{"id":28738,"date":"2025-10-20T11:52:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28738"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:35:15","slug":"marshall-rec-center-to-host-pickleball-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/marshall-rec-center-to-host-pickleball-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Rec Center to host pickleball tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Marshall University Rec Center will host a pickleball tournament Nov. 15 that is open to all.<\/p>\n<p>All skill levels are invited to participate in a fun and competitive atmosphere, with prizes awarded to top teams and refreshments available throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>The full-day tournament will have a mixed-doubles competition in the morning and a same-gender doubles competition in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPickleball is fun because it brings everyone together \u2014 fast rallies, easy learning and nonstop laughter,\u201d said Jonathan Warner, a graduate assistant working at the Marshall Rec Center. \u201cIt\u2019s the perfect blend of competition and community, which is why it\u2019s become one of the fastest growing sports in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cost is $30 per team, with proceeds supporting the Rec Center\u2019s Scholarship and Development Fund. The fund provides scholarships, leadership opportunities and career development to help staff members grow into future leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is open to all and closes at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pickleballtournaments.com\/tournaments\/thundering-pickle-classic\">https:\/\/pickleballtournaments.com\/tournaments\/thundering-pickle-classic<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marshall University Rec Center will host a pickleball tournament Nov. 15 that is open to all. All skill levels are invited to participate in a fun and competitive atmosphere, with prizes awarded to top teams and refreshments available throughout the day. The full-day tournament will have a mixed-doubles competition in the morning and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28739,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28738\/revisions\/28739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}