News about Huntsville Pickleball
General news about the Huntsville Pickleball Club.
Now that youth basketball has ended, additional play times are available as follows:
Saturday Open Play at Fern Bell is back. Hours on Saturday are from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Evening open play at Challenger Gym is now available Monday thru Friday from 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Hours during HCS Spring Break (3/11-3/15) are as follows: Monday – Friday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
HPC is hosting Stephanie Lane, a pickleball teaching pro from Nashville on April 2nd.
Women’s only clinics on April 2, 2024 at the Launch Pad, 2650 Jordan Lane, Huntsville.
Clinics are available for 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 players. Levels 3.5 and 4.0 are for very experienced players. Many of these individuals are tournament players.
Each participant will receive 2 hours of instruction as well as another 30 minutes of Guided Play
The clinic schedules are on the posters below.
Each participant must sign two waivers: one for HPC and the other for the clinicians.
We will arrange for an all-mens’ clinic soon.
See the poster and waiver files below.
To provide an option for indoor play on Saturday mornings in March, HPC has reserved the gym at Trinity United Methodist Church, 607 Airport Rd.
Open play will be available on 3 courts this Saturday, March 9, from 9am – noon. Park in the rear and enter the door on the West side of the building (the same door we used for Glow Play). We will try to have the club’s green flutter flag nearby to help identify the entrance.
HPC MEMBERS ONLY – for liability purposes. Use the link below to join or renew your membership before you arrive.
Open play will also be available on Saturday, March 16, from 11am – 2pm, and on Saturday, March 30, from 9am – noon.
Hope to see you there!
Link for membership…
Membership – Huntsville Pickleball (pickleball-huntsville.com)
It’s time to get holly and jolly on the courts! See the info below on our upcoming holiday tournament and social and use the links above or below the flyer to register. It’s free for HPC members (you must be an HPC member to participate). Go to pickleball-huntsville.com/membership.php to join or renew your membership.
Click the image below to view the flyer
Hi HPC Members!
I hope everyone is enjoying these cooler evenings with some great community pickleball. Our next big event will be upon us soon – Glow Play Pickleball on October 19th. Make sure to save the date and sign up at
www.pickleball-huntsville.com/register_glow_in_the_dark.php.
It was a big success last year and we’re looking to repeat the success this year as well. — PLEASE SEE THE FLYER ON THE REGISTRATION PAGE FOR DETAILS.
Lastly, let’s all give a big thanks to SportsMed for supporting us. They have generously covered the facility costs allowing us to focus membership funds on enhancing the experience for our members.
I’m just an email away.
Ryan
Where: Sandra Moon Pickleball Courts
When: December 3rd, 9 am – Noon
The Holiday season is fast approaching – time to get Holly & Jolly on the courts! Join us for our final HPC social of the year on Saturday, December 3, at the Sandra Moon outdoor courts, 9 am-Noon. We will share treats, fun times, and a festive, random draw, club tournament designed for all skill levels. Per the flyer, come in your jolliest spirit and merriest attire to increase your tourney score. Note that volunteering to help also gets you extra tourney points.
We will be collecting donations for the North Alabama Food Bank to spread good cheer in our community. Use the link below to sign up for the social/tourney and to volunteer by November 29. All members are welcome for the social, but tourney participants will be limited to the first 88 to sign up. (We are aware that this is the same day as the SEC Football Championship, but that’s not until 3PM CT – we promise to be finished well ahead of kickoff.) Let’s get ready to be the merriest picklers on the moon!
Sign up here:
https://www.pickleball-huntsville.com/events/holiday_social_2022.php
Let’s Play!
Judy Hayes
Let’s Glow!
Glow in the Dark Pickleball Event
When: October 27th
Location: Trinity United Methodist Church Gym, 607 Airport Rd, Huntsville
All HPC members are invited to our first Glow in the Dark Pickleball event. See the attached flyer for details. There will be free food and indoor play on 3 neon decorated courts. PLEASE REGISTER @ THE LINK BELOW BY OCT. 20, so we know how much food to provide.
https://www.pickleball-huntsville.com/register_glow_in_the_dark.php
The gym may get crowded, so please refrain from bringing gym bags or bulky items. Just bring your paddle – we will even have neon tape you can use for decorating it! Make sure your name is on your paddle to make it easier to ID in the paddle pile.
If you’d like to help setup the courts or decorate the gym earlier on the day of the event, please volunteer by contacting Sandy Greene at sandy.greene@pickleball-huntsville.com
Let’s Glow Play!
Starting on 27-Jun-2022, a time slot for 70 Plus players will be available at Max Luther Drive Community Center. Players must be at least 70 years of age and have a skill level of 2.5 – 3.5.
We will be there at 10:30 am setting up and drying off courts when the rain stops. If you want to help us with this, please bring towels and blowers.
The Festival will begin at Noon with Penny Lamb’s workshop: Strength & Conditioning Training for Pickleball. Bring a towel or mat for stretching if you have one available. This workshop will be held indoors in the check-in building.
The schedule will continue with the 4.0 Round Robin staring at 1 or soon after depending on court conditions. The rest of the schedule will be adjusted as needed and schedule changes will be announced at the Festival. We will try to get in a few of the skill challenges as we can.
Our last round of prize drawings will be held towards the end of the day, so there is still time to buy chance to win tickets and enter to win some fabulous prizes. Come check them out in the check-in building. Don’t let the Festival close before you purchase your FOM t-shirt, magnet, pin, and postcard. You can find these for sale in the check-in building. All proceeds from all purchases go to the Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund. We also have a donation box in the check-in building.
We have had a great Festival so far and thank all of you for your support! Come join us today at Noon – 5 pm for the last day of fundraising and fun!
Let’s play and give back!
Judy
The weather forecast for the Festival on the Moon is sunshine and warm temperatures! You can still register for the event held on April 29 – May 1. Keep in mind that the registration for the Round Robin portion of the Festival is closed now, but registration is open to attend and enjoy all other court festivities held that day. Families and spectators are welcome! Anyone can participate in the Chance to Win drawings, buy festival t-shirts, pin or magnets, play lawn games, and watch the court contests. Registration is required to play on the Moon courts or to participate in the skill contests.
Schedule of events:
Friday, April 29
Saturday, April 30
Sunday, May 1
Chance to Win drawings
If you registered by April 15th, you will receivefive complimentary tickets in your goody bag. Additional tickets may be purchased 5/$10 or 20/$20. Remember that this is a fund raiser for the Huntsville Hospital Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund, so we are selling these tickets as part of our fund-raising efforts. All proceeds will go to this fund. We will accept cash, credit, or check.
Fill out your tickets and drop one or more of your tickets in the associated prize bucket for a chance to win the great prizes listed below. You do not have to be present to win, but your tickets must be dropped in prize buckets to be drawn for a particular prize.
Parking
The Korn Ferry Tour Golf tournament is using the main parking area that we normally use for the pickleball courts. Do not enter and park in the parking directly off of Bailey Cove Rd. Enter instead on Blevins Gap Road. Turn at the light at the intersection of Bailey Cove Rd and Blevins Gap Rd as if you were going to the library and then turn right on either the 1st or 2nd entrances. Park in spaces around the library, around the tennis courts (these have been newly painted by the City for us), or in the grass areas around the field (do not park on the fields). There is plenty of parking in these areas. We will have signs to direct you.