Welcome to the St. Albert Pickleball Club (SAPC)Members: click the head and shoulders* icon in the top right corner to log-in and view your profile. After logging in, you will see items under the Members menu. Go to Members > Store to buy indoor play stickers. (*On a smartphone, this icon may be an arrow.) Wanting to renew?
Potential Members: Everyone 12 years of age or more are welcome! Press the Join button to learn how to use the automated signup and payment processes. See our Explore Joining menu to get your frequently asked questions (FAQs) answered or to sign up for a free beginner's lesson! Once you've joined our friendly club, you'll be able to log in to this site as a member. Sorry - No Visitors this Indoor Season
| Fee Summary - 2025You will first pay $25 and a small processing fee to join Pickleball Canada and Pickleball Alberta. Then:
These 2025 memberships are available online only, on or after October 1 2024, and will expire on December 31 2025. (This early membership purchase or renewal offer is only available to first time members and to renewing members. It is not available to lapsed members.) Our annual fee is 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 for members to play at one of our drop-in indoor school venues is one sticker. See our Indoor Play article on our Play Types page for prices at other venues. There is no additional charge or stickers needed to play in most of our outdoor play. See also our FAQ under the Explore Joining menu for more details. |
DUPR ReliabilityAs of July 4, 2024, SAPC requires players to have a DUPR Reliability of at least 60, if the member wishes to use their DUPR rating as the basis for:
What is this DUPR Reliability? See the new Reliability article near the bottom of this page. It is easy to get a Reliability of 60 if you play in 20 DUPR games that are entered into DUPR by a club, such as SAPC, EVP, The Pickleball Hub, and other facilities and clubs in the area, and if all 20 of those games are within the last 3 or 4 months. DUPR updates everyone's Reliability on Tuesday each week, so it may take a few days before you see a bump in your Reliability that results from games entered into DUPR. It will be challenging to attain a DUPR rating Reliability of 60 if you only have player-entered games in DUPR. For more info:
Membership Sales & Renewals for 20252025 memberships can be purchased now, are effective immediately after payment, and expire Dec 31 2025. Renew your Pickleball Canada and Pickleball Alberta membership BEFORE renewing your SAPC membership. The PCO and PA memberships are purchased on a separate system. See this webpage under the Explore Joining menu for more details. After renewing with PCO and PA, log back into this site and go to our Join page to join or renew. If you have kept your membership up to date, you can also renew by opening your profile and pressing the "Renew to 2026-01-01" button within your profile. Youth MembershipSAPC welcomes youth members 12 years of age or older. See our youth membership web page for more details. Want more news?See our newsletters. | Ratings - IntroductionThe best play is usually play with others matched to your skill level so, like most other clubs, much of our play is organized by skill level. Those without a club rating can play in our 2.5 level games or in our "All" (All Play) sessions. See our Skill Levels and Ratings webpages for info on getting a rating or advancing your rating. Skills ChartWhat skills should you learn and practice to reach the next level? Check out this chart from Pickleball Canada. 2024 DUPR Play and Getting a RatingOne of the ways to get or advance your rating is by participating in the club's DUPR play. This outdoor season the club is offering:
Are you worried that changes to your DUPR rating will affect your club rating? Worry no more. Your DUPR rating will move up and down based on your DUPR play, but this will NOT affect your club rating until and unless you ask for your club rating to be adjusted. If and when you ask, your club rating will be reset up or down to match your DUPR rating. There is one exception to this:
For more info, see these pages: IPTPA RatingQuestion: The SAPC Skill Levels and Ratings webpage says one way to get a 3.0 SAPC club rating is to get rated by an IPTPA Certified Rating Specialist. What does this mean and where can I find one? Answer: In addition to certifying pickleball teachers, the International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association (IPTPA) has worked to standardize pickleball skill evaluations and certify raters who can perform evaluations based on the IPTPA skill levels. Certified Rating Specialists (CRSs) in Alberta can be found by:
As of June 1 2024, there are four people with the CRS-4 designation in the Edmonton area. Each of these can be contacted via message sent though the webpage specified above. If a member uses this option as the basis for an application to the club for a club rating, it is the responsibility of the member to ensure their rating specialist has this recognized IPTPA CRS-4 or CRS-5 designation. |
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 an address and 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
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