Kauai Pickleball Round Robin Tournament

Just completed our first ever Pickleball tournament on Kauai. It was a round robin tournament with eight teams each in an 'A' and 'B' bracket. Tourney was a precursor to our Aloha State Games Senior Olympics Pickleball tournament to be held in two weeks. Wanted to give our players a chance to referee matches so they could prepare for the upcoming sanctioned Senior Games.  Fun pickleball day that was followed by a wonderful pot luck luncheon.

Center: Gold-Victor and Sara Betancourt; Left-Silver-Fran Graziano and Tiffany Rae; Right: Bronze-Lucia and Ray Bartels

Center: Gold-Carol Surrat and Wendell Condon; Left-Bronze-David and Theresa Della Lana (daughter Nohea); Right: Silver-Janet Nathanson and Phil Eliana

Kauai Ready For Aloha State Games Senior Olympics Pickleball

Pickleball in Hawaii will be more than evident as the 2016 Aloha State Games Senior Olympics Pickleball tournament will commence on Kauai March 11-13.  The competition will feature men's, women's, and mixed doubles.  82 teams will vie for medals and a chance to compete in the 2017 National Senior Games.

Kauai Pickleball Very Popular

Pickleball continues to grow on the island of Kauai.  The Kalaheo Neighborhood Center Pickleball venue parking lot was full!  82 players for the two sessions.

Kauai Pickleball Celebrates Christmas

Kauai's southside pickleball players gathered at the Hanapepe Tennis Courts this week for some fun Christmas play.  The hub of Kauai pickleball is the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center Gym, but over the Holidays, the youngsters have gym priority, so the pickleball group moves outside for two weeks.  Gym play is normally Tuesday and Thursday.  Outside play is on Fridays.  For these two weeks, play will be T-TH-F.  Mele Kalikimaka.  More info:  www.kauaipickleball.shutterfly.com

Five Fun Friday Pickleball Facts-Hawaii

Kauai Halloween Pickleball Demonstration Clinic A Big Success

The second Demonstration Pickleball Clinic on Kauai's south side of the island was a big success, with 40 new, interested, players.  A staff of 12 Kauai club players were also on hand to welcome the new players and guide them through a presentation that included rules, scoring, technique, strategy, and court positioning.  State Ambassador Jack Hodges (a resident of Kauai) gave a brief introduction to the game and then turned the instruction over to club players.  The clinic was sponsored by the Kauai Department of Parks and Recreation and was conducted at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center Gym.  Department staff on hand included Cindy Duterte, Melanie Okamoto and James Kealalio.

New Kauai Pickleball Attendance Record

New attendance record today--10/22/15--for our gym pickleball group.  We had 47 players at the Kalaheo Neighborhood Center Gym.  Our numbers continue to grow.  Twice last week we had 30+ players and Tuesday of this week...36.