Municipal Gym Lamut City

No charge to play at Municipal Gym Lamut City, where two covered courts — roofed, open at the sides — run four evenings a week from 5pm to 9pm.

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, four hours each. Sixteen hours of free court time a week is a genuinely good deal, and better still in a region where courts are scarce.

And they are scarce. Northern Luzon lists 14 venues in total, and Lamut City has only this one. The nearest listed alternative, Phils Baptist Theology Seminary in Baguio City, is over 70 kilometres away; Bacnotan PB Club and Asingan Paddlers Pickleball Club are both more than 90. A phone number is listed — use it, because the fallbacks are a long way off.