PPPA QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING

The next PPPA Quarterly Board Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the Pikes Peak Library District's Library 21c, in the Ent Conference Center, from 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM.  PPPA members are welcome to attend and listen to the proceedings.  

 A Public Comment time of 15 minutes will be set aside at the beginning of the meeting and will appear on the agenda. Any active PPPA member in good standing (i.e., dues paid) will be given the opportunity to address the Board during the Public Comment time. Members wishing to address the Board may do so at this time. There will be a specified time limit for public comment, not to exceed three minutes.   Members should contact the Board Secretary before the Board Meeting to be put on the agenda to speak at the Public Comment time with a specific topic.  For more information on speaking during the Public Comment time, please see PPPA Policy #12.

PPPA Policy #12 Pikes Peak Pickleball Association Regular Board Meetings Open to Members

        

  PLEASE WELCOME AARP COLORADO AS OUR NEWEST PPPA $2500 PREMIER-LEVEL SPONSOR.

Discover AARP Colorado, "a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps empower people to choose how they live as they age."  Check out what they are doing in your community!  

As with all our outstanding PPPA Sponsors, we ask our Membership to please utilize their products and services.

Your PPPA Board of Directors

  ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS AT JOHN VENEZIA ARE COMING!

Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services plans to convert a tennis court into four more pickleball courts at John Venezia Community Park in the Briargate neighborhood.  A definite date for this project is not yet known, but the plan is to do it sometime this year.  The Parks and Rec Department also plans to resurface the existing courts at the same time the court conversion takes place.  

For the last four years, PPPA designated $6,000 in the budget to assist with this project when the time came.  We are thrilled to now put PPPA's money from dues, fundraising, and tournament revenue toward increasing the number of pickleball courts in our community.   PPPA will continue to be an advocate for pickleball by working with both the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County Parks to increase the number of courts to accommodate the phenomenal growth of the sport in our area.

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  REGISTRATION OPEN FOR SPRINGS PICKLEBALL FIRST RESPONDERS & MILITARY APPRECIATION TOURNAMENT

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN TO ALL FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS

AND MILITARY APPRECIATION TOURNAMENT!!!

MAY 5TH, 6TH & 7TH

Over $4,000 will be raised to support our local Law Enforcement via Shield 616, The Fire Foundation of Colorado Springs, and Mount Carmel Veteran Services.

Choose your Charity: Red, Blue or Green and track your points. Team points will be pooled and the Foundation with the most points will win the grand prize, there will be donations for 2nd and 3rd place foundations as well.

Every player will get a shirt for this tournament and they should be worn on the day of the tournament so we will know which team you are supporting. 

REGISTRATION CLOSES ON APRIL 21ST SO PLEASE DO NOT DELAY TO GET REGISTERED!!!!

Every participant must set up a DUPR account prior to the tournament. Scores will be entered live during the event and will appear in your DUPR rating on the Tuesday following the tournament.

Players are not confirmed into the tournament until both teammates have registered. If the event is full, add both teammates to the waitlist as spots may become available if brackets are expanded or registered teams withdraw.

Only register for 1 event. If you would like to enter a 2nd event, select that event during registration of the first event where it says "What is your 2nd event (extra $20)". The additional fee will be added to your registration manually and it may take several days for the amount to be updated.

You may only sign-up for one skill level per event (for example, you can sign up for Men's 3.5 and Mixed 4.0, but not Men's 3.5 and Men's 4.0)

FOOD, DRINKS AND DONATIONS BEING PROVIDED BY ROBERTA LOUGHMAN, REMAX PROPERTIES INC.

Sign up here:

https://app.courtreserve.com/Online/Events/List/8778/EKU5IKDCSL8778

FOR THE EARLY BIRDS

We are extending our hours on Fridays from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm

YOUTH SUMMER PROGRAMS

Be sure to check CourtReserve beginning next week for our Youth Summer Camps!!!!

 PICKLEBALL CENTRAL'S REWARDS PROGRAM

Save 5% and 5% comes back to PPPA in an annual Pickleball Central gift card!

Interested in saving 5% on pickleball gear, clothing and training aids?  PPPA is now enrolled in Pickleball Central’s Club Rewards program.  Here are the details for you and PPPA to benefit from:

When purchasing any items from www.PickleballCentral.com, enter CRPPPA and you will receive an automatic 5% DISCOUNT and PPPA will earn 5% of every purchase that uses the code in an end-of-the-year gift card to purchase anything that PPPA needs – balls, extra paddles, nets, whatever we need!    (The code is not case sensitive.)

Here's more about the ClubRewards program.

 KING SOOPERS COMMUNITY REWARD PROGRAM BENEFITS PPPA 

Did you know that you can earn $$$ for PPPA with every dollar you spend when you shop at King Soopers or City Market? Friends and Family can help PPPA earn money too!

See this flyer for information and how you can sign up.