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Tim Pitts
Aug 19, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Aug 13, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Jul 26, 2024
You Throw Like A Girl!
When I was a kid, just about the worst insult you could hurl at a boy was, “You throw - or run, or walk like a girl.” Right now, I wish I...
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Tim Pitts
Jul 16, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Jul 12, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Jun 27, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Jun 14, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Jun 7, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
May 29, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
May 24, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
May 4, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Apr 24, 2024
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....
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Tim Pitts
Apr 18, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Apr 3, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Mar 29, 2024
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...
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Tim Pitts
Mar 15, 2024
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...
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Stephen Ford
Mar 13, 2024
Pro Exhibition Match Videos - Feb 23, 2024
For your viewing pleasure, Patrick May has posted videos from The Landings Pickleball Pro Exhibition Match held on Feb 23, 2024. If you...
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Tim Pitts
Mar 8, 2024
A Woman Scorned
The annual World Pickleball Tour – Savannah Challenge was held at The Landing Golf & Athletic Club from March 1 - 3. It’s a big deal,...
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Tim Pitts
Mar 1, 2024
Back To the Present
For those looking for the fourth installment of the history of pickleball at The Landings Club be patient, the articles will continue....
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Tim Pitts
Feb 29, 2024
Back To the Future
Rumors! Somedays it seems as if rumors are the mother’s milk of the American psyche. If rumors, like conspiracy theories, are allowed to...
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