Richmond Hill Pickleball

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Founded:
Location:

280
Dec 24, 2019
Richmond Hill, Ontario

Network organizer:

Mike Bowcott

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This network is open to all players in the area who are looking to play pickleball. As a network member, you can participate in official events such as round-robin play, pickleball ladders, leagues or tournaments. Some events are restricted to Richmond Hill residents only.

The goal of this network is to grow the sport of pickleball by offering "learn to play" lessons and running events, leagues and ladders based on skill level.

IMPORTANT: When you join the network, you must enter your skill level and join one of the following groups:

Beginner - 0-2.0
Beginner Plus -2.25-2.75
Good - 3.0 - 3.75
Intermediate - 4.0 - 4.75

Please make sure your skill level is appropriate for the group you are joining. We must ensure fun, competitive play, and this requires us to ensure that you are in the appropriate group based on your playing skills. We communicate events specific to each group, if you do not join a group, you will not receive invites to events. To join a group, click on the "Groups" link on the main page.

Events

You can click on the events link to see all upcoming events, and you can register for an event 7 days in advance. If you join an event and can no longer attend, we do have a waiting list, so please cancel 24 hours prior to the start of the event, this will allow those on the waiting list an opportunity to play.

Join us and don't forget to invite your friends!

Mike Bowcott
Pickleball Ambassador for Richmond Hill
Ontario Pickleball Association

Network Stats

Ladder Leagues	Underway: Complete: Matches:	2 0 12
Team Leagues	Underway: Complete: Matches:	0 0 0
Tournaments	Underway: Complete: Matches:	0 2 33
Total Matches Played:		45

280 Network Members

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Network Events

Oct 15 - Oct 21

Fri

15

Sat

16

10:00 AM
All Levels
20

Sun

17

10:00 AM
2.00 - 2.75
7
11:30 AM
2.75 - 3.75
0

Mon

18

6:00 PM
2.00 - 2.75
4
6:00 PM
2.75 - 3.75
4
7:30 PM
2.00 - 2.75
3

Tue

19

5:00 PM
4.00 - 6.00
0
7:30 PM
2.00 - 2.75
0
7:30 PM
2.75 - 3.75
6
7:30 PM
2.00 - 2.75
3

Wed

20

6:00 PM
2.00 - 2.75
0
7:30 PM
2.00 - 2.75
1

Thu

21

5:00 PM
4.00 - 4.75
0
7:30 PM
2.00 - 2.75
2

27

Where is everyone playing pickleball? Use an event to organize play sessions for a group of players. Players can rsvp for an event, and the system takes care of the rest. Learn more.

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Network Calendar

October 2021

Network News

Indoor Pickleball at Rouge Woods CC	Oct 12th 2021
How we will deal Skill Ratings Issues	Sep 14th 2021
September 2021 Update	Sep 9th 2021
July 2021 Update	Jul 28th 2021
King's College Pickleball Courts Update	Mar 27th 2021
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Network Comments

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Sara Shear - 12 hours, 21 minutes
What a turn out. Thanks so much for showing up and making our potluck an event to remember. What an amazing way to celebrate our journey. Amazing day! Beautiful people ?Great food ❤️ Great matches. Great weather ?
I had a blast.
I uploaded our photos; make sure to check it out ?

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Sara Shear - 6 days, 12 hours
Happy World Pickleball Day! Thanks to those who showed up for our last training session of the season ?

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Sara Shear - 2 weeks, 3 days
We had our last strategy training session of the season with Mike at Town Park tonight (September 29th). We had so much fun and learned a lot. Thanks Mike for your time and help.

2.50 to 3.75

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Sarina Cheung - 2 weeks, 3 days
Hi Mike, as Jocelyn mentioned, if you're short of one person for tomorrow, Sept. 30, at 5pm, I'm available. Hope you would let me play with you all. Thanks!

Sarina

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Jocelyn Lo - 2 weeks, 3 days
Hi Mike,
Re Sept 30, Thursday night events level 2.75 - 3.75 at 5:00pm in KCP, not sure is still ongoing due to 3 players.

Thanks and regards,
JOCELYN

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Shahram Faghihi - 2 weeks, 5 days
Hi All,

Today (Monday Sep., 27) there was a little confusion and misunderstanding during the RH Residents - Good (3.0-3.75) - Meet-up scheduled for 6:00-7:30 PM at KCP.

The registered attendees were under the impression that they have the exclusive usage rights of court 1 for the duration of their meet-up. I on the other hand, was under the impression that currently exclusive usage of court 1 is only on Thursday afternoons (I believe starting at 6pm) as per signage on the court.

Could someone (Mike Bowcott?) please clarify?

