Janesville Pickleball Club

The first night of Summer Lessons Round Robin event showed great sportsmanship, improvement, and lots of smiles! Way to go players!

FYI: Emails have been sent to the two groups for the beginner lessons Round Robin. If someone didn't get the email please contact Dave B at [email protected].

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of one of our members, Duan Damron. Many of us called him Duey on the courts. He was a man of integrity, a great sense of humor, and who loved the outdoors. Duey was a great Ambassador of pickleball, especially to the Edison students. He loved teaching and it was fun to see how much he enjoyed being with the students. His positive attitude and energy was contagious. Duan had a huge impact on the Janesville community as well. He will truly be missed. For information regarding the services, please see https://www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com/obituaries/Duan-L-Damron?obId=32654656 #/obituaryInfo

Congratulations to Ed Stried and Jim Manus on winning a silver medal at the Masters Games (formerly the Wisconsin Senior Olympics) Pickleball Tournament in the 75-79 age group. Way to represent!

Summer pickleball lessons are every Wednesday evenings at 6pm at the beautiful Riverside Park courts. If you want to learn how to play pickleball, just come on down! No need to register or have equipment. If you have not been to a session this summer, that's ok! :)

[New Rain Date: Sept. 21]

A fun late summer pickleball event.

Bring a dish to pass, and be ready to have a great time!

Happy National Pickleball Day!!!

Always a fun time!

It's a hot one today! If you're coming out for lessons please bring extra water and stay hydrated.

If you are interested in purchasing a shirt or hat, head on over to the store! The store closing date has been changed to Sunday 8/4.
https://janesvillepickleball2024.itemorder.com/shop/home/
So many color options for the apparel and hats!

Have a great week!

If you lost this item please message this fb page to retrieve. Thank you!

Congratulations to the medalists at the 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament!!!!!

3.0 Mixed Doubles

Gold- Hannah & Garrett
Silver- Julianna & Max
Bronze- Margriet & Tim
4th Place- Nannette & Wilson

3.5 Mixed Doubles

Gold- Heidi & Todd
Silver- Megan & Spencer
Bronze- Erica & Marc
4th Place- Ashley & Conner

Courts are back open!

Thank you everyone for your understanding today while we held the 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament.

We had the best tournament yet, and we even got done a little earlier than planned.

The pickleball courts at Riverside Park are open for public play again; come on down & get some Saturday evening pickle in on this beautiful day!

Courts Reserved Tomorrow, July 6, for Tournament

Hello All,
Just a reminder that the Jim Clark Pickleball Courts within Riverside Park in Janesville are reserved for the day of Saturday, July 6 (tomorrow) for the 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament.

We anticipate the courts to be in use form 7am to at least 5pm.....if we experience inclement weather during the day, this may extend our use of the courts later than 5pm.

We will post on this page when the tournament is complete & the courts are once again open for public play.
Thank you for your understanding, and if you happen to be in the area, stop down to cheer on the tournament players!

IT'S TOURNAMENT WEEKEND!!!

This Saturday is our annual 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament, held at the Jim Clark Pickleball Courts within Riverside Park in Janesville.

We have a full registration with waiting list again this year- 12 teams each in 3.0 mixed doubles starting at 8am, and 3.5 mixed doubles starting at 12:30pm.

If you have friends or family playing in this year's event, or if you're just curious on what a pickleball tournament is all about, by all means COME ON DOWN.....we love spectators!

Tournament staff will be on hand to help answer any questions you may have, and we will have live scoring throughout the day so you can track team progress through the event, all the way to the medal matches.

Friends of Riverside Park will also have the Riverside Park concession stand open with all kinds of food, snacks, drinks, & treats for anyone to purchase at very reasonable prices.

We hope to see you on Saturday!

WE HAVE A FULL REGISTRATION!

Our 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament has reached full capacity in record time, woo-hoo! :)

Thank you to everyone who has chosen to spend part of their holiday weekend with us as a player.....we think your choice was a great one, & we'll do everything in our power to ensure you have the best time possible.
As a player, please connect with our tournament event page linked above; here you will see all pertinent updates & information.
You should also have received a welcome email- it may have gone into your spam folder, so check that out as well (Subject: "Registration Confirmed: 2024 Firecracker Classic PIckleball Tournament", Sender: [email protected]).

If you're not playing in this year's event, you are still welcome to come down to Riverside Park in Janesville on July 6 to cheer on our participants. We average dozens of spectators each year at our tournament to watch, cheer, talk pickleball, and just enjoy the day.

We look forward to seeing you all on July 6!!!!

ONLY A FEW TOURNAMENT SPOTS REMAIN!!

