About Pickleball in Greenwich CT
A Players Guide to Facilities & Programs in and near Greenwich. Share what you know. OPA!
SEPTEMBER 2025 Greenwich Pickleball NEWS
The 4 NEW outdoor pickleball courts at Cohen Center are budgeted at $625K. It took over five years to get the necessary funds approved by the Town of Greenwich BET.
The Pickleball Court Request For Bid (RFB 7902, bid ID 549) was issued on July 2, 2025, and closed on 7/23/2025.
View the court maps / plan here. This is the NEW design with the 7 foot sidelines.
The RFB Bids were tabulated on July 24, 2025, view the bids here.
The town has been negotiating the contract and we expect it to be signed shortly.
The planned Fall start could be iffy given the temperature requirements of the materials used in court construction. Fingers crossed for Fall!
LOUGHLIN Avenue Courts will be under repair and closed from September 15 through 20, 2025.
Indoor Drop in play continues at the Cohen Center & the Bendheim Western Civic Center. An updated Fall schedule has been posted for Cohen, but not for Bendheim (as of Sept. 9).
To keep Pickleball in Greenwich welcoming, inclusive and joyful, the town has implemented a Pickleball CODE OF ETIQUETTE. This action was taken in response to growing conflicts and general lack of civility among players.
Fingers crossed for new Outdoor pickleball courts in Fall of 2025! See the updated above.
The Town of Greenwich offers three types of organized Pickleball programs
ADULT BEGINNER CLINICS
Registration Required
Winter (indoor); Spring, Summer, Fall (Outdoor)
Beginner to Advanced Beginner
ADULT OUTDOOR OPEN PLAY
Registration Required
Spring, Summer, Fall
Beginner/Low Intermediate
Intermediate & Advanced
ADULT DROP-IN INDOOR PLAY
No Registration
Residents Only
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
If you want to stay in the loop and know when registration opens for Town Pickleball programs, sign up for our GreenwichPickleball.com email newsletter!
Pickleball Supply & Demand
Ready to play or just guarding the balls?
Demand always exceeds supply for Greenwich Parks and Recreation sponsored Pickleball programs. It’s an incredibly popular sport!
Town of Greenwich Pickleball Courts at a Glance - 25 total courts, 23 dual use, 2 dedicated
Greenwich Residents Only. Tennis/Pickleball Pass required to book online in advance.
Loughlin Ave Courts, Cos Cob, CT
OUTDOOR - 20 Courts (soon to be 24)
Note, the surfaces need repair on most of these courts. Patching has been completed at Cohen Center (still issues) and will be done at Loughlin in mid September, 2025.
Christiano Park: 2 dedicated Pickleball courts (the only two in town)
Loughlin Park: 4 Pickleball courts - on tennis courts (two heavy duty portable nets, plus two nets on wheels)
Western Middle School: 6 Pickleball Courts on three tennis courts (two heavy duty nets provided plus two to three portable nets)
Byram Park: 4 Pickleball courts on two of three tennis courts (nets on wheels provided
Cohen Eastern Civic Center: 4 outdoor Pickleball courts on 2 tennis courts (two heavy duty nets provided, and two portable nets (1 donated by Bill Herz - thanks Bill!) Courts are lit. (As in lights, the actual condition is poor).
Cohen Center: TBD four new outdoor dedicated courts.
INDOOR - 5 Courts
Cohen Center: Three indoor courts for drop in town programs with nice wide margins, and regulation size. Nets provided when programs are scheduled.
Bendheim Western Civic Center: Two Pickleball Courts in gym/portable nets, non regulation size.
History of Pickleball in Greenwich.
Pickleball was created in Bainbridge WA in 1965, on a backyard badminton court, with a wiffleball and ping pong paddes.* But Pickleball was only introduced (officially) in Greenwich CT in 2010 through the efforts of USA Pickleball Association Ambassador, Betsy Underhill.
*Source USA Pickleball Association
PLAYER ROSTER
Join the Greenwich Pickleball Player Roster & Network!
Looking to connect with players at your level? Both Greenwich residents and nearby non-residents are welcome to join the Greenwich Pickleball Network. The network is hosted on Global Pickleball Network, the officially endorsed software of the USA Pickleball Association. Registration is free. What is good about GPN is that you provide your level, and you can include your contact info, so that you can reach out to people who may be at a similar level of play.
Click here to join GPN and access the Roster and the Greenwich Pickleball Network
We also recommend using the APP TeamReach to schedule games within your groups. Check it out!
Here’s information on how to join the largest public TeamReach group in Greenwich - for intermediate and above players.
Other Pickleball Locations & Programs
With town of Greenwich Parks & Recreation Pickleball courts & programs in high demand and oversubscribed, (especially during the winter months), avid Greenwich players look outside Greenwich, to other Rec Dept programs & courts at facilities in nearby towns for additional access.
