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BIG NEWS FOR PICKLEBALL fans and players! Avalon, New Jersey will host the official tour stop for the Association of Pickleball Professionals (APP) in 2023. The inaugural APP New Jersey Classic is set for Avalon’s pickleball complex, September 6-10.
It’s the fastest growing sport in the United States and the top ranked players in the world will make a stop in Avalon amid tour venues in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, and St. Louis.
The APP New Jersey Classic will call the Jersey Cape its home for four days in September and visitors are welcome to watch the top tour professionals in the world in the senior pro tournament or even get in on the game as a competitor in the amateur division.
Not familiar with the sport? It’s been around since the 1960s and combines elements of tennis, ping-pong, and badminton. One theory about its funny name, it came from a pickle boat in crew rowing that is made up of rowers not chosen by other team; the other theory claims it was named after the dog of one of the guys who first started the game on the West Coast. Take your pick – or pickleball!
continues to gain popularity, paddle by paddle. The game is played on a 20 by 40-foot court, about the same size as a doubles badminton court. Less demanding than tennis, pickleball is a relatively low impact sport, which makes it appealing to baby boomers. By the way, when a team fails to
score in a whole game, they’ve been pickled! Competing or not, you can enjoy the excitement in Avalon! The official Pro Tour Partner, USA Pickleball, will feature vendors and other attractions at the event. Avalon’s Pickleball event will be live streamed and broadcast on TV to a worldwide audience so
no one will miss the action. www.apptour.org For all Pickleball players who prefer making their competition volleys and groundstrokes indoors, head to Atlantic City, NJ for the largest indoor sanctioned pro amateur/junior/para-athlete tournament in the Mid-Atlantic area. The Atlantic City Pickleball Tournament will take place Sept.18 to 23 at the Atlantic City Convention Center.
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In New Jersey’s Southern Shore, pickleball
ATLANTIC COUNTY
Absecon Pickleball: 1001 Morton Ave, Absecon NJ 08201
Margate City: 9001 Winchester Ave, Margate, NJ 08402
Mays Landing: Lake Lenape Park East, 753 Park Road. Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Ventnor City: Atlantic and Suffolk Ave, Ventnor, NJ 08406
CAPE MAY COUNTY
Avalon: 8th Avalon Ave, Avalon, NJ 08202
Avalon Community Center: 3001 Avalon Ave, Avalon, NJ 08202
Cape May Court House: Clarence Davis Recreation Complex: 626 Goshen Road, Cape May Court House. NJ 08210
Cape May Court House: The Shore Club: 1170 Golf Club Rd, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Middle Township: 11 N. Railroad Ave., Rio Grande (off Route 47)
Ocean City: 18th & Haven Ave, Ocean City, NJ 08226
Ocean City Sports and Civic Center: 840 E 6th St, Ocean City, NJ 08226 Stone Harbor: 2nd & 82 Street, Stone Harbor, NJ 08247
Upper Township Community Center: 1799 Route 50, Tuckahoe, NJ 08250
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Maurice River Township Recreation Complex: 590 Main Street, Leesburg, NJ 08327 Pagliughi Park: 2245 Magnolia Rd Vineland, NJ 08361
PICKLEBALL
A fun game with a strange name
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