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Christmas Posada: Thursday, December 15

Join us for a Pickleball Posada on Thursday, December 15, starting at 5:00pm at La Calaca Restaurant.

We will have live music, dancing, a Piñata and lots of fun!

There are 3 Dinner Taco options to choose from:
Option 1: Carne tacos for 300 pesos
Option 2: Seafood tacos for 300 pesos
Option 3: Veggie tacos for 280 pesos

All dinners include sides: Mexican Rice, Refried Beans, Rajas “Roasted Chiles” and Street Churros for dessert, plus a late night snack of Coctel de Elote “Mexican Corn Cocktail”. A 15% tip is also already included.

Guests will open separate bar tabs for their drinks, paying with cash only please.

There is limited seating capacity of 100 people so please get your tickets early. Tickets will be sold in advance by First Step Team at VIVE Real Estate office in Plaza Arrecifes (behind ARCO gas station). A reminder that we’ll be outdoors (the restaurant has heat lamps) so please dress accordingly.

This event is supporting an initiative named Grandes Niños de Pickleball (for kids of La Manga and Guaymas).
When you purchase your event ticket at VIVE Real Estate, please consider taking a name from the Christmas tree who you will purchase a gift for.
During the posada, we’ll collect all the Christmas gifts and give them to the kids at their scheduled posada. Let’s donate at least 40 gifts among our club. This was an annual tradition at the Soggy Peso and we’re happy to help Frank and Lisa (also owners of La Calaca) keep it going.

GLP Tournament: December 16 – 18

Back by popular demand, it’s the Grandes Ligas de Pickleball Weekend Tournament!

Each player is guaranteed 4 matches (8 games) plus the Round Robin on Friday.

Cost: 700 MXN
Location: Mirador Courts and / or the New Courts
Click here to register at pickleballtorneos.com
A dry-fit GLP jersey is included in your registration fee. Registered players must click here to order their shirt size (based on men’s sizes). If you don’t send it then you may not get your desired size. If you are not planning to play in this tournament but want to purchase a jersey, you can also do this in the same link (order now, pay the 350 pesos cost for the shirt later).

Schedule (times are subject to change based on participation):

Friday, December 16:
3:30pm – 5:30pm: Round Robin
6:00pm: Live Draft at Sponsor’s Restaurant

Saturday, December 17:
10:00am: Check-in
11:00am – 12:30pm: Match 1
1:00pm – 2:30pm: Match 2
3:00pm – 4:30pm: Match 3
5:00pm: Boye’s Burgers & Pizzas

Sunday, December 18:
10:00am: Check-in
11:00am: Novice Championship Court 1
11:00am: Intermediate Consolation Court 3
1:00pm: Intermediate Championship Court 1
1:00pm: Advanced Consolation Court 3
3:00pm: Advanced Championship Court 1
3:00pm Novice Consolation Court 3
5:00pm: Beer, food, and Awards Ceremony at Marvida Taproom & Kitchen

New Court Construction Update

Two coats of paint are on the first 7 courts. The perimeter fences are up. The 3rd and final coat of paint and white lines will be applied this week (fingers crossed for no more rain). Then the nets will go up. After a couple days to dry, the courts will be ready to play on.

If we’re able – no promises – some of the December GLP Tournament will be played on the new courts. We’ll keep you posted on that – it’s what we’re working towards. We would then also be able to play the Friday GLP events at the new courts. Until we finish the center area and other 7 courts, we are not going to open the facility to Open Play. But we’ll start trying to free up Mirador so there’s more time spots for booking a court there.

The second crew is scheduled to arrive next week to get started on the next 7 courts.

We’re still waiting on the architect to finalize the plans. We have been told we’ll at least have the plan for the center area this week and can get going on that area.

Mirador Courts Update

The contract still needs to be signed, but in the meantime, Mirador Residencial has been kind enough to re-open their doors to the Pickleball Club if we are courteous and keep the courts clean and in good condition (this will be everyone’s responsibility).

