Our partner club in Des Plaines
Something Chicago hasn’t seen.
ACE Pickleball Club made room on its courts for Chicago Pickleball: Wheelie Big Dills. Here’s what we’re building together.
How we grow together
Every athlete deserves an open court. ACE opened its doors.
- 13 courts
- Indoor and cushioned, with one reserved for the crew every week.
- Members
- Who play side by side with the athletes in open play.
- Coaches
- Who make players better and meet athletes where they are, ambulatory or in a wheelchair.
ACE stood with adaptive pickleball in August, months before the crew’s first night. In November, the crew took the court.
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We grow when ACE grows.
ACE already gives a portion of every drop-in back to the athletes. We want our growth to add to ACE, not cost it.
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Now
Open the door
ACE makes room on its courts, and the athletes play on court time we fund.
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Coming up
Build support
Sponsors and partners join in.
- A member fundraiser with ACE
- Try Adaptive Night: ACE members play from sport chairs alongside the crew
- The Chicago Classic, a wheelchair pickleball tournament at ACE. Date to come.
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Where we’re headed
Full price
ACE reaches its regular price, and drop-ins grow into members.
An idea we’re exploring with ACE: memberships for athletes training to compete.
- The club sets the pace.
For ACE
- Paid court time, working toward the club’s regular price
- New faces at open play
- Drop-ins who grow into members
- A story that sets the club apart
For the athletes
- Courts that welcome them
- Open play with members
- A place to train for bigger tournaments
This builds on the Open Court Model, a template other clubs can copy
Athletes who compete.
38,000+
views across Instagram and Facebook for our co-branded athlete spotlights.
- 2GoldSingles, doubles
- 2SilverDoubles
- 2BronzeSingles, doubles
Six athletes, six medals.
Brian Liss has won silver and bronze at the US Open. Next, we tell these stories at ACE, with ACE’s name right beside ours.