Brief History

Pickleball was introduced to Chapel Hill in 2012 by Jim Wilson, who became the first USA Pickleball Ambassador for Chapel Hill.

Organizational Structure

The USA Pickleball Ambassadors are the primary points of contact for Chapel Hill Pickleball and our players.  They welcome your input, and will try their best to be responsive to any questions or ideas you have.   We have a Steering Committee that gathers and provides input on pickleball needs of our community, and helps with managing the multitude of pickleball events in our area.  Steering Committee members typically serve 2 year terms.  If you’re interested or you’d like to nominate someone to be on the committee, please inform the ambassadors.  We also have specific volunteers that help with tasks like marketing, promotions, etc.  (see About/Our Team).  If you’d like to volunteer, please contact the ambassadors.   We also have an stellar group of experienced players that serve as coaches/trainers (see Learn/Coaches).

2022 CHPB Steering Committee Member Bios

Funding

There is no membership fee for being part of CHPB.  We currently try to have as much of our programming freely available as possible (leagues, scheduled play at Ephesus, etc).   There is a Parks and Recreation fee for using the indoor facilities.  This money is used by Parks and Rec to help support pickleball (purchasing balls, nets, etc).   Fundraisers (like tournaments) also contribute to Parks & Rec pickleball fund.    CHPB expenditures are tracked and reported quarterly.