Welcome to MBPC!
Welcome to Monterey Bay Pickleball Club. We are a vibrant community dedicated to promoting and growing the sport of pickleball on the Monterey Peninsula. We aim to make pickleball accessible to everyone in our community by advocating for free access to high quality, safe public courts and sponsoring free events.
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Your $20 annual donation helps pay for club expenses such as club socials and this web site. Click below to join the club.
Pickleball Social @ MPC
As we near the end of summer, Monterey Bay Pickleball Club is going to host another "Pickleball and Potluck" event at MPC (Monterey Peninsula college) on September 7. We hope you will join us for this free event open to both members and non-members. Please sign up if you would like to attend this event.​
If you can't make this event, never fear. Watch for our Fall Social currently planned for October 19 at MPC.
Club Logo and Merchandise
To bolster our club's identity, we have adopted a new logo and refreshed our website design. We are also commissioning merchandise featuring the logo. The first item is a stylish hat, perfect for playing on the courts.
We also have pickleball bag tags featuring the logo. The bag tags can be customized with your name and phone number. These are available for FREE exclusively to club members. To check your membership status, login and go to the My Subscriptions page in your profile. Go to our store to order your bag tag today!
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Be sure to attend our next social event to see these new items in person. Order now to pick up your tag at the next social (or any local court).
New Courts
​There are a variety of court projects in progress around the peninsula. The latest is the striping of pickleball lines on the tennis courts at Monterey High School. These courts are open to the public when school is not in session: After 4:00 PM M-F and all day on weekends and holidays. There are 8 courts with portable nets.
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Pickleball lines have also been added to the tennis courts at Tularcitos School near Carmel Valley Village. There are 4 courts with portable nets. Courts are open to the public when school is not in session.
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Del Rey Oaks is including pickleball lines on their tennis courts as part of the FORTAG project. However, it's still not clear when these courts will be open for play. Probably sometime next year.
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Marina has a couple of proposed pickleball projects as well, however, there is still some debate about what they will do. If you would like to help advocate for new courts in Marina, feel free to contact us.
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Check back here for more updates on local courts. Also, if you have a court update to share, please contact us.
Carmel Pickleball Update
Update 8/14/2025 : The meeting is not yet scheduled due to other high priority items facing the City Council. It's possible that they may schedule a special session just to address this issue. In the mean time, please reach out to members of the council members to voice your support for Carmel pickleball. See more info below.
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At its March 13, 2025 meeting, the city of Carmel's Forest and Beach Commission decided to impose stricter limits on pickleball at Forest Hill Park. They voted in favor of a staff recommendation to limit play to 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and to remove two of the pickleball courts entirely. Additionally, the commission is advocating for updates to the city code that would allow Carmel police to issue citations to individuals playing outside these designated hours.
This proposal will now move to the city council for final approval. The exact date of the council meeting has not yet been determined, but updates will be shared as soon as the information becomes available. The City Council meets the first Monday and Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m. (with the exception of Holidays) in the Council Chamber of Carmel City Hall located on the east side of Monte Verde Street between Ocean and 7th Avenues.
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In the meantime, here are the email addresses of the the council members in case you would like to express your concern over the Forest and Beach Commission recommendation.
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dbyrne@ci.carmel.ca.us - Dale Byrne (Mayor)
rdelves@ci.carmel.ca.us - Bob Delves
jbaron@ci.carmel.ca.us - Jeff Baron
hbuder@ci.carmel.ca.us - Hans Buder
adramov@ci.carmel.ca.us - Alissandra Dramov
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In all likelihood, this will be our last opportunity to maintain pickleball at Forest Hill park.
