AGM – June 1st, 12:30 pm @ Oliver Woods Community Centre

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The yearly search for members to step up to join our Executive and help lead our club for the coming year is underway.  We will need about 4 new people to offer their time and talents for the coming year.  Dave E. will be stepping down after 2 years as Vice President followed by 3 years as President but will still be on the Executive for one more year as Past President.  Obviously, this is a crucial position with our club, but one that offers you a chance to lead a great group of fellow Executive members plus our club members and help to shape the future of the Nanaimo Pickleball Club and pickleball in Nanaimo for the future.  As Past President, Dave will be available to guide you along the way using the experience he have gained, as much or as little as you wish.   Please give this some serious thought and get back to him personally if you’d like to discuss it further.  Much like the TD position, we REALLY need a President and 3 others to join the Executive.  It’s only through volunteering that our club exists, operates and thrives!

Medals at 55+ Games

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Some of our members recently competed in the Kimberly/Cranbrook 2018 55+ Games and were very successful! 

Congratulations to Pete Korvin for his bronze medal in Men’s 4.0 Singles, Carolyn Pate and Anna Edgar for their silver in the Women’s 3.5 Doubles, and to Pete and Anna for bringing home the gold in the Mixed 4.0 Doubles!

Duncan Dazzle Fun Tournament 2018

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2018 Duncan Dazzle Fun Tournament

Thanks to Ron and Dee for another successful tournament.

 

 

2018 Mexican Madness Fun Tournament

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Saturday, August 4th, 2018 at Oliver Woods Community Centre

Thanks to Ronnie and Dee for another successful Tournament!

Media Coverage of Nanaimo Indoor Pickleball Tournament

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Here’s an article from Nanaimo News Now reporting on the recently completed Nanaimo Indoor Pickleball Tournament held on June 23-24.

Results are available here.

 

USAPA Nationals in Casa Grande, AZ Nov 4-12, 2017

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Congratulations to Clive Jones from our club who won Men’s 3.5 80+ age group singles Gold Medal at the USAPA Nationals in Casa Grande Arizona! He also competed in Men’s and Mixed Doubles. Inga Makepeace, also from our club, competed in 3 events there and did very well in all three!! Congrats to Clive & Inga and all the other Vancouver Island players competing at this high level pickleball competition.

Breaking News!

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City of Nanaimo, club serving up pickleball at Beaufort Park

Pickleball players will now be serving at Beaufort Park thanks to work by Nanaimo Pickleball Club and City of Nanaimo Parks and Recreation.

The club and city hosted a grand opening event Saturday, which saw six courts officially unveiled to players. It was the culmination of a number of years of work by the two groups.

Dave Eaton, Nanaimo Pickleball Club president, said pickleball is increasing in popularity. Plans started three years ago when he began meeting with Richard Harding, city director of parks and rec, and Al Britton, city manager of parks operations.

“We worked out a plan to convert one of the tennis courts at Beban Park into two pickleball courts,” said Eaton. “That went very well and two years ago last May we opened those courts and it was just a huge success. The problem was there was only two courts and a lot of players wanting to play.”

Beaufort Park was decided on as a site for more courts to help alleviate the glut of players.

Coun. Bill Bestwick, parks, recreation and wellness committee chairman, said if there is demand, more pickleball courts could be added.

“I’m certain if the popularity of this venue here proves to be as successful as we think it will, I have no doubt that there will be a third request for another facility and time will tell, but certainly by all the activity that’s going on here … and at the one at Beban Park, I won’t be surprised to see another one in the near future,” said Bestwick.

Dwight Lobson, a pickleball player, was impressed with the new courts.

“It’s awesome,” said Lobson. “It’s a very good court. Nice and even. Lots of people coming out. Last week or so, it’s been just packed like this every morning.”

 

Karl Yu, reporter, Nanaimo News Bulletin

Beaufort Park Pickleball Courts are now open!

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Check out the 6 new outdoor pickleball courts at Beaufort Park. Thanks to City of Nanaimo Parks and Rec and the efforts of our Club President, Dave Eaton, for making this happen. To find where the courts are go to the ‘Places to Play’ tab.

Volunteers Needed

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We are looking for support from our multi-talented membership to help manage club affairs. We are looking for assistance in the following areas:

Training,

Wednesday Play,

Saturday Play,

Social,

Tournaments,

City Liaison,

Publicity,

Greeter.

If you see a topic that interests you, please email us at nanaimopickleball@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you to discuss it further.  More info is available below.

Nanaimo Pickleball Club Committees

Training – Organizes training opportunities for members.  The committee members aren’t necessarily the trainers; rather they co-ordinate training

Saturday Play – Sign up players, collect fees, send out emails to participating players, organize courts and let players know about the results.  This is ideally a 2-person committee to ensure someone is always taking care of weekly activities

Wednesday play – Sign up players, collect fees, send out emails to participating players, organize courts and let players know about the results.  This is ideally a 2-person committee to ensure someone is always taking care of weekly activities

Social – Recommend to the Executive, plan and organize social activities for club members and their partners.

Tournaments – Find tournament directors for our 2 annual tournaments; find and help to assign volunteers, co-ordinate resources to ensure successful tournaments; in conjunction with tournament directors

Parks & Recreation/City of Nanaimo Liaison – President and Vice President co-chair this committee along with others who are interested in assisting.  Involves contracts, future

Greeter/Membership – Meet new players at drop-in and other events, get contact info from newcomers, give out NPC contact info cards, advise newcomers and the general public about our club activities, maintain our Gmail membership list

Website/Facebook/publicity – Maintain and enhance our website, Facebook and other social media resources; promote our club activities in local and other media, with other pickleball clubs and organizations, and publicize the results of our tournaments and ladder play sessions as appropriate.