Ogden Pickleball Forum

Reminder: OPA’s New Years Day Social

OPA is hosting a FREE New Year’s Day social at the Clearfield Aquatic and Fitness Center.

OPA’s gift to the Utah pickleball community!
• When: Saturday January 1st, 2022
• Times: 10:30am-4pm
• Where: Clearfield Aquatic and Fitness Center - 825 State St, Clearfield
• Cost: Free!

OPA has rented the center for 5 ½ hours of indoor play on. It is open to all skill levels. This is a social event meant to be fun for all and we ask that everyone be willing to play with anyone. Paddle up court rotation. Make new friends, reunite with old ones, relax and just have fun.

OPA will be providing pizza and ask that those who are willing, to bring a side dish to share with the attendees. OPA merchandise will given away throughout the day.
So if you have the day off and you aren’t doing a tournament, or you got eliminated a bit too soon from a tournament…come stop by for some free pickleball fun to start the New Year off right.

***OPA has limited indoor balls to lend out so please bring your own if you have them.

OPA’s New Years Day Social

OPA is hosting a FREE New Year’s Day social at the Clearfield Aquatic and Fitness Center.

OPA’s gift to the Utah pickleball community!
• When: Saturday January 1st, 2022
• Times: 10:30am-4pm
• Where: Clearfield Aquatic and Fitness Center - 825 State St, Clearfield
• Cost: Free!
• Prizes: Yes!
• Fun: Of Course!

OPA has rented the center for 5 ½ hours of indoor play on 12 courts (indoor balls; indoor surface-6 painted, 6-taped). It is open to all skill levels. This is a social event meant to be fun for all and we ask that everyone be willing to play with anyone. Paddle up court rotation. Make new friends, reunite with old ones, relax and just have fun.

OPA will be providing deli meat trays for sandwiches and ask that those who are willing, to bring a side dish to share with the attendees. OPA merchandise will be raffled off throughout the day.
So if you have the day off and you aren’t doing a tournament, or you got eliminated a bit too soon from a tournament…come stop by for some free pickleball fun to start the New Year off right.

***OPA has limited indoor balls to lend out so please bring your own if you have them.

REMINDER!

OPA’s October “Picklefest” Mixer Round Robin is this Thursday October 21st 5:30pm at the Monroe Pickleball Courts. This is a one day event with all brackets starting at the same time.

This event will be a “skills based mixer” round robin format style of play. There will be a total of 8 players in each bracket and you will be teaming up with all 7 of the other players. The TOP 3 players in each bracket will be awarded medals.

Looks like the weather on Thursday will be the nicest of the week. However, this is Utah so make sure to bring layers and plan accordingly.

Games will be to 11 win by 1.

• Dates: 10/21/2021
• Times: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
• Location: Ogden Monroe Pickleball Courts

OPA’s October “Picklefest Mixer” Round Robin event.

This event will be a “skills based mixer” round robin format style of play. You will register as an individual player. There will be a total of 8 players in each bracket and you will be teaming up with all 7 of them. The TOP 3 players in each bracket will be awarded medals. It does not matter if you are male or female, register in the skill level you desire. Who will be the strongest individual player? What individual gels the best with everyone?
Games will be to 11 win by 1.
• Dates: 10/21/2021
• Times: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
• Location: Ogden Monroe Pickleball Courts
• Cost: OPA members $15 /non-members $20
• Teams/brackets: 2.5-8 players, 3.0-8 players, 3.5-8 players, 4.0+-8 players
***There will be no refunds for this event after 10/13/2021. If you need to cancel you can transfer your spot to another player and collect fees directly from the new player.
Register: ogdenpickleball.org
Questions: [email protected]

OPA’s October “Picklefest Mixer” Round Robin event.

This event will be a “skills based mixer” round robin format style of play. You will register as an individual player. There will be a total of 8 players in each bracket and you will be teaming up with all 7 of them. The TOP 3 players in each bracket will be awarded medals. It does not matter if you are male or female, register in the skill level you desire. Who will be the strongest individual player? What individual gels the best with everyone?

Games will be to 11 win by 1.
• Dates: 10/21/2021
• Times: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
• Location: Ogden Monroe Pickleball Courts
• Cost: OPA members $15 /non-members $20
• Teams/brackets: 2.5-8 players, 3.0-8 players, 3.5-8 players, 4.0+-8 players

***There will be no refunds for this event after 10/13/2021. If you need to cancel you can transfer your spot to another player and collect fees directly from the new player.

Register: ogdenpickleball.org
Questions: [email protected]

OPA’s October “Picklefest” Round Robin.

“Mixer” Round Robin event.

