Picklefest Results

 

Hello all.  I wanted to thank all the players, volunteers and spectator's who came on Sat and Sunday for making the 2025 Picklefest and Doubles tourney another success.  So far we have received over $1200 for the PB/tennis courts.  There is still time to donate by either cash, check or Venmo.  It was a lively fun bunch both days celebrating the JP Pickleball community!

I wanted to thank Louie C, Pam H, Joanne S, Bob M and Sally W for all the help keeping both days organized.  

And a special thanks to the Erdman/McMann and Kidney/Bravakis clans for giving us lots of players and teams for Sunday’s tourney.  I believe they made up half of the teams!

         Thank you, Paige Crosby for making the trophies. I can personally say they are delicious.  Paige                 made six jars of pickles, even though she wasn’t there.  thanks again, Paige.

Picklefest final had Kim Kidney and Tom Segale barely beating Paul Penar and Scot Burns in an exciting close game. 

In Sundays double tourney we had 4 teams in each division competing.   Mike and Tom Segale just got by the father-son duo of Alex and Tao Bravakis in the advanced division.  The intermediate division featured Grandfather-grandson duo Dave Kidney and Gus Bravakis winning the pickles over Devin Hebert and Betty Le.  

           Thanks also to Joanne Stewart for taking all these great photos. 

Thanks again everyone and see you on the courts!

 

Tom Segale

617.909.0960

  Here are the results of the weekend Picklefest:

Picklefest - Sat 10:15 Start

1. Jamie S
2. Tom S
3. Jane S
4. Dave K
5. Paul P
6. Dorothea P
7. Joe Hebert
8. Bob M
9. Scott b
10. Chris b
11. Maryanne C
12. Pam Collins
13. Betty L
14. Kim K
15. Sally W
16. Joanne/Mark N

Doubles Sunday 10:00 Start

Doubles - Advanced

1. ike S/Tom S
2. James/Paul M
3. Alex/Tao B
4. Joe H/Chris B

Doubles - Intermediate

1. 
   
   
     Norma/Jane
2.   Heidi/Ava/Mattie
3.   Betty L/Devin

Tom Segale

617.909.0960

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Jamie and Marie took Diane Rossi and me for a ride around the pond yesterday afternoon. It was the first time I've been on the water this year - always too hot, or too busy or something else going on. It was a nice day to putt around and I loved seeing all the beautiful waterfronts - almost every cottage on the lake looks great - well kept and neat. We certainly have some beautiful homes here at Joe's Pond. There are still a few of the old, original camps left - but they have been updated and kept up well so it's really just that only old timers who have been around for years who know that they are originals. Many of those old cottages have been replaced by modern, new structures - and that's fine, but it's still nice to see the older cottages and remember who used to be there. Most along the south shore of both the large and middle ponds were built in the early 1900s. The five cottages that Gilbert and Jennie Hastings build are still intact on the middle pond, but along the Point Comfort shore there are a few new ones that have replaced the originals built when there was a dance pavilion and restaurant there. Point Comfort was where social events took place for many years. I remember dancing there when H. Guy Dunbar's orchestra provided music. About the same time the Ambassadors were playing at Harvey Lake. That was the "big band" era, during and for a short time after WWII.

 

There was a fair amount of activity on the pond when we were out yesterday. We were concerned to see a smallish pontoon boat venture into the area marked off by pool-noodle buoys in the cove in front of Camp Swampy at the north end of the big pond. They seemed to stop to read the sign by the island and then went into the off-limits area, but as we headed closer to them, they left, so I don't know what that was about. They definitely should not have been cruising around past the milfoil markers. I got a picture of the boat as it was leaving. 

This morning Jamie and I were talking about how nobody seems to be water-skiing much these days, at least here at Joe's Pond. I'm no longer on the water, so I don't see what's happening, but whenever I've been out on a boat ride or hanging out at camp, I haven't noticed anyone water skiing. My own family has pretty much aged out of that sport - bad knees, sore backs, busy lives, etc. Jamie recalled that Grandpa Dimick celebrated his 80th birthday by water skiing - on two skis and smoking a cigar! I've searched for a picture, but haven't found one. I'm pretty sure one exists of him coming in for a landing at "The Hideout" that day. It's probably in a box someplace waiting to be scanned and digitized. Another project I've been intending to get to. Perhaps later today . . . 

 

Family stories of those early days of water skiing keep us laughing - Uncle Cliff Belknap, who never skied a day in his life, relaxed and encouraged by way many cocktails, managed to stay upright on water skis, fully clad, trousers rolled up to his knees and wearing a top hat, after attending a wedding. As far as I know, nobody got a picture of that, and I wasn't there - it was before I met the Dimick/Belknap family - but it was always a fun story. 

 

We wrote in the west Danville book about some of the antics that went on at Joe's Pond over the years - and of course, some stories didn't make the cut, others were never submitted for consideration. Some stories are best left untold. I'm sure every generation has had plenty of good times, some not so good times, and some downright scary times at the pond, and I hope that tradition is being carried on! I also hope someone is jotting down some of the craziness and details - someone will appreciate reading about those experiences one day!