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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Pickleball Possibilities?


Anita Weston, Reporter,
Rich Civic Times

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  September 11, 2014.  Nate Carter was in attendance at the City Council meeting.  When asked, he noted that he was interested in pickleball and wondered if the City had considered making a place available for playing this game.  A discussion ensued.  Various suggestions were made.  One suggestion was that perhaps Ideal Beach would allow individuals to use their indoor tennis courts for this game in exchange for being able to use the City’s Pool during the winter months. 

It was noted that this game is not really costly and wouldn’t take too much effort to get it going in town.  It could be played on tennis courts and could possibly be played at the City Park on the basketball area.  Carter was more interested in getting a place that could be used during the winter months such as indoor floor areas.

Later in the meeting Dale Brower appeared before the Council also asking that a facility be made available so that people could play pickleball.  He noted that two courts of pickleball can be set up on one tennis court.  He has been working here in the Valley getting this game started in a couple of areas and would really like to get something going here in Garden City.  He was encouraged to come up with some suggestions that would be workable and come back and present them to the Council. 


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