Litchfield Pickleball • Inlet Crossing Pickleball

New(ish) colors, same favorite tee 💜

Shirts are restocked — and we’re giving this lighter color a test run for now!

Big thanks to our supermodel, Allan!

🇪🇸 ¡HOLA desde Barcelona! 🇪🇸

Litchfield Pickleball has arrived in the land of siestas, sangria, and sunshine ☀️

Our Open Play schedule starts June 1!

With level-specific play and a certified coach on court to ensure everyone meets that level, our Open Play is more than just a paddle stack!

Connect with players, play more, and make THIS your pickleball summer.

PONY UP starts tomorrow. Come by and watch some great pickle for an even better cause. The Barnabas Horse Foundation

We are beyond grateful for the incredible sponsors and supporters who helped make the Pony Up for Pickleball Tournament such a success!

A HUGE shoutout to Emily Taylor at Litchfield Pickleball for being an absolute rockstar tournament director and helping bring this event to life with such heart and dedication.

Thank you to our amazing Court Sponsors, McKinney Custom Builders and At Your Service Plumbing, Heating & Air, for your generous support. We are also so thankful for Smooth Seas, Pawleys Island Beach Service, and Seaside Chairs & Umbrellas for standing beside our mission.

And a very special thank you to Imagination Athletics for providing the volunteer t-shirts and the towels for our swag bags — such a thoughtful and meaningful contribution!

Because of each of you, we are able to continue providing free, trauma-informed equine-assisted services to survivors of crime, veterans, and first responders. Your support truly makes a difference in the lives of the clients we serve. From all of us at Barnabas — and from the herd — thank you from the bottom of our hearts. ❤️

Thank you to our county! We have long needed a dog park 😊

🚨🐴 FINAL CALL FOR PONY UP! 🏓🔥

Tomorrow at 11:59 PM is the DEADLINE to sign up for the PONY UP Pickleball Classic benefiting the The Barnabas Horse Foundation!

https://pickleballtournaments.com/tournaments/f01bd299-ac57-40a6-975d-59544406825c

This is your last chance to get in on an amazing weekend of:
✨ Great competition
✨ Fun atmosphere
✨ Smooth Seas (IYKYK!) & good vibes
✨ Round Robin + Playoffs
✨ DUPR reported matches

Men’s & Women’s Doubles — Saturday
Mixed Doubles — Sunday

Grab your partner and get registered before the clock strikes midnight tomorrow! ⏰🏓

Most people who attempt the Appalachian Trail spend five to six months completing it. They walk ten to fifteen miles a day. They take rest days. They soak in the journey.
On August 12, 2024, at 5:47 in the morning, Tara Dower stood on the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine — and started running south.
She was attempting to cover 2,197 miles of America's most demanding trail through fourteen states, over rocks and roots and mountains, across the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest sixteen times — in forty days. That meant averaging 54 miles every single day, on terrain so punishing it has broken thousands of experienced hikers.
Her daily routine: wake up at 3:30 a.m. Run and hike for seventeen hours straight. Rest by lying down on the trail itself for 90-second "dirt naps." Sleep a few hours. Then do it all again.
Three showers in forty days.
Then came the rain.
Bad weather in Maine and New Hampshire put her 100 miles behind the pace she needed to break the overall record — a record held by Karel Sabbe since 2018. She began to doubt herself. "Sometimes I would cry and beg Rascal for fewer miles that day," she later wrote.
Rascal — her crew chief, Megan Wilmarth — didn't blink. She had seen what Tara was capable of, even when Tara hadn't yet.
Mile by mile, day by day, the gap closed. 56-mile days became 57, then 58, then 59, then 60. "I began to believe in my own abilities," Tara wrote, "as we consistently hit those numbers."
With 129 miles left and the record finally within reach, Tara made a decision: no more sleep. She ran through the night, terrified of one wrong step on a rock ending everything her team had sacrificed.
On September 21, 2024, at 11:52 p.m., Tara Dower arrived at Springer Mountain, Georgia.
She fell to her knees. She placed her hands on the bronze plaque marking the southern end of the trail.
Her final time: 40 days, 18 hours, and 6 minutes — over thirteen hours faster than Karel Sabbe's previous overall record. She didn't just break the women's record. She became the fastest person in history, man or woman, to complete the Appalachian Trail. The first woman to hold that title in nearly a decade.
Along the way, she raised over $21,000 for Girls on the Run — a nonprofit helping young girls build confidence through movement.
When asked what it all meant, she didn't talk about beating men or chasing records.
"I hope more women get out there," she said. "It's not about beating men. It's about finding our true potential. And if you beat the men — that's an extra bonus."
She found hers on a muddy trail, at 3:30 in the morning, one impossible day at a time.

Mount Katahdin. August 12. 5:47 a.m.
Started running south.
54 miles a day.
16 Everests of elevation.
90-second naps on the ground.
Rain put her 100 miles behind.
She begged for fewer miles.
The crew never let up.
60-mile days.
Final 129 miles — no sleep.
Springer Mountain. September 21. 11:52 p.m.
40 days. 18 hours. 6 minutes.
Fastest person in history.
Male or female.
"It's not about beating men.
It's about finding our true potential."
She found hers.

🐴🏓 FINAL DAYS FOR REGISTRATION!

Registration for our May 16–17 tournament benefiting the The Barnabas Horse Foundation is closing soon. Great competition, great cause, and a great weekend at Litchfield Pickleball. Don’t miss it! 💚

Sign up now before spots are gone!

https://bit.ly/4wcNcJN

🚨 LET'S GO, PLAYERS! 🚨

We’re in the final stretch to sign up for Pony Up for Pickleball 🐴🎾 — happening May 16–17 right here at Litchfield!

GIDDY UP https://bit.ly/4narkL7

This isn’t just a tournament… it’s a chance to compete, connect, and give back in a BIG way. Every match helps support the The Barnabas Horse Foundation and their incredible work providing healing and hope through equine-assisted services.

💥 Gender doubles Saturday
💥 Mixed doubles Sunday
💥 Great competition + even better cause

Registration closes May 9! ⏳ Don’t wait until it’s too late!