ATTENTION: 11:00 am Registration (Sunday, December 14th, 2025)

Here are some overview details for our 2026 OPA Winter Season, designed for Competitive & Advance Levels. Please review them to determine which sessions you’d like to sign up for on Registration Day.

Monday Nights (3.5 Level) Recreational Pickleball
Join us MONDAY NIGHTS for 2 hours of Competitive Pickleball. This is open to all 2026 OPA paid members and for players at the 3.5 Level.

By signing up for the entire session, you agree to attend all 6 weeks; no refunds will be issued once the sessions have started.

Winter Session One starts on January 5th, 2026, and runs for 6 weeks. As we are using school gymnasiums, there are some weeks that the gym is unavailable due to holidays or school events, please note there will be no Pickleball on January 26th or Family Day February 16th.

COST: $42 for 6 weeks
TIME: 6:30-8:30
Capacity is limited to 15 players.

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SATURDAY'S Recreational Play - Level (3.5+)
2 Options: 9:00 AM & 11:00 AM Time Slots
Join us SATURDAY MORNINGS for 2 hours of Pickleball. This is open to all 2026 OPA paid members and for players at Level 3.5+

By signing up for the entire session, you agree to attend all 7 weeks; no refunds will be issued once the sessions have started. Each member must sign up individually.

The WINTER session starts January 10th for 7 weeks in GYM B. Since we are using school gymnasiums, the gym may be unavailable during holidays or school events. There will be no Pickleball on January 31st.

COST: $63 for 7 weeks
OPTION 1: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
OPTION 2: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Capacity of 29 players for each option

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NEW Tuesday Night COMPETITIVE ADVANCED Play & Drills
The OPA has been able to secure a location to hold our Advanced Competitive play & drilling evening for our Winter Session at the newest Oakville facility, Pickleball Nation.

Our Tuesday night pickleball is for individuals who are approaching or at the 4.0 level (3.6+ DUPR rating). The evening will include 30 minutes of skills development through drills followed by competitive game play.

To register, you should be at a sufficiently high skill level as described below.

A video example of 3.6+ level people is:
https://youtu.be/FTVAOtmaIzw

Players at this level have:
- Serves/Returns - consistently in, deep and targeted
- Dinking - patient, targeted to corners and feet, can last in a long dink battle
- Blocking/Defence - can handle drives with blocks and/or deep returns; controlled drop shots to reset; strategic lobs.
- Court Positioning - on serve, moves forward judiciously, doesn't step in too soon; on serve receipt gets to the NVZ quickly; stays at the kitchen line to attack and backs up appropriately on pop-ups
- Teamwork and Communication - communicates play with partner, knows to switch as needed, and stacks if appropriate.
- Weapons and controlled shots - has a variety of shots from drives, drops, angle shots, to overhead smashes. Shots are controlled and rarely go in or out of the net. Knows when to use each shot strategically.
- Overall: Excellent consistency and few unforced errors.

Date: Jan 6, 2026 to Feb. 24, 2026 (8 sessions)
Time: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost: $96.00 for 8 session
Location: Pickleball Nation
Capacity is limited to 20 players (for a potential of 29 depending on demand)