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“It was rather amazing how rapidly we did it all.<\/p>\n
“The Bellarine is the centre of pickleball for Geelong – since we started, there’s a now group in Leopold that play, and Queenscliff has started up their own club.”<\/p>\n
As well as the 35 medals for pickleball at the Australian Masters Games, Drysdale\/Clifton Springs Pickleball Club representatives won another three medals for petanque, two for golf and one for tennis, bringing the haul to 41.<\/p>\n
Ms Bond said more than 35 of her club’s members made the trip to Adelaide.<\/p>\n
“It was pretty amazing.<\/p>\n
“It was more of going for a bit of a trip and a holiday.. a lot of us haven’t played in tournaments before, because most of them are new-ish anyway, but it’s a really good experience, and everyone was surprised with the haul.”<\/p>\n
She said pickleball was a sport for all players of all ages, as it was very easy to pick up and learn.<\/p>\n
“A lot of us are ex-tennis players, so there’s a natural progression with hand-eye co-ordination, but we have a number of people who’ve never played a sport in their life, and they’re in late fifties or sixties, and they just love it, because in one session you’re hitting balls over the net and making winning shots.<\/p>\n
“It’s called the addictive sport – and it is, trust me – and it’s also renowned for being fun and very social.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Drysdale\/Clifton Springs Pickleball Club is less than a year old but has already made its mark on the sport across the nation, winning 35 medals at the 2023 Australian Masters Games. Held this year in Adelaide from October 7-14, the mass particpation event describes itself as “a week-long festival of sport that brings together […]<\/p>\n