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RA winter pickleball leagues
Individuals who requested a spot in the RA Centre’s winter pickleball leagues can expect to hear from the RA before the end of December. Be patient.
The winter leagues will run for 13 weeks, from the weekend of January 13-15 to the weekend of March 31 - April 2. Registration will will be $100+HST for RA members, and $120+HST for non-members.
MORE INFORMATION
More information on the leagues and other pickleball programs at the RA Centre can be viewed online at: https://www.racentre.com/pickleball.html
Tournoi provincial Drummondville 2022
Congrats to the local medallists at the December 2022 tournament in Drummondville Quebec…
Mens 3.5, age 55+
Bronze: gatineau’s Bernard vaive and Cantley’s Martin Pelletier
Mens 4.5, all ages
Gold: gregory cuningham from Gatineau/Sherbrooke
Kingston Team Selkirk Challenge - February 2023
The next Selkirk Team Challenge tournament at the Kingston Pickleball Club’s new facility will be February 17 to 19, 2023. Registration opens Thursday December 15 at 6pm. I expect it will sell out quickly. The winning team from the November 2022 tournament is pictured above, including Ottawa’s Brian Whitestone and Sara Weiss.
DETAILS
The Selkirk True North Pickleball Tour in partnership with the Kingston Pickleball Club are very excited to be hosting the second Selkirk Team Challenge at their new facility.
This team event will have 8 teams, each with 2 x 4.5+, 2 x 4.0, 2 x 3.5 and 2 x 3.0 players. The 4.5+ players will act as team captains and are already in place. Registration will have 16 spots available in each 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0. Teams will be chosen by draft. We will be looking for CTPR ratings when filling these slots, self ratings must be verifiable by the tournament director in the absence of a CTPR.
Friday night will be a social night where you can meet your team, play some games and eat some pizza.
Saturday will be preliminary play. The 8 teams will be split into pools of 4. There will be 4 rounds of doubles play, 3 within your pool and one crossover. There will also be 3 rounds of "team" games where your entire team will face another team from your pool. The match will start off with the 4.5's playing each other for 4 rallies, then the 4.0's for 4 rallies, then the 3.5's for 4 rallies and so on till one team reaches 21 points (regular scoring).
Sunday will be playoffs with teams seeded based on Saturday results. The top 2 teams from Pools A and B will playoff for the A championship while the bottom 2 teams from each pool will playoff for the B championship. Playoff matches will be head to head with 3 rounds of doubles and 1 round of full team match.
All doubles matches will be worth 1 point. Team matches on Saturday are worth 3 points and will serve as a tiebreaker.
Registration will include:
- All 3 days of play with 10 doubles matches and 5 team matches.
- Team shirt.
- Pizza Friday evening.
- Lunch plus snacks both Saturday and Sunday.
- Franklin X 40 pickleball - Official ball of the True North Pickleball Tour.
- 1 x 2 hour pass to be used in the future to the new Kingston Pickleball Club.
- Entered for other random prizes.
Please ensure your correct shirt size is entered.
Pickleball over the holidays
Where can you play pickleball over the holidays?
RA CENTRE - although I hear the all level play sessions will not happen for a few days, there will be private court bookings available. https://www.racentre.com/pickleball.html
KENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB - the Kenwood in Arnprior (78 Edward Street South) will have pickleball over the holidays. Download the Kenwood Athletic Club app for the specific details. https://www.kenwoodathletic.com/
MINTO RECREATION COMPLEX IN BARRHAVEN
There will be several pickleball time-slots over the holidays at Minto Barrhaven
FRANCOIS DUPUIS ORLEANS
Francois Dupuis will offer pickleball over the holidays
NEPEAN SPORTSPLEX
There will be some pickleball timeslots at Nepean Sportsplex over holidays
HINTONBURG on Wellington West
A limited number of pickleball timeslots will be offered at Hintonburg
CARDELREC on Shea - Goulbourn/Stittsville
Cardelrec will have quite a few pickleball times over the holidays
EVA JAMES - KANATA
Eva James will offer a few pickleball timeslots over the holidays
GREENBORO on Lorry Greenburg
No pickleball during the holiday season at Greenboro; pickleball will resume in mid January
RICHCRAFT IN KANATA
This complex I am not sure
CITY OF OTTAWA FACILITIES
The below site developed by local player Ted makes it easy to find City of Ottawa pickleball options
The City of Ottawa winter pickleball programs (instructional programs, and play-only programs) opened for registration on Wednesday,December 7 at 9pm at night.
