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Our Story

In 2020, the Houston area had many passionate pickleball players but very few pickleball facilities. On a chilly afternoon in March just as the pandemic was starting, three of us met outside of a Starbucks to plan a pickleball club.

We wanted to concentrate the pickleball passion that was scattered across Houston into a pickleball club. We felt we could better represent pickleball to the surrounding cities, counties, and communities, as well as influence parks and recreation departments for more and better facilities if we became an organization with members united in a common goal. We also wanted Houston, the fourth largest city in America, to have its own professional/amateur tournament. We wanted Houston to have a pickleball park to host regional and national tournaments.

Pickleball is inclusive, welcoming, and fun. Advanced or a beginner, young or old, man or woman, on the pickleball court we are all welcome. People of different cultures, races, and backgrounds, who would not otherwise meet one another, find joy in playing the game together. Pickleball is community building. Pickleball is 4 All.

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And still growing!

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Spread throughout Houston

Thank you to our
sponsors & partners!

Board members & Chairs

Terry Stone

President

Sean Mccoy

Vice President

Liza Casillas

Secretary

Lan Ngo

Treasurer

Kitty Cordes

Director-at-Large, Competition

Shay Alhalaby

Director-at-Large, Membership & Social

Mike Goldberg

Director-at-Large, Communications & Promotions

Michael Kaplan

Vision Fulfillment Chair

VACANT

Sponsorship Chair

Lenny Garcia

Youth Education Chair

Advisory Board

Guillermo LAPANTI

Founder & Owner - Pala Pickleball

Tuyen Van

Owner - Houston Pickleball Center & Houston Badminton Center

Bobbie Phoumey

Head Pro - Pickleball Country Club

Asia Rose

Pickleball Lead & Pro - Sugarland Life Time

Thomas Angelos

Deputy Assistant Director Athletics and Aquatics - Houston Parks and Recreation