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Pickleball CanadaThe fastest growing sport in North AmericaLe sport qui affiche la croissance la plus

rapide en Amerique du Nord

Pickleball Canada Organization Official Newsletter December 2014

www.pickleballcanada.org

President's Message - Shirley Shepherd

In This Issue

Presidents Message pg. 1

2014 PCO Points pg. 253

USAPA National Winners pg. 3

Top PCO Point Earners 2013 pg. 455

PCO Salutes Volunteers pg. 6

Upcoming Tournaments pg. 7

Live Healthy – Play Healthy pg. 8

News Coast to Coast pg. 9

Truly a Sport for All Ages pg. 10

Around the World pg. 11

New Ambassador pg. 12

Rules Corner pg.13

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PCO would like to thank our Ambassadors and enthusiasticplayers who have started new pickleball clubs and groups andheld demos and clinics to teach new players all across Canada.Below are some more new clubs and groups:St. Andrews Pickleball Club, New BrunswickClinton Pickleball Club, OntarioSt. Albert Pickleball Club, AlbertaMountainside Pickelball Club, North Vancouver, BC

Comox Valley Pickleball Club, BCPickleball Canada awards Tournament Points to our memberswho were medal winners in PCO sanctioned tournaments.Congratulations to all the top players for their great achievementsin Canadian tournaments during 2014!! All these players shouldbe very proud of their accomplishments. A complete list of playernames and tournament points is published on page 2 & 3 in thisnewsletter.Thank you all for your support of Pickleball Canada in2014!On behalf of the entire PCO Board, Best wishes andSeason's Greetings to you all !!

2014 PCO Sanctioned Tournaments:

Mission Madness, Mission (FVP), B.C. Feb 8 Tier 4

Rosebowl, Rosedale, B.C (FVP). March 8-9 Tier 4

Walnut Grove Classic (FVP), Langley, B.C. May 16-17 Tier 4

Kelowna Open Tournament, Kelowna, B.C. June 14 Tier 3

Alberta Open Championship, Calgary, AB July 18 – 20 Tier 4

Pickleball Canada National Open Championship July 4-6, Tier 1

Nanaimo Pickleball Tournament, Nanaimo, B.C. July 25-27 Tier 4

Peachland Pickleball Tournament, Peachland, B.C. Aug 23-24 Tier 4

Parkland Pickleball Sept Smash, Spruce Grove, AB Sept 6-7 Tier 4

Pacific Pickleball Palooza (FVP), Surrey, BC Nov 22-23 Tier 3



2014 Tournament Point Earners

McKimmon, Andrew 6400Chou, Fion 5200Sawatsky, Karen 4100Stern, Nancy 4000Lerner, Elaine 3400Choy, Magdalene 2800Jankowiak, Marco 2700Welch, Terri 2700Lam, Brian 2600Franz, Ken 2500Parkes, Brian 2400Meakin, Roberta 2300Jmaeff, Dan 2200Parobec, Maurice 2100Jmaeff, Brenda 2000Scorgie, Jim 2000Savoy, John 2000Zhekhovskaya, Luba 2000Moore, Sharon 2000Beechinor, Lori 1900Orcutt, Teresa 1800Ulis, David 1700Saunders, Jim 1700Dana, Mark 1700McCallum, Anne 1600Brar, Binu 1600Dimery, Doug 1600Brown, Linda 1600Saunders, Terry 1600Dallas, Mary 1500Ames, Tim 1500Gibbon, Bonnie 1400Kusch, John 1400Heinrich, Karen 1400Darvill, Peter 1300Drake, Cookie 1200Hun, Kim 1200Latray, Brayden 1100Yeo, Cheng5Lok 1100Bell, John 1100Yoram, Zer 1100Cho, Glenn 1000Young, Gordon 1000