NOTE: these are not the "pickleball drop in" activities offered at many community/recreational centres, which are offered weekly on a first come first serve basis. These programs are multi-week pickleball programs where you purchase the entire session (several weeks long) in advanced and are guaranteed a spot each week.
WINTER PICKLEBALL PROGRAMS - CITY OF OTTAWA These were the ones I found just by typing "pickleball" into the search bar. There may be other pickleball programs at other community/recreational centres that are not listed below. Some of these may be sold out already.
Fallingbrook Elementary School (Deancourt / Orleans) pickleball instruction Saturdays 1pm-2pm (Code 36189) (all ages), 16 spots available
Saturdays 2pm-3pm (Code 36190), age 50+, 16 spots available
Francois Dupuis Recreation Centre (Portobello / Orleans) pickleball instruction Tuesdays 840am-940am (Code 32594), 12 spots available, January 10 - February 16
Tuesdays 840am-940am (Code 38252), 12 spots available, February 21 - March 28
Thursdays 120pm-220pm (Code 32595), 12 spots available, January 12 - February 18
Thursdays 120pm-220pm (Code 38270), 12 spots available, February 23 - March 30
Sundays 1140am-1240pm (Code 38230), 12 spots available, January 15 - January 29, 3 sessions only
Sundays 1140am-1240pm (Code 38233), 12 spots available, February 3 - February 26
Sundays 1140am-1240pm (Code 38235), 12 spots available, March 5 - March 26
Heron Road Community Centre pickleball instruction Tuesdays 1pm-2pm (Code 38009), 8 sessions, January 17 - March 7
Eva James Memorial Community Centre (Kanata/Stittsville) pickleball instruction Wednesdays 1045am-1145am (Code 34265), January 18 to February 8
Wednesdays 1045am-1145am (Code 34269), February 15 to March 8
Fisher Park Community Centre (Holland Avenue) - pickleball game play only (no instruction) Saturdays 1pm-230pm, January 14 to March 11, Code 37740
Saturdays 230pm-4pm, January 14 to March 11, Code 37742
Fallingbrook Elementary School (Deancourt / Orleans) - pickleball game play (no instruction) Sundays 9am-1030am, 16 spots available
January 15 - March 26, 10 sessions
Greenboro Community Centre - pickleball game play (no instruction) Wednesdays 11am-1230pm (Code 37216)
Tuesdays 830pm-10pm (Code 37199)
FITZROY HARBOUR - St Michael's School - 159 Kedey - pickleball game play (no instruction) Saturdays 11am-12pm
January 14 to March 4
Code 34162
Reminder: Ottawa Sport and Social Club adds pickleball!
Another multi-sport Ottawa organization has added pickleball to its list of offerings - the Ottawa Sport and Social Club!
It will run Friday evenings from 6pm-8pm at Lester B Pearson High School on Ogilvie Road between Blair Road and Montreal Road. It will start on Friday January 20, with 12 weeks of pickleball play.
Dates:
Friday January 20 and 27
Friday February 3, 10, 17, and 24
Friday March 3, 10, 24, and 31
Friday April 14 and 21
OSSC Pickleball Format
OSSC Pickleball is based on a drop-in style format. Your partner and opponent will be different for each game. Players join an open game as the courts become available. You can stay and play the full amount of time, or ‘drop-in’ at your leisure in the allotted time. OSSC does not use a ranking system to indicate the different skill level of its members, nor does it use a system to impose time limits on matches. Rather, OSSC uses the "honour system" to keep track of who is next up to play. Be courteous by allowing players that have not had a chance to play or warm up to do so. No consecutive matches amongst teams or individuals.
Intro to Pickleball Clinics
These 4-week clinics are a great place to start as you enter the world of Pickleball. 1 hour of coaching/week for four weeks in which you will learn basic shots, rules of the game and get information on equipment. We supply paddles and balls for these clinics. You provide energy and enthusiasm. Come dressed to move - comfortable workout clothing, non-marking runners and a water bottle.
Tues, Jan 10-31 9:00am-10:00am 4063 Wed, Jan 11-Feb 01 9:00am-10:00am 4064 Sat, Jan 14-Feb 04 9:00am-10:00am 4065 Sat, Jan 14-Feb 04 1:00pm-2:00pm 4066 Sun, Jan 15-Feb 05 4:00pm-5:00pm 4071 Tues, Feb 07-Feb-28 9:00am-10:00am. 4067 Wed, Feb 08-Mar 01 9:00am-10:00am 4068 Thur, Feb 09-Mar 02 9:00am-10:00am 4069 Sat, Feb 11-Mar 04 9:00am-10:00am 4070
FEE: $100
Level 2 Pickleball Clinics
These 4-week clinics will keep building and expanding on the drills and skills foundation from the Intro Course. Drills will cover the third shot drop shot, volleying, lobbing and overhead shot making. Strategy and teamwork will be stressed and developed. It is not necessary to have taken the Intro Session.
