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Saturday, August 13, marked National Pickleball Day 2022 in Canada. The second Saturday of August each year is designated National Pickleball Day, an opportunity for the pickleball community to celebrate the sport that brings us together, also serving as an excellent recruitment opportunity for clubs across the country.

This year, National Pickleball Day was truly a national event, with players young, old, beginner, and advanced coming together to spend a day of fun on the courts. Pickleball Canada received submissions from members in eight provinces sharing their stories, pictures, and what pickleball means to them.

A few highlights of the stories received include:

• Fredericton, New Brunswick – The Fredericton Pickleball Club celebrated National Pickleball Day with 5 hours of outdoor fun league play in beautiful weather.
• Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec – The Vaudreuil-Dorion Pickleball Club hosted a successful initiation event with 32 new players registered. The club used four courts to teach new players the game, while on another four courts members demonstrated the sport and paired up with newly initiated players.
• Grand Bend, Ontario – One and a half years ago, Dave Tomlinson’s group started with 6 players outside on a seldom used municipal basketball court. On National Pickleball Day, 31 attending players spent the day on that same court, now 3 pickleball courts, that had a $20,000 facelift. The group continues to lobby for more courts, demonstrating the increasing demand for pickleball in their community.
• Winnipeg, Manitoba – Jeffrey Xie founded the LF South Winnipeg Pickleball Club just one week before National Pickleball Day and celebrated by teaching a group of beginner players the game of pickleball. Jeffrey is passionate about bringing pickleball to newcomers to Canada and demonstrating how sport can help immigrants build new connections and adapt to life in Canada.
• Cortes Island, British Columbia – Don Hall and his group of dedicated pickleball players celebrated the day playing pickleball on their small, rural island off the coast of British Columbia.

As pickleball continues to see rapid growth throughout the country, Pickleball Canada continues to work to develop key programs and policies needed to advance the sport for all, for life.

Mark Saturday, August 12, 2023, on your calendars as National Pickleball Day 2023! We cannot wait to see the growth and development of pickleball from this year to next.

If you have additional stories from National Pickleball Day 2022 that you would like to share with us, please send it to Kaitlyn Green, Project Coordinator at Kaitlyn.green@pickleballcanada.org.

Ottawa, ON

The 10^th Pickleball Canada National Championship, held in Kingston, Ontario, wrapped up on Sunday, June 26^th, with 954 athletes competing in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.  Categories included Open, Skill and Age-based events. 

Pickleball Canada President, Karen Rust, who also officiated during the event, said “the Kingston Pickleball Club and volunteers from across Canada are to be congratulated for providing this excellent Championship event.  The level of competition, and camaraderie has been a delight to witness, with many special memories and new friendships made.”

From June 22-26, 2022, the Kingston Pickleball Club, in partnership with Pickleball Canada, hosted the event between the INVISTA Centre and their newly created indoor courts at the Kingston Pickleball Club.  “I was extremely impressed by the way the Nationals were run this year, given the record number of participants, and the multiple venues”, said Andrea Blackwell, President of the Kingston Pickleball Club.  Ms. Blackwell continued saying that “immense credit must be given to the organizers, volunteers, referees, runners, without whom a tournament of this size would not have been impossible”.

Competitors age ranged from 15 to 84 with the majority in the 55 – 69 age group.  However, the trend for more younger players taking up the sport of pickleball was evident with the highest skill level, Open event winners all being in their 20’s and 30’s.

Competitors travelled to Kingston from all across Canada hoping to be crowned Canadian champions. Between the two host venues, 35 courts were used to hold a total of 2,445 matches. 

Pickleball Canada would like to thank the Kingston Pickleball Club and the many volunteers that took part in ensuring that the 2022 National Championship was the success it was.  

For more information, please contact:

Karen Rust, President, Pickleball Canada
karen.rust@pickleballcanada.org

Ryan Hanes, Tournament Director
twobouncesolutions@gmail.com

The competition wraps up today at the 2022 Pickleball Canada National Championship in Kingston, Ontario. The event has been a success, thanks to all of the hard work from our volunteers, officials, and event organizers.

Make sure you take a look at Michael Gauthier’s Fackebook page, Pickleball Strokes for great images of competitors throughout the weekend, as well as Pickleball Brackets for a complete list of medal results.

