The pickleball players who sparred with some of their Inverness neighbors have packed up their paddles and moved to new courts where they won’t have anyone next door to contend with. This summer, the Inverness Tennis Club raised money to resurface a crumbling court at the Cottages at Point Reyes Seashore and transform it into four sparkling new pickleball courts. They opened on July 24. “It’s a win-win-win,” said Terry Aleshire, co-president of the club. “It’s a win for the neighbors, it’s a win for the club, and it’s a win for the Cottages at Point Reyes Seashore.” The club paid for the bulk of the $28,000 renovation, with the inn chipping in a portion. The courts are only available to club members and guests of the inn. The century-old club owns two tennis courts, one in Second Valley and the other in First Valley, which it had been using for pickleball. Earlier this year, conflicts between club members and some First Valley neighbors over noise and parking led one incensed resident to call the sheriff. The new courts should restore the peace, not just between neighbors and players but within the club itself. Since the pandemic-era surge of interest in pickleball, tensions between old-line tennis players and pickleball enthusiasts have been felt in Inverness, as elsewhere in the country. The club could have moved pickleball games to its Second Valley tennis court, which has no immediate neighbors, but tennis players didn’t want their favorite court cluttered with the extra lines of paint required for pickleball. Now the pickleballers will travel a little farther down Sir Francis Drake Boulevard to get to their games.