Serve & Connect - West Lothian Pickleball and Padel Networking
Most networking is a room, a coffee and forty minutes of working out how to leave a conversation politely.
Serve & Connect is two hours of padel and pickleball at Xcite Bathgate with up to 20 West Lothian business owners. A coach takes everyone through the basics at the start. Eight people play at a time, everyone rotates, and the people waiting stand together and talk. That is the whole idea. Sport gives you something to do and an obvious reason to speak to a stranger, which is the part standing in a room with a lanyard never quite manages.
You will get a go at both pickle and padel. You do not need to have played either. You do not need to be fit. Nobody is keeping score.
Who it's for
Founders, owners and directors of West Lothian businesses. If you have been meaning to get out and meet people locally and have not got round to it, this is an easier place to start than a breakfast meeting.
The two hours
08:45 · Arrive, coffee, name badges
09:00 · Welcome, and how the rotations work
09:15 · Play begins, rotating every twenty minutes
10:50 · Wrap up and final words from the Xcite team
11:00 · Finish
What to bring
Trainers and something you can move in. That's it. Racquets, paddles and balls are provided, but bring your own if you have one. There are changing rooms and showers if you want them.
Tickets
£15 standard, £10 for West Lothian Chamber of Commerce members. That covers the courts, the coaching, the equipment and the coffee.
Organised by Opsessed. Hosted at Xcite Bathgate. Supported by West Lothian Chamber of Commerce.