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It All Began With A Blind Date
Phil and Terri Espy Phil and Terri Espy met on a blind date in Winston Salem, North Carolina in 1989 when Phil’s realtor set them up....
Tim Pitts
Oct 3


“It’s Different This Time…”
“It’s different this time.” Famous last words. When someone tells us “it’s different this time”, more often than not it’s time to head...
Tim Pitts
Sep 13


End Of Summer Blues
Labor Day is commonly, and incorrectly, referred to as the end of summer. In astronomical terms, summer ends at the equinox, Monday,...
Tim Pitts
Sep 9


Steve Nazaruk: Hall of Famer
Drawn by their shared love of golf and a desire for warmer winters, Steve and Gretchen Nazaruk moved from Connecticut to The Landings in...
Tim Pitts
Aug 23


Is It Possible...?
Is it possible we have living among us families who are in the Federal Witness Protection Program? Frankly, I never seriously considered...
Tim Pitts
Aug 19


Compression Socks & Competitive Spirit
Mary Lee Beach and Stephen Ford Stephen Ford and Mary Lee Beach met in 1982. Clearly, something clicked, as they tied the knot two years...
Tim Pitts
Aug 9


Saturday Morning With Joe and Mike
I don’t remember exactly when I formed a pickleball group, but it might have been the fall of 2017. I secured a contract for two courts...
Tim Pitts
Jul 22


Abreast Of The News
The movie some of you have been breathlessly awaiting is one step closer to its long-anticipated release. Ben Stiller’s latest...
Tim Pitts
Jul 7


Calling All Women
The Association of Pickleball Players (APP) recently reported that 48.3 million adult Americans, nearly 19% of the total adult...
Tim Pitts
Jun 26


From Alcatraz to the Pickleball Courts
Tracy Sellard was never a prison inmate. It’s difficult to imagine her jay walking, much less committing a crime that would earn her a...
Tim Pitts
Jun 14


Gimme That Old Time Religion
Church attendance in the United States has been declining for decades. On any given weekend, roughly three in ten adults attend religious...
Tim Pitts
Jun 11


Biggest Pickleball Party in the World
More than 55,000 fans and 3,450 players from all fifty states and forty countries recently gathered at the National Pickleball Center in...
Tim Pitts
Jun 7


From Tennis To Pickleball
Is having a tennis background a prerequisite to playing high level pickleball? The evidence seems to be mixed, but it does suggest that...
Tim Pitts
May 23


On The Courts With The Larsons
Denise and Eric Larson Eric and Denise Larson moved to Savannah from Indiana in 2015. Coincidentally, it was Tom and Sue Souls, the...
Tim Pitts
May 17


Enter The Slow Season
As I write this, April showers are setting the stage for May flowers. Right? Well, maybe. It has been too long since Skidaway Island...
Tim Pitts
May 6


Pickling With The Amblers
“I want to challenge Fern and Maddie right now.” And just like that, Tracy Ambler has thrown down the gauntlet. To say Tracy and his wife...
Tim Pitts
Apr 25


Record Day For TFAC
Thank you to everyone who supported the TFAC Pickleball Round Robin. There can be no doubt that generosity is one of the great many...
Tim Pitts
Apr 22


Stuff You Might Have Missed
Here are a few points of interest in case you missed them. First, there is a move afoot to begin a women’s pickleball organization. Kim...
Tim Pitts
Apr 10


The Poppell Family Picklers
Chris Poppell and his father Allen Savannah native Chris Poppell started playing pickleball with his father Allen at the YMCA in 2019,...
Tim Pitts
Apr 3


Men’s and Women’s Club Championships
Saturday March 15th, Franklin Creek was the site of the 2025 Men’s And Women’s Pickleball Club Championships. Sixty Landings Club...
Tim Pitts
Mar 28
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