St. Albert Pickleball Club

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Welcome to the St. Albert Pickleball Club

Members - the first time you visit here: click the icon of the head and shoulders in the top right corner, enter your email address, and click "forgot password." Go to your email, get your new password and use it to log in.

Members - on subsequent visits: click the head and shoulders icon to log-in, see your profile, and change your password if your wish. After logging in, you will see items under the Members menu. Go to Members > Store to buy indoor play stickers.

Potential Members: If you've not already played pickleball at all, you are in for a real treat! See our Explore Joining menu to get your frequently asked questions (FAQs) answered. Then sign up for a free beginner's lesson, but get in line because we have a lot of newcomers and this is a very popular activity!

Once you've joined our friendly club, you'll be able to log in to this site as a member. The sign-up and payment process is fully automated through this site.

Join today!

Visitors who have a player's rating from another club: You can come and check us out at a session that matches your player's rating. Details on how to pay and our expectations are in our Visitors Policy. Note that the cost to purchase two sticker from another member is now $6.70.

Fee Summary

Our annual fee of $30 is very low, but non-refundable. Don't hesitate to join though -- pickleball is lots of fun, great exercise, and a wonderful opportunity to socialize and make new friends. Once you join as a member, you will have the opportunity, on this site, to buy a card of 20 stickers for $67 ($3.35 each). The cost to play at a drop-in indoor venue is one sticker for members, two for guests of members. The cost to play at a reserved sessions is two stickers, and these sessions are members only.

See our FAQ under the Explore Joining menu for more details.

News for you

Change to Thursday NP Play

As of Thursday January 16, the 3.5+ 11 am play at North Pointe is reverting back to open (drop-in) paddle-box play. Reserved play for this session is suspended until more snowbirds return and/or there is evidence that it would be in high demand. Thanks for the input folks!

Ratings and Clinics Update

The Jan 27th level 3.0 rating clinic is now full. Watch our news for the notice regarding the next available rating clinics -- which will likely be in March. For the March clinics and beyond, we will have a new registration system in place. You will register and pay online rather than emailing.

If you are not club rated via one of these clinics and are not tournament rated, you may play at any session on the calendar marked for "All" play or for 2.0 or 2.5 level play.

Members must be rated at the 3.5 level to play at 3.5 or 3.5+ events, and must be rated at the 3.0 level to play in 3.0 level play.

3.0 and 3.5 Shoot Out Update

Shoot out registrations are full for both 3.0 sessions on alternate Tuesdays at Sturgeon and 3.5 sessions Friday evenings at Vital Grandin. Those who have registered will get regular invitations to sign up for particular sessions via Sign Up Genius.

Mentoring Update

In response to member and coach suggestions, our mentoring sessions are now divided into two sessions: the first is 6:00 to 7:45 pm and the second is 7:45 to 9:30 pm. Each session is now capped at 12, so although the sessions are shorter, the actual play time remains high as no one is waiting to rotate in. To ensure a prompt start, please show up at least 10 minutes before your session starts. Registration continues to be as described on the Training page under the Development menu.

Do you want to know ...

... where we play? Click on the top-level Play menu, then click on one of the location names to get a Google map.

... about the color-coding and other features of our calendars? Click on the top-level Calendar menu.

... how our club works? Click on the top-level Club Mgmt menu.

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Needed: Facebook Coordinator

Our club members can use our Facebook site to communicate with each other about club and pickleball-related activities. The Facebook Coordinator's job is simply to:
review content to ensure it meets the club's suitability requirements, and
review and approve about 1 or 2 requests per week from members to join our closed Facebook group.

No Facebook experience is needed -- we will show you the steps needed to look up members, approve join requests, and review content. Please join our large and expanding team of volunteers and help your fellow club members by taking on this small but important role. If you are interested, please send an email to stalbertpickleball@gmail.com, our new email address for our corporate secretary Douwe Spriensma."
After filling that job, we'll be looking for a couple of volunteers to join our equipment management team. Many hands make light work!

Organized Play and Visitors

Would you like to bring a friend, or have your visiting son or daughter play with you for a session or two? We have found that visitors make up less than 2% of our indoor players, and being good neighbors, we welcome visitors to many of our indoor and outdoor sessions. Check our calendar on this site, and bring a guest to any session that doesn't say "Members Only." Of course, guests should also have the skill level required for the session, for sessions designated at the 3.0 level or higher.

Sunday at Sturgeon

Play started at Sturgeon Heights on Sunday January 5. It was nearly continuous play as only 14 attended the 9 am 3.0+ play.

On a trial basis, the first and third Sundays of the month will be for 3.0+ play and the second and fourth Sundays will be 3.5+ play. After looking at the data at the end of January, a decision will be made to determine if play continues for both levels in February and beyond.