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Fun Weekend with My Gal Pals

Posted on November 3, 2022 by under Community, Pickleball.    

One of my favorite parts about living in Wichita, besides the low cost of living, is that it is centrally located. A few weeks ago some ladies from Kansas City, Great Bend, and Tulsa met in Wichita for a women’s doubles scrimmage. Molly Sager and Genevieve Eskridge were teaming up for the upcoming Smash pickleball tournament in Oklahoma City and, since it will be their first time playing together, they wanted to get some practice matches. I pinged Nicole Mathis who I will be playing with for the first time also at the same tournament and, as luck would have it, she was available the same weekend.

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Nicole arrived on Friday night so she and I could have some one-on-one team bonding time. We went to have dinner at Chicken N Pickle and also play with Brandi Richardson and Huyen Nguyen that evening.

She spent the night and the next morning we were back at Chicken N Pickle for a women’s doubles team round robin with all the ladies (from left): Caroline Luelf, Genevieve, Brandi, me, Sveta Yakubovich, Molly, Cindy Egan, Katie Merrill, Tami Racine, Nicole, and (from left on the ground) Greta Siemens, and Sarah Johnico.

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Greta and Sarah are holding the crown because they were the most winning team that day. They had the best record out of everyone.

After playing, a few of us went to Tacos TJ before the ladies headed home. Brian and Ed came to join us. I can’t believe I didn’t get a group picture at the restaurant.

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I did get these selfies with Katie and Genevieve (top pic, actually this is from Katie’s phone) and (bottom pic) me and Katie. She is so much fun!

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I can’t wait to be reunited with everyone in a couple of weeks at Smash, even if we are going to have to compete against one another. Until then, GNG.

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