On the courts today were the following events:

• Mixed Doubles Age 50+ 3.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 19-35 3.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 50+ 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 50-59 4.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 65+ 4.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 19+ 4.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 35+ 4.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 65+ 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 65+ 3.0-
• Mixed Doubles Open
• Mixed Doubles Age 19-35 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 50-65 4.5-
• Senior Mixed Doubles Open
• Mixed Doubles Age 60+ 4.0-
• Mixed Doubles Age 19+ 4.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 35+ 4.5-

Medal Results from Day 4:

Today at the 2022 Pickleball Canada National Championships Men’s and Women’s Doubles events are back on the court for more excellent competition. Michael Gauthier is busy capturing photos of some of Canada’s best players. Head to his Facebook page at Pickleball Strokes to see more of his work.

For all match and medal results, head to Pickleball Brackets.

The events taking place today include:

• Men’s Doubles Age 50+ 3.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 50+ 4.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 50-57 3.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 58+ 3.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 50+ 3.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 65+ 3.5-
• Women’s Doubles Age 19-35 3.0-
• Men’s Doubles Age 35+ 4.0-
• Men’s Doubles Age 19+ 4.0-
• Men’s Doubles Open
• Women’s Doubles Age 50+ 4.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 35+ 3.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 65+ 4.0-
• Senior Men’s Doubles Open
• Men’s Doubles Age 65+ 3.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 50-65 4.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 50+ 3.0-
• Men’s Doubles Age 19-35 3.5-
• Women’s Doubles Age 19-35 4.0-
• Men’s Doubles Age 35+ 4.5-
• Women’s Doubles Age 19+ 3.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 50+ 4.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 19-35 3.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 65+ 3.5-
• Men’s Doubles Age 65+ 4.5-
• Women’s Doubles Open
• Men’s Doubles Age 19+ 4.5-
• Senior Women’s Doubles Open
• Women’s Doubles Age 65+ 4.0-
• Women’s Doubles Age 19-35 4.5-

Medal Results from Day 3:

Men’s and Women’s Singles events took the courts today at the INVISTA Centre and Kingston Pickleball Club in Kingston, Ontario. Competitors have been playing hard, leaving it all on the court as they aim for the title of Canadian National Champion. The events that took place today include:

• Men’s Singles Open
• Men’s Singles Age 50+ 3.5-
• Men’s Singles Age 65+ 4.5-
• Women’s Singles 4.0
• Women’s Singles Age 50+ 3.0-
• Women’s Singles Age 19-35 3.0-
• Women’s Singles Age 50+ 3.5-
• Women’s Singles Age 65+ 3.5-
• Women’s Singles 19-35 3.5-
• Men’s Singles Age 65+ 3.5-
• Senior Men’s Singles Open
• Men’s Singles Age 35-50 3.0-
• Men’s Singles Age 19-35 4.5-
• Men’s Singles Age 35+ 4.0-
• Men’s Singles Age 50+ 4.0-
• Men’s Singles Age 65+ 3.0-
• Men’s Singles Age 65+ 4.0-
• Men’s Singles Age 19-35 3.5-
• Men’s Singles Age 50+ 4.5-
• Women’s Singles Open
• Men’s Singles Age 19+ 4.0-
• Women’s Singles 4.5

Medal Results from Day 2:

Michael Gauthier is on site at the INVISTA Center capturing some amazing shots of our competitors. Head to his Facebook page at Pickleball Strokes to see more of his work.

If you’re not already following along, make sure you head to Pickleball Brackets to keep up with match and medal results.

Congratulations to all of the medalists so far, and good luck to all competitors yet to take the court!

Day 2 at the 2022 Pickleball Canada National Championships has seen some incredible play in Mixed Doubles events. The events that took place today include:

• Mixed Doubles Age 16-29 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 16-39 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age30-39 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 40-49 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age40-49 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 50-54 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 50-54 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 55-59 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 55-59 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 60-63 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 60-64 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 64-69 4.0+
• Mixed Doubles Age 65-69 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 70-79 3.5-
• Mixed Doubles Age 70-79 4.0+

Medal results from Day 1:

For full score and medal updates, head to Pickleball Brackets.

Check back in tomorrow for a review of the Day 2 medal results!