Walnutport may not want to miss out on the action with the pickleball craze.

Borough grant coordinator Michael Wentz said at last week’s borough council meeting that a state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant will be opening up.

Wentz then turned his attention to pickleball, saying holes were fixed and a new net was put up, though the net keeps sagging because kids are pulling on it.

“It’s set to play,” Wentz said. “They can play pickleball, tennis.”

Wentz said that if the borough were to receive the grant, it’s “normally like a 50/50 deal.”

He said that a new pickleball court is going up in neighboring Washington Township right next to the Slatedale Fire Company, which will also have volleyball, tennis, basketball and a dog park.

Councilwoman Patrice Hunsicker said pickleball is for people of all ages.

“It’s not limited as far as age,” Hunsicker said. “That’s what I like about it.”

Council previously heard a request from resident Bob Benson, who asked for a pickleball court.

A former boys and girls tennis coach at Salisbury High School, Benson previously told council that pickleball is a growing sport.

Pickleball is a combination of tennis, table tennis, and badminton. The game is played on a court with a net. The surface is smaller than a tennis court.

Benson said that the borough has a “pretty good tennis court” for which it could use to play pickleball.

He said that a normal pickleball court costs about $7,000, and suggested that the borough power-wash its court and line it.

Wentz said at that time that the net can be put up; it just can’t be pulled real tight.

Mayor Wayne Weidner previously shared his concern about how long it was going to last.