Capital Area Pickleball Association
Serving Dane County Wisconsin

We are excited to announce that the CAPA Events Committee is organizing THREE bus trips to Victory Pickleball in Loves Park, IL for CAPA Members ONLY. This is a great opportunity to enjoy a fun evening of pickleball with fellow members! If you are not a CAPA member join now so you can get in on the fun! Event Dates: January 10, 2025 February 14, 2025 March 7, 2025 To ensure that all members have an opportunity to participate, the sign up will allow you to sign up for ONLY one date. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to attend these trips!  As we need to pay for the trip costs up front, cancellations will not be refunded but you are able to have someone substitute for you. Sign Up for ONE of the three sessions now by clicking on the link below! Details for the Victory Pickleball Tours TIME: 5:00PM - 12:00AM WHERE: Bus pickup will be at the east end of the Dutch Mill Park and Ride parking lot located at 46 Collins CT, Madison WI. DESTINATION: Victory Pickleball, Loves Park IL COST: Members taking the bus: $26.75 ($25 plus $1.75 service fee)              Members driving: $11.00 ($10 plus $1.00 service fee) AVAILABLE SPOTS: 54 bus riders and 10 drivers More Details: A Badger Coach will leave at 5:00PM from the Dutch Mill Park and Ride and take us in style to Victory Pickleball.  Beverages and snacks are allowed on the bus – but no glass please! Once we arrive at Victory, we will have 9 dedicated courts from 6PM-11PM!  We will use a marker board system to rotate play – in 5 hours there will be lots of opportunities to play as much or as little as you would like.  Food and beverages are available at the facility with half priced appetizers and drink specials. No carry-ins allowed.  We will leave promptly at 11PM and arrive back in Madison at midnight. >>>>> CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP<<<<<  Participants must agree to the CAPA Participants Waiver. If you have any questions, please contact Erin Schelter or Shelley Reynolds. Isn't this a great idea?!! The EVENTS COMMITTEE is all about FUN! We need more volunteers to be able to offer some fun events in 2025. Please consider joining the Events Committee - it's not a ton of time and there's no limit to new ideas! Contact Shelley Reynolds. We hope to see you there for a fun evening of pickleball and camaraderie! Best regards, CAPA Events Committee

Here is the link to the November Newsletter - Lots of great articles as well as fun pictures.

Windsor Athletic Club

4638 Golf Dr, Windsor, WI 53598

https://www.windsorathleticclub.com/

(608) 254-9489

Open 24 Hours.

Facility opened Oct. 1. Has 7 indoor pickleball courts.

3 full size basketball courts marked for volleyball and pickleball. Two courts are marked for badminton. Wood floors.

There are two new indoor pickleball courts available to the public in Madison at a place called Ignite Pickleball on Madison’s West Side. The address is 7429 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI, 53719. During the week of October 28 – November 3, 2024, you can create an online account and reserve a court for free to try them out by going to https://app.courtreserve.com/Online/Portal/index/13402. Their general website address is madisonignite.com. From looking at the website, the courts appear to have wooden floors that are dual-marked for volleyball and pickleball. It also appears that they make use of temporary pickleball nets (rather than permanent ones). More information about Ignite Pickleball is available on their website.

We’re excited to publish our first Annual Report on our fiscal 2024 performance. By publishing an Annual Report, we’re creating a document that memorializes CAPA’s activities and accomplishments for all of our members.  We hope this document is useful to you and welcome any questions you have about its contents. You can view the report by clicking here 2024 Annual Report.

We hope this message finds you well and enjoying the warm fall weather! As we begin our new fiscal year, the new board is working on objectives for the upcoming year along with the budget and calendar. In addition, CAPA’s first ever Annual Report will be published in October. As an all-volunteer organization, we appreciate everyone’s input and want to remind you of a few ways you can get more involved.

Board Committees are Forming Now:

Our Board Committees are where most of the organization’s work gets done. If you’d like to help out, our Organized Play, Player Development, Events and Communication/Marketing committees are always looking for new members. Respond to this email with your area of interest and we’ll put you in touch with the appropriate Committee Lead.

Newsletter Pictures, please:

We have made some changes to the newsletter publication schedule. The next edition will be released in mid-November. If you have any Halloween events planned, please be sure to send us your pictures to be featured! 

Newsletter Articles, too:

If you enjoy writing and have a pickleball story or any pickleball related information you’d like to share with fellow CAPA members, please reach out to Jack Ferreri, our assistant newsletter editor. We would love to include your contributions in the upcoming newsletter. 

And, in case you missed it:

The Annual CAPA Membership Meeting took place on Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 6:00 PM at Hitters Sportsplex. Due to predicted storms, we had to change the venue, but we still enjoyed a fantastic turnout of about 100 members. President Kevin McPherson led the meeting, which included key updates and reports from our dedicated board members and committees.

We also want to take a moment to recognize our retiring board members: Karen Jerg, a founding member of CAPA; Jerome Klein; and Heidi Lawton. Their significant contributions over the years have been invaluable to our community.

Exciting News - More New Courts!

We are thrilled to announce six new dedicated pickleball courts at Veterans Park in Verona! This expansion will provide even more opportunities for our members to enjoy the sport. Veterans Park is located at 113 Lincoln Street in Verona, WI, 53593.

Thank you for your continued support and engagement. We look forward to hearing from you and seeing your Halloween photos!

The CAPA Board

On behalf of the CAPA Election Committee, we are pleased to announce the results of the 2024 CAPA Board Election.  Firstly, we would like to thank all of the candidates for showing an interest in running for the CAPA Board. We are a volunteer-run organization and each candidate's passion and support of the sport of pickleball in the CAPA membership region is greatly appreciated.  And now for the results:

Shelley Reynolds ran unopposed for the office of Vice President, therefore she was elected without a vote.

There were five candidates for the four open At-large Director positions. Per our CAPA Bylaws we followed the ranked choice method of voting.  We had 337 members cast a vote and we are pleased to announce that the four candidates who have been elected are:

Mark Blitz
Jim Halberg
Ari Karbassi
Michael Wedge

Please join us in congratulating these new and continuing board members and wishing them the best for their upcoming terms.  If you have any questions, please contact any member of the Election Committee:

Jerome Klein, jeromelklein@gmail.com, (608) 334-8405
Rico Goedjen, rg53705@gmail.com, (608) 358-7161
Mike Barone, mbar511@aol.com, (608) 770-2003

Best regards!!

The newsletter is published today, July 31, 2024. Catch up on all the pickleball news happening in the CAPA region. 

Stephanie Gander takes on the volunteer role, last filled by pro player Dave Weinbach, to locally promote the game that's still the fastest growing in the U.S.

Check out the article and learn more about Stephanie.

In the January 2024 issue:

President’s Note

CAPA Info

Pickleball Rules Update

Membership Update

Charitable Impact of Pickleball

Technology Update

CAPA Events

CAPA Leagues

Etiquette Corner

Florida Pickleball Clinics

Pickleball Destination Camp

CAPA Player Profile

Pictures!