Welcome to Albany Pickleball, home of the Albany Pickleball Club and the Rally In The Valley Pickleball Tournament. We are incorporated as an Oregon non-profit club (September 12, 2012).
Become an APC Member or Contact the Club: albanypickleball@gmail.om
Please see Places to Play for more detailed info on winter pickleball venues.
Albany Tennis Club:
- 4 indoor courts with outdoor surfacing
- Mon-Fri 9-12 – Social Play
- Tues & Thurs 9-12 – More aggressive play
- Group Play will also be offered evenings and weekends
- 2 options for fees
- Option 1- 6 Month Winter Membership: Club Member $240, non-members $260; Nov 1 to Apr 30; unlimited weekly play, restricted to pickleball play only
- Virtual Punch Card for Group Play: $60 for 10 plays; Limited to scheduled group play on weekday mornings
Other Options (See Places To Play)
- G3 Sports – Corvallis
- Mid-Willamette Family YMCA
- Timberhill Athletic Club
Boys & Girls Club – (Normally October through May)
NO PLAY Due to COVID – schools are using distance learning and the B&GC is set up for day care. At this point distance learning has been extended through December. Play may resume when physical attendance at school starts back up.
Hackleman Pickleball Courts: nothing scheduled for the winter.
Temporary Rules for Pickleball (and tennis)
If anyone has concerns about their safety during play sessions, in regards to Covid-19, please talk to an APC board member so we can help.
Do not play if:
- You have coronavirus symptoms: mild to severe respiratory illness with fever, coughing, difficulty breathing, or other symptoms identified by the CDC.
- Have been in contact with someone with COVID-19 in the last 14 days.
- re a vulnerable individual or have underlying health conditions.
If You Play
- Maintain six-foot distancing from others at all times.
- Don’t congregate on courts, in common areas, or parking lots.
- Wash hands with soap and water and bring personal hand sanitizer to courts.
- Clean and sanitize paddles, rackets, and water bottles.
- Clean and sanitize paddles, rackets, and water bottles.
- Do not share equipment.
- Avoid touching gates, fences, nets, benches, etc.
- If possible, use your paddle, or shoe to pass out-of-play balls to further reduce touch
- Consider wearing gloves to help avoid touching pickleballs or tennis balls.
- Virtual handshakes only
Albany/LBCC Pickleball Courts Construction: Please see our Blog for Updates!
Looking for pictures of the Albany/LBCC Pickleball Courts Construction? (Please see our Blog.) After start work, May 11, 2020, there were several subsurface issues that caused a stop-work and redesign. We do not know the status of the new design or the new start work date or the anticipated completion date.
Please see 2019 7th Annual Rally In The Valley Pickleball Tournament for pictures and results.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Albany Pickleball Club is to organize the play of Pickleball in Albany, OR and the surrounding Mid-Willamette Valley for the enjoyment, fellowship and promotion of the sport of Pickleball. See our Albany Pickleball Club Bylaws.
Play Dates and Times: (More info – See Places to Play)
You can get weekly emails and updates by providing your email to albanypickleball (at) gmail.com.
Albany Pickleball Courts: Hacklman Pickleball Courts & Albany Boys & Girls Club
Accomplishments:
From day 1 we have had a great relationship with the City of Albany to promote and grow pickleball. Together we selected the little used tennis court at Eleanor Hackleman Park as a suitable venue for our pickleball play with the long term goal of enhancing and renovating the court into 4 pickleball courts. In 2012, the City invested in court patching and painting materials and members of the Club provided the “love and labor”, bought one set of posts/net and the proceeds from the Rally In The Valley tournament were used to renovate the courts. The collaboration between the City and the Club has developed 4 permanent courts in Albany that we can all be proud of.
July/August, 2012: Hackleman Court Renovation Phase 1. Power washed the entire tennis court surface, patched cracks and divots, painted the south half of the court, painted lines and installed permanent nets and posts. The courts were finished just before the tournament.
Court painting and first day of play on the 2 new permanent courts.
August 24-26, 2012: Our 1st Rally In The Valley Pickleball Tournament at West Albany High School.
Some of the tournament play.
October 2012: Hackleman Court Renovation Phase 2. Patched and resurfaced the north half of the court, painted the courts and painted lines. Permanent nets and posts, although purchased, will not be installed until spring of 2013 as we will be moving indoors soon.
