Gym and Drop-in Sports
Open Gym
NECC’s gym is available anytime it’s not otherwise in use.
You’re welcome to bring your own equipment (including pop-up volleyball or pickleball nets). We ask that you remove large equipment if/when additional groups arrive to use the gym. We have a small gym and appreciate your patience and understanding while sharing this space with all community members.
Please review the open gym rules posted on this webpage before utilizing the space.
For more information about our ongoing drop-in programs & gym availability, please take a look at our facility calendar below.
Pick-Up Basketball (Adults 18+)
Stop by for this regular lunchtime pick up game that’s been going on for more than two decades! Rules for play are as follows:
- Players sign-up in the order they arrive to NECC and cannot leave the facility. Players are not to sign-up other players. Any player not on the court and ready to play at the start of any game will have their name moved down the list and play in the next game.
- Teams of 4 players are formed in the order taken from the list. If the first two teams are lopsided, adjustments are made. Games are played to 9.
- A team sits after playing 2 consecutive games. If both teams sit at the same time, the losing team re-signs first. Players re-sign in the order they signed up previously.
- If 2 new teams are coming on, and are lopsided, adjustments are to be made to make them as fair as possible. This is to be done prior to the start of the next game, otherwise teams are formed directly from the list.
- Call your own fouls. No argued. If there is disagreement, the team that was in possession retains possession.
Drop-in Pickleball (Ages 10+)
A little tennis, a bit of ping pong, and a splash of badminton! Pickleball can be played as singles or doubles and is the fastest growing sport in the U.S.
*One Wednesday a month Portland Public Schools will have an early release. NECC will host half day youth camps and cancel the afternoon pickleball time on 9/17, 10/22, 11/14, 12/10, 1/14, 2/11, 3/11, 4/22, 5/13
