Pushing our Limits



What's to come. (Photo provided by PKL)

Sports: the final frontier. These are the endeavors of Our Olympic Games. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new events. To seek out new life and new activities. To boldly do what no one has done before!

Our long term mission: Pickleball I: Singles

One of the fastest growing sports continues to take Earth by storm. When will it be added to the Olympics? LA '28? Somewhere '32? We don't know, but it seems to be inevitable. It's called pickleball, and it's not just for old people. In fact, alums from Harry Spence Elementary may remember learning it from Mr. Holman. Starting in 2023, and with a goal to finish by the time it gets added to the Olympic Games, we will be having our most ambitious and lengthy tournament style event, yet!

Read on for the Devil (it's in the details)

Anyone anywhere can sign up to join in the pickleball tournament. Athletes will be sorted into nearby clusters to play matches in a round-robin group stage. A match is the best of 3 games played to 11 points, and you can only score on a serve. Finally, the singular winners of each group will enter a single-elimination bracket to determine Our champion. 

This tournament won't happen in a day or ever overnight. Everyone who signs up should be willing to be in it for the long haul and also agree to potentially meet up with a stranger and play pickleball during your business trip in five years when you happen to be in the same town as your opponent in bracket stage. There is no time frame for this event, so if it takes years before you can meet up with your opponent, that's just how it will be. By keeping the group stage more local, though, this situation will hopefully be reserved for those on the cusp of the medals.

Sign up now! (by emailing Gustave)

If you are interested in the tournament, sign on up, and those involved will collaboratively decide on the regional groups and other details of the format. Also, feel free to invite a friend!

What's Next?

The Arizona State Championship slalom and giant slalom ski races are April 8th and 9th at Arizona Snowbowl. Anyone want to join?

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