{"id":20043,"date":"2023-09-20T01:08:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T01:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=20043"},"modified":"2023-09-19T19:16:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:16:43","slug":"national-pickleball-tournament-hits-sun-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/20\/national-pickleball-tournament-hits-sun-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"National Pickleball  Tournament  Hits Sun Valley!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><i>Last chance to sign up!<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>By Woodriver Pickleball Association<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The SUN VALLEY Pickleball Classic is the largest pickleball tournament\u00a0ever held in the Wood River\u00a0Valley. Over 120 players from the valley, surrounding areas and many other states will play in a competitive\u00a0tournament based on their\u00a0level of play\u00a0(rating) in Singles, Doubles and Mixed\u00a0Doubles. This is an opportunity\u00a0for players to show their skills\u00a0after\u00a0all the many hours of social\u00a0play on the courts throughout the year. For players that have never played in a tournament\u00a0before, there is a fun\u00a0social\u00a0round-robin that allows anyone to get tournament experience without\u00a0any of the pressure. This \u201cfirst timer\u201d bracket is open to all ages and genders. Give it a try!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The Classic will be held at the Sun Valley Tennis &amp; Pickleball Center from Sept. 29\u2013Oct.\u00a01 starting at 9 each morning. Spectators are welcome to come, cheer and watch. Practice\u00a0courts are available\u00a0Thursday, Sept. 28 at noon, followed\u00a0by a players\u2019 reception at 5:30 p.m.\u00a0Each player will receive\u00a0a gift bag, T-shirt and one free drink coupon for entering the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The tournament is hosted by the Wood River Pickleball Alliance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Pickleball is extremely popular around the world, and is growing as a fun, social, and healthy activity in our valley, too, with over 340 paid members now supporting the organization. The Alliance will be hosting their sponsors and founding members at the tournament player reception on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m. as a special\u00a0thank\u00a0you for their generous support. Live music, a free drink and a beautiful\u00a0view on the Sun Valley Tennis &amp; Pickleball Center\u2019s deck is another great start to a wonderful evening in the Wood River\u00a0Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">If you\u2019ve ever thought about playing in a tournament, the SUN VALLEY Classic is a great place to start. Registration closes on Sept. 20. Come join the fun!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SVPC-WR-Weekly-ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SVPC-WR-Weekly-ad.jpg 650w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SVPC-WR-Weekly-ad-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/SVPC-WR-Weekly-ad-150x44.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last chance to sign up! By Woodriver Pickleball Association The SUN VALLEY Pickleball Classic is the largest pickleball tournament\u00a0ever held in the Wood River\u00a0Valley. Over 120 players from the valley, surrounding areas and many other states will play in a competitive\u00a0tournament based on their\u00a0level of play\u00a0(rating) in Singles, Doubles and Mixed\u00a0Doubles. This is an opportunity\u00a0for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","_pvb_checkbox_block_on_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,18,39,42],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-news","8":"category-news","9":"category-sport","10":"category-sun-valley"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20052,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20043\/revisions\/20052"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}