2022 APP Hilton Head Open Championship Sunday

7:31 Salome Devidze vs Anna Bright 1:00:31 Hunter Johnson vs Julian Arnold 1:55:42 Jorja Johnson/Andrea Koop vs Anna Bright/Simone Jardim 3:49:43 After Rain Delay Game 2 4:28:21 JW Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Dekel Bar/DJ Young 5:38:43 Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson vs Andrea Koop/Zane Navratil

• Trophy Photos
• NML - 5 Takeaways: Jorja’s Streak
• Top 10 Pickleball Points
  

Minor League Pickleball Dreamland | Championship Sunday

 

DUPR 22 Semi-Finals 3:05:09 Civile: Ky McMakin, Austin Sveom, Michael Anderson, Connor Garnett Dream Team: Kaden Seward, Amrik Donkena, Leslie Roberts, Logan Peterson DUPR 22 Finals 8:03:28 Team Civile: Ky McMakin, Austin Sveom, Michael Anderson, Connor Garnett Florida Smash 22: Drew Holder, Joshua Elliott, Austin Tchikatilov, Nathan Matthews

10:00am - DUPR 20 Semi-Finals: Value (20.32) vs. Rocky USA (20.18) Value: Kevin Mark, Jeron Paraiso, Ivan Jakovljevic, Joseph Wild Rocky USA: Amy Yarbrough, Arne Peterson, Daniel Smith, Greg Williams 11:15am - DUPR 20 Semi-Finals: Twisted Dreams (20.20) vs. Florida Smash 20 (19.40) Twisted Dreams: Christina Dorman, Jack Munro, Adrian Brambila, Joel Waiwaiole Florida Smash 20: Evan Pratt, Paul Piccolo, Edward Perez, Pickleball Will 1:45pm - DUPR 22 Semi-Finals: Florida Smash 22 (22.13) vs. Phoenix Rising (21.70) Florida Smash 22: Drew Holder, Joshua Elliott, Austin Tchikatilov, Nathan Matthews Phoenix Rising: Casey Mcmakin, Kenny Ortega, Nick Petterson, Walter Lau 4:00pm - DUPR 20 Finals: Twisted Dreams vs. Value Twisted Dreams: Christina Dorman, Jack Munro, Adrian Brambila, Joel Waiwaiole Value: Kevin Mark, Jeron Paraiso, Ivan Jakovljevic, Joseph Wild

2022 APP Hilton Head Open Doubles

 

1:35 Dekel Bar/DJ Young vs Rafa Hewett/Joey Farias 42:00 Jorja Johnson/Andrea Koop vs Isabelle Carvajal/Ewa Radzikowska 1:12:08 JW Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Gabriel Tardio/Jean Baptiste,The Unicorn 1:51:45 Jorja Johnson/Andrea Koop vs Olivia McMillan/Lee Whitwell 2:25:11 Andrei Daescu/Kyle Yates vs Dekel Bar/DJ Young 3:40:27 Simone Jardim/Anna Bright vs Vivienne David/Corrine Carr 4:28:53 JW Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Andrei Daescu/Kyle Yates 5:24:19 Dekel Bar/DJ Young vs Rafa Hewett/Joey Farias 6:10:37 Dekel Bar/DJ Young vs Andrei Daescu/Kyle Yates 7:30:38 Simone Jardim/Anna Bright vs Jill Braverman/Lauren Stratman 7:56:54 Interview

NML - Random Thoughts

Come Play Pickleball - Feel The Joy

 

Sunday October 23 Facebook Message: 

I work on the HBO show Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Reaching out because we're airing a story about pickleball that's coming out in two days on Oct. 25th, and we're hoping to potentially use this video of yours.

A clip from the May 2018 video was used in the REAL SPORTS WITH BRYANT GUMBEL | SEASON 28 | EPISODE 10. In the 36 second YouTube video, Darryl Fling talked about the joy of playing pickleball after a two-hour session at the Port Townsend, WA, YMCA gym. Darryl's video had less than 100 views before HBO staff discovered it. 

Scott Golden also had a clip in Episode 10 from his 2020 YouTube video: Incredible 46 shot Pickleball rally, with two erne’s!!

Footage from the 2021 hit tune, The Pickleball Song, by The Holderness Family was also included in the 16 minute segment entitled, "In A Pickle".