You need to be a member (see membership options below) and bring photo ID to the court every time to show the guard at the gate. Your ID must match the name on the guard’s list.

Schedule at Mirador:

• Open Play. Monday to Saturday: 8:00am – 12:00pm.
• Book a Court in the afternoons, from 2:00pm – 6:00pm on HoldMyCourt. If you’re not yet registered on HoldMyCourt, you’ll need to use the Club ID: pickleballrocks
• Monday – Saturday, the courts are closed from noon to 2:00pm and closed for the night at 6:00pm.
• Friday, starting at 3:00pm, the courts are used for organized MLP-style play. You can register at PickleballTorneos.com and join the WhatsApp chat using the QR code below.
• Sunday, there is open play from 9:00am – noon, then the courts are closed.

To continue as guests of Mirador, we must follow their rules. Click the image below to read the rules.

Welcome Back Party

Welcome Back to all our part-time picklers. Let’s get together and party!

When: Saturday, November 19, 5:30pm
Cost: 300 pesos per person
Dinner: Mexican buffet
Cash bar

Please RSVP to Debbie Forrester by emailing d_forrester@yahoo.com or Whatsapp 1 (970) 318-1409.

The Yacht Club is again kind enough to open their doors to our club and we thank them for their continuing support. Because of their generosity, part of your 300 pesos fee will go towards the new court construction.

Friday MLP-Style Play

The Management Team organizes Friday MLP-style play, starting at 3:00pm. Sign up here if you’d like to participate and join the WhatsApp chat using the QR code below:

Purchase your Membership

This season, there are 2 different types of Pickleball Memberships (annual and monthly).

Release of Liability: By clicking below and buying your membership online, you are agreeing to the terms in the Release of Liability.

Annual: 4000 pesos: 1 Year Pass is valid for 1 year from date of purchase. Annual pass gets you unlimited admission to facility during open hours. El Pase de 1 año es válido por 1 año a partir de la fecha de compra.

Monthly: 700 pesos: 1 Month Pass is valid for 1 month from date of purchase and allows the purchaser unlimited entry into facility during that month. El pase de 1 mes es válido por 1 mes a partir de la fecha de compra y permite al comprador una entrada ilimitada a las instalaciones.

To purchase a membership, contact Darren at 52-1-622-165-1762 (WhatsApp or cell phone) or email darrensancarlos@gmail.com.

You need to bring ID to the courts to show the guard at the gate.

Join the Conversation

For answers and updates, join the WhatsApp Community Chat (using the QR code below)  and join the Facebook group.

Meet the Management Team

When we were looking for creative ways to fund the new 14-court project and discussing the future need of full-time workers for the new facility, Ryan Kuiken, Rocio Celaya-Kuiken, Darren Thompson and Mariel Rivera approached us with a partial solution to both problems.

They offered to form a management company to manage the future pickleball courts and they offered to invest $75,000 USD. In exchange, we will eventually be splitting profits with them. They have agreed that the first $45,000 raised each year goes to the Club so that we can meet our land purchase and then our loan repayment obligations. At this point, they have basically bought themselves jobs. They will be working for possibly many years before they will start to see any return on their money because they believe in this project and want to see it succeed.

For more details on our finances, see the previous newsletter.

Meet the Team (in alphabetical order):

Mirador Update

NEED SOME PICKLEBALL? WHAT ABOUT TOMORROW MORNING?

While the agreement with Mirador gets officially signed, we got the support from the HOA to do some friendly organized play at Mirador during specific times.

First trial will be tomorrow Sunday, November.13.

REGISTRATION: Join the Round Robin WhatsApp group here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GcGuUSEnQJIG8Y2Tt85rky and give your First and Last Name as well as your level to register (limited capacity of 36).

IMPORTANT:
*Let’s be respectful guests. (please share cars to avoid over using the parking, clean up after and follow the rules).
*We invite players to arrive at 8:30am to do some warmup by cleaning the courts and organizing the teams.
*You must be a current paid member to register. If you bought a 1 month membership, and it hadn’t yet expired on November 1, your expiry will be extended by 2 weeks from when it would have expired.
You can follow the event live on our fanpage:
San Carlos Pickleball

Welcome Back Party

Welcome Back to all our part-time picklers. Let’s get together and party!