Thanks,
Shahram

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	Mike Bowcott - 2 weeks, 4 days Hi Shahram The courts are reserved exclusively for Richmond Hill residents on Monday and Thursday nights from 5-9 PM, and Sat and Sun from 8 AM - 12 PM. The new signage was posted on the courts a few weeks ago, and it indicates the rules and court access. I understand there was some confusion last night, so I will clarify the situation. The meet-up was for the Richmond Hill residents "Good" skill level group. They do not have exclusive use of the courts, as they must be shared with other "residents". They were to rotate on and off and keep to their group. The signage at the courts indicate the rules of play, including courts use and access. Singles play is not permitted when players are waiting. If you do not have enough players for doubles and four players are waiting, you must give up the court and wait for two other players to join your group of four. We only have four pickleball courts in Richmond Hill, KCP (2) and Town Park (2 tennis courts lined for PB). We run all "learn to play" and meet-ups for the beginner group at Town Park. As the Network expands and more players join, we will be in need of more courts. We purposely did not run too many events at KCP this year, but we are getting a lot of requests to run events at KCP, so we need to find a way to make it work for all involved. We are working with the City to expand the number of courts, ideally, a 10-20 court facility which will accommodate everyone. I hope this helps! Mike

	Shahram Faghihi - 2 weeks, 4 days Thanks Mike for your reply and clarification. You do, however, bring up a new point about singles play that does not seem quite right to me. I do find it reasonable not to have people playing singles when other players are waiting AND willing to join in. But, not letting people play singles if others are not willing to play with them, does not seem right.

	Mike Bowcott - 2 weeks, 4 days Yes, you can invite them to play with you, and most would play if they had not already arranged matches with other players, which is what they did. If you had been a foursome, and all were RH residents, you could have played your game and rotated on and off with them. Since you were playing singles, you must realize that those playing doubles have priority. You will simply have to wait for other players, RH residents to show up, and you can play with them.

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Sara Shear - 3 weeks, 3 days
Ladder league (matches and scores):
I’m so excited to see many of you are interested in our ladder league and playing matches. Happy to report that you can now propose matches using the website. Just go to: Menu—-leagues—-Doubles 2.5 to 2.75 Pickleball Ladder—-Proposal
Here you can propose a match. You can choose the court and the time, and propose a match. You can play anytime of the day at Town Park (or anywhere else) if you have 4 players.
Once you are done with your match, choose one of the players to submit the score. Go to : Menu—-leagues—-Doubles 2.5 to 2.75 Pickleball Ladder— and look for “Submit scores”. You’ll have 24 hours to put your score in. We only need one person to submit the score.

2.75-

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Sara Shear - 4 weeks, 1 day
Trial ladder league for beginner plus to address the rating issues: (2.50 to 2.75)
As you know, we’d like introduce the leagues and ladders for each skill level group to address our skill rating issue. We decided to start with a trial league and test the idea ? We are going to start with the beginner plus group (2.50 to 2.75).

You need to register to be able to play in the league and submit your score:

https://www.globalpickleball.network/network/ladder-league/registerPage/3499_2607-doubles-2-5-to-2-75-pickleball-ladder

Here is how it works: you will play series of matches and submit your scores; the website will calculate your playing level based on your wins and losses, as well as the number of games you play. The calculation will happen every night and your score can go up or down.

Matches: Given the limited courts and limited time slots, the admins cannot organize matches. Instead, we are going to use the meet ups for this purpose. Once you go to a meet up, ask your opponents if they agree to play a match. If they agree, then you have a match and you can submit your score.

You can also invite the members to play with you at a court of your choice and submit your score. So if you live in, say Maple, and there is a court near by, invite your friends for a match and then submit your score.

Score: Anything goes. Depending on court availability, you can decide the winning score; for example, you could do one game to 11 (or 7) win by 2 or one game first to 11 (or 7), or best 2/3 games to 11 points and win by 2. So anything goes!

Submitting the score: The winning team must enter the score within 24 hours, or it is a win by default for the losing team. You just need to go to on the website; choose our trial league; and submit score.

BYOB= bring your own balls

We appreciate your feedback in order to figure out what needs improvement. We also appreciate your patience and understanding as we figure this out ?

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Sara Shear - 4 weeks, 1 day
We have added additional training sessions for beginners, beginner plus, and Good on Wednesdays.
So, for now, Mike will hold training sessions on both Mondays and Wednesdays.
Training sessions for beginner plus and Good groups will focus on Pickleball strategies.
Please register only to the event that is created for your level.

3.75-

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Helen Cerullo - 1 month
Does anyone know why the Meets on 14SEP & now 21SEP is cancelled?

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