2022 APP Hilton Head Open: Pro Mixed Doubles

 

Center Court 1

7:25 Jade Kawamoto/Dekel Bar vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson 27:26 Jorja Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Lee Whitwell/Julian Arnold 1:08:28 Mary Brascia/Federico Staksrud vs Corrine Carr/DJ Young 2:00:16 Jorja Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Zane Navratil /Andrea Koop 3:12:02 Mary Brascia/Federico Staksrud vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson 3:54:48 Anna Bright/James Ignatowich vs JW Johnson/Simone Jardim 4:20:16 Jorja Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson 5:21:29 JW Johnson/Simone Jardim vs Zane Navratil /Andrea Koop 5:51:32 Jorja Johnson/Dylan Frazier vs Zane Navratil /Andrea Koop 7:37:40 Beth Bellamy/Nathalie Bagby vs Anna Shirley/Angela Simon

Center Court 2

Anna Bright/James Ignatowich vs Zane Navratil /Andrea Koop

Tournament Highlights

One person's highlights is another person's "meh". Here is what I liked from Hilton Head. Not necessarily long rallies though. MXD GOLD: David/Wilson vs Koop/Navratil at point 4-1 in game 1. Zane runs back behind Koop after Koop thinks point is over because she couldn't get to ball. WD backdraw (court 2) Ansboury/Kawamoto vs Stratman/Braverman. Game point 14-12. Braverman drops paddle and cheering while Ansboury runs back and gets the ball. Gold MD: JW runs behind Dylan as Dylan ducks. Game 3 point 4-5. Similar at point 1-5 which turned the tide in game 3. Also a funny game point from Frazier in game 2 10-9. Also Dylan's matrix move in game 1 at 1-3. What some of these rallies have in common is your partner stepping in and getting to the ball. Teamwork. Makes me think of themes for highlights: teamwork the rally that turned the tide never give up on a point (or it's not over until it's over) Then as a Blooper highlight: There's always the ball that was whiffed. I know I saw a great one at Texas Open where player looked like they were going to nail the smash then whiffed. I think it was WD but can't remember where.

2022 APP Hilton Head Open Singles

 

12:34 Julian Arnold vs Pablo Tellez 47:06 JW Johnson vs Christian Alshon 1:25:22 Dylan Frazier vs Jake Kusmider 2:10:51 James Ignatowich vs Yates Johnson 2:56:50 Julian Arnold vs Dylan Frazier 3:43:27 Anna Bright vs Mary Brascia 4:21:31 James Ignatowich vs Hunter Johnson 5:11:42 Anna Bright vs Salome Devidze 6:11:18 Julian Arnold vs Hunter Johnson 7:09:38 Anna Bright vs Ewa Radzikowska 7:50:31 JW Johnson vs Hunter Johnson

The Picklebowl 2022

 

1:36:52 Anna Leigh Waters/Danny Duncan vs Leigh Waters/Connor Shaw 3:42:12 Danny Wuerffel/Kyle Yates vs Chuck Taylor/Casey Patterson (Championship Match)

THE BRUNSWICK NEWS: PickleBowl coming to Golden Isles for Georgia-Florida week

2022 PPA DC Open - Championship Sunday

12:21 Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters Vs. Lucy Kovalova/Callie Smith (Stats) (Game 4) (No Audio)

26:32 Sound Arrives. Not in sync. Game 1, 5-2 (YouTube) 2:14:05 Matt Wright/Riley Newman Vs. Ben Johns/Collin Johns (Stats) 3:31:54 Anna Leigh Waters Vs. Catherine Parenteau 4:01:27 Ben Johns Vs. Jay Devilliers

Anna Leigh Waters/Ben Johns vs Lucy Kovalova/Matt Wright (Stats)

Resources

PPA YouTube Playlist

NML Live Blog

NML Takeaways

Pickleball Clubs

 

Pickleball Clubs (Playlist)

1. RECS, Clackamas (Portland), Oregon (Podcast, YouTube Channel, Blog, 2017 Video)
2. The People's Court, Portland, Oregon
3. Ace Pickleball Club, Fort Wayne , Indiana. (Podcast, YouTube Channel, Blog)
4. The Press Pickleball Club, Spokane, Washington 
5. Topseed, Tulsa, OK (News)
6. Pickleball Kingdom, Chandler, Arizona
7. Dill Dinkers, Columbia, MD
8. Pickleball Mall. Tempe, Arizona (Steve Kuhn, Pickle Roll) (YouTube)(CNBC)
9. The Picklr, Kaysville, Utah (YouTube) (Kyle Yates)
10. The Pickleball Club, Sarasota, FL (YouTube)
11. Pickle Haus, Algonquin, IL. (Instagram)
12. The Pickle Pad, Tallahassee, Florida
13. USA Pickleball Club List

Media

Pickleball Clubs Magazine

January 2024 Forbes: The Business Strategies Behind The Exploding Indoor Pickleball Club Market 

