Watercade Pickle Ball Tournament
The Litchfield Watercade celebration is less than 6 weeks away and there are event to get signed up for already such as the Pickle Ball Tournament on July 6th. More details can be found at watercade.com or on the Litchfield Watercade Facebook page.
Queen of the Lakes Addie Lundin says she mentioned the idea of having a pickle ball tournament to bring all ages of people in the community together when she was a candidate for Miss Litchfield in 2024 and it became reality last year during the Watercade celebration. She says it will be held on July 6th, starting at 3 p.m. in the Litchfield Area Recreation Center. It’s $60 per team and if you register by June 22nd, you get a free t-shirt. The final day to register is July 1st.
Lundin says she’s been busy promoting the Minneapolis Aquatennial which will be coming up at the end of July and she will be going to about 100 parades and coronations around the state in the coming weeks. She says as Queen of the Lakes this past year, she’s been able to travel all over the nation and even into Canada promoting the Aquatennial celebration.
Lundin says, despite her busy schedule, she’s been able to complete her second year at NDSU where she is a nursing student. Miss Litchfield Brooke Caron, a student at the College of St. Benedict, says the Pickle Ball tournament is an important fundraiser for the royalty program.
Caron says they are coordinating a daddy/daughter dance on June 19th and will collect donations for the food shelf. She says, as Addie will be at the Watercade coronation inviting her to attend the Minneapolis Aquatennial, she will travel to Minneapolis at the end of July to compete in the next Queen of the Lakes pageant. Litchfield Princess Raigan Miller says she and Brooke and Katelyn Guggemos have been proudly representing Litchfield this past year, and she encourages people to participate in the pickle ball tournament on July 6th.
Miller says she went to Ft. Jackson in South Carolina for basic training last October and then to Ft. Rucker in Alabama from January through April. She says she was able to get home to participate in the Christmas party at the LARC in December.
