{"id":22469,"date":"2020-04-18T11:22:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64263"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:22:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:22:44","slug":"granby-moves-forward-with-first-public-pickleball-courts-in-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/granby-moves-forward-with-first-public-pickleball-courts-in-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Granby moves forward with first public pickleball courts in county"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pickleball players enjoy the game in October at the Grand Lake Center. Popularity for the sport has grown in recent years and Granby has secured a bid to build the first public courts devoted to pickleball in the county.<\/strong>
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Grand County\u2019s first ever public pickleball courts devoted to that sport alone could be ready to use by August in Granby.<\/p>\n

After two or three years of encouragement from the growing group of pickleball players in Granby and surrounding areas, a contract was approved by the Granby Board of Trustees to build two courts in Polhamus Park.<\/p>\n

Pickleball is a paddleball sport that combines elements from tennis, badminton and table tennis. According to the USA Pickleball Association, it is the fast growing sport in the country.<\/p>\n

Converted courts have been popping up across the county as more players pick up the paddles, including taping over unused basketball or tennis courts, using open gym times at recreation centers and sharing courts with tennis players. Now Granby will have the first public courts devoted to only this sport.<\/p>\n

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