The Yacht Club is again kind enough to open their doors to our club and we thank them for their continuing support. Because of their generosity, part of your 300 pesos fee will go towards to the new court construction (update on that below).

When: Saturday, November 19, 5:30pm
Cost: 300 pesos per person
Dinner: Mexican buffet
Cash bar

Please RSVP to Debbie Forrester by emailing d_forrester@yahoo.com or Whatsapp 1 (970) 318-1409.

Play Pickleball!

The Management Team (Rocio, Mariel, Ryan and Darren) continues to organize Friday MLP-style play, starting at 4pm. Sign up here if you’d like to participate and join the Whatsapp chat using the QR code below:

If we’re back at Mirador on Friday, November 18, we’ll play there, otherwise the locations will be announced later this week via Whatsapp.

Update on Court Construction

Proyectos is shipping the paint and fencing for the first 7 courts. It should arrive before the end of next week. When they have the date from the shipping company, they’ll send their finishing crew to arrive around that time. They estimate that it will take 12 days from then. We do not have to make a further payment to them to complete the first 7 courts.

In the meantime, we just had the excess rebar cut from the top of the wall and are finishing it with a cap brick.

The architect has now told us where to dig the trench for the water and electrical and another trench for drainage and we’ve hired someone who has started on that project.

And we’re sourcing gates and a door for the openings in the wall and fixtures for the building.

We’re still waiting for the final plans from the architect to move forward with sourcing quotes for the building.

Shortly after the paint, fence and finishing crew arrive from Proyectos, we’ll evaluate a schedule with Proyectos for completing the next 7 courts.

Pickleball Court Project Update

This extended update is overdue. And we apologize for not getting it out sooner. I know that many of you just want to play, but others care about the details, so here we go.

Let us backup and give a little history of the new court building project (all numbers are USD).

Last August, 2021, James Main, our Club President and other Board members, recognized that because there were so many new houses at Mirador, we would soon lose our ability to play there. We needed to come up with a solution. He suggested to the board that we purchase our own property. At that point, we had under $20,000 in our bank account. But we had faith that the board and the community could get this much needed project done and we were willing to put in the enormous amount of time required to see it through..

So, we did not start the project with half a million dollars in the bank, or with government backing, but with faith in ourselves and the community and with an understanding that if we didn’t at least try, the pickleball community would soon have nowhere to play.

The board began looking into available land. We found a landowner, John Fouts, who was willing to sell us 9,000 square meters of land at a very reasonable price ($25 / square meter for a total of $225,000 owing) and who would also allow us to pay him under a payment plan.

The deal that John Fouts made with us is to pay him $45,000 every year for 5 years. So, John Fouts still owns the land and we are paying him annually. We just made our second of the five payments on October 31st, 2022. That agreement was prepared in Spanish by the Club’s Lawyer, David Peralta.

Who will own the land? On the advice of the lawyer, the Club will own the land. San Carlos Pickleball Club, AC is a registered corporation in Mexico (Asociación Civil) and has complied with all Mexican legal requirements as advised by David Peralta.

We are building on approximately 5,000 square meters of the land and have 4,000 square meters of land “extra”.

We tried raising money within the community and many of our club members generously donated but it just barely scratched the surface of what we required to even begin the project. This is the money we raised locally:

• 45 people bought 5 year memberships for $750 per person ($33,750 total);
• Brick donations: 35 at $1,000, 3 at $500 and 11 at $250 for a total of $39,250;
• $4,901 through GoFundMe,
• 6 local companies donated $5,000 for court sponsorship (see a list of these generous companies below); and
• 2 individuals donated $20,000 each.

This total of $147,901 from the community was a great start, but not enough to build the courts.

To keep the dream alive, a couple very generous pickleball players came forward and loaned the club $225,000. The terms are extremely reasonable. We do not have to start paying that money back until we have finished paying for the land. And then they are accepting the same annual payment of $45,000 a year at only 3% interest until the loan is paid off.

