2013 Pickleball Canada National Open Championship Abbotsford, B.C.

Pickleball Canada is very pleased to announce that the 2013 Pickleball Canada National Open Championship will be held in Abbotsford, B.C.    The host sites will be the same at the Abbotsford Recreation Centre and Yale Secondary School.  The tournament dates will most likely be on the first weekend in July, 2013.  We will let you know when the dates are confirmed.  We thank you for your support of our first National tournament and we look forward to seeing you again next year!!!

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YouTube Video of Canadian National Pickleball Tournament 2012 Mixed Doubles

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Canadian National Pickleball Tournament 2012_Mixed Doubles_SemiFinals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOoXXw0nTRI

Pickleball Canada July Newsletter

www.pickleballcanada.org/news/nl_2011_august.pdf

PICKLEBALL CANADA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT JULY 7 - 8 TOURNAMENT POINTS

2012 PICKLEBALL CANADA NATIONAL TOURNAMENT JULY 7 - 8 TOURNAMENT POINTS

Tier 1 -- National Tournament

1st Place ......1600 points

2nd Place .......800 points

3rd Place .......400 points

Member No. Name Tournament Points

192 Banns Paul 800

453 Booth Pat 800

443 Bourne Randy 2400

404 Brown Linda 800

17 Burke Ed 400

266 Caldwell Colin 800

411 Darvill Peter 2400

42 Edward Shirley 1600

303 Evans Larry 800

90 Gillis Diane 400

378 Khan Matt 400

189 Haworth Carol 2400

252 Hill Diane 3200

126 Hill Earl 1200

415 Jetelina John 2000

416 Jetelina Olga 2000

392 Jmaeff Dan 800

391 Jmaeff Brenda 1600

196 Kennedy Wayne 3200

470 Kusch Beryl 400

41 Kusch John 3200

385 Logan Gerry 400

183 Lehman SJ 400

418 Loskot Vera 3200

457 McWilliam Stewart 400

336 Mah Tim 400

28 Mezei Andy 800

248 Meerkerk Henry 400

402 Orcutt Teresa 1200

59 Orlovsky Ed 400

60 Orlovsky Lily 400

34 Parkes Brian 400

448 Parkes Kathy 400

377 Pool Claire 400

452 Postler Milda 2400

10 Power Doug 1200

461 Priebe Ross 800

176 Pemink Karen 400

370 Rudolph Jerry 400

3 Ross Doug 800

156 Saunders Jim 1600

157 Saunders Terry 1200

397 Thompson Joey 400

300 Touchet Dave 1600

386 Witt Mandy 400

423 Zhekhovskiy Denis 2400

422 Zhekhovskaya Luba 2400
Updated Aug 4, 2012:
Fosbery Pat  2000
Fosbery Sue  2000
Schwartz Mike  3200
Schwartz Laura 3200
Top Canadian National Champions with 3200 tournament points: John Kusch, Diane Hill, Wayne Kennedy, Vera Loskot, Mike and Laura Schwartz

National Tournament Group Photo & Results 2012

Tournament Results

Pickleball Canada National Open Championship - 2012-07-07
Men - Singles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open	Billy Jacobsen	Chris Miller	Brian Lam
Women - Singles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open	Jennifer Lucore	Darcie Jacobsen
Men - Doubles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
19-55	Mike Schwarz - Pat Fosbery	Doug Power - Franz Wagner	Gene Latray - Ken Franz
55-59	Paul Ellis - Del Iggulden	Larry Evans - Ross Priebe	Stuart Mcwilliam - Phil Morgan
60-64	John Kusch - Dave Touchet	Randy Bourne - Paul Banns	Matt Khan - Henry Merkerley
65-69	Peter Darvill - Bud Meltsner	Doug Ross - Jim Saunders	Earl Hill - James Parkes
70+	John Jetelina - Wayne Kennedy	Andy Mezei - Jacques Metivier	Ed Burke - Jerry Rudolph
Open	Billy Jacobsen - Chris Miller	Reg Skinner - Denis Zhekhovskiy	Doug Power - Franz Wagner
Women - Doubles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
19-55	Laura Schwarz - Sue Fosbery	Karen Iggulden - Shelley Coss	Terry Saunders - Colleen Power
55-59	Milda Postler - Shirley Edwards	Glenda Jackson - Brenda Jmaeff	Debbie Holley - Claire Pool
60-64	Kathy Parkes - Judy Van Aert	Pat Crawford - Janis Peusepp	Rosie Roper - Beryl Kusch
65-69	Diane Hill - Olga Jetelina	Pat Booth - Linda Brown	Mandy Witt - Gerry Logan
70+	Carol Haworth - Vera Loskot	Vi Stockman - Elaine Griffiths	Karen Peniuk - Patricia Thompson
Open	Jennifer Lucore - Darcie Jacobsen	Luba Zhekhovskaya - Elaine Lerner	Theresa Orcutt - S.j. Lehman
Mixed Doubles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
19-55	Mike Schwarz - Laura Schwarz	Brian Lam - Milda Postler	Pat Fosbery - Sue Fosbery
55-59	Rosemary Nichols - Randy Bourne	Dan Jmaeff - Brenda Jmaeff	Nancy Stern - John Savoy
60-64	John Kusch - Elaine Lerner	Jim Saunders - Terry Saunders	Diane Gillis - Tim Mah
65-69	Diane Hill - Peter Oehlenschlaeger	Peter Darvill - Elaine Griffiths	John Jetalina - Olga Jetalina
70+	Wayne Kennedy - Vera Loskot	Carol Haworth - Earl Hill	Ed Orlosvky - Lilly Orlovsky
Open	Luba Zhekhovskaya - Denis Zhekhovskiy	Colin Caldwell - Theresa Orcutt	Del Iggulden - Karen Iggulden

