Tuesday, October 19, 2021 (Court Day #424)

Rain is predicted for later this week and Sunday. My wife said I should play tonight and Thursday while I have the chance. I arrived after work at Skypark at 6:40. It was already getting dark.

A few hours before, I’d invited my former employee Alain and the PT assistant Dan and both said they’d make it.

I ended up making every shot tonight lefty. I successfully gave my right arm a solid break. It was good to see Alain again. He’s so quick on the court. Too bad he can’t play more often, he could get really good with time in.

Sharyl hit a nice sharp crosscourt shot at the net. I had to sprint and stretch and I wasn’t sure if I’d catch it, but my lefty ATP solidly caught the back corner of their court. The accolades were profuse!

In another game, I overheard Tim talking to Dan at the other end of the court. I didn’t catch all of it, but I heard parts, “…it’s not fair . . . play that good offhanded . . .” It was obvious that he was impressed with my play lefty.

I was not the last to leave for a change. I called it a night shortly after 9:30. I left Larry, Janet, Terry S., and Dan—with my paddle—playing one last game.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021 (No Play)

PickleballTournaments.com sent out an email this morning which included this video with Ben Johns sharing the ton of stuff he keeps in his tournament bag:

I also received an email saying that official SCPC play at Derby Park was delayed until 10 a.m. I figured that was very optimistic. This would be Rick’s second day as Wednesday site coordinator and making the call about canceling play is the hardest part of the position. As I walked to my car at 9:30 a.m. for work, it was drizzling. I was thinking, “There is no way play is happening today.” Sure enough, another email came saying play was canceled. Rick will figure it out with time.


Number of days on a court: 424
Number of total hours: 2,107

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