Gregg Park - No Friday evening pickleball
Note from Gregg Park - On Friday, January 24th we will be using the gym to make up cancelled basketball games so you will not be able to have pickleball on that evening. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Aiken Pickleball News
The next New Players Clinic (NPC) will be indoors at the Smith-Hazel Recreation Center on Wednesday, February 12th. The NPC is for people new to the game of pickleball. The schedule is as follows:
9am - Check-in
915 - 930 am - Court Set-up
930 - 1030 am - Instruction
1030 - 1040 am - Break
1040 am - 12 noon Practice Play
Clinic will include proper court position, how to keep score, how to make the transition from tennis and other racquet sports to pickleball and much more. Maximum 8 players - balls and paddles provided. Players should wear tennis shoes and bring something to drink.
Cost is $15 per person which includes the daily access fee. Clinic also includes a free ninety minute practice play session on a following week. Sign up and pay at the Smith-Hazel or the Odell Weeks front desks to reserve your slot in advance. Bring your receipt to the clinic.
Smith-Hazel Recreation Center is located about five minutes from Odell Weeks at 400 Kershaw St. NE..
In January
Wednesday, January 29th, Player Rating Session at Smith-Hazel. One slot remaining . Click here to sign up
In February
Wednesday, February 5th, Team Captain Registration for the Aiken Area Social Pickleball League Program opens. See flyer above for more information.
Thursday, February 6th, Player Registration for the Aiken Area Social Pickleball League Program opens - See flyer above for more information.
Wednesday, February 12th, New Players Clinic - Sign up at Smith-Hazel or Odell front desks. Click here or more information.
Over the Horizon
July 31st - Aug 3rd, Palmetto Doubles Tournament - Save the date!
If you need help with anything, send an email to aikenpickleball@gmail.com and someone will get back with you.
We can help you with making and editing court reservations or adding your name to the "Looking for games" list, among other things. What we cannot tell you is the access code. That is for our use only. After 8 pm Wednesday evening, the Sign-up Genius is locked down, requiring an access code while the new time slots for the following week are being added. The signupgenius is then unlocked after 8 am Thursday morning and an access code is no longer required. But if you need help with anything else send an email to info@aikenpickleball.com and one of us will get back to you.
The minutes from the January Leadership Team Meeting have been post. Click here to read full report.
Here is your chance. We need someone to help post items on the Aiken Pickleball website. From “What's Happening” to the latest going ons in Aiken Pickleball. A couple of hours a week be part of the team that makes things happen. Don't have a computer or laptop? Not a problem - a laptop will be provided for your use 24/7 If interested, send an email to AikenPickleball@gmail.com. Training will be provided.
Recreations and Parks, Jacksonville, NC is hosting their 14th Annual Pickleball Tournament, March 6-9 at the Jacksonville Commons Gym. Early bird registration is open until January 26, all registrations after will have an additional fee. Cost per tournament is $30 and each additional tournament you want to compete in is $5.
Age brackets will include:
Open 18+
50-59
60-69
70-79
80+
Packet pickup/practice will occur Thursday 3/6 with tournament play being held Fri-Sat.
Registration: https://recreation.jacksonvillenc.gov/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/ search -> pickleball
The next Players Rating Session will be on Wednesday January 22.at Smith Hazel from 9am-12pm. Three slots still available. Click here to sign up.
Please note that Odell is not longer accepting donations for Golden Harvest or Toys for Tots. For those of you that still want to contribute to Golden Harvest you can take your donations directly to their drop off point at 81 Capital Drive off of Banks Mill Road.