• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • ADVERTISE
  • NEWSSTANDS
  • ABOUT
  • STAFF
  • CONTACT
  • BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Methow Valley News

Locally grown, internationally known

  • NEWS
  • ARTS
  • SPORTS
  • BUSINESS
  • OPINION
    • Letters to the Editor
    • No Bad Days
    • Editorials
    • Hello?
    • My Turn
    • Harts Pass
    • Cartoons
  • OBITUARIES
  • VALLEY LIFE
    • Mazama
    • Winthrop
    • Twisp
    • Lower Valley
    • Off the Wall
  • SENIORS
  • CALENDAR
  • LEGALS
  • CLASSIFIEDS
  • MORE…
    • Crosswords
    • Sudoku
    • Announcements
    • Photos
    • Naked Eye
    • Special Features
    • Readers Write
  • FACEBOOK

Play pickleball at Methow Valley Community Center

November 23, 2016 by Methow Valley News

Pickleball in Twisp has moved inside for the winter.

John Fleming, Twisp Town Council member and self-described commissioner of the Methow Valley Pickleball Association, said several pickleball sessions will be offered each week at the Methow Valley Community Center gym.

Times are Tuesdays from 9 – 11 a.m. and Thursdays from 3-5 p.m. Last week, sessions were added on Monday and Thursday evenings, starting at 6:30 p.m., Fleming said. Clinics for beginners will be part of the Monday night sessions, he said. Loaner paddles will be available.

Fleming got pickleball play started in Twisp in 2015 at the town park, where pickleball court lines were painted on the outdoor basketball courts.

Pickleball is somewhat similar to tennis, Fleming said. The court is smaller, the net is lower, players use paddles rather than racquets, and the balls are whiffle balls.

“Pickleball players aren’t require to cover as much ground as tennis players,” Fleming said. “That alone has contributed to the rapid growth of the sport throughout the country.”

It’s also a lot of fun, Fleming said.

For more information, call Fleming at (760) 885-4907.

Filed Under: SPORTS Tagged With: Methow Valley Community Center

Primary Sidebar

Today is November 25, 2022

LATE BREAKING NEWS

MV Community Center struggles with theft, vandalism

Most Read

Today

Twisp
◉
30°
Cloudy
7:23 am4:12 pm PST
Feels like: 30°F
Wind: 1mph NW
Humidity: 88%
Pressure: 30.18"Hg
UV index: 0
SatSunMonTue
36/21°F
32/9°F
23/-2°F
18/10°F
Weather forecast Twisp, Washington ▸

Footer

© 2022 · Methow Valley News