WEST SEATTLE WEEKEND SCENE: Westside Pickleball League hosts Rally on the Rock tournament

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Pickleball on the Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex courts west of Southwest Pool isn’t a rare sight, but Saturday’s activity was more extensive than usual – the Westside Pickleball League was hosting its second annual Rally on the Rock tournament. Rosina Geary and Amy Greger from the WPL were tournament directors, managing to keep things running with about 160 players participating, including a few from Canada.

Every so often, they had to wrangle winning teams for medal presentations and photos:

We happened to be on hand for that group getting their medals – Max Brockman, Spencer Klein, Eric Kim, James Lee, Zachary Wagnild, and Shane Silkey. The league routinely raises money for student athletics, as we noted when we reported on its formation a year and a half ago – and the Rally on the Rock tournament was for Chief Sealth International High School Cross Country – some students from the team helped out as runners during the tournament, ferrying scoresheets around among other things.

ADDED: Amy sent a few stats – by tournament’s end, they had 182 players – 58 percent men, 42 percent women, ages ranging from 20s to 80s, with the biggest demographic group in their 30s.

AJ Moschette June 23, 2024 (10:02 pm)

Incredible work as always, Amy and Rosina. Thank you for inviting Astria Pickleball to be part of another awesome Westside Pickleball Event. You two are amazing and we always appreciate the opportunity to partner with ypu.

Steve Morey June 24, 2024 (12:36 pm)

I had an awesome time playing in the tournament! I came all the way from Alabama just to play and the tournament did not disappoint. OK, maybe I was here to see family too, but Rally on the Rock definitely was my number one event to participate in. Great job, ladies, running the tournament — we had plenty of solid competition in our bracket. I look forward to next year’s Tournament.