On Saturday 22nd November a team of 8 ‘Picklers’, made up from the Monday and Thursday pickleball groups, took on a team from LoCo Pickleball for a friendly competition. LoCo are a local, non u3a, team, meaning some of them were much younger than us!
Both teams consisted of four ladies and four men and we played a mixture of doubles and mixed doubles, swapping partners each time. Games were played for 11 minutes, rather than to the more usual 11 points. Carol, who is the coach for LoCo, took charge of the whistle and schedule and the scoring was done by adding each teams score at the whistle to provide a cumulative score per team.
It was neck and neck all afternoon with the lead passing backwards and forwards. Hucknall u3a team went into the final round with a 5 point lead, but unfortunately LoCo had a strong round, beating us 287 to 282 overall. Just 5 points in it shows what a great afternoon it was and how evenly matched the teams were.
We finished off the afternoon with a trip to the Horse and Groom at Linby for a very well earned drink and some great conversations with our opponents. Everyone agreed it had been a really enjoyable afternoon and we are hoping for a rematch soon.
Karen Guy