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Pickleball fun now available indoors at gym in Cooks Corner

The indoor pickleball action is intense during a Jan. 26 game at the Tom Carter Memorial Gymnasium in Cooks Corner. (Photo by Larry Chowning)

The Middlesex County Parks and Recreation (MCPR) Department is sponsoring indoor pickleball play and instruction for the public at the Tom Carter Memorial Gymnasium at the Cooks Corner Office Complex at 2911 General Puller Highway (Route 33) in Cooks Corner.

The gym is open weekly for pickleball as follows:

  • Tuesday, 9 a.m. to noon.
  • Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m.
  • Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon and beginner instruction is 9 to 10:30 a.m.

Equipment is provided by MCPR.

MCPR Coordinator Karen Reed said that the MCPR pickleball program has been very popular since it was recently introduced. The Tom Carter Memorial Gymnasium recently received an $830,000 refurbishment, which was approved by the Middlesex County Board of Supervisors.

MCPR pickleball program info: Call Reed at 804-758-0057 or email Karen@co.middlesex.va.us.

Larry Chowning
Larry Chowninghttps://www.ssentinel.com
Larry is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel and author of several books centered around the people and places of the Chesapeake Bay.