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PICKLEBALL

Pickleball is a slowed down game of tennis played on a small court with paddles and a whiffle ball.

This is a popular game in retirement communities. There are 50 courts in the Villages. There are
5 courts in Solavita. We have heard of several other communities with one or two courts.

Because the ball is so light, we have no reported cases of tennis elbow or shoulder problems.

We have now been playing pickleball for almost 3 months. We are all still beginners; so if you have never played please do not feel intimidated. Just show up and we will teach you the rules. We have paddles and balls so there is nothing to buy, unless you choose to buy
your own paddle as some of us have.

Our schedule has not changed, but you should know that you can play anytime. The paddles and balls are stored in the shuffleboard shed.

The scheduled playtime is on a "drop in" basis. This means you can show up anytime and we will fit you in. We have two courts and we play doubles, so 8 people can play at one time. The courts are located in the bash area behind the pool.

The schedule is:

Monday after coffee
Monday 1pm-3pm
Wednesday 9am-11am
Saturday 9am-11am

If none of these times fit your schedule, and you have a couple of friends who would like to try the game,
please give me a call and I will arrange a time to show you the game and explain the rules.

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TENNIS - SUZANNE GOLDMAN

Our Tennis Players enjoyed an excellent Tournament with the Reflections Retirement Community on Feb 5, 2007. The format permitted all levels of players to participate. We will host them in 2008.

New players continue to come and we continue to play and enjoy the camaraderie and the sport.

Suzanne Goldman was elected the new Chair of the Tennis Committee and will be happy to talk with anyone about our program. She can be reached at 382-3575.

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SHUFFLEBOARD – DOUG SCHOLL

We are having a great February in spite of several cold days. Our shufflers lost to Sebring Village 13-19, beat Reflections 20-12, and tromped on Adelaide Shores 25 - 7. We have our In-Park tournament coming up on Saturday the 24th.

Coming up in March we play at Adelaide Shores on March 2nd, at Sebring Village on March 7th and at Reflections on March 16, closing out this season with an In-Park Tournament on March 24th. I will provide the "news" with a year-end wrap up of all our games for the April issue.

I was so proud of the 30 Shufflers that played in the "Cancer Benefit" dedicated in memory of Noel Wagner, one of our on shufflers, who passed away this season. These 30 Shufflers pulled $361.00 out of their own pockets for this fund raising event and played on the coldest day this season.

Dave Purser

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BOWLING

High Game And High Series For January 2007:

High Game Men	High Game Women
Ken Long - 226	Jeanne Rooseboom - 206
Skip Bakter - 223	Gloria Olson - 198
Dick Miller - 214	Barbara McKinney - 184
Bill Hanisch - 200	Ruth Jeanfaivre - 183
Nelson Pelletier - 200	Paulette Flaherty - 170
High Series Men	High Series Women
Ken Long - 624	Jeanne Rooseboom - 526
Skip Baxter - 545	Jean Webster - 485
John Myrto - 528	Barbara McKinney - 474
Phil Pluto - 527	Gloria Olson - 471
John Platz - 503	Betty Porten - 467

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GOLF - LARRY LYNN

The Tanglewood Golf Association Club Championship was held Feb 5th at Golf Hammock, Feb 7th at Sebring Municipal and Feb 9th at River Greens. After three days of play our Ladies Champion is Lori Wasson and our Men’s Champion is Clarke George. We had two flights of lady golfers and five flights of men. All the flight winners were posted on the bulletin board in the poolroom. Congratulations to all our winners.

On Feb 6th the monthly general meeting was held with again over 100 golf people in attendance. Larry Lynn gave a great presentation on “Where we were, where we are and where we need to be”. Our club now has 260 members and has grown very fast with the initial task to get playing golf at the best area courses and at the best-negotiated price. This has been accomplished thanks to Buck Anderson and Larry Lynn. The goal of our new executive is to put in place a strong foundation for our club and continue to build on that to ensure a great future for the Tanglewood Golf Association.

The TMAC election for the TGA executive was held Monday Feb 19th

The Tanglewood Golf Association executive for 2007 is
CHAIRMAN Larry Lynn
VICE CHAIRMAN Dave Napier
TREASURE Ted McKelvey
SECRETARY Judy Tietze

On Thursday February 15th a Scramble was held at Sun N Lake.
First place with a team score of 66
Huey Timms, Darrell Hagman, Paul Henry, Dick Myers.
Second place with a team score of 68
Lori Wasson, Mike Hughes, Jim Simpson, Jim Johnson.
Third place with a team score of 68
Dean McKinney, Ron Thompson, Joe Morano, Ron Sovelenko.

CONGRATULATIONS to Neil Simpson for his hole-in-one at River Greens on Friday February 16th.

On Wednesday Feb 21st a Two Best Ball of Four was played at Sebring Municipal Golf Course.
First place with a team score of 114
Rex Smolek, Larry Houlihan, Carole Johnson & Fred Everett
Second place with a team score of 116
Buck Anderson, John Gill, Mary Ryan & Charlie Hall
Third place with a team score of 120
Jim Flaitz, Ralph Severs, Ann Marie Gagnon & Bill Vince

The highlight of our Tanglewood Golf Association is our Awards Banquet. It will be held on Friday March 9th in the main hall of our clubhouse. Beginning with a social hour from 5.00 to 6.00 PM. A catered, sit down dinner from 6.00 to 7.30 PM, followed by awards and prizes.
The LAST DAY to purchase banquet tickets will be SATURDAY MARCH 3rd .

As always, check the bulletin board at “Golf Central” in the pool room for ALL Tanglewood Golf Association events, functions, times, costs etc.

One last comment. Everybody on the 2006 executive did a great job and ALL TGA members say “THANK YOU”. Most are returning for 2007 and again we say “THANK YOU”. One name is missing and that is Buck Anderson. Buck is not going away. He will be our Director of Golf for 2007. There is not enough room in this column to review the things that Buck does and has done to ensure that we have the opportunity to play golf. I think every member knows how hard he works for all of us. PLEASE, when you see him, say THANKS.
Erma, we also thank you for putting up with that mess of TGA papers on the end of your kitchen counter.
See “you all” at the Awards Banquet.

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HORSESHOES - JOE PATERSON

Joe Patterson (471-2983) is still looking for Horseshoe players. Daily sessions beginning at 9 A.M. Sign up in the clubhouse or give Joe a call. A number of players have already purchased shoes, and work has begun to erect a safety fence between the courts.

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PETANQUE - BOB THULIN

The February King and Queens Tournament is our big Cancer Fund Drive. This year we turned in $617.00 to Cancer.

The big winners were:

KINGS	QUEENS
JIM FLITZ, Capt	MARGARET COMRIE, Capt.
BOB BRYANT	ANNE BELL
STEVE BURRELL	SANDY LEE
PAUL SEIFERT	KRISTIE PLANK

The Kings won the best 2 of 3 games and fun was had by all. Our next regular tournament will be on March 3rd.

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