Hello
Everyone,
On behalf of the
City of Abbotsford thank you for attending the 2nd Annual Pickleball
Canada National Open Championships on July 6th and 7th
here in the City of Abbotsford. In follow up to our tournament I am forwarding a
letter from Dave Shepherd, President, Pickleball Canada and Tournament Director,
2013 National Open.
Ryan Coreau
Community Recreation Coordinator
Abbotsford Recreation Centre
On behalf of
Pickleball Canada, I would like to thank all the participants, volunteers and
sponsors for making this year's National another great success. The calibre of
play was extremely high and although it was extremely competitive all matches
were played in a spirit of friendship and fair play. It would be fair to say
that we are seeing in Abbotsford some of the best play in the country. We
welcomed participants from all parts of North America, from Ontario to Vancouver
Island, from Alaska to Arizona. Other than local players in the Greater
Vancouver area, all the other participants came to Abbotsford at considerable
personal expense to play in the National, and we hope they enjoyed the event and
their visit to Abbotsford. We are very fortunate to be able to have this
wonderful venue at Abbotsford Rec. Centre and Yale Secondary School and most of
all, the cooperation and support we receive from the City of Abbotsford and
their entire team is immeasurable. Fortunately this is a city that has a great
reputation as a welcoming host city for sporting events.
As Tournament
Director for this event, I am certainly aware of some of the limitations when
trying to fit in 21 events in 2 days. This year there were 228 registered
participants compared to 163 last year.
Planning for next
year's event will get under way in about 2 month's
time.
I invite your
comments and feedback on this year's tournament.
Again, a big thank
you to you all.
Sincerely,
Dave
Shepherd,
President,
Pickleball Canada
Tournament
Director, 2013 National Open
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