• GameChangers in southwest Chicagoland.
• Dill Dinkers, a Washington DC area chain now franchising nationally with more than 120 signed affiliates.
• Pickle Haus in Algonquin, Illinois, in the Chicago Northern suburbs.
• Pickleball Kingdom, the largest existing franchisor of pickleball clubs.
• Dan Jenkins, a Pickleball Kingdom - North Texas franchisee building a massive indoor facility in Plano with others planned.
• Performance Pickleball RVA (aka PPBRVA), who opened in January 2024 in Richmond’s West End.
• Chicken N Pickle, the famous restaurant and pickleball chain with locations from Indiana to Las Vegas.
• The Picklr, the Utah based chain that’s now franchising nationally and making a huge splash.
• Pickleballerz, an indoor facility in Chantilly, VA that was in operation pre-Covid, well before the pickleball boom started.
• Bangers & Dinks, an indoor facility in Richmond’s Midlothian suburbs.
• Crush Yard, a fantastic space now open in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, part of the greater Charleston area.
• Ace Pickleball Club, a franchise model that has just opened its first two locations in Roswell, Georgia and Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Pickle and Social, which just opened a massive space in Gwinnett, Georgia.

2022 APP Houston Open Championship Sunday

22:49 Parris Todd vs Megan Fudge 1:43:44 Hunter Johnson vs Federico Staksrud 3:29:09 Vivienne David/Jorja Johnson vs Anna Bright/Parris Todd 4:40:59 JW Johnson/Zane Navratil vs DJ Young/Dekel Bar

6:32:08 JW Johnson/Parris Todd vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson

NML Live Blog

NML Takeaways

The Dink: APP Takes Off In Space City

2022 APP Houston Open Doubles

13:18 Adam Stone/Rob Nunnery vs Yates Johnson/Hunter Johnson 1:05:33 DJ Young/Dekel Bar vs Conner Garnett/Ky McMakin 1:53:01 JW Johnson/Zane Navratil vs Thomas Wilson/Stefan Auvergne 2:28:45 Sarah Burr/Susannah Bar vs Simone Jardim/Andrea Koop 3:05:56 Vivienne David/Jorja Johnson vs Parris Todd/Anna Bright 4:21:46 JW Johnson/Zane Navratil vs DJ Young/Dekel Bar 5:37:14 Vivienne David/Jorja Johnson vs Simone Jardim/Andrea Koop 6:40:18 JW Johnson/Zane Navratil vs Kyle Yates/Rafa Hewett 7:06:04 Simone Jardim/Andrea Koop vs Parris Todd/Anna Bright

2022 PPA DC Open - Doubles

 

39:49 Steve Deakin/Spencer Smith vs M. Lai/A. Szczepkowski 1:02:08 Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs T. Farrell/M.Ray 1:24:42 Matt Wright/Riley Newman vs B. Fritze/M. Silvio 1:50:02 Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs R. Johanson/M. Charity 2:13:24 Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs Daniel De La Rosa/Ben Newell (Highlight) 3:05:33 Chuck Taylor/CJ Koller vs Jay Devilliers/Tyson McGuffin

10:46 Ben Johns/Collin Johns vs Chuck Taylor/CJ Koller 55:05 Anna Leigh Waters/Leigh Waters vs Lea Jansen/Katherine Parenteau 1:38:02 Riley Newman/Matt Wright vs Tyler Loong/Callan Dawson 2:10:09 Lucy Kovalova/Callie Smith vs Jessie Irvine/Irina Tereschenko

2022 APP Houston Open Mixed Doubles

 

19:02 Simone Jardim/Federico Staksrud vs Martina Kochli/Amrik Donkena 58:27 JW Johnson/Parris Todd vs Lacy Schneemann/Rafa Hewett 1:26:17 Anna Bright/Zane Navratil vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson 2:43:34 Megan Fudge/John Cincola vs Lina Paregimaite/Stefan Auvergne 3:22:50 Andrea Koop/Dekel Bar vs Lee Whitwell/Pablo Tellez 3:55:23 JW Johnson/Parris Todd vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson 5:28:43 Jorja Johnson/Gabriel Tardio vs Lina Paregimaite/Stefan Auvergne 6:06:21 JW Johnson/Parris Todd vs Megan Fudge/John Cincola 6:37:11 Jorja Johnson/Gabriel Tardio vs Vivienne David/Thomas Wilson 7:20:17 Pierre Turmel/Tienr-X David vs John Sperling/Scott Tingley 7:51:19 JW Johnson/Parris Todd vs Jorja Johnson/Gabriel Tardio

Pickleball Forum Post

Does anyone know why the mixed doubles team of Yates/Barr forfeited the match in Houston?

Kyle Yates
I’m sorry to say that the truth of what happened is far less exciting than what you all want to believe . There was a misinterpretation of the rules by the referee , leading to an unwarranted technical foul. So I challenged her decision by asking for the head ref to come out and make a ruling.. little did I know that would only lead to the head ref reluctantly siding with the discretion of the referee and ultimately a 2nd unwarranted technical foul and automatic forfeiture.
There was no “meltdown”, there was no “paddle throw” , there was no “profanity directed at any referee”. It was a very unfortunate judgment call by the referee.