For a total of $372,901 in donations and loans (but the donations weren’t one lump sum, it has trickled in).

Still, we did not have enough money to complete the project, but we had enough to get started.

Here are the main outlays of cash to this point in the story:

• $45,000 for the first installment to purchase the land;
• $45,000 for the 2nd installment to purchase the land, which we set aside to ensure we could meet this obligation;
• $2,390 to clear the land;
• $1,110 to hire a local architect / engineer to do a blueprint of the perimeter wall and conduct a survey / topographical study to allow us to take into account things like water flow over the property and slope of the land;
• $56,000 to that engineer to build the retaining wall;
• $64,100 to have the area filled and compacted;
• $10,850 to the engineer to waterproof the retaining walls, oversee the fill & compaction and fine-tune the grade of the land;
• $13,035 to have electricity brought to the land, including a transformer, 3 poles & 2 mufas;
• $13,250 to Carolina Block for all the brick for the wall;
• $610 to get water pipes to the land plus $147 to CEA for the initial contract;
• $36,552 to build the wall ($17,922.24 down at this point);
• $199,783 to build the courts (60% down at this point = $120,000);
• $3,560 for complete architectural plans; and
• Various other outlays for permits, compaction tests, accountant, lawyer and incidentals.

If you’re following along with the math, you see that we’re at over $392,974.24 spent by this point.

To complete the entire project, we needed more money. We still owed the contractor $18,629.76 for the remainder of the wall and Proyectos $79,783 for the courts.

We approached local companies, pickleball companies, the government – anyone we could think of who could help fund the project.

Ryan Kuiken, who is on the Board and Darren Thompson who has always been a key person in the pickleball community, offered to form a management company with Rocio Celaya and Mariel Rivera to manage the future pickleball courts. They offered to invest $75,000 and to work as the management team. In exchange, we will eventually be splitting profits with them. They have agreed that the first $45,000 raised each year goes to the Club so that we can meet our land purchase and then our loan repayment obligations. At this point, they have basically bought themselves jobs. They will be working for possibly many years before they will start to see any return on their money because they believe in this project and want to see it succeed.

As a further money making option for the club, Darren suggested that we sell the “extra” 4,000 square meters of land to him and a purchase group (including Ryan, who is on the Board). We asked Vive Real Estate and Seaside Real Estate to determine a fair market value for the land. Vive Real Estate’s assessment was $40-45 a square meter and Seaside’s assessment was $45-50 a square meter.

The prospective land purchasers offered us $47.50 per square meter. We have to remember that we won’t even own the land for another 3 years. Even though we can’t fully sell the land to the purchasers for another 3 years, they agreed to prepay $100,000 of the purchase price to us to help us complete the courts. They are putting their trust in the Club that when we own the land we will sever it and sell the remainder to them. At that time, they will pay the remaining amount owing and we can put it towards the loan.

The board voted on these proposals with Ryan abstaining and they passed unanimously. Both of these agreements have been put in writing by David Peralta. The land purchase agreement has been signed and the management agreement is a Memorandum of Understanding and we are finalizing the paperwork. Most of the $175,000 has already been transferred to us.

We now have the funds to pay all outstanding contracts (we’ve already paid the remaining $18,629.76 owing for the wall) and to move forward with the buildings. We have almost finalized the plans with the architect and have permits for the front buildings. We will now get quotes for those buildings and for the center walkway area.

The management team are responsible for the organized afternoon play that had begun at Mirador. They brought a lot of energy and excitement to the Club. Just think what they’re going to be able to do when they have 14 courts to work with. But their job won’t just be organizing play, the management team will also take over responsibility for maintenance, membership, etc.

Rest assured, at the new facility and at Mirador (if we can play there again), we will continue to have Open Play and many other fun events. We want the Club to be a welcoming place for all pickleballers from rec player to pro.

So, why isn’t the court construction company at work now?