Kim, Jaewon 1000Renfrew, Karen 1000Newman, Peter 1000Griffin, Gordon 900Tran, Anh 800Lam, Brian 800Zhekhovskiy, Denis 800Ross, Doug 800Cloutier, Frank 800Lum, Gary 800Franz, Ken 800Buckler, Lin 800Owen, Pauline 800Lawrence, Shelley 800Mah, Tim 800Beechinor, Todd 800Windt, Tom 800McQueen, Bob 700North, Danae 700Sherrin, Darrell 700Burke, Ed 700Treichel, Ernest 700Walker, Gordon 700Larsen, Jacob 700Bateman, Leslie 700Beynon, Mark 700Timbers, Ray 700Penner, Ben 600Meerkerk, Henry 600McKinley, Richard 600Priebe, Ross 600Lehman, SJ 600Pitcher, Trudy 600Brittain, Grant 500Brittain, Isaiah 500Ingwersen, Kas 500McWilliam, Margie 500Khan, Matt 500Rostak, Ryan 500Bakogeorge, Andy 400Chang, Ashley 400Craig, Bev 400Borys, Bill 400

Sivetz, Brook 400Reid, Christine 400Pool, Claire 400Windblad, D'arcy 400Charlton, Dale 400Clark, David 400Smith, Eva 400Oakes, Faye 400Kraemer, Geof 400Loewen, Geri 400Chen, Jackson 400Yoo, Jai ik 400Lindenbach, Jay 400Robertson, John 400Schulz, Manfred 400Mcinnes, Marjorie 400Hutchings, Mark 400Lee, Merrie 400Schwarz, Mike 400Postler, Milda 400Agassiz, Nancy 400Legree, Paul 400Bruhn, Rick 400Juan, Ron 400Simpson, Roxy 400Brittain, Samuel 400Edwards, Shirley 400Bryde, Ted 400England, Terry 400Idan, Zer 400Pitcher, Dee 300Bellis, Mike 300Wood, Mike 300Khan, Patricia 300Pitcher, Ronnie 300Huh, Aaron 200Cloete, Adele 200Gendron, Alex 200Bissonette, Barry 200Manansala, Brendan 200Gaudet, Brian 200Anthony, David 200Fuhrman, Dennis 200



Giang, Ester 200Kaatz, Evelyn 200Latray, Gene 200Bhauruth, Vince 200Boris, Jim 200Murden, Jim D 200Toolsie, Joey 200Joubble, Joginder 200Nigh, Jon 200Strumecki, Lorne 200Hoodicoff, Lorraine 200Simpson, Lyle (Glh) 200Billan, Mani 200Tamblyn, Marilyn 200Johnson, May 200Shepherd, Mike 200Tuet, Nelson 200Hollo, Pamela (Pam) 200Hawkins, Patricia 200

McGechaen, Roy 200Milliken, Sandy 200Kraemer, Sharon 200Fosbery, Sue 200Randhawa, Sukhbir 200Porteous, Wendy 200Bergen, Wes 200Orcutt, William 200Hu, Wilson 200Athukorla, Yasan 200Reid, Bill 100Stoffberg, Bob 100Campbell, Colin 100Cudlipp, Dave100Thompson, Dawne 100Holley, Deborah 100Albert, Doris 100Morrison, Frank 100Ha, Jane 100

Toth, Janie 100Reimer, Jerry 100Baloun, John 100Rudance, Keith 100Fosbery, Pat 100Thomson, Pat 100Morgan, Phil 100Adams, Rick 100Oakes, Rick 100Forde, Rob 100Piper, Scott 100Mcdivitt, Shirley 100Rothenberg, Steven 100Priebe, Valerie 100

Canadian Wins Big at USAPA Nationals VI

SunCity Festival, Buckeye, AZ 11/02/14- 11/09/14 attracted nearly 700 of the toppickleball players in theworld tocompetefor medals in the age-group categoriesand awards and prize money in opencompetition. Congratulations to all thetop players! TopCanadian players LubaZhekhovskaya (Surrey, BC) won 3 Goldmedals (Mixed Doubles 50+, SeniorOpen Mixed Doubles, Senior OpenWomen's Doubles) and a Silver medal(Women's Singles 50+) and BrendaJmaeff (Kelowna, BC) won a Bronzemedal (Women's Doubles 60+).



