Purple Pickle Party

2444 North Elston Avenue,Chicago IL 60647

17 September, 2022

Description

We are excited to be hosting the first ever Purple Pickle Party at Midtown Athletic Club to raise funds and awareness for the Alzheimer’s Association of Illinois. Like most of us, Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias are affecting all of us and our families, so it’s important that we keep working to find a cure and to improve the outcomes for these people and their caregivers. It will be a great day with food, drinks, music, onsite pros and vendors, a silent auction, and lots of fun Pickleball! Come to watch, learn, or compete in pickleball while enjoying a fun day for a great cause. For event questions, please contact Cheri McEssy at [email protected] 10am & 11am | Pickleball Clinics Pickleball Clinics are here and designed to get you in the game for all levels. All clinics are designed to focus on technique, games, and playing. There will be music, learning, and lots of moving. This class will last 55 min and 5 min for transition. • 10am Levels: Beginner/Beginner Intermediate, Beginner Advanced • 11am Levels: Beginner Advanced, & Intermediate 12pm | Professional Demonstration & Opening Ceremonies 12pm: Watch professional pickleball players compete in an exciting, fast-paced, high skill level demonstration of the game 12:30pm: Welcome to the Purple Pickle Party by the event hosts, the Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association of Illinois, and Mike Insko of Midtown Athletic Club 12:50pm: Toss and Spin will give instruction and direction to the players regarding the Pickleball Tournament 1pm – 5pm | Tournament This is a draw tournament where the format will be 1 game to 11. The finals will be 2 of 3 to 11. We will have a round for divisions with less than 4. You are guaranteed two games. Open draws can have as many as 16 teams in each division. If you have specific tournament questions, please submit them to: [email protected] *Could change depending on sign ups and this is a non-sanctioned tournament* Men’s Open Doubles (Intermediate and above) • 3.5 rating or higher Women’s Open Doubles (Intermediate and above) • 3.5 rating or higher Men/Women’s Doubles (Beginner advanced and below) • 3.0 rating or below Pickle Level Description Beginner/Beginner Intermediate: • Give yourself a pickleball self-rating of 1.0 to 2.0 • You are just starting to play pickleball, and you are just starting to understand the rules of pickleball. Beginner Advanced: • Give yourself a pickleball self-rating of 2.0-3.0 • You are still starting off but understand dinking and how to play. You can generally hit forehand drives, serves, and returns with medium pace as well as dinks. Intermediate/Advanced: • Give yourself a pickleball self-rating of 3.5 and above • You are well versed in the game and strategy. You can consistently hit a third shot drop but need a bit of help with control, placement, and spin. Register For a contribution of $100/person, you can join us for part or all of the day to help raise money for a cause that is affecting so many of us and our families. WEAR YOUR BRIGHTEST PURPLE CLOTHES AND ACCESSORIES TO THE PARTY TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE!!