Austin Pickleball Update - Volume 28

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Austin Pickleball Update
December 05, 2024

Hello, and welcome to Austin Pickleball Update - Volume 28!

In this issue of APU:

  • Vote in the 2024 Austin Pickleball Update Awards

  • Austin Pickleball Update Turns 1

  • Texas Ranchers Roundup - Here’s to a Stellar Season

  • Community News - CCP Launches Austin Pickler Pass, TopShot Debuts in Cedar Park, and Polo Tennis & Fitness Club Rebrands

  • Tournaments, Leagues, Open Play, Clinics, and Community Events

  • Austin Pickleball Update Social Groups

If you’re looking for places to play pickleball in Austin, check out our Austin Pickleball Courts and Clubs page here. 

Let’s dink on in!

Vote in the 2024 Austin Pickleball Update Awards

The 2024 Austin Pickleball Update Awards highlight and recognize the very best of pickleball in Austin, including clubs, courts, coaches, communities, events, and more.

These awards are by the Austin pickleball community, for the Austin pickleball community, and voting is completely community driven. 

Voting is open for the month of December 2024 across different categories of pickleball in Austin, and you can vote now using the form below. Each unique email can vote once.

The 2024 Austin Pickleball Update Award winners will be announced on December 30th in APU Volume 30, our last newsletter of the year. 

Thank you for helping us recognize the best of pickleball in Austin!

Tournament of the Week - Donate n' Dink Toy Drive Tourney

Capital City Pickleball is bringing community together for a Donate n' Dink Toy Drive Tourney on December 8th from 10am-2pm at Waterloo Pickleball.

This tourney benefit's Austin’s local charity Brown Santa, which is run by the Travis County Sheriff’s department and delivers toys to children without this holiday season.

Register for the tournament to enjoy at least 5 games to 11, including playoffs. Additionally, each toy you bring provides raffle tickets for awesome prizes.

Come enjoy a day of friendly competition, giving back, and fantastic food at the Donate n' Dink Toy Drive Tourney hosted by Capital City Pickleball!

Austin Pickleball Update Turns 1

Just over one year ago on November 24, 2023, we published Volume 1 of Austin Pickleball Update.

In that very first issue, we stated the our intention with Austin Pickleball Update, “to provide timely and relevant news about pickleball for the Austin metro area so that you can spend less time figuring out where/how/who to play, and more time actually playing pickleball.”

We had an idea that, like us, pickleball players in Austin were an active and engaged community that wanted to stay in the know around the latest courts, clubs, tournaments, events, and pickleball news.

After one year, 28 newsletter volumes, and a growing Austin community of 3,100+ pickleball players, you have all proved and validated the idea of Austin Pickleball Update beyond anything we could have imagined.

To all of our readers, whether you have been here since volume 1 or only recently joined, we are grateful for your support, feedback, and love.

Austin Pickleball Update is here to serve and provide value for you on your pickleball journey, and we look forward to continuing to bring you the best and latest of all things pickleball in Austin.

See you on the courts!

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Texas Ranchers Roundup - Here’s to a Stellar Season!

The Texas Ranchers finish a stellar 2024 MLP season in 4th place, ending behind the STL Shock, New Jersey 5’s, and 2024 MLP Champions Dallas Flash Pickleball.

Congratulation to the Dallas Flash on their 2024 MLP Championship!

The Ranchers went to Orlando hoping to bring back a championship, but ended up falling to the New Jersey 5s in the semifinal matchup 0-2.

They fought hard in the bronze medal match against the STL Shock, but ultimately ended their season on a Dreambreaker loss, losing 2-3 in the third place match.

All said and done, this was a stellar season for the Texas Ranchers. They picked up an incredible addition to their team off waivers, Quang Duong, finished ahead of 8 other MLP teams, and won in the first round of the playoffs to make it to the semifinals.

#RideTall, Texas Ranchers!

The team, and the Texas Ranchers organization as a whole, have every reason to be proud of how they showed up in the 2024 season. They definitely did Ranchers Nation and the city of Austin proud.

With the 2024 MLP season on the books we are officially into the off season. Each MLP team is required to drop one player from their roster, so it will be interesting to see the off season moves made by the Ranchers organization.

See you next season!

Thanks for joining us as we followed the incredible journey of the Texas Ranchers for the 2024 MLP Season!

And stay tuned to Austin Pickleball Update for the latest news and information about Austin’s professional pickleball team, the Texas Ranchers, when the 2025 MLP season kicks off next year!

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Community News

Capital City Pickleball Launches Austin Pickler Pass

Capital City Pickleball has launched a new, Premium Pickler Pass. For $100/month, players get access to all regularly scheduled CCP events, plus premium events around Austin, free access to tournaments, and 50% off league sign ups.

While the premium membership offers access to events all around Austin plus premium events, they also offer two other options, a North Austin Pickler Pass focused solely on clubs in the northern part of the city for $45/month, and a Standard Pickler Pass without premium events for $75/month.

TopShot Debuts in Cedar Park

A new sports club, TopShot, has opening in Cedar Park at 840 N. Vista Ridge Blvd.

The club offers $60/month memberships which include pickleball, badminton, and gym access, with 14 “dynamic” indoor courts across 30,000 square feet. They also have guest passes for $15/day, court reservations for $10/hour/court, daily open play, and a pro shop on site.

Polo Tennis & Fitness Club Rebrands for Racquets

The Polo Tennis & Fitness Club, located at 13730 US-290, Austin, TX, has rebranded as the Dripping Springs Racquet Club. The club is preparing for a full launch of their rebrand in January, no doubt to capitalize on the huge growth in racquet spots over the past few years.

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Share this newsletter with your Austin pickleball friends so that they stay up to date around everything pickleball in Austin! 

If you’re looking for places to play pickleball in Austin, check out our Austin Pickleball Courts and Clubs page here. 

Previous volumes of Austin Pickleball Update:

If you have any Austin pickleball news, tips, or topics that we should cover or may have missed, reach out and let us know! We're always grateful to hear from our readers.

Look out for Austin Pickleball Update - Volume 29 on Thursday, December 19, 2024!

See you on the courts!✌️