Abbotsford News July 10, 2012 National Tournament article

Re: Abbotsford Newspaper: Pickleball Canada National tournament article July 10, 2012 http://www.abbynews.com/sports/161841435.html
Published: July 10, 2012 8:00 AM

Abbotsford hosted the inaugural Canadian pickleball championships on the weekend, a piece of news which would prompt most sports fans to ask – what on earth is pickleball?

 Pickleball is, in fact, a fast-growing game – there are over 100,000 players registered in the United States and roughly 10,000 players in Canada, including about 200 from Abbotsford.
It's a hybrid of tennis and badminton, played with a hard paddle and a wiffle-type ball on a badminton-sized court, with the net lowered to 36 inches.

 As for the origins of the colourful moniker, there's a bit of controversy.

 The popular account holds that when the sport's inventors, U.S. Congressman Joel Pritchard and William Bell, first devised the game in 1965 in Washington state, Pritchard's dog Pickles frequently chased down errant balls and hid with them in the bushes. Hence, Pickles' ball game came to be called pickleball.

 Pritchard's wife Joan has offered a differing version of events in recent interviews. The sport, which grew out of the haphazard equipment the family had on hand, reminded her of the "pickle boat" in rowing, where oarsmen were chosen from the leftovers from other boats. She noted the Pritchard family dog wasn't acquired until 1967 and was named after the game, not the other way around.

"It's kind of a dumb name," acknowledged Dave Shepherd, an Abbotsford resident who is on the board of Pickleball Canada. "But it's been around long enough, I don't think they'll ever change it."

And pickleball enthusiasts wouldn't have it any other way.

The weekend tournament drew 168 athletes from across Canada and the United States to a pair of local host sites, Abbotsford Recreation Centre and Yale Secondary.

Among the participants were four American national champions – Jennifer Lucore, Darcy Jacobsen, Billy Jacobsen and Chris Miller – and they dominated the open divisions. Lucore beat Darcy Jacobsen in the women's singles final, then teamed up with her to win the doubles title. In similar fashion, Billy Jacobsen knocked off Miller to claim the men's singles title, then joined him to earn doubles gold.

According to Shepherd, the presence of the top Americans moved the tourney to "a whole new level."

"They're the top pickleball players in the world, and to have them come up here and enter our first national event was just huge for us," he enthused. "Everyone was very fortunate to get to watch them play. It was kind of like going to watch (Roger) Federer and (Rafael) Nadal and those guys.

"It was just a fantastic event, super-successful. It exceeded our expectations."

Nine Abbotsford athletes won bronze medals. Gene Latray and Ken Franz teamed up to climb the podium in the under-55 men's doubles; Debbie Holley and Claire Pool medaled in the over-55 women's doubles; Matt Khan and Henry Meerkerk were third in the 60-plus men's doubles; Mandy Witt and Gerry Logan medaled in the 65-plus women's doubles; and Jerry Rudolph joined forces with Kelowna's Ed Burke to finish third in the 70-plus men's doubles.

Information on the local scene can be found at abbypickleball.blogspot.ca.

"Anyone who plays it, absolutely loves it," Shepherd said. "It's an easy sport to learn how to play, and it can be played by all ages."