Revelstoke Pickleball Club - Get Stoked

Revelstoke, British Columbia

Requirements To Play

In order to participate in pickleball play at any of the venues or sessions organized by the Revelstoke Pickleball Club, you must:

be able to show proof of membership in Pickleball Canada (includes Pickleball BC) for insurance purposes
complete a waiver of claims releasing the Revelstoke Pickleball Club of liability
complete a waiver of claims releasing the venue at which we are playing of liability
create a SignUpGenius account (free - requires first and last name and email address)

Upon satisfying the above stipulations, please inform us at Revelstoke Pickleball Club in order to be added to the list of participants having access to venues and sessions.

Please be considerate of the health of fellow players and refrain from participating if you are not feeling well for any reason.

Club Membership

The 2024 Revelstoke Pickleball Club annual fee is $30 per person and will expire on December 31, 2024. Membership fee can be paid in cash at any session organized by the club (please inform the session facilitator) or by e-transfer to the Revelstoke Pickleball Club using member.revelstokepickleballclub@gmail.com Please include appropriate information in the comment section of the e-transfer for our treasurer.

Club membership is optional.

Drop-In Pickleball?

Unfortunately, drop-in pickleball can not be accommodated at this time.

We are using SignUpGenius to allow participants to sign up for pickleball sessions.

The fee for participation in club organized pickleball sessions will be:

$6.00 per person for club members or
$10.00 per person for non-club members

One and a half hour pickleball sessions will have a maximum of ten players while two hour pickleball sessions will have a maximum of twelve players in order to ensure adequate playing time for everyone.

Venues

Revelstoke Pickleball Club currently has secured play space at two indoor venues:

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hall
Begbie View Elementary School gym

During the winter, play occurs at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hall at the following times:

Monday 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM (2.0 hrs)
Tuesday 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs)
Tuesday 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (1.5 hrs)
Tuesday 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (1.5 hrs)
Wednesday 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs)
Wednesday 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (2.0 hrs)
Thursday 09:30 PM - 11:30 PM (2.0 hrs)
Thursday 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM (1.5 hrs)
Thursday 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (1.5 hrs)
Saturday 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM (2.0 hrs)
Saturday 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM (2.0 hrs)

During the school year, play occurs at the Begbie View Elementary School gym at the following times:

Monday 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (2.0 hrs)

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hall is located at 512 Mackenzie Avenue between Fourth and Fifth streets. The hall entrance is located on Mackenzie Avenue at Fifth Street.

Begbie View Elementary School gym is located at 1001 MacKenzie Avenue.

The Revelstoke Community Center multipurpose rooms are located at 600 Campbell Avenue.

During the summer, outdoor play occurs primarily at the Columbia Park pickleball courts located at 137A Colbeck Road. Play times are frequently organized through our Facebook page.

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Revelstoke Pickleball Club - Get Stoked

Indoor Play 2023-2024

Scheduled indoor play will commence Tuesday, October 10, 2023. A schedule has be posted on SignUpGenius. Check it out!
October 1st, 2023
Outdoor Play 2023

Indoor play at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hall has
been suspended for the summer. Outdoor play is available at the courts
at Columbia Park and Queen Elizabeth Park. No regularly scheduled club
times/sessions have been organized at this time. Folks are using the club Facebook page to organize play.

The City of Revelstoke Parks and Recreation Department and Public Works Department are currently (late May, 2023) repairing the court surface and substrate on the dedicated pickleball courts at Columbia Park. Therefore, the courts are closed while the work proceeds. The tennis court remains available for pickleball play and the club box with two portable nets is in place on the tennis court side.

Hopefully, the work will completed soon. Enjoy the lovely weather!

May 28th, 2023
Schools are open

School District #19 has opened the school facilities to community user groups. The Revelstoke Pickleball Club has been awarded a gym facility time slot at Begbie View Elementary School on Mondays from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. There is adequate space for three courts in this gym.

