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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...
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5 days ago


Calling All Women
The Association of Pickleball Players (APP) recently reported that 48.3 million adult Americans, nearly 19% of the total adult...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Mar 28


A Personal Appeal
Click on Above Image to Open Registration Form Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, killing over 600,000...
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Mar 18


Pickleball – A Family Affair
Pickleball has changed since its invention in 1965, but one thing remains a constant. It is at the core, a family centered sport. True,...
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Mar 16


A Busy Pickleball Weekend
It was a busy weekend at Franklin Creek. On Friday, February 21st, the pickleball professionals played several exhibition matches in...
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Mar 6


Pickleball On The Small Screen
Be honest. How many of you watch the Super Bowl for the commercials? Probably more than will admit. Steve Jobs set a high bar in 1984...
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Feb 24


Super Bowl or Super Bore
Another long football season is in the record books. The season finally ended with the Philadelphia Eagles destroying the favored Kansas...
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Feb 18


There’s A New Pro In Town
There’s a new face on the pickleball courts. Savannah native, Trey Maust, joined The Landings Club’s Court Sports program as a teaching...
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Feb 8


For What It’s Worth
This has been a depressing stretch for Landings Club picklers. First, unseasonably cold weather settled over Camp Skidaway, driving even...
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Jan 31
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