As we reported in the last newsletter, Proyectos is supposed to send us a new timeline and proposed payment plan. We’ll share that with you as soon as we have it and are working to get them back here asap.

What’s left to do on the almost complete 7 courts? One more slurry seal and 3 coats of paint. Then install fences and nets. Hopeful time frame is 4 – 8 weeks.

What about Mirador?

We continue to be open to negotiating with the new HOA and are hopeful that we can find a win-win resolution asap.

If you’re on Facebook and not yet a member, please join the group. It’s easier for us to throw quick updates there.

Quick Update

Re Mirador:

We’re are still working on finding a resolution with the newly formed Mirador HOA. Tomorrow, the courts will again remain closed.

We talked with the President of the HOA today and have another meeting tomorrow.

They want us to pay for a new expensive gate that they want for their entry.
The cost for the gate that they want is $155,324 pesos (which is about $7,891 USD). They say that we could then play there until March.

We feel that this is not a good use of the Club’s money. It’s been a lot of work to raise funds to build the new courts. We would rather spend the $7,891 on the new courts.

We’re talking to the HOA to see if they’ll accept a lower monthly fee. We have offered $600 USD per month with a 4 month guarantee.
We will keep you updated as negotiations progress.

Re New Courts:

Regarding the new courts, we paid the builder from Mexico City (Proyectos) 60% of the total fee to start the project. The next payment is due when 8 courts are complete.

At the current state of 7 courts being partially complete, they asked for more money. They also took the crew home because they didn’t want to work on the next 7 until the wall was finished (we didn’t agree with this strategy, but it wasn’t our big issue – the extra money was).

This happened the first week of October. Before it happened, we were still optimistic about meeting our early November goal of opening the first 7 courts.

We’ve been in talks with Proyectos and tomorrow they are supposed to send us a new timeline and proposed payment plan. We’ll share that with you as soon as we have it.

In the mean time, we’ve been working with an architect on the buildings and have obtained the necessary permits from Guaymas.

By the way, the wall looks fantastic!

Quick Update

We wanted to send this quick update because we had hoped to be playing on the new courts by now and had planned several fun events with that in mind.

Unfortunately, the Grand Opening Tournament, Helle Sparre Clinics, Amigos Cup and Yacht Club dinner have to be postponed.

The court construction company wanted the wall construction company to complete the walls before continuing with the courts. The walls are now complete. We are working towards getting the court construction company back and working asap.

All of our Board members are now back in town and meeting frequently and working diligently on getting the courts finished while putting together fun group play at Mirador.

While we continue to work on the new courts, we’ll keep playing at Mirador.

We’ll put out a more detailed newsletter next week and will let you know the new date for an informative Welcome Back Party at the Yacht Club.

Play Pickleball

Monday to Saturday morning at Mirador, there’s open play from 7:30am until 10:30am. There’s a drop in round robin Sunday mornings, starting at 7:30am or 9:30am.

You can also join in the following afternoon organized play. They all require sign-up in advance and space is limited:

Monday King of the Courts, starting at 4pm

Wednesday Round Robin

Friday MLP-style play, starting at 4pm. Sign up here.

Purchase your membership

It’s Time to Buy your 2022 – 2023 Pickleball Membership. If you purchased a seasonal membership last season, it is now expired.

This year, ALL memberships will be purchased ONLINE. They are no longer available at Seaside Realty. Our new streamlined process will save you time, and will be more efficient and allows for better accounting for the pickleball club. It’s a win-win!

* Check sancarlospickleball.com for online payment info.
* Or use your phone’s QR Reader to Pay online directly with the image to the right.

You will receive your Membership Card and Welcome Letter via email in a few days, but you can start to play as soon as you pay!

For the 2022/2023 season, there are 3 different types of Pickleball Memberships (seasonal, monthly / monthly recurring and daily).

Daily: 100 pesos / $5 per day: Good for the day of purchase.

Monthly: 700 pesos / $35 USD per month: 1 Month Pass is valid for 1 month from date of purchase and allows the purchaser unlimited entry into facility during that month. You can also buy a monthly recurring pass if you’d like a payment plan.

