A rental cabinet of pickleball equipment is available for anyone to use near The BBQ Pit in Seeley Lake. From left to right: BBQ Pit employee Alex Kay, Cheryl Lewis with Citizens Alliance Bank, president of the pickleball club Jim Taylor, vice president of the pickleball club Kerry Schaefer and BBQ Pit employee Emma Stevenson.
The Seeley Lake Pickleball Club is trying to get more people on the courts.
About 55 people are members of the club and they play Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8 a.m. until noon behind Seeley Lake Elementary School next to the baseball diamonds where there are six outdoor courts available for pickleball playing. Since the club practices at this time, members are required to have insurance, so each person pays $30 each year to cover those costs. People can play outside of those morning times without needing insurance.
Kerry Schaefer, vice president of the club, said they've been trying to get more people who work traditional 8-5 jobs to start playing. In that effort, the club's started offering a rental service of sorts where people can pick up four pickleball paddles and a ball and take them to the school to play.
"Our hope here is that we can begin to get some of the after 5 p.m. age group, male and female, interested and once we do we can actually hold some training sessions," Schaefer said.
The goal would be to train instructors before some of the pickleball club members leave the Seeley Lake area in October.
The cabinet of pickleball supplies is located at The BBQ Pit in Seeley Lake. To get the paddles and balls people leave a driver's license for security with The BBQ Pit and then are given a key to unlock the chest and can grab up to four paddles and a ball.
Some club members donated supplies to the cabinet and the club worked with Cheryl Lewis at Citizens Alliance Bank in Seeley, which bought ten paddles to add to the collection.
Visit seeleylakepickleball.com to learn more about the club and stay apprised of potential upcoming training opportunities.
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