Jones and Leah celebrate National Daughters Day together

by | Sep 27, 2023 | Allyce Jones, daughters day, Featured Player, Just for Fun, mother daughter, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament

Might as well play some pickleball on National Daughters Day. That’s what Allyce Jones and her 10-year-old daughter Leah did today, followed up by getting a cool Boba drink together.  Sounds like a pretty good day for Jones, one of the stars of the PPA Tour and one of...

Andy Jones: A Pickleball Ambassador

by | Sep 14, 2023 | andrea jones, andy jones, Championship, Just for Fun, Paddles, pickleball, pickleball 2023, pickleball amassador, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, referee, Tournament

This isn’t a story about how Andrea Jones and her husband won more than $20 million in the Pennsylvania lottery. Although, that’s a doozy of a tale. It ends with a winning ticket, but really the story is about luck and regret, divorce and reconciliation. Look it up....

Talking trash on tour

by | Aug 31, 2023 | dave weinbach, Food For Thought, Just for Fun, mental game, pickleball, pickleball 2023, playing pickleball, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Tournament, trash talk, trash talking

Ever watched Dave Weinbach play?  Well, let’s put this another way. If you’ve watched him, you’d know. He calls himself “The Badger” and he’s more animated than Saturday morning cartoons. He jumps around, shouts, and laughs. He yells and pumps himself up with a volley...

A ‘Couple’ of great PPA pairs

by | Aug 18, 2023 | Allyce Jones, Anna Bright, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, couples, Featured Player, James Ignatowich, Julian Arnold, Just for Fun, Lauren Stratman, Leigh Waters, love on the ppa tour, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, national couples day, pickleball, pickleball couples, pickleball partners, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour couples, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin, Yana Grechkina

It’s National Couples Day, and there are so many great stories on the PPA Tour. so why not check in on with some of the players who “Couple Up” and compete together  Anna Bright & James Ignatowich Anna: James and I coincidentally started playing pickleball on the...

Happy National Pickleball Day from the PPA Tour

by | Aug 8, 2023 | All-Access, Brandon French, Callie Smith, Connor Garnett, DJ Young, Federico Staksrud, Jill Braverman, Just for Fun, national pickleball day, pickleball, pickleball 2023, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023

If you’re reading this, if you’re a regular pickleball player, whether at a PPA event or with friends and soon-to-be friends at a local park, you already know how special pickleball is. There are so many stories out there, and you probably know a few, about how...