Seasonal: 4000 pesos / $200 USD for the year: 1 Year Pass is valid for 1 year from date of purchase. Seasonal pass gets you unlimited admission to facility and 50% discounts on some Club sponsored events.

It’s Time to Purchase your Membership

It’s Time to Buy your 2022 – 2023 Pickleball Membership. If you purchased a seasonal membership last season, it will expire on September 30, 2022.

This year, ALL memberships will be purchased ONLINE. They are no longer available at Seaside Realty. Our new streamlined process will save you time, and will be more efficient and allows for better accounting for the pickleball club. It’s a win-win!

* Check sancarlospickleball.com for online payment info.
* Or use your phone’s QR Reader to Pay online directly with the image to the right.

You will receive your Membership Card and Welcome Letter via email from payments@sancarlospickleball.com in a few days, but you can start to play as soon as you pay!

For the 2022/2023 season, there are 3 different types of Pickleball Memberships (seasonal, monthly / monthly recurring and daily).

Daily: 100 pesos / $5 per day: Good for the day of purchase.

Monthly: 700 pesos / $35 USD per month: 1 Month Pass is valid for 1 month from date of purchase and allows the purchaser unlimited entry into facility during that month. You can also buy a monthly recurring pass if you’d like a payment plan.

Seasonal: 4000 pesos / $200 USD for the year: 1 Year Pass is valid for 1 year from date of purchase. Seasonal pass gets you unlimited admission to facility and 50% discounts on some Club sponsored events.

Grand Opening Tournament November 18 – 21

This tournament will be a classic double elimination skill / age division tournament.

Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles divisions will be played throughout the opening three days followed by a Championship 4th day for all the gold medal Open Division matches.

Come out and play in our first tournament at our new facility!

The cost is 1200 pesos ($60 USD), which includes entrance in 1 event. Each additional event costs 200 pesos ($10 USD) more. Register here. Even if you don’t yet have a partner or are not yet in San Carlos, register yourself without a partner and we’ll help to get you paired up — we are working on the t-shirt orders and need your sizes asap. If you would like help finding a partner, you can email Deb at d_forrester@yahoo.com.

In men’s, women’s and mixed doubles, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 will play in their skill and age bracket and 4.5 and above will play in the Open Division. The Open Division will be divided in age groups of under 50, 50 – 64 and 65+.

In singles, 3.0 and 3.5 will compete together and 4.0 and above will play in the Open Division. The Open Division will be divided in age groups of 49 and under, and 50 and over.

If there are 3 teams or less in a division, it will be combined with closest age bracket. If there are 4 or 5 teams in a division, it will be run as a Round Robin. 6 teams or more in a division will be run as Standard Double Elimination (best 2 out of 3 games, win by 2 in winners’ bracket and 1 game to 15, win by 2 in consolation bracket).

Schedule:
Friday, November 18: Men’s and Women’s Singles
Saturday, November 19: Mixed Doubles
Sunday, November 20: Men’s and Women’s Doubles
Monday, November 21: Gold Medal Matches in the Open Divisions

There will be medals for all brackets.

New Courts Opening, November 1

Starting November 1, we have 5 days of pickleball and parties planned for members (make sure you get your membership beforehand).

Schedule:

Tuesday, November 1

• Open play all day on courts 1 – 10. Come and enjoy the new courts.
• The party starts at 5pm, with mix, mingle and mariachi, a blessing of the new courts, dance performance and at 7:30pm, The Dudes.

Wednesday, November 2

• Open play all day on courts 1 – 10. Come and enjoy the new courts.

Thursday, November 3

• Kids’ Camp: bring the kids at 3:30pm and Javier, Mariana and Belem will teach them to play (2 hours, bilingual, free for kids)
• New Player Clinic: at 7pm with Javier, Mariana and Belem. If you know someone who has never played, but you think they’d enjoy it (who doesn’t!?), pass on the info and let’s get them hooked. This is a free clinic.

