Pickleball is one of the country’s fastest-growing sports. What better way to celebrate the grand opening of the first pickleball courts in Guymon, Okla., than with a Pork N’ Pickle party?
On July 13, Seaboard Foods and the City of Guymon celebrated the grand opening of the pickleball courts. Seaboard Foods paid for and converted tennis courts in Guymon’s Fowler Park to provide the community access to this sport that’s capturing so much attention.
Pickleball participation nearly doubled in 2022, increasing by 85.7% year-over-year and by an astonishing 158.6% over three years, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association. To help introduce the new pickleball courts to the community, the company provided equipment for attendees to use and cooked pork burgers and hot dogs for the community to enjoy while playing rounds of pickleball.
“With the help of the City of Guymon staff, we have recently designed and sponsored materials for pickleball courts in Guymon to introduce this new, fun, family-friendly game to our community,” Davida Gomez, community enrichment specialist, said in a release. “Being able to focus on growing deep relationships in our communities where we live and work is a priority to us; sponsoring pickleball courts for families to have a fun outdoor activity promoting physical health is a great addition to Guymon.”
Between Seaboard’s pork processing plant in Guymon and nearby farms in the Oklahoma Panhandle, the company employs 3,200 people in the area.
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