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Eddie Montañez – PFA Weekly Player Profile for week of 7/31/17
Eddie Montañez By Dave Siegel I guarantee that you will not find another person in the world of paddleball like Eddie Montañez. Eddie is a very talented player with amazing skills who plays the game strictly to have fun and truly does not care if he wins or loses. He...
Tony Cascella – PFA Weekly Player Profile for week of 7/16/17
Tony Cascella By Dave Siegel By now, most of you know the miraculous, heroic story of Tony Cascella, the focus of the "Welcome Back Tony" tournament held last September at Staten Island. In January, 2016 he was stricken with sudden cardiac arrest while playing...
I Got Next by Dave Siegel
I Got Next!?? "I got next!", the slogan of the PFA, has a different meaning in Midland Beach, Staten Island. A player can't simply pick the court and partner he or she likes and wait it out until it's time to get on (zzzzz....). Is this unfair? Maybe. But Staten...
Jay Brown – PFA Weekly Player Profile for week of 7/9/17
Jay Brown Jay reminds me more of a power forward basketball player instead of a paddleball player. He is a hard hitting right handed paddleball player from the Bronx with a ton of potential to become one of the sport's elite player. He started playing the game back in...
Matthew Ramos – PFA Weekly Player Profile(7/1/17)
Matthew Ramos Mathew, "The Sniper", is a powerful right handed player in his late 20s. He is a quite Paddleball gentleman of few words on the courts. But do not let his on court quite demeanor fool you, on the court he is a hungry lion constantly stalking his...
Playing Paddleball Without Refs By David Siegel
As most of you are aware, the PFA Rules Committee has just updated the paddleball rules and I urge all of you to read and understand them. During the last couple of years, as I read the dialogue on the PFA Facebook page, the extent of diverging interpretations of the...
Brian Newson – PFA Weekly Player Profile(6/25/17)
Brian Newson Weekly Player profile(6/25/17) Brian is a left handed player that has been playing paddleball off and on since the late 70's. He is a very humble and liked by the paddleball community. He has been working with NYC for the past 32 years. He also has been a...
PFA 2017 Youth Summer Paddleball Clinic Schedule
PFA Summer Kids Paddleball Clinics schedule confirmed so far: Starting July 10, 2017 & Ending August 5, 2017 Kids Registered - 20 per session - Total 40 per day. Mondays - Session #1 10:30 to 11:30 - Session #2 11:30 to 12:30 Tuesdays - Session #1 10:30 to 11:30...
Paddleball Head Referee & Lines-Person Workshop
We are all set to kick off the first session of our Referees & Line-Person workshop. The workshop will take place at Colucci park in the Bronx on August 6, 2017 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Refreshment will be served for the participants in the workshop. At this time...
Paddleball Editorial – To Travel or Not?
Paddleball Editorial - To Travel or Not? A large number of paddleball players do not like to travel to other parks throughout the Tri-State area. For many there are legit reasons why they cannot travel, physical limitation, financially, family, too far, just to...
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