Kelowna Pickleball Tournament May 19 - 20, 2012

Grant and Andrew from Abbotsford won Silver medals in Competitive Mens Doubles at Kelowna's tournament. Saturday, May 19: Mens and Womens competitive and Recreational Doubles. Sunday May 20 :Competitive Mixed Doubles - 20 teams, Recreational Mixed Doubles 8 teams. Dave and his Partner Bill Reid won the Recreational Mens Doubles bronze medals. The format was Double Elimination, 2 games out of 3 (games to 11, win by 1) in the Upper bracket and 1 game to 15 in the Lower bracket. Each game is refereed. Winners are supposed to be the referees but there were at least 6 volunteer referees called in including Dave referred a few games. On Saturday, I was getting pretty tired by 5 pm (not used to getting up at 6 am) being the line judge for the last 6 games for Grant and Andrew's semi-final and final Gold medal matches. Grant was so exhausted after playing 17 games to reach the final, lying down on the floor to rest, I was a bit worried because I don't know first aid. I guess it was a lot of pressure to win when the games were so close. On Sunday, the Competitive Mixed doubles were still not finished by 2 pm and we decided to go back to the hotel to rest because it was too tiring standing and waiting for two days. We stayed at the Best Western Plus Wine Country Hotel and the service was marvellous, free breakfast which included everything from bacon and eggs, waffles, cereal, yoghurt, muffins etc. Dave and I attended the Pickleball Canada Annual General Meeting at that hotel on May 18.

Pickleball Canada May, 2012 Newsletter

Pickleball Canada May, 2012 Newsletter

www.pickleballcanada.org/news/nl_2011_august.pdf

Nanaimo Pickleball Tournament July 27 -29, 2012

Nanaimo Pickleball Tournament July 27 -29, 2012 at Oliver Woods Recreation Centre, Nanaimo, BC. July 27-Singles. July 28-Mens and Ladies Doubles. July 29-Mixed Doubles. Fee: Singles: $15. All Doubles: $25 entry fee - $5 per event (includes lunch on Saturday/snacks Sunday) Entries close June 30, 2012. Tournament will be operated under IFP Rules. Payment cash or cheque made payable to Dee Pitcher rondee@shaw.ca

50 Players on 8 Courts, 20 New Players at ARC

Today there were about 50 players on 8 courts. Both Gym 1 and Gym 2 were full and had about 18 players waiting to play. During the past two months, we have had about 20 new players at ARC. Some new players are Henry, Don, Anne, Ralph, Gordon, Denise, Faye, Art, Linda, and many others. Some of them like Janet and Jennifer attended the Pickleball Orientation and learned how to serve properly. A lot of new players are serving like tennis groundstroke instead of the upward serving motion below the waist. We had about 25 players at snack time, Janet and Jennifer provided the delicious fruit, cake and cookies. So nice to see John and Beryl from South Surrey and Ron, Vi and their son Brian from Lynden, WA. Brian has not played pickleball since he was a kid but he played extremely well.

Information on Pickleball Canada National Open Championship July 7th and 8th

Mayor Banman of the City of Abbotsford will give a welcome speech to the participants on July 7th at 8:10 am at Abbotsford Recreation Centre. Having heard his superb singing talent, he will lead us to sing the National Anthem at our Pickleball Canada National Open Championship.

All Mens events are full, we have some spaces for Mixed and Womens events, especially 65+ Womens Doubles. If you know some ladies in 65+ age bracket, please let them know.


PICKLEBALL CANADA NATIONAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 7 AND 8 JULY, 2012

AT THE ABBOTSFORD RECREATION CENTRE, 2499 McMillan Road, Abbotsford, B.C.

As the recognized leaders of Pickleball in Canada, Pickleball Canada is proud to sanction this landmark event. More than 150 players from 8 Provinces as far away as Nova Scotia and the U.S.A., will attend.

Basic categories are:
July 7th: Men’s and Women's Doubles: 55+, 60+, 65+ and 70+, OPEN and Under 55.


July 8th: Mixed Doubles (55+, 60+, 65+ and 70+. OPEN and Under 55), Men’s & Women’s Singles.

Accommodations in the Abbotsford area: Super 8, Sandman Inn, Coast Hotels & Suites, Best Western Regency, Ramada Inn, Sweet Dreams Luxury Inn and RV Accommodations at Aloha Trailer Park & Campsite.

Contact: Dave or Shirley Shepherd at shirleyshepherd@shaw.ca

Visit: www.pickleballcanada.org for registration form...click on 'Tournaments'

ARC Volunteer Appreciation Brunch

Dino, Jenny, Mandy, Dave
Jenny, Shirley, Mandy
Since this is Volunteer Week, we would like to thank all those players who go out of their way to help new players learn the basics and develop their skills of pickleball at ARC. When an experienced player plays even one game with a new player, you have no idea how much the new player appreciates it and how valuable it is to the way they feel about our group. It really helps their game and brings them back. It also makes the experienced players feel good about themselves.

Dave, Shirley, Mike, Herb, Catherine and 45 other volunteers were invited to ARC Volunteer Appreciation Brunch April 18 and received Volunteer Appreciation awards from the City of Abbotsford. The speakers were Mayor Bruce Banman, Mark Taylor, General Manager Parks, Recreation & Culture, Jenny Thornton, Facility Manager, Mandy Hadfield, Recreation Manager, Ryan Coreau, Recreation Coordinator and Dino Tsembelis, Volunteer Coordinator.

The Mayor's hair is all shaved off for cancer research: The Abbotsford Times http://www.abbotsfordtimes.com/story.html?id=6468516 1 day ago – Abbotsford Mayor Bruce Banman and Heat goalie and cancer survivor ... see him sacrifice his locks and set a $30000 minimum for his head shave. ... funds raised will support cancer patients and research at Abbotsford's B.C. Cancer Agency. ... The mayor sang "The Man of LaMancha" beautifully with a strong perfect voice. The Happy Gang singers entertained with some traditional songs and then we had a slideshow featuring all the volunteering activities. There was plenty of delicious food: quiches, scones, muffins, yoghurt, fresh fruit, a large cake, coffee and tea. All of us had a wonderful time !!!

Pickleball Canada April, 2012 Newsletter

Pickleball Canada March, 2012 Newsletter

www.pickleballcanada.org/news/nl_2011_august.pdf