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Busy Weekend At The Courts
My wife and I didn’t realize when we made plans to attend her nephew’s wedding in Maine that it was same weekend primetime pickleball...
Tim Pitts
Oct 25, 2024
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He Went To Paris….
It’s been a difficult couple of weeks for pickleball articles. First there was the silly brouhaha regarding court construction, followed...
Tim Pitts
Oct 18, 2024
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A Mea Culpa
It seems my last article, an update on the anticipated changes at Franklin Creek titled Change Is On The Horizon , was not appreciated by...
Tim Pitts
Sep 27, 2024
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Franklin Creek Campus Project Update
This week’s edition of the TWATL featured an article updating our Club’s pickleball enthusiasts about proposed work at our Franklin Creek...
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&@!$# Mother Nature!
I arrived at the pickleball courts at 8:30 AM on Monday expecting to watch ninety picklers square off in the annual Labor Day Pickleball...
Tim Pitts
Sep 6, 2024
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National Pickleball Day
I am writing this article on August 8th, better known in sporting circles as National Pickleball Day. Given the surging popularity of the...
Tim Pitts
Aug 19, 2024
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Pickleball Dating and More
This article begins with an optimistic note for all lovelorn, single Landings Club picklers. Don’t despair. No longer must you prowl the...
Tim Pitts
Aug 13, 2024
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Spare Parts Pickleball
Several of us were having coffee at The Deck last Thursday. It’s a regular thing. We meet weekly to gossip, trash talk and discuss how...
Tim Pitts
Jul 16, 2024
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Thank The Founding Fathers
Thanks to the Founding Fathers, many of us enjoy a well-earned day off in July to indulge in traditional backyard barbeques, fireworks...
Tim Pitts
Jul 12, 2024
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Pickleball Goes To College
According to an online article posted by The Kitchen, the number of colleges and universities offering pickleball as a club or...
Tim Pitts
Jun 27, 2024
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Mon Dieu, C’est Du Pickleball En France!
Serious tennis fans know the original forms of tennis developed in France in the late 12th century. While the current form originated in...
Tim Pitts
Jun 14, 2024
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Get Ready For The Youth Movement
You’ll feel me coming, a new vibration From afar you’ll see me, I’m a sensation I was scrolling through Threads the other day and found a...
Tim Pitts
Jun 7, 2024
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Memorial Day
With Memorial Day behind us, we face a long hot summer and the inevitable slowing of activity at the pickleball courts. Many familiar...
Tim Pitts
May 29, 2024
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A Big DUPR League Thank You
Regular followers of this byline – I like to believe there are a few – know that the Landings Pickleball Association (LPA) is the...
Tim Pitts
May 24, 2024
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Busy Week at Franklin Creek
Franklin Creek was a busy place last week. So busy that parking spilled out onto Franklin Creek Drive and Landings Way, highlighting the...
Tim Pitts
May 4, 2024
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Bill Gates, Taylor Swift and an Explosion At Franklin Creek
It seems Bill Gates and Taylor Swift have something in common other than the fact that they are both billionaires. They play pickleball....
Tim Pitts
Apr 24, 2024
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A Perfect Day
Saturday April 13th was an ideal day to play pickleball and raise money for an excellent cause. Everyone at The Landings has a family...
Tim Pitts
Apr 18, 2024
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Odds, Ends & Trivia
There are three important upcoming events at Franklin Creek in the very near future. The first, and arguably most important, is Together...
Tim Pitts
Apr 3, 2024
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Pickleball During COVID
It’s difficult to pinpoint the exact date COVID actually started, but the first reported case in the United States was a...
Tim Pitts
Mar 29, 2024
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The Landings Club Pickleball Doubles Championships
Mother Nature clearly has it in for pickleball tournaments at The Landings. The Club Doubles Championships, scheduled for Saturday, were...
Tim Pitts
Mar 15, 2024
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