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.
2026 Pickleball Socials
For 2026, the club has scheduled four "Pickleball and Potluck" events at MPC (Monterey Peninsula College).
The dates are:
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Sunday May 17
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Sunday June 28
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Sunday September 27
We hope you will join us for these free events open to both members and non-members. ​
MPC Tournament
If you are looking for a fun event that is a little more competitive than our socials, our friends at MPC are holding their 2nd Annual Pickleball Tournament on the weekend of April 11 & 12. Proceeds help to provide scholarships for MPC students. ​​
Carmel Pickleball Update
Updated 3/21/2026
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As you have probably heard, the Carmel-by-the-Sea City Council passed a new city ordinance making it a misdemeanor to play pickleball at Forest Hill park. It's a shame that no compromise was acceptable to the city council members. People had been playing pickleball at Forest Hill park since the early 2010's with no issues. The explosion in pickleball popularity following the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as successful neighbor uprisings in nearby Monterey and Pacific Grove in preceding years, likely sealed it's fate. About 3 years after the park was expanded from 2 courts to 4 courts, the City Council opened a formal review of pickleball play. It took them another year and a half to take their final action. For anyone interested in how the process played out, we have prepared a timeline of the proceedings thanks to ChatGPT.
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Many media outlets picked up on the story as Carmel became the first town in California to ban the sport. Here is one from Yahoo News.
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New Nets at MHS
Updated 3/21/2026
Last year several members of Monterey Bay Pickleball Club helped paint lines for 8 pickleball courts on the Tennis courts at Monterey High School. Since then, both students and the rest of the community have enjoyed pickleball play on these courts. Recently, the club donated $1500 worth of new nets to the high school. This included two new rolling nets and replacement netting for the other six nets at the courts. The courts are open to the public Monday - Friday after 4pm, when the courts are not in use by the school. They are also open all day on weekends and holidays. If you have not already, please stop by and give them a try.
Thankyou to all our club members and other supports whose financial donations to MBPC help the club support pickleball in our community.
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).
