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Pickleheads is a new way to connect with Washington’s state sport pickleball

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 4, 2023—When Brandon Mackie, Pickleheads Co-Founder, was living in Los Angeles he struggled with finding a place to play pickleball. He would look up parks, one-by-one, and zoom in on a map looking for courts because the last thing he wanted to do was drive 30-minutes to a park just to find […]

Senator Lovick and City staff celebrate new Pickleball courts in Mill Creek

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MILL CREEK, Wash., June 23, 2022 – Mill Creek City Council and staff, joined by Senator John Lovick and Pickleball ambassadors, christened the newly striped multi-use courts at Highland Park yesterday, June 22, by playing pickup games commemorating pickleball as the recently established official state sport of Washington. SB-5615, designating pickleball as the official state […]

Pickleball becomes official Washington state sport

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Bainbridge Island, Wash., March 29, 2022 – Pickleball was signed into law as Washington state’s official state sport Monday after prime sponsor of SB-5615, Sen. John Lovick (D-Mill Creek), rallied cries to codify the beloved paddle ball styled game. “For many of us, this has been a difficult couple of years. As we dust ourselves […]

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