- April 19, 2024
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The Rotary Club of Flagler Beach hosts the club’s inaugural Pickleball Tournament fundraiser on Sept. 27-29 at Wadsworth Park, located at 2200 Moody Blvd.
The four-day event will kick off with a meet-and-greet from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Tortugas’ Florida Kitchen and Bar, located at 608 S. Ocean Shore Blvd. Meet-and-greet tickets are $15 per person and may be purchased as part of the registration process. Registration is $30 for one pickleball event, as defined below, and $10 for each additional event:
Skill levels are: 3.0 and below, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5 and above. Age groups are 19-49, 50-59, 60-69, and 70 and above.
All events will be round-robin. There will be 11 courts with painted lines and portable nets. The Onix Fuse G2 ball will be used for 3.5 and below and the Dura Fast 40 ball for 4.0 and above. Dry Blend tees may be purchased as part of the registration process for $20 and a tournament logo Dri-FIT hat may be purchased for $15.
Those that sponsor or play will be helping support Rotary’s community commitments, such as Project Share Christmas, Pierson Monthly Food Drop, adult education and college scholarships, Flagler Rotary Swim and Surf and more.
Register at pickleballbrackets.com. Interested sponsors can contact Amanda Bailey at [email protected]. Registration inquiries can be emailed to [email protected].
Zach Polsenberg’s Heat Severity Charity donated cooling tubs to Flagler Palm Coast High School, so they can have it set up at practices and games. The charity also donated a tub to Pop Warner and Wadsworth Elementary School.
The charity was started a few years ago, after James Polsenberg's son Zach died after suffering a heat stroke at football practice in 2017.
"Our goal is to keep our student athletes safe," Claudine Poslenberg, James' wife, wrote in an email, "and the way to do this is education and providing schools and athlete programs with the proper equipment to treat heat illnesses!"
Matanzas High School's cross country team hosted its second-
annual Pancake Classic on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 17. Flagler Schools Superintendent James Tager and Jodi Tager both made a special guest appearance at the event.