Top PCO Tournament PointEarners 2013

Follow this page to read the profiles of PCO tournamentpoint earners

This month Pickleball Canada Organization would like to showcase , Bud& Pierrette Hebner who have earned 1600 tournament points each in 2013

Bud & Pierrette HebnerLittle Current, OntarioIn our youth, we played competitive

badminton in Ontario. We became a coupleand badminton was a large part of our life,playing 5-6 times a week. In the early 1970'swe were mixed champions in NorthernOntario. We married in 1974, had 3 childrenand careers moved us to small NorthernOntario towns where we introduced andcoached badminton in our communities. Itcontinued to be our way of life for ourselvesand our children but over the years, otherfamily commitments and issues drifted usaway from the sport.

We retired in a small community, LittleCurrent, Ontario on the North Shore of LakeHuron, Manitoulin Island (world's largestfresh water island). Neighbours of ours,David and Helen Hall, pickleballambassadors, were attempting to getpickleball started up in our community andinvited us to comeout andplay pickleball . Notknowing what to expect, we had a blast andbecame addicted immediately! With ourbadminton background it was an easytransition and even brought us back to ouryounger days, the only difference is that allthe players are much older.In Little Current, we play indoors in a curlingrink during spring, summer and fall before theice is set for curling. There are manychallenges playing on a curling rink becausethe floor is cement, although cool in thesummer, it is quite cold in the fall as thecommunity ice arena is next to our courts. It isnot unusual to find players actually dressed inwinters coats, vests and gloves at this time.We have 17 club members who are allregistered with the Ontario PickleballAssociation. Some players are competitiveand some are beginners but we are all in it tohave fun, socialize and get some exercisewhile we're at it. Our club has a system oftimed matches and random selection of adifferent partner for every match. Being asmall organization it is a win win situation forall as it gives all players a chance to challengeeach other. Our club welcomes visitors,families and friends. Seeing that we aresituated on the North Channel of Lake Huron,we also have a number of boaters passing



through who join us at times in thesummer. We play 3 times a week for 3hours and of course, we have varioussocials afterwards.We've never had formal coaching. Ourskills are mostly self-taught by watchingvideos, playing better players, practicingvarious drills and experiences learned attournaments. We are always looking toimprove our play any way we can.Living in Northern Ontario makes it achallenge toplay in tournamentsbecausethey are all in Southern Ontario orNorthern US states. Travelling up to 8hours three timespluseachsummer& fallis nothing out of the ordinary for us.In our first Ontario Provincial Tournamentin 2012, we lost every single game weplayed. We learned from that experienceand in our second Ontario ProvincialTournament in 2013, we surprisedourselves and actually won the GOLD inthe under 60 category and in 2014SILVER in the under 65 category.Since our retirement in 2012, we havebecome Snowbirds in Winter Haven

Florida. In searching the internet, we'vefound great places to play in CentralFlorida and have been able to connectwith upcoming tournaments. We live in asmall retirement community with only 1small pickleball/tennis court. Weintroduced the sport at Winter HavenOaks and since then, the park managersallowed us to paint pickleball lines on thetennis court once they realized thatinterest was growing in the park. We willbe working on them to get a second courtpainted up. Ontario friends in the parkthat we intoduced the game to, enjoyedthesport somuch that theybrought it backto their home town of Kingsville, Ontarioand they now have 78 members.Wepromotepickleball asmuchaswecanand belong to the Pickleball Associationof Ontario, Canadian PickleballAssociation, and United States ofAmerica Pickleball AssociationPickleball is a great way of keepinghealthy and active in our retirement andeven better yet, we are having so muchfun at it with socializing and meetingpeople from all over North America.



PCO Salutes Volunteers

Merrie LeeI was born and raised in Georgetown, British Guiananow known as Guyana.I have loved sports for as long as I can remember. InHigh School I played Netball, Field Hockey, LawnTennis andTable Tennis. In university I learnt to playBadminton and now I have added Pickleball.My athletic efforts have earned me a few rewards. Ihad the honour of being named Sportswoman of theyear in my Freshman year at university. Starting in2003 to the present I have competed in the Ontarioand Canada Senior Games playing badminton withmuch success including representing Canada at theUS Senior Nationals in Houston.Toronto Canada became home in 1974. Raising myfamily did not leavemuch time for sport. However, astime passed I began playing badminton again. Oneevening whilst playing badminton at a CommunityCentre a fellow player came in and said, ' Merrie, I

