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FROM THE USAPA
USAPA West Regional Tournament
F
or the second
consecutive year, St.
George, Utah, will be
hosting the USAPA West
Regional Tournament. This
age/skill-based tournament
is being held April 20-22,
2017, at the beautiful Little
Valley Pickleball Complex.
If you haven’t seen these
public courts, with all 24
lit like a stadium, you need
to check them out. Skill
levels will be divided into
three age groups, 19+, 50+ and 65+. Youth players 12 years
old and above will be placed in the 19+ age groups. This
is a Tier 2 USAPA-sanctioned event with more than 500
players.
St. George has been a major pickleball town over the
last 10 years with almost 100 public and private courts in
the city of 100,000. The Little Valley courts are the largest
facility in St. George,
and the largest PUBLIC
pickleball facility in the
country.
Bringing this dream
facility to fruition is the
topic of a special event on
Thursday, April 20, after the
completion of the Women's
Doubles competition. In
addition to a free players
party, guest speakers
who have unique insight
into getting private and
public courts built will talk about how they were able to
get courts in their area and the role of private funding.
Speakers include Kyle Klein, Mike Nielsen, Tammy
Wursten, Di
Shanklin, and Bob
Klarich. •
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