Friday, November 4

• Skills and Drills: 10am – 11:30am and again at night 6pm – 7:30pm. All skill levels welcome. Several volunteer instructors will split the group by ability and work on appropriate skills.

Saturday, November 5

• 9am – 1pm: Fun Competitive Round Robin for everyone skill level 3.0 and above. Register to play here.
• 5pm: Grand Opening Party at the Yacht Club. Please click here to RSVP for the dinner party.

What do we have planned after the Grand Opening?

We’ll have Open Play every morning. Everyone will find someone fun to play with. All ages and abilities will be welcome and find somewhere to play.

We’re also planning round robins, leagues, small fun tournaments and competitive large tournaments. You’ll be able to book the courts during certain hours for private play. And, of course, we’ll have all-club social get togethers!

Please Help Make the Dream a Reality

The new 14 court facility is a great Community Project and something that San Carlos can be proud of. It will be a place for exercise, fun and friendship and a community hub.

We’ve created a GoFundMe campaign.

Please donate now

Every little bit helps. Thank you in advance.

Please get in touch with me (Christa Thomas) at: christa@whatsupsancarlos.com if you would like to donate a more significant amount. We have several court sponsorships and commemorative bricks of various levels that recognize the donations that went above and beyond to make this project a success. You can have your name or business name on a court or on the sponsors’ wall. You can read more about it on our website.

Please consider buying a brick. Bricks will be prominently featured on a beautiful focal accent wall just inside the court entrance / exit. The following levels are available:

• $2500 USD or more (50,000 pesos) Platinum
• $1000 USD (20,000 pesos) Gold
• $500 USD (10,000 pesos) Silver
• $250 USD (5000 pesos) Bronze

Update on Construction

We’ve had an exceptionally rainy summer which has caused some rain delays. We’re still on track to open November 1 and will be ready for the first week of festivities and the November 18 tournament. But, the facility will be a construction zone for awhile as we continue to work on the buildings at the front of the facility (where we’ll have bathrooms, office, storage and a pro shop). This shouldn’t affect your play on the courts.

We have the funds to complete the courts and wall and at least one side of the building.

Since the bricks arrived on August 24, the wall has been going up at a good pace. Every court will have air flow bricks placed in a pleasing design.
6 courts have asphalt. All 6 have been sealed, and the fence holes and net holes are done.
Championship court, the 7th court on the north side, has been leveled and is ready to be built.
We have 14 net & post sets, generously donated by Gearbox.
We worked with an architect on designing the front building and have submitted it to Control Urbano in Guaymas for the building permit.

Here are the 6 completed courts, each  measuring 20 x 10.5. Ready to be painted a beautiful sand and sea color theme.

The wall up close.

Here’s a sneak peak at our wall design with the airflow bricks. This shows the design for 1 court.

Look how big championship court will be (the smoothed area in the photo). The two 14 x 23.5 championship courts should be big enough for even our most athletic high flyers. This court will be finished in the next week. We’ll then start on the 7 courts on the south side of the facility.

Look how beautiful the area is!

Thank you to these generous sponsors

click on their logos to visit their websites

New Courts Grand Opening, November 1

The Grand Opening will be 5 days of pickleball and parties. Starting November 1, we have lots of fun events planned for members (make sure you get your membership beforehand).

Schedule:

Tuesday, November 1

• Open play all day on courts 1 – 10. Come and enjoy the new courts.
• The party starts at 5pm, with mix, mingle and mariachi, a blessing of the new courts, dance performance and at 7:30pm, The Dudes.

Wednesday, November 2

• Open play all day on courts 1 – 10. Come and enjoy the new courts.

Thursday, November 3

• Kids’ Camp: bring the kids at 3:30pm and Javier, Mariana and Belem will teach them to play (2 hours, bilingual)
• New Player Clinic: at 7pm with Javier, Mariana and Belem. If you know someone who has never played, but you think they’d enjoy it (who doesn’t!?), pass on the info and let’s get them hooked.

