Pickleball

High School Pickleball Courts

Pickleball in Healdsburg

In 2018, community members approached the City to ask about creating areas for a new sport called “Pickleball”. In response, and after a lively debate between tennis players and pickleball players at the City's Parks and Recreation Commission, we installed the first set of pickleball lines on one tennis court at Giorgi Park, making it a shared tennis-pickleball court. This effort was successful so the City added pickleball lines to the second court at Giorgi Park, and shortly after, staff installed temporary pickleball lines on the floor of the Multi-Purpose Room at the Community Center and purchased a moveable pickleball net for indoor play during the winter months. 

Recognizing continued growth in the sport, the City worked with the pickleball community to develop plans for dedicated courts. The outcome of this work was a collaborative project with Healdsburg Unified School District to convert two under-utilized sports courts at the Healdsburg High School tennis complex into four dedicated pickleball courts. These courts are used by the High School physical education classes during the school year, and when not in use by the School District, available to community member through a monitored use program during school hours, and open to the public when school is not in session. 

Today, Healdsburg hosts a total of 19 pickleball courts in a variety of configurations: 

Location

Number of Courts

Dedicated or Shared

Use Status

Healdsburg High School Sports Complex

4

Dedicated

Open for public use when not used by HUSD

Giorgi Park

2

Shared

Public, shared with tennis

Community Center Multi-Purpose Room

1

Shared

Public, indoor seasonal use

Good Shepard Lutheran Church

1

Shared

Semi-Private

Montage Resort

2

Dedicated

Private

Ruse Inn

6

Dedicated

Private

Fitch Mountain Villas (Residential)

2

Dedicated

Private

Rivers Bend (Residential)

1

Dedicated

Private

Total

19

 

 

What is Pickleball?

  • A fun sport that combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong.
  • Pickleball can be played either indoors or outdoors on a badminton sized court and a slightly modified tennis net.
  • Pickleball is played with a paddle and a plastic ball with holes
  • Pickleball can be played as doubles or singles
  • Lastly, Pickleball can be enjoyed by all ages and skill levels!

Public Pickleball Courts in Healdsburg

The City of Healdsburg offers three locations for play:
  • Giorgi Park - There are two multi-use tennis and pickleball courts at Giorgi. These courts are open to the public.
    - Winter Hours - 8 am - 5 pm
    - Summer Hours - 8am - 8 pm
  • Abel De Luna Community Center - There is one indoor court located at the Community Center. This court is open to the public and playtimes are scheduled though the Playtime Scheduler website (see link below).
    - Monday, Wednesday and Friday - 8 am - 1 pm
    - Tuesday and Thursday - 8 am - 2:30 pm
    To see availability and to schedule time, please visit: https://bit.ly/HealdsburgPickleball
  • Healdsburg High School - There are four dedicated pickleball courts at the high school. Courts are open to the public for drop-in use before and after school hours. During school hours play can occur under the Healdsburg Pickleball Monitoring Program (see below). 
    - Monday - Friday - 8 am - 12 pm Courts open ONLY if a background checked monitor is present and onsite.
    - Monday - Friday - 4 pm - 8 pm
    - Weekends, School Holidays, Summer Break - Open All Day * Lights will be on daily till 8pm.

Healdsburg High School Pickleball Monitoring Program

The City of Healdsburg collaborated with Healdsburg Unified School District and representatives of the local Pickleball group to develop a plan to redevelop an underused 'sport court' at the high school and convert them into four pickleball courts. In addition, the City of Healdsburg and the Healdsburg Unified School District agreed to allow the use of the courts during school hours from 8 am -12 pm under a volunteer monitoring program. The details of the program are as follows:
  • Pickleball will provide volunteers to be the court monitors.
  • Monitors will be volunteers of the City of Healdsburg and must pass a background check at the police department.
  • Monitors who pass the background checks are provided a key to open the courts for the players, and they are required to be on-site while play is happening. 
  • If a monitor cannot be on-site, the facility will be closed, and no play can happen until after school hours. 
  • Monitors must lock the courts and the end of the day's session. 
  • Hours of play are Monday - Friday 8 am - 12 pm.
  • Courts will be locked before 12 pm if the monitor present is leaving the facility and there is other monitor to take over supervision.
  • All players must sign in via a QR code at the facility.
  • The QR code will track the participant's name and time of entry.
  • All participants will be prompted to agree to the City of Healdsburg's Liability Waiver. 
  • If you are interested in becoming a Pickleball Monitor, please contact the Healdsburg Community Services Department at
    707-431-3301.