NEWS & EVENTS
ARK CENTER FLOORING PROJECT A HUGE SUCCESS!
Thank you to everyone that came to the Ark Center Grand Re-Opening Ceremony today, June 8, 2024! It was great to be able to thank all the volunteers, donors, contractors and our sports partners in person. I especially want to thank Pastor Tatham, his wife Grace, the Stonebridge Christian Fellowship Church and Board of Directors especially Faron Eckelbarger as my point of contact for working with us on this project the last two years. They believed, trusted and had faith in our pickleball association's project paving the way for us to be successful!
Let's also remember that Tim and Carol Weaver were the founders of pickleball here in Lake Havasu City back in 2011. They invested hundreds of volunteer hours promoting pickleball and it all started in the Ark Center gym. We are forever grateful, thankful and appreciative of their investment in the fastest growing sport in America!
I also want to thank Sean and Cathy Sivoli for the beautiful plaque they coordinated and presented to me (I was so surprised) on behalf of LHCPBA for working on the Ark project. It is very sentimental to be closing a project and it would NOT have happened were it not for the amazing volunteers in our pickleball association that believed in my vision of a new and better ARK Center!
YOU ALL ROCK! THANK YOU TEAM ARK!
Janie Morris, LHCPBA President
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Enjoy this video of the Ark Center Flooring Project from Start to Finish!
Our Volunteers
Many of our members volunteer their time in the Lake Havasu City community to help promote pickleball in a variety of ways. We appreciate and thank each one of them for taking the time to share their love of the game by donating their time. Listed below are some of the events our volunteers have engaged with.
Turkey Time Takeoff 2023
A Charity Round Robin Supporting
The Havasu Community Food Bank
We raised almost $1200!! Thanks to all the participants!
Pickleball Jingle 2023
A charity Round Robin in support of the New Horizons Center!
DEDICATION CEREMONY FINAL FOUR COURTS AT DSP
February 21, 2023
Today we had the dedication ceremony for the official opening of the final four courts at Dick Samp Memorial Park. Mayor Cal Sheehy proclaimed this day to be "Lake Havasu City Pickleball Courts Day in honor of Mike Delaney" and also revealed that the entire complex is now known as the Mike Delaney Pickleball Complex at Dick Samp Park. Thank you Mike for your extremely generous donations to complete the construction of the 16 court pickleball complex!
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