Featured Pickler: Top-level ladies form their own group
Seeking top competition is one thing. Keeping it within the same gender is another altogether. A group that formed in March at Tampa Bay...
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- Aug 23
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Featured Pickler: Angelo Petricone set up DUPR nights at Tampa Bay Pickleball
Upon hearing about the opening of Tampa Bay Pickleball at the Oldsmar Flea Market more than a year ago, Angelo Petricone felt compelled...
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- Aug 16
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Featured Pickler: Jay Evans transitioned from tennis to pickleball
Having left the Tampa Bay area as an accomplished tennis player and returned as top-notch pickleball player, Jay Evans has come full...
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- Aug 9
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Kids pickleball program expands
Young boys and girls were taught the fundamentals of pickleball during an introductory summer course. It went over so well that...
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- Aug 1
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Featured Pickler: All Florida Pickleball’s David Tabb helps with MLP events
All Florida Pickleball’s David Tabb has been on the move, with the Tampa resident jetting off to Atlanta, Washington, D.C. and, most...
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- Jul 26
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Featured Pickler: Active Life Games Return to Northlakes
Renovations to pickleball courts at the Northlakes Sports Complex have halted league play and tournaments since the spring. That ongoing...
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- Jul 19
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Pro tour reaches midpoint in debut season
The All Florida Pro League reached the midpoint of its debut season with the third stop at Bardmoor Golf & Tennis Club in Seminole. All...
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- Jul 12
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Stars & Stripes at Tampa Bay Pickleball
Tampa Bay Pickleball, which opened in April 2023, upheld a tradition that began in January by hosting a tournament at the end of June....
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- Jul 5
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Lutz pickleball business owners attend Las Vegas convention
More than a year away from hosting the Florida Pickleball Expo, the co-owners of Pickle Man, Inc. recently traveled across the country to...
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- Jun 28
- 1 min
Grandpa, grandson bond on the court
As one of the original pickleball players who started out at St. Petersburg’s Crescent Lake Park in 2010, Barry McDowell is an avid...
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- Jun 21
- 1 min
New leadership leads to pickleball growth at the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Center
Shane Frenchko, who in three months has helped increase the number of pickleball players at the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis Center, recently...
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- Jun 14
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Pickleball without a sound
Hearing is not imperative for success on the court. Just ask members of the Deaf Tampa Bay Pickleball Club. A Facebook page started about...
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- Jun 7
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Pickle Man keeps busy on and off the court
The founder of Pickle Man Inc. recently turned in his most successful effort on the court. Off the court last week, it was off to Las...
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- May 31
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Featured Pickler: From newcomers to pickleheads
Just more than a year ago, Bry McIntyre and a friend who no longer plays tried their hands at pickleball at Wesley Chapel District Park....
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- May 24
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Featured Pickler: All in the Dubose family
When it comes to pickleball, the Dubose family of Weeki Wachee is all in. About a year and a half ago, R.J. Dubose was introduced to the...
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- May 17
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Kenneth City venue is latest to convert tennis courts for pickleball
Converting tennis courts for pickleball is nothing new as it’s done almost everywhere nowadays. Count Kenneth City among the latest...
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- May 10
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Featured Pickler: Leslie Vann wins silver at Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championships
A busy week left Leslie Vann with a silver medal from a national tournament, capped by a team championship in a fledgling Tampa Bay area...
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- May 3
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Feeding Tampa Bay benefits from Crew’s Battle of the Brands
In a fun way of giving back to the community, the Tampa Pickleball Crew recently hosted Battle of the Brands at its Ybor City Warehouse...
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- Apr 26
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: The march against MS
For a second straight year, All Florida Pickleball partnered with Minor League Pickleball, DUPR and the Florida Smash for a fundraising...
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- Apr 19
- 1 min
Featured Pickler: Ambitious expansion plans for Tampa Bay Pickleball
Apparently, the idea for a pickleball facility by a local family went over so well that there will be more to come. Plenty more — in...
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