Friday, November 4

• Skills and Drills 10 – 11:30am and again at night 6 – 7:30pm. All skills levels welcome. Several volunteer instructors will split the group by ability and work on appropriate skills.

Saturday, November 5

• 9am – 1pm: Fun Competitive Round Robin for everyone skill level 3.0 and above. Register to play here.
• 5pm: Grand Opening Party at the Yacht Club. Please click here to RSVP for the dinner party.

What do we have planned after the Grand Opening?

We’ll have open play every morning. With 14 courts, everyone will find someone fun to play with. All ages and abilities will be welcome and find somewhere to play.

We’re also planning round robins, leagues, small fun tournaments and competitive large tournaments. You’ll be able to book the courts during certain hours for private play. And, of course, we’ll have all-club social get togethers!

Grand Opening Tournament November 18 – 21

This tournament will be a classic double elimination skill / age division tournament.

Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles divisions will be played throughout the opening three days followed by a Championship 4th day for all the gold medal Open Division matches.

Come out and play in our first tournament at our new facility!

The cost is 1200 pesos ($60 USD), which includes entrance in 1 event. Each additional event costs 200 pesos ($10 USD) more. Register here.

In men’s, women’s and mixed doubles, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 will play in their skill and age bracket and 4.5 and above will play in the Open Division. The Open Division will be divided in age groups of under 50, 50 – 64 and 65+.

In singles, 3.0 and 3.5 will compete together and 4.0 and above will play in the Open Division. The Open Division will be divided in age groups of 49 and under, and 50 and over.

If there are 3 teams or less in a division, it will be combined with closest age bracket. If there are 4 or 5 teams in a division, it will be run as a Round Robin. 6 teams or more in a division will be run as Standard Double Elimination (best 2 out of 3 games, win by 2 in winners’ bracket and 1 game to 15, win by 2 in consolation bracket).

Schedule:
Friday, November 18: Men’s and Women’s Singles
Saturday, November 19: Mixed Doubles
Sunday, November 20: Men’s and Women’s Doubles
Monday, November 21: Gold Medal Matches in the Open Divisions

There will be medals for all brackets.

2022 / 23 Membership

• Access to the new 14-court pickleball facility
• Open Play and Scheduled, Leveled Skills classes
• Free ratings clinics and equipment demo classes
• 2 courts available for reservation at all times
• Membership Card
• Court reservation system
• Free round robin and other organized play (subject to volunteer coordinator availability)
• Pickleball Social Events
• Website to keep members informed
• Club news emailed to members
• Court maintenance
• Facility monitoring
• Reduced rate on some tournaments, clinics and leagues
• Reserve account for future enhancements and repairs to facility
• 5% Discount on everything you purchase on PickleballCentral.com

Please Help Make the Dream a Reality

Pickleball Pro, Helle Sparre, is widely recognized for her Dynamite Doubles training program which she will be conducting on January 21 & 22 and 24 & 25, 2023 in San Carlos.

Helle Sparre will offer these four, 4 hour clinics:

• FULL – Group A: 9am – 11am on Saturday, January 21 at Mirador Courts and 12:00pm – 2:00pm on Sunday, January 22 at the San Carlos Pickleball Club
• FULL – Group B: 9am – 11am on Sunday, January 22 at Mirador Courts and 12:00pm – 2:00pm Saturday January 21 at the San Carlos Pickleball Club

Only a couple spots left:

• Group C: 9am – 11am on Tuesday, January 24 at Mirador Courts and 12:00pm – 2:00pm on Wednesday, January 25 at the San Carlos Pickleball Club
• Group D: 9am – 11am on Wednesday, January 25 at Mirador Courts and 12:00pm – 2:00pm Tuesday January 24 at the San Carlos Pickleball Club

There are 8 spots available in each clinic. First come, first served, so please register now by completing the form below and clicking submit.

The cost for the 4 hour clinic is $125 USD. We’ll contact you for payment after we receive your registration form (below).

Helle has very generously volunteered to donate all proceeds to our new court construction.

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Everyone learned a lot and had tons of fun with Helle at her last San Carlos clinics