafa Hewett/Sarah Ansboury 46:37 Michelle Esquivel/Kyle Yates vs Vivienne David/DJ Young 1:47:31 Rafa Hewett/Sarah Ansboury vs Johnney Goldberg/Maggie Remynse 2:21:04 Vivienne David/DJ Young vs Martina Kochli/Joey Farias 3:04:54 Christie Bradley/Joel Martineau vs Christie Domoracki/Scott Tingley 3:45:14 Michelle Esquivel/Kyle Yates vs Rafa Hewett/Sarah Ansboury 4:26:05 Michelle Esquivel/Kyle Yates vs Martina Kochli/Joey Farias 5:42:37 Stroble/Kennedy vs Christie Domoracki/Scott Tingley

Live Stream #2

0:33 Stroble/Kennedy vs Christie Domoracki/Scott Tingley 15:11 Michelle Esquivel/Kyle Yates vs Vivienne David/DJ Young