Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Chilli-Paddle-Wac Tourrnament Nov 21, 2015

Chilli-Paddle-Wac Tourrnament http://www.chilli-paddle-wack.ca/
Date: Saturday November 21st, 2015
Cost: $20.00 for your first event, $15 per additional event,
Lunch: Lunch and/or supper will be provided and is included in your registration fees.
Location: Yarrow Community School, 4595 Wilson Rd, Chilliwack (in Yarrow), BC
Format: Random Partner Doubles (Time ~8:30am to 4:00pm)
Doubles games, with a different random partner each game. At the end of the day
the player with the highest individual score in each event wins. There will be 6
events 3.0, 3.25, 3.5, 3.75, 4.0, and 4.5+ with each event consisting of 8 players.
First 8 to register will play. This event is Co-Ed tournament with men and women
playing together/against each other. We've made a slight change in that everyone
is now guaranteed 7 games, with the top 4 players in each event awarded an
additional 3 playoff games to decide the winner. The arranging of games is now
improved with EVERYONE playing with everyone exactly once, EVERYONE
playing against everyone exactly twice. We'll also be starting fewer (probably only
3 events at one time) so that there will be VERY little wait times between games.

 Fixed Partner Doubles (Time ~4:00pm to 7:00pm)
                          These events will be the standard fixed partner doubles games.  This will be round
                          robin play with playoffs to determine the winning team There will be 4 events: 
                          Women's Doubles 4.0, Women's Doubles Open, Men's Doubles 4.0, and Men's 
                          Doubles Open. This event is NOT Co-Ed.  Everyone is guaranteed at least 4 (this 
                          will probably be 5) games, and at least 1 playoff game.

                Singles (Time ~7:00pm to 10:00pm)
                          These events will be the standard singles games.  This will be round robin playoffs to determine the winning player There will be 3 events: Women's Singles

Open, Men's Singles 4.0, and Men's Singles Open. This event is NOT Co-Ed.
Everyone is guaranteed at least 4 (this might be 5 or could change depending on
the number of players who sign up) games, and at least 1 playoff game.

Contact: For further information please contract us at info@chilli-paddle-wack.ca

Monday, August 3, 2015

Statistics of Pickleball Players, Places to Play and courts in Canada

Pickleball is widely recognized as one of North America’s fastest growing sports with an estimated 250,000 players, 10,000 courts and 3,500 places to play in North America.
Total estimated number of player in Canada:
2011 6,072
2012 8.173
2013 10,128
2014 14,135
2015 20,003

As of Oct 30, 2014, Canada has a total estimated number of players is 14,135, 290 Places to Play and 710 pickleball courts.

As of Aug 3, 2015, Canada has  a total estimated number of players is 20.003, 376 Places to Play and 1077 pickleball courts.

Number of Players (Oct 30/14) Number of Players (Aug 3/15)
BC 6971 9563
ON 5385 6043
AB 665 1845
MB 245 625
SK 270 770
NB 107 369
NS 290 530
QC 120 120
PEI 82 58
NL 0 80
Total 14,135 20003
Places to Play   Places to Play    Number of courts
(Oct 30/14)     (Aug 3/15)   (Aug 3/15)
BC 106 128 485
ON 130 152 330
AB 15 32 104
SK 8 16 43
MB 9 17 33
NS 7 10 27
NB 9 13 32
QC 6 4 6
PEI 3 3 13
NL 0 1 4
Total 290 376 1077

Sunday, July 26, 2015

Videos 2015 Pickleball Canada National Western Tournament July 10-12, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3vqzJrttzA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSolCzH6j98

Thursday, July 23, 2015

In Memory of Dave Shepherd Placque

Dave's placque to be placed on the 12th hole on a bench at North Bellingham Golf Course in Bellingham, WA. This plaque will surely improve many lucky golfers handicap.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Dave Shepherd Celebration of LIfe July 18, 2015

Dave Shepherd Celebration of LIfe July 18, 2015 was held at Phoenix Lounge in Abbotsford with about 80 people in attendance. Thenk you to the emcee Jeffrey Young and Bill Ward Production produced the DVD photos and the speakers included my brother Henry, Allan Turner, Peter Darvill, David Dines bought a placque marked "In Memory of Dave Shepherd"to be placed on a bench at the 12th hole of North Bellingham Golf Course because Dave always hit his golf shot closest to the pin there and it was known as the "Shepherd's Spit". Thank you to you all !!!