Pickleball Canada August 2013 Newsletter

www.pickleballcanada.org/news/nl_2011_august.pdf

Pickleball Canada First Club Member Nanaimo Pickleball Club

Nanaimo Pickleball Club First to Sign Up for New PCO Club Membership
Great news! Pickleball Canada would like to welcome all sixty-three members of The Nanaimo Pickleball Club of B.C. as the first Affiliated Club members. Thank you Nanaimo Pickleball Club for joining Pickleball Canada, your National governing body.

Tournament points Nanaimo Pickleball Club members

2013 Pickleball Canada Tournament points for the Nanaimo Pickleball Club members:

Name                         Points

Barry Bissonette          1000

Caroline Bissonette      1000

Will Orcutt                    300

Lorne Strumecki         1000

Grant Brittain               1000

Ron Pitcher                    500

Glenda Jackson            500

Margie McWilliam         300

Barbara Moody             300

Theresa Orcutt            1700 (Gold 1000 + Bronze 300 + National Bronze 400)

John Savoy                 1600 (National Gold 1600)

Nancy Stern                2400 (National Gold 1600, National Silver 800)

Dee Pitcher                  800 (National Silver 800)

Evelyn Kaatz                800 (National Silver 800)

Karen Peniuk              400 (National Bronze 400)

Bill Dumper                  800 (National Silver 800)

Pat Thompson             400 (National Bronze 400)

Tom Staites                  800 (National Silver 800)

Results of Nanaimo Pickleball Tournament July 26-28, 2013

Results of Nanaimo Pickleball Tournament July 26-28, 2013. Tournament Director: John Savoy
Event - 1st place, 2nd place, 3 rd place
Mixed Doubles = Barry and Caroline Bissonette, Ross Wallwin and Lynn Hodge, Will and Theresa Orcutt
Men's Doubles -  Lorne Strumecki and Grant Brittain, Ron Pitcher and Mike Bellis, Andrew McKimmon and Marco Jankowiak

Women's Doubles - SJ Lehmann and Theresa Orcutt, Nadine McKay and Glenda Jackson, Margie McWilliam and Barbara Moody

Pickleball Spain Videos

Pickleball Spain Video:
http://vimeo.com/67864269
The Great Rallies of Pickleball by Pickleball Spain video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z1tatmF9Imc&t=0

Spain is a New Member Country of International Federation of Pickleball

Pickleball is the fastest growing sport worldwide !!!   International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) has a new website http://ipickleball.org   Spain is a new member country.  IFP has four member countries: USA, Canada, India and Spain.  Now there are new places to play in Spain, read more on Pickleball Spain by the Spanish Pickleball Association:  http://www.pickleballspain.org/en   

Golfers love Pickleball

With beautiful suuny weather outside, some of our pickleball friends are playing golf now.  Janet and Jennifer discovered pickleball last year, now they are playing both golf and pickleball.  Dave plays pickleball 3 times a week and golf 5 times a week.  In B.C.'s milder climate, he plays golf 11 months of the year (he will not play when it snows).  He has had 4 holes in one in his lifetime, a fantastic record.  Lately he has been playing so well that he shot 2 under par last week.  His handicap went down from 11 to 7.   Summer time golfers handicaps go down because the ball travels faster in warmer weather.  Today he is playing in a 2 days tournament in North Bellingham Golf Course.  He sure enjoys golf and pickleball !!