Jenny Marcos and Mike Gates in Wichita
Posted on June 15, 2023 by Ching under Pickleball.
I had an absolute blast the weekend that senior pros Jenny Marcos and Mike Gates came to visit Wichita. I’m so glad that Kathy Moser, owner of the Pickle Club, invited me. It’s such a treat to be able to play with such amazing players.
We got some solo time with Jenny and Mike until about 1 PM when other players joined us. We had some players join from 1 to 3 PM and then some others join from 3 to 5 PM. There were some of us, hardcore picklers, who played all day.
I’m not kidding when I say “all day” because I started playing at Zach Nguyen’s house at 8 AM that Sunday morning. Erika Atkins was in town from Texas (my first time meeting her) and Zach set up a game for her. It was so much fun!
Immediately after that I was off to the Pickle Club to meet up with Jenny, Mike, and Kathy. We played a little bit and enjoyed some lunch. Jenny made a ton of delicious pancit. Besides feeding us pancit, she also brought her portable camping stove and a wok and fried up some fresh lumpia for us to enjoy.
I got some free pickleball and Filipino food. And, I didn’t even have to leave Wichita. It was the best weekend ever!
I invited Matt Nola to join us because he travels to Asia to promote pickleball and has been recruiting some Filipino pickleball players to join his team. Jenny was getting ready to travel down there (in fact, she’s in the Philippines right now) and so I wanted the two of them to connect. Anyway, he invited the out of towners to Mochinut after so Jenny, Mike, and Kathy stopped by on their way back home to Oklahoma. I think they liked it.
It was such a fun weekend. It was a pleasure meeting new people (Erika from Texas earlier that day and Mike who is from all over) and Jenny is not just an amazing pickleball player, she also feeds you which is icing on the cake. I cannot wait for her to be back from her trip so we can catch up. Until then, GNG.
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