Thursday, January 02- February 02 9:00am-10:00am 4072 Saturday, February 11 - March 04 1:00pm-2:00pm 4073 Sunday February 12 - March 05 4:00pm-5:00pm 4074
FEES: $100
Advanced Pickleball Clinic with KIM BRENT
The RA Centre is proud to offer pickleball clinics for upper levels players with instructor Kim Brent from TEAM SELKIRK. Kim is a current national pickleball champion at the highest skill level, and has been for two years. She is a PPR Professional Pickleball Certified Instructor. . Find out how she wins so many gold medals with these advanced clinics.
Sunday March 26 to April 23 4:00pm-5:00pm 4075 (no class Easter Sunday - Apr. 9)
FEE: $100
Reminder: Brockville - Pickleball Clinics - Saturday January 21
National champion Kim Brent returns to Stingers and the Brockville Racquet Club on Saturday January 21 with her clinics:
12pm - 2pm: Skill 3.0 and below ($75)
Warm up, dinking, 3rd shot drop, transitioning from back court to front court; and in the final 30 minute, play games with Kim and the group.
2pm-4pm: Skill 3.5 and above ($75)
Warm up, dinking, 3rd shot drop, transitioning from back court to front court; and in the final 30 minute, play games with Kim and the group.
In my experience, employees at local sports shops don't know anything about pickleball or the pickleball products they sell, and the stores have very limited selection of paddles (and often they are on the lower price range/lower quality side of things). We have a few local reps of major pickleball companies close to Ottawa Ottawa who can give advice on their pickleball products; many of these individuals have demo paddles that you can actually try out before making a purchase.
SELKIRK:
Cody (has demos, and sells directly) at: codybarbeau@gmail.com
Kim (has demos, but does not sell directly) at:strategicpickleball@gmail.com
Kelli (has demos, Frontenac/Godfrey counties):kattgrrrl@gmail.com
OLIVER SPORT:
Carlos at:carlos@oliver-sport.ca
https://www.oliver-sport.ca/
ENGAGE:
Matt: m.kawamoto@live.ca
Matt has discount codes for Tyrol shoes.
GEARBOX
Bill: bsimon@racentre.com
VULCAN:
Ravi at: ravipickleball@gmail.com
MANTA/HUDEF pickleball and ACACIA shoes
Luc at: luc@corepickleball.com
Website: https://corepickleball.square.site/
TMPR:
Michael at: michael@pickleballstrokes.ca Website: https://pickleballstrokes.ca/shop/
Michael has discount codes for Tyrol shoes.
PROLITE:
Sara at: teamprolite@prolitesports.com https://pickleball.atomconnects.com/
Sara has discount codes for Tyrol shoes.
YONEX Yonex (very well known in badminton community) will be introducing pickleball paddles in Canada in early 2023; these will be available through Capital Sport at the RA Centre. tedhthompson@rogers.com
ONIX:
Ted at: tedhthompson@rogers.com
ROKNE Chad Valcour out of Brockville has ROKNE pickleball paddle demos if you want to try one, and the discount code CHADV10 will save you a few dollars. https://roknepickleball.com/?sca_ref=2744552.uNSIaB1EAM
Reminder: UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
Burlington Vermont - December 16 to 18
Events for Skill 3.5+ and 4.0+
Registration via the EDGE Vermont gym front desk https://edgevt.com/
Laval Quebec -Tennis 13:
Saturday December 17, 2022: mens doubles/womens doubles
Saturday January 21, 2023: mixed doubles
Saturday February 18, 2023: mens doubles/womens doubles
TORONTO OPEN - early 2023 Details to be announced soon on Pickleball Brackets
Syracuse NY - January 27 to 29, 2023 https://pickleballbrackets.com/ptd.aspx?cpg=e&eid=e1618592-31b5-429f-bb2e-a22c77354d7c
Gatineau Quebec - April 29 and 30, 2023 Organized by the Association régionale de pickleball de l'Outaouais (ARPO and being held at the Centre sportif de gatineau.
Regina Saskatchewan - Pickleball Canada National Championships - August 23-27, 2023
FACEBOOK GROUP FOR LOCAL TOURNAMENTS Join the below Facebook group to help keep track of local tournaments: PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS QUEBEC/ONTARIO
If you are a facebook user, you may also want to join the below group: OTTAWA/GATINEAU PICKLEBALL PLAYERS
