LPPC Leadership Committee

Per our email last week, the leadership committee is getting some new faces starting this month. Thanks to everyone who volunteered to join this group we actually exceeded our goal of 7 members and instead have 9 people on the committee going forward for the next year:

• Mike Edson (new)

• Cathy Hundley (continuing)

• Margaret Martin (new)

• Cheryl Patzer (continuing)

• Ryan Pierson (continuing)

• Dennis Reutov (new)

• Paul Sinclair (new)

• Carlos Soto (new)

• Michal Yourdon (new)

And stepping down are Mike Patzer and Whitney Smith. Thanks to Mike for multiple years of service to this organization, especially for all of his hard work to maintain and significantly improve our courts and the areas around them. Whitney (the slacker) only served a year on the committee, but with some new work opportunities taking her time, she is going to hand off the communication and Court Reserve reigns to some of our new leaders.

Annual Dues: Upcoming Changes

As many of you are aware, dues for our club have not changed in many years. Unfortunately, we can see some looming large expenses in our club’s future, largely with respect to the cracks that continue to form on our courts and which get worse each winter. We have made the decision to increase dues in order to build a reserve fund to draw from when the time comes.

Starting October 1, 2023, the annual membership fee will go up to $100 for an individual or $200 for an immediate family (includes up to two adults and all children in the household under 18).

Note that current members cannot prepay their dues in order to avoid the higher rates. You can see when your membership expires by looking at Court Reserve under “My Membership”.

Pickleball for Patriots

Thank you to all our members who played in and supported the Pickleball for Patriots Tournament in August. Keaton Kalmbach, sponsors, and those who played and/or donated helped to raise $6,340 to help Central Oregon Veterans!

New Members and Captain

Tara Bolthouse has volunteered as a captain for our club. Thank you for offering your time to support our club!

Our club continued its growth this month, adding the following new members:
Karen Hayes
Matthew Harp
Stephanie Harp
Opie Harp
Milo Harp
Boone Harp
Sonny Harp
Rowdy Harp
Beth Jacobi
Minny Purinton
Gordon Himes
Bridget Murphy
Danny Carlberg
Henry Carlberg
Ross Tomlin
Joanne Tomlin
Bud Rumsey
Linda Rumsey

Thank you to everyone in our club who is so welcoming to our new members and to all the visitors who come join us for play in the summer!

Winter is Coming…

And so is the Indoor Schedule! Look for it in next month’s newsletter.

Sunriver Pickleball Club Tournament

The Sunriver Pickleball Club recently had their intra-club summer tournament. Since there is a lot of overlap in our memberships, lots of familiar faces from our club were winners there, including:

Competitive Women’s Round Robin:

• Silver: Ruth Neufield

• Bronze: Susan Day & Cathy Hundley (tie)

Competitive Men’s Round Robin:

• Gold: Bob Appleby

• Silver: Kelly Wilson

Competitive Women’s Teams:

• Gold: Whitney Smith with partner Carol Knapp

• Bronze: Beth and Ally Evanson

Competitive Men’s Teams:

• Gold: Kelly Wilson with partner R. Bishop

• Bronze: Bob Appleby with partner S. Mallet

Competitive Mixed Teams:

• Gold: Whitney Smith and George Shrum

• Bronze: Susan Day with partner Mark Elliot

Huge apologies if I missed anyone! There were a lot of winners :-)

Oregon Senior Games Tournament and Rally in the Valley Tournaments

Congratulations to the following medal winners at these two tourneys:

• Bronze, Mixed 4.0, 55-59: Jen Toso and partner Dean Susnow

• Silver, Women’s Advanced, 60-64: Jen Toso and partner Carol Knapp

• Silver, Women’s Recreation, 60-64: Susan Day and partner Kay Harris

• Gold, Women’s Singles, Advanced: Jen Toso

• Silver, Mixed 4.5, 50+: Jen Toso and partner Dean Susnow

• Bronze, Women’s 4.0, 60+: Ruth Neufield, and Cyndie Gill