The school facilities will be closed on holidays and non-instructional days.
November 10th, 2022
Indoor Play 2022-2023

Scheduled indoor play will commence Tuesday, October 11, 2022. A tentative schedule has be posted on SignUpGenius. Check it out!
October 2nd, 2022
Outdoor Play

Indoor play at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church hall has been suspended for the summer. Outdoor play is available at the courts at Columbia Park and Queen Elizabeth Park. No regularly scheduled club times/sessions have been organized at this time.

The City of Revelstoke Parks and Recreation Department has committed to painting pickleball court lines (2 courts) on the tennis court at Columbia Park this year. Let's hope the weather cooperates and the lines can be painted soon. We have purchased two portable nets and a storage locker in anticipation of putting two additional courts to use.
June 13th, 2022
Pickleball Brackets

We have begun to experiment with Pickleball Brackets (PB Brackets) in a limited fashion.

In simple terms, PB Brackets is an evidence based (game scores) computerized algorithm for calculating a given players rating. Confidence in the calculated player rating is increased with a greater number of games played with a greater number of different players. The main objective for participating in PB Brackets is to facilitate good game play between players with similar ratings.

We have organized two sessions per week for players with a rating around 3.5 and one session per week for players with a rating around 3.0 at the moment. Interest and participation in these sessions by club members has been exciting.

Update: After three weeks of experimenting with Pickleball Brackets - Tick Tok Club, we have brought our club into the Pickleball Brackets family and created Pickleball Brackets - Revelstoke Pickleball Club. Thanks to Barry Montgomery for all the help and guidance while we figured out PB Brackets!
April 27th, 2022
Spring Pickleball

!! RE-START !!
The
Catholic church hall is available to the Revelstoke Pickleball Club
starting on Monday, March 14, 2022. The schedule is going to continue to avoid the “transition confusion”
between back to back sessions by only scheduling two hour blocks of time.

Play safe! Wear masks! Distance! Sanitize! Boost!
March 6th, 2022
Pickleball Re-start

!! RE-START !!
The Catholic church hall is available to the Revelstoke Pickleball Club starting on Monday, January 24, 2022. We are going to have a “soft start” for a two week period while we monitor the COVID case count in Revelstoke. The schedule is going to avoid the “transition confusion” between back to back sessions by only scheduling two hour blocks of time during this two week period.

The schedule is up on SignUpGenius now.

Play safe! Wear masks! Distance! Sanitize! Boost!
January 19th, 2022
COVID-19 Cancellations

**IMPORTANT NOTICE**
After reviewing the latest PHO order and considering the rise of COVID-19 here in Revelstoke, the Revelstoke Pickleball Club has decided to cancel the last week of scheduled pickleball sessions (December 27-29). It seems reasonable, with everyone's safety in mind, that we discontinue our scheduled play as gyms, fitness centers and dance studios have to close at this time. Thank you for your understanding.

We look forward to starting up again in the new year when the hall becomes available and omicron settles down.

We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year. Stay safe. Stay healthy
December 23rd, 2021
Membership Fees Update

Membership fees are now payable at any scheduled session and will be required as of December 01, 2021 in order to continue receiving the member price of $6.00 per person per session.
November 22nd, 2021
Vaccine Clinic

**PLEASE NOTE**
The regularly scheduled pickleball sessions on Thursdays have been temporarily suspended in order to accommodate a local vaccine clinic in the church hall. We will update you when play resumes.
November 18th, 2021
Membership Fees

The Revelstoke Pickleball Club membership fee will be collected locally in order to save administrative costs. We will be in touch with you to collect the membership fee.
November 11th, 2021

Categories of Play

NOVICE

Social, non-competitive play where beginning players develop their skills and strategies.

RECREATIONAL

Social, non-competitive play where more skilled players play to extend the rally, not to win points with shots less skilled players are unable to return.

INTERMEDIATE

Competitive play for low intermediate (3.0) and high intermediate (3.5) players.

ADVANCED

Competitive play for advanced players (4.0+) players.

LEVELLED PLAY

This is a chance to play with like-skilled players. Games will be in a timed round robin format. Courts will be seeded according to a player’s rating (Pickleball Brackets rating). If you do not have a rating, the facilitators will do their best to place you on the appropriate court. Please enter you Pickleball Brackets rating in the comment section when you sign up.