have found a new gamewhich you will absolutely love'. We lowered one of the Badminton nets andhe proceeded to teach us the rudiments of the games. That wasmy introduction to Pickleball. ThankYou Dennis Carter.There are not many places in Toronto to play Pickleball in the evening so for the first 2 yearsmy playtime was limited to 1 day a week . As an independent IT consultant I had the privilege of arrangingmy work schedule to accommodate play time. Retirement in 2013 and being able to play during theday opened the door for me to play more often and with the help and support of many wonderfulpeople I have been able to improve my game to where I am today.Pickleball was included in the Ontario Senior Games in the summer of 2010. That was the start ofmore Pickleball tournaments in Toronto and surrounding areas. I try to play in asmany tournamentsas possible for the joy of learning from others. This year I ventured further afield and it was mypleasure to be a part of the Nationals in Abbotsford.I enjoy helping to teach Pickleball and promote the game to anyone who will listen. I have beeninvited into schools to teach students the game, aman ambassador for North York and currently amon the board of Pickleball Canada. I encourage others to play the gamewhether it be for recreationor competition.I hope to continueplayingsport formanyyears to comeandmost importantly,wish to thankmy familyand friends for always supporting me. Submitted by Merrie Lee

At publication time we have just learned that Merrie Lee will be the Tournament Director for the 2015Pickleball Canada National Eastern Open Championship..



Upcoming TournamentsVernon Pickleball Club Indoor Charity Tournament

Saturday, March 28, 2015At Priest Valley Gym,3310 37th Ave, Vernon, BC

Vernon Pickleball Club has chosen to support the Vernon Hospice House and theCancer Society in a Women's, Men's and Mixed Doubles Tournament.

Schedule: Women's and Men's Doubles in the morning. Mixed Doubles in theafternoon. Registration forms and tournament details to follow. Inquiries contact:[email protected] Cheri, Vernon Pickleball Club 250 545-5864

Nanaimo Pickleball Tournament, Nanaimo, B.C.May 1,2 and 3, 2015.

Mens and ladies singles, doubles and mixed doubles.This will be a ranked tournament. http://nanaimopickleball.org

Pickleball Kelowna Spring TournamentSaturday, May 9, 2015

Location: Kelowna School GymName of Tournament Directors: Dale Charlton, Ray Timbers & Gilbert Guenette

email address: [email protected] <[email protected]>Phone: 250-878-8791

IFP rules Apply

2015 Pickleball Canada National Eastern Open Championship to be heldin the Manulife Financial Sportsplex and Healthy Living Centre at RIM

Park in Waterloo, Ontario on July 10th, 11th and 12th, 2015.

2015 Pickleball Canada National Western Open Tournament to be held inKelowna, B.C. on July 10th, 11th and 12th, 2015.

Any player or group who would like to have their tournament advertised , please sendrequest to: Denise at [email protected]



Ed Burke, PCO Director from Kelowna,requested that this valuable information beshared with our readers. Ed has been takingpart in "coaching"classesofadifferent sort forthe last several months, from COACH. theCentral Okanagan Association for CardiacHealth. Thanks Ed and see you back onpickleball courts soon!

Sodium Intake in Canada & How toReduce Sodium IntakeCanadianseatabout3400mgof sodiumeachday. This is more than double the amount weneed! Although sodium is an essentialnutrient, our bodies need only a small amountto be healthy. Too much can lead to a varietyof health conditions, including:� high blood pressure (hypertension)� Vascular and cardiac cell damage� Heart disease and stroke� Kidney disease� Detrimental effects of calcium and bonemetabolism� Severity of asthmaBenefits of ReductionHigh sodium intake has been shown tosignificantly increase the risk of cardio-vascular disease and stroke. Dietary sodium

reduction is an efficient way to reduce therisks. In Canada, it has been estimated that ifthe average sodium intake is decreased by1840mg a day, high blood pressureprevalence would decrease by 30%. Thiswould result in approximately one millionfewer Canadians with high blood pressureandannual cost savingsof $430milliondue tofewer physician visits, laboratory tests andmedication. This reduction would alsoprevent an estimated 23,500 cardiovasculardisease events per year in Canada—adecrease 13% over current numbers, with anadditional $949 million annually in savings.How to Reduce Sodium in your Diet� Cook with herbs, spices, fruit juices andvinegars for flavor� Remove table salt from the kitchen�Read thenutrient labels at thegrocery storeand opt for low-sodium options� Avoid canned soups and vegetables, usefresh or frozen�Avoidprocessed foods, delimeats andhighsodium condiments� When eating out, ask for your food to beprepared with little or no salt. Request yourdressing and sauces “on the side”Adapted from P Strazzulo et al., 2009

