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This starts a new game for me as your incoming President. I am excited to participate, influence and lead the growth and development of our great sport throughout Canada. .....

Fédération québécoise de pickleball (FQP) is proud to announce that on September 29, 2020, our organization was officially recognized as a "Quebec sports federation" ..

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Question:
In a recent match, my partner was the receiver. I needed to talk to her so I raised my paddle before the score was called.........

It’s been said that pickleball in Canada is about 5 years behind the U.S. in its development......

 
It is a basic right for every person to be active and participate in sports. Pickleball is one of the rare sports where disabled and able bodied athletes can compete in the same game together. This makes our sport one of the most inclusive sports around. .....

One of the lessons learned over the past six months is the importance of parks and green and blue spaces. With indoor activities frowned upon, and schools, gyms, playgrounds and organized sports closed for months, Canadians headed outdoors in droves to get active.


  The idea of getting more people outside and moving isn’t limited to the pandemic. .....

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Most professional pickleball players have a background in tennis or another racquet sport. Not so with Mike ‘Botts’ Botterill from the Okanagan region of Canada. Growing up, Botts played primarily hockey and football, ultimately spending seven seasons playing football in the CFL. ...

Pickleball Ontario, on behalf of Pickleball Canada, is nearing completion of two coaching streams ....

Rule Changes for 2021 - Video Discussion
12/17/2020  Wow! Serving changes are just the start. Here is the full document

Rule Changes for 2021
12/17/2020 No more lets? Drop serves? Experts, including Pickleball Canada's Isabelle Gauthier, weigh in.

	Pickleball Canada would like to both recognize and honour Marcel Lemieux for his outstanding and significant contribution to the sport of pickleball.....

 

 
The Red Deer Pickleball Club was delighted to hear that the City of Red Deer has just approved $30,000 towards the Pickleball Canada National Championships being held in Red Deer, Alberta  .....

Alex Stojkov	Steve Deakin
Wayne Kerr	Matt Jones
Linda Jefferies	Manon Lussier
Jim Parrott	Robert Hogue
Alan Thomson	Jill Barker