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Richmond Hoping For Dedicated Courts

14/6/2019

The recently formed Richmond Pickleball Association is lobbying the City of Richmond for dedicated courts, hoping to follow the lead of other nearby cities such as Delta. Read the article in the Richmond News here.

Your Vote Counts

13/6/2019

The Annual General Meeting of Pickleball Canada is to be held, via UberConference, on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 at 9:00 am (Pacific time). Members are encouraged to participate. More information, including a 'Voting Information Form', here.

Red Deer Scores

12/6/2019

Red Deer, Alberta

Twenty (20) dedicated pickleball court facility opened for play in Red Deer, Alberta. A first for Canada!
Population of Red Deer 100,000!

55+ BC Games Reg'n Closing Soon

7/6/2019

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Registration will be closing at the end of June for the Kelowna 2019 55+ BC Games.
The 55+ BC Games is an annual multi-sport experience for participants over 55 years of age. The 2019 Games are being hosted by the city of Kelowna from September 10th to 14th. The event attracts over 3,500 athletes over the 5-day event. With 32 sports being offered this year, the Kelowna Games are poised to be a truly incredible experience. In addition to good competition, participants are welcome to enjoy community and social events including a dance and, of course, the official opening and closing ceremony.
The pickleball event will be taking place at the Parkinson Activity Centre on the outdoor courts with the competition taking place on September 11th - 14th.
Registration for the Games is coordinated by a local Zone Sport Coordinator. A list of Sport Coordinators can be found on the 55+ BC Games website on the pickleball information page. To find out which Zone you reside in go to the Zone information page.
For more information please contact the organizers by email: info@55plusbcgames.org or by phone at (778) 426-2940.

Pickleball Therapy

4/6/2019

The US National Senior Games Association (equivalent to our 55+ Senior Games - Kamloops August, 2020) have posted, in their latest newsletter, the story of a veteran who found help in conquering his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with pickleball. Read the article here.

New Direction for IFP

30/5/2019

Read a letter from the new president of the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP), outlining changes in the direction the IFP is heading.

Pickleball Canada AGM

24/5/2019

The annual general meeting of members of Pickleball Canada will be held at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific time) via UberConference on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. More information here.

Pickleball Capital - Delta?

23/5/2019

Read the latest newsletter from the Delta Pickleball Association claiming they are "now the pickleball capital of Canada".

New Clubs Join

21/5/2019

Report from Walter Knecht, President, PICKLEBALLBC:
"Newly formed Clubs join PBBC:
In the last 4 months three different pickleball communities have concentrated their efforts and formed 'clubs':
GetStoked, Revelstoke - now over 20 members,
RidgeMeadows, Maple Ridge - also over 20 members,
Quesnel Pickleball Club - not yet at the 20 mark.
Oliver - working on it - coming soon?
Quesnel Pickleball are boldly going ahead - planning their first tournament for the third weekend in July, details to come, and planning for over 100 players.
If your group is interested in forming a club of any size or description and want help - email: info@pickleballbc.ca"

Pickleball Has Arrived In Whistler

20/5/2019

Report from Walter Knecht, President PICKLEBALLBC:
"This past weekend Whistler Tennis successfully hosted two pickleball events as part of their GO Fest weekend. The first was a Quick Start to Pickleball clinic Saturday with 12 new or fairly new pickleball participants.
This was followed on Sunday by an all level mixer tournament with 30 participants with many of the Saturday new players participating and six 4.0 + players travelling just for this event.
As Whistler is a 'destination' people from away attended both the Saturday clinic, a PoCo husband wife duo, and the Sunday tournament, one team from Penticton and another from Kamloops.
Future Whistler Tennis events include a Pickleball Rules Clinic, tentative date June 11, a Teach the Teacher session confirmed June 14 (couple spaces still available - see our Clinics page), additional all level clinics June 15 and 16 on request. Soon to be announced will be tournament dates for mid July and mid August.
What a beautiful place to play pickleball."

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