This event will be a “skills based mixer” round robin format style of play. You will register as an individual player. There will be a total of 8 players in each bracket and you will be teaming up with all 7 of them. The TOP 3 players in each bracket will be awarded medals. It does not matter if you are male or female, register in the skill level you desire. Who will be the strongest individual player? What individual gels the best with everyone?
Games will be to 11 win by 1.

• Dates: 10/21/2021
• Times: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
• Location: Ogden Monroe Pickleball Courts
• Cost: OPA members $15 /non-members $20
• Teams/brackets: 2.5-8 players, 3.0-8 players, 3.5-8 players, 4.0+-8 players

***There will be no refunds for this event after 10/13/2021. If you need to cancel you can transfer your spot to another player and collect fees directly from the new player.

Register: ogdenpickleball.org
Questions: [email protected]

OPA’s August “Stronger Together” Round Robin.
Skills based Round Robin event.
Register: ogdenpickleball.org
It does not matter if your teams are two women, two men, or one woman and one man…teams are based on your skill level. Each team in each skill level bracket will play all teams in that bracket in a round robin format.
A team with two men will start off with a 0 point advantage. A team with one woman and one man will start off with a 1 point advantage and a team with two women will start off with a 2 point advantage each match.
W/W +2 W/M +1 M/M +0
• Dates: 8/25/2021 (2.5 & 3.0) – 8/26/2021 (3.5 & 4.0+)
• Times: 5:30pm – 8:30pm
• Location: Ogden Monroe Pickleball Courts
• Cost: OPA members $30 a team/non-members $40 a team
• Teams/brackets: 2.5-9 teams, 3.0-9 teams, 3.5-9 teams, 4.0+-9 teams
Games will be to 11 win by 2 cap at 15. There will be medals for the top three teams in each bracket. (The winners will be determined by Wins/Loses. Ties breaker will go to point differential then head to head.
***There will be no refunds for this event after 8/18/2021. If you need to cancel you can transfer your spot to another player and collect fees directly from the new player.
Register: ogdenpickleball.org
Questions: [email protected]

OPA News!

For those of you who haven’t heard, the Ogden pickleball courts are going to get their much needed re-surfacing. The plan, as it sits right now, is to, first, have the Mt Ogden courts re-surfaced Spring 2022. The Monroe courts will then be assessed for the needs at that location (lighting, additional courts, etc.). OPA has been in constant contact with the city and has expressed the local pickleball community’s needs and desires when it comes to the pickleball facilities in Ogden City. It is a process that everyone can be a part of. The next time you are at a busy pickleball facility, waiting to get on a court, take a photograph depicting the amount of players waiting. Then send that picture to [email protected].

OPA will be raising money for additional equipment and amenities that each of these pickleball facilities need. Our goal is to get new court numbers at each location; pickleball rules and pickleball only signs; wind socks; and additional picnic shade pavilions (like the one at Mt Ogden).

Help OPA accomplish these goals by signing up for the OPA Events at ogdenpickleball.org. If you do not want to participate in one of our event but would like to contribute to the cause, you can send a donation via Venmo; Ogden Pickleball

Thank you
The OPA Board

Why participate in OPA’s monthly mini round robin events?

This year has definitely been a challenge to host these events. There are so many options for players to choose from on a weekly basis. There are, at times, 2 to 3 tournaments a week. These OPA mini-round robins are a great way to get tuned up for these tournaments. Team up with someone who you haven’t played with before and see how you would do together; find out if your styles complement each other. Why not figure that out at an OPA mini round robin then the day of your big tournament?

OPA, throughout the years, has contributed greatly to all aspects of pickleball by providing clinics, training, and tournaments; providing volunteers, equipment and resources to different organizations and functions. OPA has worked with schools, after-school youth programs, senior citizens centers and city recreation departments to help setup, build, teach, and promote pickleball.

The OPA Board is 100% made up of volunteers working to grow the sport they love; the sport we all love. These volunteer board members do not get paid (nor to do they ask to be), do not get kickbacks, and do not get free balls or gear. The board members do get the satisfaction that they contributed to the growth of pickleball. All of the money raised by the association goes back to the numerous NORTHERN Utah pickleball communities.

OPA has been in talks all year with Ogden City in hopes of getting the courts updated; getting the courts resurfaced, getting new court numbers installed, and getting “Rules” signage (pickleball only). OPA, this year, would also like to contribute to the youth that play at Barnes Park after the adult are done there. OPA is open to donate what they can to anything pickleball related. However, this takes funding and the 80% of the money that OPA raises is from these mini round robin events. So the next time you are thinking about playing pickleball, practicing for a tournament, or tuning your skills…please consider an OPA event. (If you are all about the medals, we have those too!)

Thank you for your time!
The OPA Board