Club's nets & gear total loss in arson fire

A Florida Coast pickleball club was sent reeling when all their equipment was destroyed in an arson fire. The fast growing pickleball success story known as "Pickleball By The Sea" in Neptune Beach near Jacksonville lost 10 nets and all their loaner paddles, balls and related equipment when their storage structure burned after a park gazebo and two toilets were set on fire by three teenage arsonists.

The large five-year-old club's many members and supporters immediately rose to the challenge.  "The distributor that the club bought its nets and some of the paddles and pickleballs is lending the club new nets. Two people have donated matching funds of $500 each towards the club’s new equipment," according to the news article linked here:

http://jacksonville.com/shorelines/2017-05-19/local-pickleball-club-suffers-complete-loss-jarboe-park-fire

Pickleball By The Sea is yet another one of the many nationwide success stories sparked by the pickleball passion of just one dedicated, relentless individual: Verna Griffin.  The Pickleball Central blogs tells the story of the club's first year growing from that  one player to 200 players in 12 months. The news article states the club now has 800 people on its email list.

https://blog.pickleballcentral.com/2013/12/13/how-one-pickleball-club-grew-from-1-200-in-twelve-months-the-power-of-one-person-sharing-what-they-love/

Here's is the club's website: http://www.pickleballbythesea.com/

And here is the club's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pickleballbythesea/