Hello, Fellow Picklers!

The Fall group play is nearing ever closer, at this point we are planning on having Week 1 of 10 start on September 21st.

Teams will play on Mondays at 7. Any missing games will be considered a forfeit for that particular game but not a loss for the team.

Week 1 September 29th and every Monday after for 10 weeks.

Banquet: TBD.

Each Team will have ten scheduled matches

Each week a team will provide 6 men players and 4 women players for the scheduled matches. The matches will be organized as follows :

  • Each team provides players: 

    • remember, if someone is unable to play you can substitute a player to play up, NEVER DOWN .



Each A match a Lifetime ball will be used and B matches will use a new Franklin X-40.  Players are responsible for providing their own new ball.  Brad will supply the Lifetime balls for A games.  The Franklin X-40 yellow ball is available at Walmart, Amazon, Target, Dicks, and Academy Sports. 

Players are responsible for reserving their own courts each week. Do not ask captains to schedule your matches.  If you are not a member of Melvin Park there is a $5.00 fee per day.

You can call Melvin Park (which is really Crooked Creek) at 803-345-6181 to pay your court fee, or pay at the Melvin Park office.  Members play free. It would be easiest if park members from each team reserve courts, either online or by calling Crooked Creek.  ***Please do not use the term “league match” - this is a group.  Just reserve a court with no additional elaboration. 

Players are to report scores to their captains immediately after the match.  A text would be best.  Please remember your scores.  Once scores are reported to captains, the captains will notify Brad of all scores.  He will assure scores are logged on the master scoreboard, and uploaded to the online site via the melvinpb.com website.  

We are asking each team to give themselves a team name. 

LASTLY:  

This is a FUN event with some moderate competition cooked into the matches.  Please show sportsmanship, and smile as often as you can on the courts….Remember practice before 7pm so you can watch and root for your team. NO ONE WATCHING WILL MAKE LINE CALLS!!!!!!!- “This is REC PLAY PICKLEBALL!”   

“Carpe Diem”