Mission Statement
BPC promotes the development of pickleball skills, facilities and community in the greater Bellingham area.
To become a BPC member, or to renew your membership:
Click here to submit form & payment online
OR
- Click and download the pdf link below.
- Print and fill out the form.
- Write a check and mail to the address listed, or give to a board member with check or cash.
BPC Membership Supports:
- Expansion and improvement of local pickleball facilities.
- Welcoming environment for players of all levels.
- Vibrant pickleball community.
- Opportunities to connect with players of your level.
- Enhanced communication, including BPC website.
- Links to places to play, local classes and clinics, rules and organizations, and discounts.
- And much, much more…
Contact Us
Questions about the club, or anything else?
Visit “Bellingham WA Pickleball”, a local group of pickleball players on facebook. Provides general information but not specifically BPC.
News and Updates
UPDATES,ALERTS, & REMINDERS
1) Save the Dates!
> UPCOMING BPC MEETING & POTLUCK is SUNDAY JUNE 23rd. Meeting @ 5:45pm; Potluck @ 5pm. Gail& Pat’s Place @ 2829 Lynn St Bham (near Yeagers). Hope to see you there!
> SUNDAY AUGUST 18th: FIRST ANNUAL BPC ANNUAL MEETING & BOARD ELECTIONS@ Fairhaven Park Pavilion ( late afternoon-early evening; exact time TBD). Please also consider whether you might want to run for a board seat….
> PICKLEBALL SOCIAL co-hosted by BPC & Birch Bay Activity Center (BBAC) on Saturday September 14th @ BBAC. Family friendly & everyone welcome!
2) CORNWALL COURT PROGRESS & ALERTS
> Painting of pickleball lines on tennis courts will start Thursday 5/23, so those courts will temporarily be unavailable. Please don’t chalk those courts, or step on the new lines until the paint is dry.
> The fence posts are in (with mesh netting as the barrier). Please use care & caution.
> The pickleball courts will be closed for a day next week for asphalt capping of post holes. Day is unknown at this point. Tennis courts will be open for use with portable nets during that time.
3) CORNWALL MORNING DROP-IN COURT ROTATION PROTOCOLS
> “Court Hosts” will be identifiable by a bright orange sash.
> We will continue with the paddle stacking method, but now grouping paddles along the row marked A, B, C, D, E in order to determine which group gets the next open court.
> Also new as decided by the group at the 4/28 BPC meeting: at the end of your game all players need to leave their court & return to the paddle stacking queue to determine who gets the next court, even when the courts aren’t all in use. This allows anyone waiting an opportunity to join in, and those playing to switch courts if they wish.
> A new trial option is to put the board that says “Any Level” with your paddle to indicate your group is open to any & all. This paddle stack will be set in order like any other group, but the handle orientation doesn't matter since the board saying "Any Level" is placed on top (or adjacent). If successful, we might need more than one indicator.
4) NEW CLUB BALL, and MORE!
> The new club recreational ball is the ONIX Fuse G2. It is harder than the old Onix Pure, and it is USAPA approved. Folks are also welcome to bring DURA or Franklin to Cornwall for play during drop-in as long as all 4 players are ok with it.
> ANYONE WHO RENEWS or JOINS BPC during the month of May is eligible to receive two Onix Fuse balls, or one Dura.
> We purchased the balls with a REBATE from Pickleball Central from use of code CRBellPC . Consumers also get 5% off with use of that code. Please keep using CRBellPC & sharing it for purchases @ Pickleball Central!
5) CALENDAR SCHEDULE (in coordination with the Bellingham Parks Recreation Program)
> Starting by Mid-June, BPC will try scheduling one night a week to be an “Open Drop-in Session”, similar to what happens in the mornings. That way players can just show up on that evening and know there will likely be folks to play with!
> Before the end of June, the BPC calendar will start to have some scheduled weekly skill level sessions (open to the public). We will only put sessions that have “hosts” on the calendar, so that we know for sure someone will be there. To help get your skill-level on the calendar, please let us know if you might want to volunteer to be a session “host”.
> Soon we we’ll also have “Beginner/Novice” sessions on the calendar; on a weekday and Saturday afternoon. Everyone welcome! We’d also love to offer one evening session, but to do that we need some volunteers step up. If you’d like to help with any of those, please let us know.
6) A big THANK YOU to PLAYERS PICKLEBALL for donating $1000 to our Cornwall Fencing Fund Drive! We greatly appreciate the support of our Bellingham paddle manufacturer, and encourage you & your friends to use code bpc10 for 10% off their great paddles @ playerspickleball.com/ , with a bonus of a $10 donation to BPC!
REMINDERS:
>1st ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL & MEMBERSHIPE DRIVE is MAY-JUNE to simplify our BPC bookkeeping & help keep our treasurer sane. Online BPC membership is available@ bellinghampickleball.org . Paper copies available at meeting or Cornwall Kiosk.
>YOU ARE ELIGIBLE for some new club balls if you renew or join in May. Please renew or join soon!
>If you’d like a NAME TAG, please let “Wheeler” know.
Wheeler is ordering more name tags with a magnetic back for easy wearing. They have the BPC club logo, and however you want your name to be printed. The cost is $10. See him on the courts or email him @ wheeler225@gmail.com .
>The practical "BPC Skill-Level Self Assessment Guide" is available @ bellinghampickleball.org/flyers-documents/ , and at the Cornwall Kiosk.
Thank you very much for your support as we grow & develop!
All input welcome 😊
Bellinghampickle@gmail.com
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Flyers/Documents • Bellingham Pickleball Club
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I played for the first time today. You should all be very proud of the work you have done. What a great facility and so many have contributed.
Cornwall courts are currently wet, and suitable only for those who don't mind a bit of a slip & slide game. They will likely dry out as the day progresses.
Tomorrow they should be dry and playable. The tennis court area might be unplayable through Thursday due to plans to start marking, taping, & painting the additional pickleball lines there (dependent on a variety of factors).
Thank you for your continued patience & support.
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