Smoky Mountain Pickleball Club II

So excited about our upcoming picnic on Wednesday at Tremont Lodge, 7728 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN 37882 from 10 am to 4 pm.
We will be buying bbq pork from Buddy’s and asking you to email or text me what sides, app, or dessert or drinks you plan on bringing? The club is paying for entrance fee, BBQ, Buns, Plates, napkins, silverware & Cups & entertainment. Please bring lawn chairs, hats, sun screen, & of course your paddle & water bottle, bathing suits & towels if you want to go swimming. If you have large coolers please bring, will also need ice. We will have access to 2 rooms near the outdoor pool & pickleball courts for changing. The resort is quite special it’s going to be a lot of fun.
Someone is bringing corn hole, what other games can you bring? Perry will be DJ’ing & playing tunes for us. Please email me Alisa at [email protected] or text at 305-498-1513.

Some have cancelled so we have some openings now please text me if you’re interested in attending.
We need some more tables for card games and mahjong.

Alisa 🍒

Week of May 18-22:
This week the Maryville First Baptist Church will be available for pickleball play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7:45 AM until noon and on Thursday evening from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

The First Baptist Church will NOT be available for pickleball play June 1 thru 5 (youth golf in the gym). The SMPC is planning a pickleball party for Wednesday, June 3 at the Tremont Lodge and Resort, 7728 E. Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN 37882. Tremont Lodge features two pickleball courts, two swimming pools (one indoor), and indoor games (mahjong). We anticipate the party going from 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM with open pickleball and a round robin tournament. The club would cover the “day pass” cost for the lodge and if we can from a cook for the grill, the club would provide hot dogs and hamburgers. The party would be limited to the first 40 SMPC Club members who respond. If you are interested, and you are interested in being our grill chef, please let me know as soon as possible; i.e. within the next 3 or 4 days.

Dave Bourne
SMPC Secretary

Greyish blue hoodie w/ White Sulphur Springs OCF left at church - put in room with pickleball equipment.

April 27 - May 1st, the Maryville First Ba[tist church will be available for pickleball play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7:45 AM until noon and on Thursday evening from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

Be sure to sign in at the reception desk at the First Baptist Church.

At the spring general membership meeting it was decided that the club would provide name tags for those members who would like them. If you would like a name tag please email me ([email protected]) give me your name (as it appears on the membership roster) and what name you would like on your name tag, i.e. nick-name, full name, just first name…. Please let me know by May 1st so we can get them ordered.

Also at the spring meeting we created the nominating committee for the election of officers at the fall general membership meeting. The nominating committee is responsible for compiling a list of candidates for the election. Offices of President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are all up for election. If you would like to run for an office, or would like to nominate someone please contact a member of the nominating committee:

Jane Goode, [email protected]
Craig Mortimore, [email protected]
Chris Donahue, [email protected]
Frank Ruggiero@frankruggiero@gmail.com

Several members hav asked about the club’s By-Laws. The By-Laws are posted on the SMPC website, www.smokymountainpickleball.org. Click on the “Game Info” tab in the header and a drop down menu will appear, click on the By-Laws button and the By-Laws will appear.

Dave Bourne
SMPC Secretary

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April 6-10th: the First Baptist Church will be available for pickleball play on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7:45 AM until noon and on Thursday evening from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

The SMPC spring general membership meeting will be held at 12:00 noon, Monday, April 6 in the craft room (upstairs above the gym), at the First Baptist Church.

Attached are the minutes of the last (fall 2025) general membership meeting:

Pickleball play will not be available at the Everett Recreation Center until November this year.

The Maryville-Alcoa-Blount County Parks and Recreation is offering beginner pickleball lessons in two upcoming sessions. Here is the Parks and Recreation flyer:

Dave Bourne
SMPC Secretary

Pickleville tournament
April 10, 11 & 12.