Thank you Sharon

Our fantastic Pickleball co-ordinator Sharon Phillips is handing over responsibility for organising our pickleball sessions to Diane Riach  after playing this role for around 4 years.  She has made an amazing contribution to the game and the Club.

When Sharon took over Pickleball was very much a fringe activity in our Club with occasional outdoor sessions and now it’s absolutely mainstream and very popular.  Realising that Pickleball isn’t really an outdoor game when wind and rain arrive, (with the help of Dan and Sue) Sharon arranged indoor sessions in a number of venues with a lot of hard work finding appropriate ones.  So Salt Ayre Leisure Centre (8-9pm on Tuesdays) has become our main indoor venue with sessions in the past in the LRGS sports hall and now also in the Morecambe Bay Academy sports hall.

Not only has she sorted out venues and attracted so many players that we have had a waiting list, but she has developed the registration systems brilliantly. So now it’s very easy to book a place and pay on SPOND.  So much easier than turning up with cash or paying by BACS!  Well done Sharon.

And she has also been really successful in raising funds to support the Club’s Pickleball, including from the local 3R charity.  These funds have helped to buy additional pickleball nets and the cage for storing our equipment in Salt Ayre.

Unfortunately she has been battling with a shoulder injury for over a year and hasn’t been able to play all this time, so is handing over to Diane, who can be contacted on the new email [email protected].   We will very much miss Sharon’s enthusiasm and contribution including her ability to encourage beginners – lots of dinks to start with!

Thank you Sharon – who is seen with the gifts she has been presented with by our Club as she stands down.