There are just a few spots left in both the 3.0 & 3.5 mixed doubles divisions of our upcoming 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, July 6.
Be sure to register today at bit.ly/firecrackerclassic.

Come join us on July 6 to be part of a very fun event.....if the photos of our past players are any indication, you are almost assured to leave our event smiling.
:)

Only 1 person from a team needs to register on the team's behalf.....payment details are included in the link.

If you have any questions about the tournament, please feel free to message us here on Facebook or email [email protected].

LET'S TALK SKILL LEVELS (PLAYER RATINGS).

There are actually several ratings systems in use for pickleball, each instituted at different times by different organizations.
Examples include, UTPR, WPR, UTR, and DUPR......it's alphabet soup!

The DUPR (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating) system is the official rating system of the Janesville Pickleball Club its events; its the most-used system in place today, and offers real-time rating updates as game/match results are uploaded to it. It's also free for players; a nice bonus. :)

DUPR uses a numerical rating system; 2.0 (total beginner) to 8.0 (perfect player). The skill levels with each rating jump are very similar to all other rating systems out there, include the USA Pickleball ratings guide.

To start, you simply go to www.mydupr.com and create a free account.
DUPR uses a predictive method of rating players. Once a minimum number of results are posted to a player's account, DUPR uses an algorithm to calculate an initial rating.

Then, DUPR uses your rating and the rating of both your partner and your opponents to calculate a predicted score. Let's say you & your partner play a team with higher DUPR ratings.......If DUPR predicts your team should have lost 4-11 but you actually lost 8-11, your DUPR would likely go up....if you win the game your rating goes up even more.
Results can be posted for any type of event, even rec games (presuming all players have a DUPR account & agree to the score being uploaded).

For our tournament, the club records all tournament scores and uploads them to DUPR en masse, and everyone's rating is updated in near real-time.
This is why we ask for players to have a DUPR account upon registering, so we can perform this mass upload without issue.

Our goal with this is to give players a valid DUPR numerical rating, to take into the pickleball universe on their journey to future events/tournaments.

The Janesville Pickleball Club receives no fees, incentives, or other advantages from DUPR by requiring players to have DUPR accounts; it's just something we believe in to help make pickleball even better than it already is.

DUPR - The World's Most Accurate Pickleball Rating Join over 1 million DUPR rated pickleball players in playing matches, building community, and improving as a player.

TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION UPDATE:

We are still accepting registrations for our 2024 Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, July 6.

Available divisions are mixed doubles; 3.0-3.49 in the morning and 3.5-3.99 in the afternoon.

Curious in what makes a player from each division?......check out this handy attached visual chart.
There are TONS of similar visuals on the web; you can also use the USA Pickleball ratings guide, link is here:
https://usapickleball.org/tournaments/tournament-player-ratings/player-skill-rating-definitions/

Ratings are admittedly not an exact science, and based on self-assessment for the most part. If you don't already have a DUPR rating (the official rating system of our tournament), just be honest with you skillset when reviewing these visuals/guidelines, and if you think you fall into one of our tournament divisions, grab a partner & come play in one of the most fun pickleball events in the area!

(P.S.: more info on ratings & DUPR ratings coming in another post soon.)

Courts were crazy busy this morning!!

It was another beautiful evening for pickleball lessons! Thank you to all who came out to learn pickleball. We love seeing all the smiles and energy for this addictive sport! :) A special thanks goes out to Mark Friedenberg for helping with lessons and giving a few pointers.

For any educator-picklers out there, Victory Pickleball is offering a summer special: a 10-pack admission for their open play time slots for non-members to come play at their facility for a reduced rate (about 33% off the normal rate for non-members).
Would be a good "plan B" for those rainy/windy days; the weather is always great indoors. :)

Hey teachers! We are excited to announce that we now offer a "Teacher 10 Pack" for $66.00, which is available for purchase at Victory. Members can call or buy the pack directly from the front desk only. The teacher 10 pack is valid for 10 non-prime drop-in/open play events, Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. We're looking forward to welcoming you and your teacher group soon!

TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCEMENT:
With summer upon us, it's once again time to sign up for our 3rd annual Firecracker Classic Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, July 6th!

We will have the same format this year- two divisions of mixed doubles; 12 teams each:
- 3.0 at 8am
- 3.5 at 12:30pm

Our tournament is known for being very accessible for newer tournament players, super-social, having the best medals around (our biased opinion), and for the free ice cream included with player registration.

More information & registration can be found at the following link or via the QR code in the attached flyer.....see you on July 6th!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B044CA5A82CA3FF2-49634793-firecracker