Great Day to Play

Our group along with two visitors from Texas. Chuck & Elaine Flanagan from Georgetown Texas have played 2 days in the past week. They fit right in with the group and we look forward to their next visit! Chuck & Elaine in the white caps & tops.

Friday Pickle & Burgers

After a fun morning of Pickleball in very humid conditions the players took up Brenda and Doug Dundon's invitation for burgers and a dip. What a spread they put on!  Great burgers and salads galore.  What a great setting for recovery from a few hours of Pickleball. What a beautiful home, an awesome and great hospitality. Thank you so much Brenda & 

Saturday 29 June

Hi folks, just want to let everyone know that a couple from Ottawa who in Kingston for the weekend will be joining us for play on Saturday morning. They are Carol & Knud Petersen.

See you all on the courts!!

Pickling Monday 24 June 2013

Holy smokes...i think I will put a sponge I'm pocket for play. Bring lots of liquids and will set up chairs in the shade. 

City of Kingston

Well!!!  After not hearing from the City of Kingston for a week I sent a follow up email to Neal Unsworth the Parks Development Manager for the city and one of the people I met with last week. His email response was returned quickly and it was brief. "We have discussed this internally and should have a response to you in a couple of weeks". 

Kingston, if nothing else is consistently bureaucratic.  Given that we are planning to conduct the program at no cost to the city in public space it is absolutely mind blowing what is at issue that would take 2 weeks to make a decision!   I will now phone the Paul Turner the Programs Supervisor who has been great and the other gentleman who I have been dealing with.  But I think the next step will have to work the city council.  So if anyone has a good contact please share with me and we can then try that avenue.

CRAP!!!

Great Day!

Yes sir! We had a great morning of Pickleball this morning with nearly perfect weather !!

Tom checking out his Bo Bo:)

Nice forehand stroke!!

See everyone on Monday!!

We Did it!!!!

Yes, sir we did the painting in short order!  Our little team of dedicated Picklers took 2 hours and a gallon of asphalt paint to complete the job but we now have 4 courts to play on!!

Brendon Dundon and Larry Fisher working hard!!

The crew at lunch!  Nick & Bev Vander Schoor, Brenda Dundon, Paul Northover, Jan & Don Crone, Vicky and Chuck MacDonald, Larry Fisher and Judy Inglis. 

PAINTING DAY - Wednesday 12 June

Yes, sir we will take another run at this!  After play on Wednesday who ever is available will paint 2 more permanent court outlines. If you have time to contribute we would really appreciate your help as we will do a good general cleanup in addition to the painting. Pack a lunch for yourself as it might take a couple of hours after the play time. 

We look forward to seeing you there. 

Play Anyone?

Chuck and I will be out at 9:00 ! - Vicky

Playing?

It is very wet in Kingston and still heavy drizzle and I don't think I would want to play today but I have the nets, etc so if someone wants to play please let me know.  Hopefully we will be able to play tomorrow.  Vicky

NO PAINTING - 5 June

Nick has the paint and tape BUT the paint is latex and he has seen there is a risk of rain tomorrow afternoon in the Harrowsmith area.....so no painting but play will occur as planned!

Painting Day - 5 June

Well the plan for Wednesday is to play some Pickleball and then with the help of all who can stick around we will paint 2 more courts.  Yippee, no more tape

If you have time available on Wednesday after our play time bring a lunch and some old clothes.  We will get this done as quickly as possible and enjoy the rest of the summer without blue tape:)

See ya there!

Monday Play

Only 9 out on a cool overcast morning. 

3 Jun Play Date

After a very well attended 1 June morning of play, 14 people, we are looking forward to another great day!  The weather looks very promising with temperature much lower in the mid-teens and much dryer to we will have a wonderful comfortable day!

Last Day of May

Great day with 15 players out for a warm day of plan on a Friday. See everyone tomorrow the 1st of June. 

Progress in the City of Kingston

Finally, (I think) I have a meeting with the Paul Turner, City Program Assistant Supervisor and Neil Unsworth the Parks Manager at 10:30 am on the 11th of June to discuss allocating a site to begin play within the City.  I am hopeful that Paul Turner has become the "champion" that we need within the City administration to ensure we have access to city resources.  More to follow!

29 May 2013

Pickleball play for today is cancelled due to the weather!  Raining steadily in Kingston and Godfrey currently!  Next days of play will be Friday 31 May 2013 and Saturday 1 Jun 2013 at Harrowsmith!

Great Day

We had 10 players show up for today's matches on a beautiful day with "some" wind but not bad!

Monday 27 May

Finally, after what seems like a very long time we are in store for a day of pleasant weather.  Monday will have sunny skies, lighter winds and NO rain!  We look forward to seeing everyone on the courts!

These are our courts in Harrowsmith

This picture was taken in May 2013, and you'll see we're all set to go.

How to find us in Harrowsmith: Hwy 38, N on Hwy 38 to Harrowsmith (appx. 19 kms), go through Harrowsmith and turn left on Centennial Park Road. Follow the road into the park.

Watch this website for updates on playing days, times, etc. At the moment we are playing Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, 9 am to noon. Everyone welcome. Paddles available.

To offset costs: please bring 50 cents each time.

First Frontenac Pickleball Post

So, we're off and running with a new blog and official email address for Frontenac Pickleball.

Please mark our address so you can find us.

http://www.frontenacpickleball.blogspot.ca