“It should be an Olympic Sport.”
Once used only as an informal warm up, Paddleball is now in its 4th year of near Olympic status. Okay, maybe not Olympic status, but it is an incredibly competitive tournament with as much spirit as you would see displayed in any other world championship quality sport.
This year’s tournament will be Saturday, December 22nd starting at 10AM.
Register your team in the Teen/Adult division or in the Child/Mixed team division. The Teen/Adult division is for highly competitive 3 member teams of ages 14+. Child/ Mixed teams can have up to 4 members and up to 1 adult. Players from outside the dojang may be approved by the tournament committee if a request is made in person prior to the competition date. Winners will receive bragging rights and their names engraved on the championship plaque. Paddles will be shared or you may purchase your own pretournament date.
There is a $15 team registration fee and teams must register by December 19th. Also included as part of the registration “fee” teams must provide 1 main or side dish to share for our pot luck lunch. We will all be working up quite the appetite. Sign up as a team or indicate your free agency status on the sign up sheet on the bulletin board.
Teams are encouraged to create a strong team identity with team jerseys, team cheers, mascots, theme songs and such. This is a day where we are channeling our inner warriors and we have the opportunity to assume a persona we wouldn’t normally, but it will still be important to remember that at the end of the day we are all still family.
In short, have fun, play hard.
from the desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky
