2026
Jun 13
250 Hours of Pickleball
The Goal
Collectively accumulate at least 250 hours of pickleball play at the Glenwood Vine Street Courts during the 9 days of Glenwood’s 250th American birthday festivities. The club will donate $1 per hour of play, up to $250, to the Glenwood American Legion post.
The Plan
From June 27th through July 5th, two 2-hour sessions of open daily play has been scheduled (9-11 am and 6 - 8 pm).
Play is open to all skill levels for anyone aged 14 and older.
Everyone participating will record the hours they played on the white board at the courts.
Paddles will be provided for anyone who does not have one.
Participants should register to play on the free PlayTimeScheduler app.
How Play Is Managed
A “next-up” paddle holder for the courts has been built and installed. This will facilitate the “open play” format we will use instead of the regular, prearranged round robin format. Players will place their paddles in the court-side paddle rack and the order of paddles determines who plays next on an open court. If the courts are full, each foursome will play their game to 11 points, then move off the court and be replaced by the four players whose paddles are first on the rack. Players who have completed their game can place their paddles back on the rack to play again during the next rotation.
May 20
Annual Meeting Held
The 6th annual meeting of the Southwest Iowa Pickleball Club was held on May 20th at 7:00pm in the meeting room of Parea. Thirty-seven members were present. Prior to the meeting, a record 30 members participated in some round robin play from 5pm to 7pm.
Jacque Young, President, presented her “State of the Club” address. Sally Prickett, Vice President, discussed the importance of scheduling skills lessons for beginning and intermediate players. Jason Arbogast, Treasurer, presented the treasury report, noting that the club is in good standing financially and able to provide for current needs and recurring expenses. Matthew Garrett recapped the website activity for the last year; there was good usage growth of the website.
During the meeting, a committee signup sheet was passed around. Numerous individuals have volunteered for next year’s committee; however, the club will always welcome additional assistance. A list of committees and the current volunteers are listed on the “About” page.
The newly nominated candidates were elected unanimously by the members present.
Jacque Young provided a presentation concerning eye safety and the variety of safety glasses available.
Apr 24
Upcoming Annual Meeting
Meeting Details
The Southwest Iowa Pickleball Club will hold its annual meeting at 7PM on Wednesday, May 20th in the meeting room of Parea, 430 1st St, Glenwood, IA. Adriano’s pizza will be provided at the meeting.
The two major agenda items will be the president’s “State of the Club” address and the election of officers for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. The nominating committee has assembled a list of nominees for each of the seven Board of Director positions. Additional nominations from the floor for any position are appropriate and encouraged. The members who have agreed to have their names on the ballot are listed below.
Play Pickleball
Preceding the meeting, everyone is welcome to join a round robin pickleball session from 5pm to 7pm. Sign up on PlaytimeScheduler if you wish to play.
2026-2027 Board of Directors Nominees
President: Kate Dean
Vice President: Kris Honeycutt
Secretary: Maxine Woods
Treasurer: Jason Arbogast
Director 1: Roger Craig
Director 2: Anne Smith
Director 3: Collin Lincoln
Apr 16
Wind Screens UP!
Because of the fantastic turnout, club members were able to put up all of the wind screens in about an hour and a half. Thank you to all participants pictured on the right PLUS Jason Arbogast, Kris Honeycutt, Deb Juarez and Karen Spahn.
Back row: Melissa Arbogast, Kate Dean, Linda Grayson.
Front row: Bruce Van Meeteren, Julie Van Meeteren, Mike Grayson, Janie Garrett, Mary Pat King, Roger Craig, Ken King, Matthew Garrett