Further to its Come and Try Days in March the Drysdale Clifton Springs Pickleball Club (DCSPC) will be introducing regular monthly junior sessions for children aged 11 years and upwards.

These sessions will occur as follows:

To cover the cost of hall hire DCSPC requires a minimum of 8 players per session. Any numbers less than the minimum may result in the cancellation of a session.

To participate in these sessions children of 11-15 will be required to become junior members of DSCPC. Membership of DCSPC can be undertaken via the Pickleball Victoria website at https://pickleballvictoria.org - see further instructions below.

Unfortunately, DCSPC will not at this stage be offering pickleball sessions for children aged 10 and under. If the above sessions for 11-15 year olds are successful in terms of numbers attending then DCSPC may review the decision to involve 10 and under children. DCSPC is also exploring other avenues for the involvement of those under 10 years of age and will communicate that through this website.

Children and young people of 16 and 17 years of age upwards are welcome to take out a juniors membership with DCSPC and participate in our adult sessions so long as they have a parent or guardian in attendance. The sessions run for two hours and the price is $7.65. Your child will need to join following the instructions in this message.

To take up membership of the Club’s Junior programs you will be required to undertake the following process:

To become a member of DCSPC potential members should first access the Pickleball Victoria website at https://pickleballvictoria.org then select Membership from the Menu then select Registration. In completing the registration process you will need to select Drysdale Clifton Springs Pickleball Club at the applicable dropdown then Junior at the next dropdown. A membership fee of $55 will be required to be paid as part of this registration. Once you have joined you can send us an email at membership@dcspickleball.org advising us of your membership number. Your membership with DCSPC provides insurance coverage in case of injury. Session Play at DCSPC.

All sessions of play at DCSPC are managed via a Smartphone App called Spond. Spond is downloadable from the App Store. Once you have completed a membership registration with Pickleball Victoria and notified us you will get an email with a Spond invite code that will allow your child to join the DCSPC Junior Group. Upon being provided access to Spond you will be able to see all available sessions for Juniors. As each session is released you or your child will be able to select Attend or Decline as applicable. Selecting Attend will then initiate a payment request which can be done via credit card under secure protocols.

Should you have any questions in relation to the above please reply to juniors@dcspickleball.org.