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Video Open Men's Doubles 2013 Pickleball Canada National Open: Chris Miller/Billy Jacobsen vs Denis Zhekhovskiy/Scott Lenan

Tribute to Beverley Butt, First Lady of Pickleball in Canada

A tribute to Beverley Butt was made in our July Pickleball Canada newsletter www.pickleballcanada.org/news/nl_2011_august.pdf   titled "Beverley Butt, The First Lady of Pickleball". An article was written by Dave Shepherd, President of Pickleball Canada.

A tribute to Bev was also made by Dave Shepherd at the Opening ceremony at the 2013 Pickleball Canada National Open Championship at 8:15 am on July 6, 2013:

"This morning I would like to pay tribute to one of Pickleball Canada's founding Directors, Beverley Butt. Bev, who I am sure many of you know well, retired from Pickleball Canada about two months ago due to ill health. Sadly, Bev passed away peacefully last Monday in Regina. Bev was instrumental in bringing about the fantastic growth of the game in Canada. She was a huge supporter of our National tournament and a wonderful friend to the entire pickleball community. Our condolences go to her husband Dave and son Shane at this time of personal loss. she will be missed by us all."

Pickleball Canada July 2013 Newsletter

www.pickleballcanada.org/news/nl_2011_august.pdf

Thanks to all participants, volunteers and sponsors of 2013 Pickleball Canada National Open

Hello Everyone,

On behalf of the City of Abbotsford thank you for attending the 2^nd Annual Pickleball Canada National Open Championships on July 6^th and 7^th 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

Medal Matches in 2013 Pickleball Canada National Open Championship

It was so exciting to watch the fantastic play by some of the top players in the world at the National last weekend.  It was great to see Brian Lam from Coquitlam, B.C. win the Bronze again this year in Open Mens Singles.  He is probably one of the top men's Singles players in Canada.  He also won a Gold medal in the Under 55 Mixed Doubles with Mida Postler from Port Moody, B.C.

There were 19 players in Open Men's Singles.  The Open Men's Singles Gold medal matches between Chris Miller and Billy Jacobsen was fantastic to watch, Chris Miller won Gold and defeated the defending Champion Billy who won Gold last year.  Chris lost the first match to Jacobsen after a long hard match. He then came back from the loser's bracket to win a match against Jacobsen.  Then it was the sudden death match between them with their hard hitting rallies, overhead smashes, finicky dink shots.  Three courts were used for the gold medal matches with a referee and 2-4 line judges.  Jacobsen was firing hard shots from left to right so that Chris was diving to return the balls by running onto the other two courts at top speed.  Chris was so exhausted that he was lying on the floor several times to catch his breath.  He finally won the Gold after a long and close final gold medal match that went overtime. 

In the Open Women's Singles, Jennifer Lucore from California won Gold and Darcie Jacobsen from Washington won Silver again this year.  It is great to see more Open Women's Singles players this year.  Joy Leising from Oregon won the Bronze. 

In the Open Women's Doubles, Jennifer Lucore (CA)/Darcie Jacobsen (WA) won Gold, Christine Barksdale (WA)/Kimberley Bennet (OR) won Silver, Luba Zhekhosvkaya and Denis Zhekhovskiy (both from South Surrey, B.C.) won Bronze.

In the Open Men's Doubles, Chris Miller (WA)/Billy Jacobsen (WA) won Gold, Denis Zhekhovskiy (BC) won Silver, Zachary Grubbs (IN)/Josh Grubbs (IN) won Bronze. 

Our local Abbotsford/Chilliwack/Mission players fared very well in the medals gaining 20 medals. 
Congratulations to all the medal winners !!!

Results of 2013 Pickleball Canada National Open Championship July 6 - 7, 2013

Tournament Results

Pickleball Canada National Open Championship - 2013-07-06
Men - Singles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open	Chris Miller	Billy Jacobsen	Brian Lam
Women - Singles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open	Jennifer Lucore	Darcie Jacobsen	Joy Leising
Men - Doubles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55+	Maurice Parobac - Dan Jmaeff	Brian Brunink - Matt Annan	Brad Pape - Henry Paynter
60+	Randy Bourne, - Dave Touchet	Brian Parkes - George Pool	Basil Taylor - Paul Bannes
65+	John Kusch - Henry Meerkerk	Peter Darvill - Bud Meltsner	Brian Parkes - George Pool
70+	Ron Hohman - Larry Silver	John Jetelina - Wayne Kennedy	Dave Anthony - Danny Hui
Open	Chris Miller - Billy Jacobsen	Denis Zhekhovskiy - Scott Lenan	Zachary Grubbs - Josh Grubbs
Open Juniors	Spencer Loughlin - Jimmy Ahn	Brandon Kirk - Ryan Rizzo	Samuel Brittain - Brayden Latray
Under 55	Rob Schneider - Dave Briones	Rhys Martell - Mat Khan	Ken Franz - Gene Latray
Women - Doubles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55+	Debby Holley - Claire Pool	Diane Gillis - Shirley Knorr	Milda Postler - Shirley Edwards
60+	Brenda Jmaeff - Kathleen Parkes	Terry Saunders - Wendy Porteous	Pat Khan - Beryl Kusch
65+	Diane Hill - Olga Jetelina	Susan Nigh - Diane Weeres	Janis Puusepp - Pat Crawford
70+	Alice Tym - Betty Silver	Inge Scholz - Vera Losko	Karen Peniuk - Pat Thomson
Open	Jennifer Lucore - Darcie Jacobsen	Christine Barksdale - Kimberley Bennett	Luba Zhekhovskaya - Trish Graham
Under 55	Elaine Lerner - Anh Tran	Trudy Pitcher - Nancy Stern	Kathleen Brundo - Feige Li
Mixed Doubles
	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55+	John Savoy - Nancy Stern	Bill Dumper - Evelyn Kaatz	George Pool - Claire Pool
60+	John Kusch - Elaine Lerner	Jim Saunders - Terry Saunders	Colin Caldwell - Theresa Orcutt
65+	David Ulis - Anne Mccallum	Sjoukje Lehmann - Tom Staites	Henry Meerkerk - Kathleen Parkes
70+	Alice Tym - Ron Hohman	Vera Loskot - Wayne Kennedy	Betty Silver - Larry Silver
Open	Christine Barksdale - Josh Grubbs	Luba Zhekhovskaya - Denis Zhekhovskiy	Sue Fosbery - Pat Fosbery
Under 55	Brian Lam - Milda Postler	Roberta Meakin - Peter Neumann	Magdalene Choy - Peter Darvill