Aiken Pickleball News

Court 5 at Odell Weeks - Open/Close

Court 5 was discussed in detail at the Leadership Team meeting held on Monday, January 4th, via Zoom - a video conferencing software application. Currently Court 5 is only open for the first session of the day from 0845-11am. It was agreed by all to keep Court 5 open during this time slot with the following restrictions.

Players on court 5 must stop playing no later than 11am.
Players must then take down and put away the net.
Players should completely vacate the court and exit the gym no later than 1115am unless invited to play on another court.
During play, the break area for Court 5 will be in the back corner by the glass doors near Court 4.
All players need to practice social distancing and respect the concerns of others during the pandemic.

Request from Odell Management

Players are requested to carry their playing shoes inside and swap before they get on the courts. This will help with some of the dust and debris that makes the floors slick. Also, please remember to pick up and carry the dividers when setting up and breaking down the courts.

Thank you.

Just to Remind - No Access Code Required

The sign up genius for Odell Weeks/Smith-Hazel and Gregg Park are closed for maintenance. OW/SH will reopen at 8am Thursday morning, and Gregg Park will reopen shortly thereafter. No access code is required - just patience. .

Face masks are required for entry into Odell Weeks.

Self-Quarantine?

Suggestion was made that people that travel over the holidays - especially by air - should self quarantine from indoor play for two weeks - one of which is already closed to pickleball. Not a bad idea. We'll leave it for your consideration. Thanks for thinking of others. Hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving. Read more for information on when to start and end quarantine.

When to start and end quarantine

You should stay home for 14 days after your last contact with a person who has COVID-19.

For all of the following scenarios, even if you test negative for COVID-19 or feel healthy, you should stay home (quarantine) since symptoms may appear 2 to 14 days after exposure to the virus.

Scenario 1: Close contact with someone who has COVID-19—will not have further close contact

Your last day of quarantine is 14 days from the date you had close contact.

Date of last close contact with person who has COVID-19 + 14 days= end of quarantine

Scenario 2: Close contact with someone who has COVID-19—live with the person but can avoid further close contact

Your last day of quarantine is 14 days from when the person with COVID-19 began home isolation

Date person with COVID-19 began home isolation + 14 days = end of quarantine

Scenario 3. Under quarantine and had additional close contact with someone who has COVID-19

I live with someone who has COVID-19 and started my 14-day quarantine period because we had close contact. What if I ended up having close contact with the person who is sick during my quarantine? What if another household member gets sick with COVID-19? Do I need to restart my quarantine?

Yes. You will have to restart your quarantine from the last day you had close contact with anyone in your house who has COVID-19. Any time a new household member gets sick with COVID-19 and you had close contact, you will need to restart your quarantine.

Date of additional close contact with person who has COVID-19 + 14 days = end of quarantine

Scenario 4: Live with someone who has COVID-19 and cannot avoid continued close contact

You should avoid contact with others outside the home while the person is sick, and quarantine for 14 days after the person who has COVID-19 meets the criteria to end home isolation.

Date the person with COVID-19 ends home isolation + 14 days = end of quarantine

Pickledillys t-shirts

Pickledillys T-shirts are available for purchase at the Odell Weeks front desk. Cost is $10. Sizes available are - Small (5); Medium (3); Large (3) and XL (2)

Minutes for the November Leadership Team Meeting

The minutes for the Leadership Team Meeting that was held Monday, November 2nd, 2020 at 5:30pm via Zoom have been posted. Among some of the topics that were discussed -

New hours at Odell Weeks and use of Court 2; Friday morning play and new hours at Gregg Park; Drills with Little Mo being held on Mondays and Wednesdays; and the most important topic of all - taking care of the nets - especially the center poles which seem to be breaking at an alarming rate. Go to Forums or click here to see a copy of the entire minutes.

Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 7th at 5:30pm via Zoom.

Aiken Pickleball T-shirts 2020

Marian and Mo Garcia have offered to place t-shirt orders for anyone who is interested. The order deadline will be November 15th. Since we are not set up for receiving payment electronically, please give $18.00 to Marian Garcia or Mo Garcia. Make checks payable to Mo Power Sport LLC. If you are paying with cash, please put it in an envelope with your name on it.

To place an order for a T-shirt, click here.

Women's colors are:

Men's colors are:

The logo on the shirt will be similar to the one shown below.

Dividers & Nets

Please take care while storing the court dividers and nets. When putting the long short dividers away, do not break them down. If they are taken down frequently it wears out the Velcro and they won't stand up.

As for the nets, please be careful with the center poles. We are having to replace these at an alarming rate.

Appreciate your consideration.

What is happening in November

Odell Weeks - City basketball starts in November which means a little less court time for pickleball play at Odell Weeks. On most days play will start at 845am and end at 230pm. There is no evening play - no indoor play on weekends. There will be approximately fifty (50) court reservation slots available each week, so making a court reservation should not be a problem (unless the SUG goes down again). On that note, we would like to thank everyone for being so patient.

New Players Clinics will be on Friday, November 6th, starting at 0845 and 0950. See separate news article and/or flyer on Bulletin Board for more details.

The Drills with "Little Mo” at Smith-Hazel are filling up and are better than ever. Click here to sign up. You can pay for the drills at the front desk - OW or SH.

Lessons will be available at OW on Friday, November 20th. There are five one hour slots available from 0845am-230pm. Contact your favorite instructor to schedule.

Morning open play at Odell has been changed to Drop-in play. Hours in November are from 0845-1045am, Monday through Friday on courts 1 & 2. Court #3 will be available for court reservations. When there are lessons or clinics on court 1, drop-in play will be on courts 2 & 3.

Courts 2 & 5 - We are also considering allowing groups that play side-by-side to use courts 2 or 5 for their second court. Logic being that the players are queuing together anyway. There are eight feet between courts, more than enough for social distancing between other courts. This will be discussed at the next Leadership Team Meeting schedule for Monday, November 2nd.

Face masks are required for entry and exit at Odell Weeks, Smith-Hazel and Gregg Park.

Net Repair

There is now a sign on the wall in the closet showing where to place nets that need to be repaired. It also requests that you notify Ron Nelson via text at 803 474-7390 or send an email to info@aikenpickleball.com.