Paddleball Family Alliance Presented 2016 Citizens Award
The Paddleball Family Alliance is proud to be the recipient of the 2016 Citizens Neighborhood Grant Award.
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Paddleball Family Alliance Spring Break Youth Clinic BronxNet Cable coverage.
For those that missed it this morning, our clinic was featured on the BronxNet cable station channel 33 and 67. Below is the clip. CHECK IT OUT, IT’s GREAT!!!
Paddleball Family Alliance on Cable TV – Full interview
On May 21, 2016 Mike & Mitch made an appearance on BronxNet cable television OPEN program to promote the sport of paddleball and the Paddleball Family Alliance Youth Paddleball Clinic Program.
Paddleball Family Alliance Open Membership
The Paddleball Family Alliance (PFA) is making membership available for anyone that would like to join, the membership dues is $40 annually.
What is the reason for membership dues?
In order to grow the sport of paddleball, small & big ball, we must showcase the sport across the Tri-State Area by putting on display the beauty of our sport. The way to accomplish this goal is by scheduling tournaments, youth clinics, awards presentation to recognize ALL contributors to the sport and much more. All of the aforementioned requires funding. Membership dues alone is not going to generate the funds needed to successfully run these events but it will help us get started. Eventually we will need contributions from businesses to be able to put on some of the big events.
What do I get for my $40 membership dues?
1. High quality member T-shirt, see picture below
2. 20% discount entry fee at all tournaments promoted by the PFA, we’ll work with other tournament’s coordinators to try get member discounts for those events.
3. Discounts to all PFA special events like awards presentation.
4. Access to PFA website Members ONLY section where valuable information such as store discounts, nutritional tips, and others, will be posted.
5. Invitation to Members ONLY summer picnic, Paddleball, DJ, Volleyball, Basketball, raffles and more.
6. Voting right to general issues that affect the Paddleball community.
If you would like to become a member please fill out the application found at the PFA website link—> http://paddleballfamily.com/become-a-member/
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PowPow at Colucci Park Tuesday(3/8)
Please join us for some Paddleball games at Colucci park from 11 to 6PM. I will be there between 1 & 2 PM.
Below is the google direction to the park if you do not know how to get there
Click Google Map for direction and additional information
Paddleball Players Early Champions
Based on Chris Lecakes author of the Unites States Paddleball Association Paddleball Official Rules, the following individuals were some of the first Champions recorded in the annals of Paddleball:
- Howard Eisenberg – Won the U.S Paddleball Association Men’s singles titles from 1961 thru 1964 and Doubles(with Victor Niederthoffer) titles in 1964 & 1965.
- Chis Lacakes – Won the U.S Paddleball Association Men’s Doubles titles in 1961, 62 & 1966 with Barky Boodakian and 1968 with John Bruschi.
- Blanche Schacter – Won the U.S Paddleball Association Women’s singles & Doubles(with Hilda Yablok) title in 1963
- Victor Niederthoffer – Won the U.S Paddleball Association singles & doubles titles in 1965 & 1966
- Howard Hammer – Won the U.S Paddleball Association singles in 1967 & 1968 and Doubles in 1963, with Hy Kaplowitz,, & 1967 with Morty Wolkorff. Howard also won The American Paddleball Association Doubles title in 1971 & 1972 with John Bruschi.
- Dorothy Wasser & Dinah Stoller – Won the U.S Paddleball Association Women’s Doubles in 1971.
- .Robert Schwarz & Andrew Krosnick won The American Paddleball Associations Doubles in 1973 & 1974
The Beginning of the Sport of Paddleball
The Beginning of the Sport of Paddleball
The actual beginning of the sport of paddleball can be traced back to the 1900’s. Chris Lecakes, Paddleball champion of the 60s, wrote..
“In the years before and after World War I, handball was the rage for men in cities and towns throughout the U.S. Among those attracted to the sport was Dr. Frank Peer Beale of Brooklyn, N.Y. However, Dr. Beale soon discovered that his brittle hands could not take the punishment of hitting the hard ball used for he game. So that he might continue his enjoyment of the sport, he devised a paddle stick with which he and his friends would use to bat the ball against any expanse of wall that was available to them.
Dr. Beale’s interest and enthusiasm for the game continued as its rules and equipment were developed. When the U.S Paddleball Association, then known as the Metropolitan Paddleball Association, was formed in 1959, some of its members consulted with Dr. Beale who was then in his seventies. His recollections and reminiscence of the game were both inspiring and helpful to its modern proponents.”
According to Mr. Lecakes, Dr. Beale died in the 1960’s, and at that time he was known to many of those that played the game as an important individual that helped popularized the game. Dr. Beale was also known as the “Father of Paddleball’
I THINK MOST OF US KNOW HOW THE GAME EVOLVED IN THE 70s, 80s & 90s…
Paddleball Family Alliance on TV March 21, 2016.
Mike Melendez & Mitch Goldberg will be appearing on the Monday edition of ‘OPEN’ with host Bob Lee on BronxNet Television. Open airs live on BronxNet Television channel 67 and on Verizon FiOS Channel 33 from 10 am-11 am. The show is also LIVE-Stream OPEN on BronxNet.Org
The interview will centered around promoting paddleball, the Paddleball Family Alliance and the work we are doing in the community.
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