Live Healthy - Play Healthy



Pickleball News Coast to Coast

Fraser Valley Pickleball Celebrates 1st Year AnniversaryNovember marked the 1 year anniversary of the formation of the Fraser Valley PickleballTournament Committee. We celebrated our annirversary with the 4th and most successfultournament, Pickleball Palooza. Pickleball Palooza, was held November 22-23 at the PacificAcademy in Surrey, BC and recorded our highest number of registrants for a tournament - awhopping 132 players!The tournament was a PCO sanctioned, Tier 3, skill level event, with players travelling fromVancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, USA and the Fraser Valley. Our Tournament Director,Marco Jankowiak and Draw Master, Andrew McKimmon used the USAPA registration andtournament package to organize the tournament. Fraser Valley Pickleball is maturing andproviding players with the opportunity to gain valuable experience in competitive pickleballfollowing PCO, USAPA and IFP, the International Federation of Pickleball rules.Fraser Valley Pickleball has several tournaments planned for 2015. Check ourweb page for datesand plan to join us. Committee members: Marco Jankowiak, Andrew McKimmon, Gene Latray,Grant Brittain, Geri Loewen, Bob Stoffberg, Denise and Gordon Griffin.

Pickleball Palooza Results

Mens Doubles Gold Silver Bronze3.0 Gordon Walker 5 Bob McQueen Jaewon Kim 5 Jai ik Yoo Brayden Latray 5 Aaron Huh3.5 Gordon Griffin 5 Jacob Larsen Yoram Zer5Idan Zer Nelson Tuet5Wilson Hu4.0 John Bell 5 Tim Ames Richard McKinley 5 Grant Brittain Mani Billan 5 Sukhi Randhawa4.5+ Marco Jankowiak 5 Andrew McKimmon Ron Juan 5 Jackson Chen Ryan Rostek 5 Binu Brar

Mixed Doubles Gold Silver Bronze3.0 Leslie Bateman 5 Brayden Latray Eva Smith 5 Bill Borys Sandy Milliken 5 Jaewon Kim3.5 Danae North 5 Yoram Zer Marjorie McInnes 5 Rick Bruhn Esther Giang 5 Brendan Manansala4.0 Lori Beechinor 5 Todd Beechinor Kas Ingwersen 5 TomWindt Shelley Lawrence 5 John Bell4.5+ Theresa Orcutt 5 Andrew McKimmon Fion Chou 5 Mark Dana Magdalene Choy 5 Brian Lam

Womens Doubles Gold Silver Bronze3.0 Leslie Bateman 5 Sandy Milliken Lindsay Boyko 5 Sandy Jones Jeni Lewandowski 5 Heidi Baloun3.5 Beverly De Haitre 5 Jan Bergen Valerie Priebe 5 Lori Vance Beryl Kusch 5 Patricia Khan4.0, 4.5 Elaine Lerner 5 Fion Chou Terri Welch 5 Magdalene Choy Milda Postler 5 Brenda Martel



Truly a Sport for All AgesTournament play at the Pickleball Palooza inSurrey, BC includedmany teamswith youngplayers and some who were successfulmedal winners. There were 8 players undertheageof 30. Some teams includedaparentand son or daughter, like Jim and RebeccaMurden(No picture) and Idan and YoramZer. Idan and YoramZer won a silver medalin the Men’s Doubles 3.5.Other teams were made up of 2 pickleballpals, for example, Brayden Latray and AaronHuh or Kim Jaewon and Jai ik Yoo. Braydenand Aaron won a bronze medal in the Men’sDoubles 3.0. Kim and Jai won a silver medalin the Men’s Doubles 3.0. Then Braydenwent on to win a gold medal with LeslieBateman (no picture) in the Mixed Doubles3.0 and Kim went on to win a bronze medalwith Sandy Milliken in the Mixed Doubles

3.0.One teamwas a lastminute pairing of a 17 year old and a 68 year old dueto a cancellation. Jakob Larsen and Gord Griffin ended up with a goldmedal in the Men’s Doubles 3.5.TwoamazingyoungplayersEstherGiangandBrendanManansala,whohave just taken up the sport of pickleball recently, paired up to win abronze medal in the Mixed Doubles 3.5

Everyonecouldn’t beamedalwinner in this tournament, but these youngplayers are the up and coming winners and the future of competitivepickleball play in Canada. Fraser Valley Pickleball and Pickleball Canada support and salute youth!

