Racquetball in the Villages?

[Terry D]

We just closed on our new home in Calumet Grove on Tuesday are thrilled. We will be moving permanently in August. With all the activities available in TV, I know there are no racquetball courts. Are there any racquetball players in TV and where do they play?

[graciegirl]

We just closed on our new home in Calumet Grove on Tuesday are thrilled. We will be moving permanently in August. With all the activities available in TV, I know there are no racquetball courts. Are there any racquetball players in TV and where do they play?

I gotta think they play on the pickleball courts.

We have a couple of platform tennis courts too and regular tennis.

If you want to hit a ball with a paddle or a racquet of some sort we have all kinds of other options for you here in lower Paradise.

Welcome!

[Badminton]

I gotta think they play on the pickleball courts.

Welcome!

Need walls for raquetball G. Interesting story about pickleall below:

Pings and Pongs of Pickleball Too Much for Neighbors
Emily Attwood — AB Associate Editor
Neighbors of Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Ill., are tired of the noise. It’s not the shrieks and screams of kids on the playground or the rowdy behavior of teens late at night; the noise is being made by the 55-and-older crowd, amongst whom the sport of pickleball has seen the greatest increase in popularity in recent years. Two neighbors of the Sinnissippi Pickleball Center have filed an injunction requesting an end to play — and the incessant and intrusive pings and pongs made as the whiffle ball used in the sport comes into contact with players’ wooden paddles.

The Rockford Park District opened the Sinnissippi Pickleball Center in 2010 in response to growing interest in the sport. Since then, neighbors Jeanette Haskell and Barbara Friel have had to listen to the sounds of the sport, described in the compliant as “like a hammer blow on a blacksmith’s anvil.” They claim the noise can be heard in every part of the house, allowing no quiet refuge. For two years, they say, they have tried to work with the park district to put an end to the noise, with no success. The current complaint alleges that the sounds of the courts violate the city’s noise-abatement ordinance.

The pickleball courts have been a source of conflict since the very beginning, as tennis enthusiasts decried the district’s plans to convert existing tennis courts at a different park into pickleball courts. In selecting Sinnissippi, though, the district was cognizant of possible noise issues.

“We try to be good neighbors. We did have neighborhood meetings before we built the courts,” park district executive director Tim Dimke told the Rockford Register Star. “We’ve done a lot of things to acknowledge that we don’t want neighbors inconvenienced. We planted trees. We put up wind screens. We don’t allow the group to play too early in the mornings.”

The courts border a handful of homes, but Haskell and Friel are the only two residents to complain. The district is preparing a written response to the injunction, which is scheduled for a September 5 court hearing.

[MelZ]

We just closed on our new home in Calumet Grove on Tuesday are thrilled. We will be moving permanently in August. With all the activities available in TV, I know there are no racquetball courts. Are there any racquetball players in TV and where do they play?

I am not aware of any racquetball courts in the immediate area. We do have pickleball and platfrom tennis. As a reformed racquetball player I do enjoy pickleball.

[lj410]

They used to have a group that would go off campus to play. I have not seen the contact info in the Rec news for some time.

[cathyw]

According to the list of Villages clubs, there is a racketball club run by Patrick O'Donnell. He can be reached at 352-259-1982

[TCLaD]

Yes, There is a group of 8-12 guys that play on the outdoor 3 wall courts at Lady Lake Park just off 466 past Rolling Acres Road. Play days are Mon-Wed-Fri from 8 am- 10:00 am. All are racquetball players. Courts are 3 wall (no ceiling or back wall), cement construction and they only play doubles. Lots of fun and a bunch of great guys to get to know.

[Terry D]

Thank you all for your responses. I look forward to playing with the group and enjoying life in TV!