Rain pounded the roof and windows when my alarm went off at 7:15 am. I jumped out of bed because I had to leave early enough to get to my Pickleball Club, The Putaway. I hoped my teammates would arrive around the same time so we could all do a proper warm-up. I knew the competition would be fierce. I play a lot of pickleball with most of the ladies at the club, but the stakes are higher in a 3v3 tournament format. We also had teams from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Getting

Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in the USA, if not the world. I love to play this game. It has intrigue, skill, is fast-paced, and has a whole bunch of geometry. So, when my Pickleball club was having another 3v3 women’s “tournament,” I gathered my paddle princesses, Deb and Beth, and we went into this tourney as The Spice Girls (Beth's last name is Spicer- hence, the name used for our team). We had a blast! It was all very competitive, and my partners were aw