A contingent of Tellico Village Pickleball Club players participate each summer in the Tennessee Senior Olympics state finals, and this year the club sent 10 players to the games to join competitors from Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis and other parts of the state.
Tellico Village players brought home numerous medals, and some players competed in other sports. Medals were won based on five-year age brackets.
Following is a list of Pickleball Club members competing in the event, with their respective medals:
- Singles — Fred Cobb, silver; Karen Cobb, bronze; Laura Lewis; Tom Siegele; Ron Wendoloski, silver.
- Women’s doubles — Karen Cobb and Trudy Roccasalva; Ke Kai Ruckstuhl and Suzanne Rhoden of Maryville, gold; Laura Lewis and Cindy Chalfant; Ann Lewellen and Laura Kersey; Jean Haupt and Joan Allaben of Maryville, gold.
- Men’s doubles — Fred Cobb and Paul Slay of Knoxville, gold; Bart Margoshes and Jimmy Lewellen, bronze; Glen Weber and Ken Nadeau, silver; Rich Karakis and Fred Lewis, bronze; Tom Siegele and Dan Tretinik; Mike Kitchens and Tom Ruland of Memphis, gold; Bill Rowe and Dan Dyer; Ron Wendoloski and Dave Craig; Jeff Dore and David Slagter of Chattanooga; Jerry Ferguson and Stan Rainwater.
- Mixed doubles — Fred and Karen Cobb, silver; Ke Kai Ruckstuhl and Bart Margoshes; Fred and Laura Lewis; Nancy Tretinik and Jeff Dore; Janet Winslow and Ron Wendoloski, gold; Dan Dyer and Suzanne Rhoden of Maryville, bronze.
Ruckstuhl won bronze in shot put, silver in discus, silver in javelin and gold in softball. Wendoloski won gold in doubles, silver in singles and gold in mixed doubles in badminton competition. Craig won gold in badminton doubles. Tom Siegele won gold in 50-meter run, silver in 100-meter run and bronze in 200-meter run.
For more information on the Tellico Village Pickleball Club, visit www.tvpbc.org.