Idan and Yoram Zer

Brayden Latray and AaronHuh

Kim Jaewon and Jai ik Yoo

Jakob Larsen and GordGriffin

Esther Giang and BrendanManansala

2015 55+ B.C. SeniorGames North

Vancouver, August25th – 29th, 2015



2ND ALL INDIA PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL INDOOR TOURNAMENTAt Andheri Sports Complex, J.P. Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai - 400 058on December 13/14, 2014 - 8:00 am-8:00pm.10 State Teams participating, play in accordance with IFP Rules...If you will be in Mumbai during this tournament time you are verywelcome to enter...Over the last 7 years AIPA has conducted 1000+ promotional events across India. With a

mission to make India fit.AIPA has been awarded income tax benefits under section 80G of the Income Tax Act. AIPAisactive inguidingandcoordination forabout 200 tournamentsatdistrict andstate levels.Aftertremendous efforts and persistence,Pickleball is now recognized by the Directorate of Sports and Youth Services, Government ofMaharashtra.The successful First national tournament was held in December 2013 at Mumbai.

I'm in Spain and making somegood progress promotingpickleball. I wanted to let you knowthat we recentlyfinished the September SpainPickleball Tours and had a greattime so I've decided to keep themgoing in 2015. The following are

the 2015 dates.

Check-out the Web site and view photos and video from 2014www.vivapickleballtours.com



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PCO Area Ambassador Powell River, B.C.We are very pleased to announce that Rheal Leon has been appointed asPickleball Canada's Area Ambassador for Powell River, B.C. effectiveDecember 8, 2014. Powell River is a small community that is isolated by 2ferry rides fromVancouver. Thepickleball grouphasbeenplaying for abouta year and a half and they now get up to 30 people coming out to play 3times a week. They have 4 indoor and 2 outdoor courts. They are all selftaught by watching videos and reading. Thank you Rheal for promotingPickleball in Powell River.



Your Board Of DirectorsShirley Shepherd, [email protected] Shepherd, [email protected] Burke, Vice President [email protected] Dane, Treasurer [email protected] Griffin, Editor & Publisher<[email protected]>Merrie Lee, Memberships [email protected] Perras, Director at [email protected] Dixon, Webmaster [email protected] Simon, Chair Rules [email protected] Furse, Director at large [email protected] Shepherd, Director at [email protected] Wood, Ambassador Committee [email protected]

Provincial AmbassadorsAB - Linda Dane [email protected] - Shirley & David [email protected] - Carol [email protected] - Brian Shippam [email protected]. - Dave Hall [email protected] - Claude Gauthier [email protected] - Raymond Doiron [email protected] - Garth Matthews [email protected] - Patsy & Steve [email protected]

You have received this email because you are or were a member of Pickleball Canada.If you no longer want to receive this newsletter from Pickleball Canada , please reply and request that your name bedeleted from the mailing list. Apply to: Denise Griffin, Newsletter Editor/Publisher at <[email protected]>

Question: Is it a fault if I amaccidentally hitby the ball or if Icatch the ball if Ithink it's going out ofbounds?It is a fault if the ballin play strikes aplayer or anything

the player is wearing or carrying. There isoneexception to this rule: if the ball strikesthe player's paddle hand below the wrist,the ball is still in play. If the ball strikes aplayer standing out of bounds before afault has occurred, that player loses therally. In doubles, if the serve strikes thereceiver's partner, it is a point for theserving team, providing it is not a let serveor a fault serve. This rule also includesballs that appear to be hit out of bounds:during play, if you catch the ball or try tostop it from heading out of bounds, youlose the rally.

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