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
For the 2022/2023 season, there are 3 different types of Pickleball Memberships (seasonal, monthly and daily).
Buy Your Membership Online Here.
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.
Seasonal: 4000 pesos / $200 USD for the year: 1 Year Pass is valid for 1 year from date of purchase (starting November 1). Seasonal pass gets you unlimited admission to facility and 50% discounts on some Club sponsored events.
Your Seasonal Membership Includes:
- 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
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.
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
If you haven’t yet read the August 9 pickleball newsletter, please do. It has details on what we did to that date.
On August 24, the bricks arrived and we’re starting on the wall!
4 courts have asphalt with 2 more started.
Sanchez is working on installing the electrical mufas.
Our court design that, based on our topographical study, allowed us to take into account things like water flow over the property and slope of the land kept us high and dry during last week’s rains. We had no big puddles or standing water after the rains and the Proyectos team was back at work whenever there was a break in the weather.
August 12 to date: Proyectos Deportivos poured the reinforced concrete lining around courts 9 & 7 and installed the light post bases. They then poured the asphalt. They then started on courts 5 & 3, finishing the reinforced concrete lining and light post bases. They are now starting to pour the asphalt for these 2 courts.
On August 13, CEA brought a water line to the edge of our property and installed our water meter. We now have both electricity and water at the property. Since then, we’ve brought the line to the facility and have running water.
On August 11 & 12, the asphalt was poured on courts 13 & 11
By August 10, Proyectos Deportivos had poured the reinforced concrete lining around courts 11 & 13, and built height guide cylinders and asphalt height leveling guide rows.
