New Location to play pickleball indoors in Huntsville.

Effective immediately, we have a new location to play pickleball indoors. Play is now available at Challenger Gym located at 13555 Chaney Thompson Rd SE, Huntsville, 35803. Please see the summer schedule below.

Mondays
9 am – 2 pm open play


Tuesdays 
9 am – Noon – ladies only play
Noon – 5:30 pm – open play

Wednesdays
9 am – Noon – men only play 
Noon pm – 5:30 pm – gym open for drills, first come-first serve – schedule on playtimescheduler


Thursdays
9 am – 2 pm – beginner play only
2 pm – 5:30 pm – open play


Fridays 
9 am – 5:30 pm – open play

Registration is open for the Pickleball on the Moon Festival

Click Here for details and to register for the event.

Huntsville Pickleball Club, in partnership with The Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund (Huntsville Hospital Foundation) and Huntsville Parks and Recreation, is hosting a fundraising festival – Pickleball on the Moon. The event will be held at the Sandra Moon Community Complex, 7901 Bailey Cove Road, Huntsville, AL 35802.

All proceeds from the festival will go to the Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund, benefitting breast cancer patients in our community and in all of North Alabama. This fund assists patients with house payments, utility bills, car payments, car insurance, and other essential expenses during a time when their finances are certainly strained and their ability to work is challenged. Breast cancer is one of the most expensive cancers to treat, so we appreciate your consideration in participating in this festival to help raise these much needed funds to support patients in our area.

Huntsville Pickleball Club Social

Huntsville Pickleball Club Social

Saturday, April 17, 8:00-5:00

Sandra Moon Courts

Random Draw Round Robin play 8:30-12:00 

You’ll play with different partners and against different opponents each game.  You will not register with a partner for this event.  Scores will be kept for each individual player.  There will be a Sweet 16 playoff and prizes awarded at the end.  This is a great way to meet some new players and have a lot of fun!

Box lunch served 12:00-1:00

Club open play 12:30-5:00

Sign up for the morning round robin, afternoon club open play, or both!  

Lunch and a scoop of ice cream will be provided to all club members (and a plus one), but you must register ahead of time to receive them.  Boxed lunches will be catered by Jimmy Johns.  Our ice cream vendor, Golden Years, will be at the courts in the afternoon.  Ice cream may be purchased on site.  You may also pay to upgrade your complimentary ice cream scoop.  All ice cream purchases less than $4 must be paid in cash.

Club members and guests are also welcome to attend if they do not wish to play.  Come watch and socialize!  However, because of insurance requirements, ONLY CLUB MEMBERS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE TWELVE SANDRA MOON COURTS DURING OUR EVENTS from 8:00-5:00.    Please bring your own lawn chairs.  Pop up tents for shade are welcome.

Please register for the Social at our club’s website:  https://www.pickleball-huntsville.com/register.php.  Sign up deadline is 8:00 pm, Tuesday, April 13.  You will receive a confirmation email upon successful completion of your registration.

Click Here to view who is participating in the event.

A lot of new information for Huntsville Pickleball players.

Dear Pickleball Friends,

This is going to be a long, informative email so please keep reading to the end!  It probably won’t be the last email you receive from me this week, either.  Sorry!

Here is the information I received from Mr. Ivey, the director of Huntsville Parks and Recreation.

Max Luther – the gym is about 30 days out from completion.

Berachah – the earliest opening would be October for both the gym and outside courts.

Sandra Moon Outdoors – The restrooms were vandalized and work orders have been placed to have those fixed, but there is no completion date at this time.

Because of extenuating circumstances, windscreens are still 2-3 weeks away.

Trash cans were delivered today.  Please remember to pick up after yourselves.  Water and gatorade bottles have been left behind.  Even if club members didn’t leave the trash, let’s help pick up the courts and the surrounding area.

Sandra Moon Indoors – completion for pickleball is at least one to two years out.

Hampton Cove will not open until late October and pickleball will be scheduled once opened.

The Huntsville Sports Commission is looking into scheduling pickleball tournaments in the future.

I did add a follow up question asking if there is any projection when the recreation centers will be open evenings and weekends.  I’lll update when I know.  I have not heard back about a firm date for the Senior Center opening for pickleball.

Other important information:

If you are playing indoors, PLEASE sign in legibly and also PLEASE put a check mark after your name if your age is 60+.  Our site reps must report attendance numbers to the Senior Center and your cooperation will make their jobs a bit easier.  We do not report your name but need to report numbers of regular club members (why we need to be able to actually read your name) vs visitors and numbers for those over 60.

Registration for the Alabama State Games in Dothan can be found at https://www.asffoundation.org/alabama-state-games.  If the games were to be canceled a full and immediate refund for registration will be given. Pickleball events are scheduled for Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1.

Registration is also open for the USAPA USA Atlantic South Regional Tournament in Foley, AL.  Dates are August 21-23.  Some events are already full.  You must be a USAPA member to play in this tournament.  Information can be found at https://www.pickleballtournaments.com/tournamentinfo.pl?tid=3584.

Reminder that all members of the Huntsville Pickleball club can receive a 5% discount on all items ordered from Pickleball Central.  In addition, our club will get a dollar value equal to 5% of your purchase added to our club’s Reward Account that can be used to purchase equipment for our club. To get the discount enter the following information at checkout:  Club name: Huntsville Pickleball Club.  Club discount code: CRHuntsville

FINALLY, at our board meeting on June 22 we will be discussing if and how our club could financially contribute to making the pickleball experience in Huntsville even better.  Some ideas include purchasing court dividers, bleachers or sun shades for our outdoor venues.  If you have any other ideas for us to consider, please let me know.

If you have read this to the end, may the net be your friend!

Kate Lahti