Invermere Pickleball Club

2023 Season

Hello all members!
     Our new season is just around the corner.  Indoor play will start at the beginning of April. Weather permitting, we will start playing outdoors the week of April 19 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 1 till 3PM.
     We offer 4 courts and full facilities for indoor play. Our outdoor play is on the multi use court at Mt. Nelson park using our portable nets.  As you know, Mt Nelson offers us 4 courts, public washrooms, full fencing and a proper sport court surface.   
     Along with our scheduled play time, we are planning to have a few social events and tournaments.  All this requires volunteers.  Because we need open and close the indoor facility or put up portable nets to play outdoor, we will need hosts to unlock our equipment, set up, take down and lock up again for every session.  Being a host is easy.  To find out more about being a host, read this document, PB Host duties 2023.pdf. 
     Ultimately, how often we can play and what additional fun events and tournaments we can have ,will be determined by how many volunteers we can rely on.  We will also be trying out teams of host to make it easy to commit to helping out. 
   For all those who have not renewed your membership, please do so here.
   See everyone on the courts.

We Have Evening Play Indoors

     Four indoor courts on a really nice surface with great visibility, washrooms, spectator area with guest cooler and a nice lounge overlooking the playing surface. All conveniently located in downtown Invermere at the curling club, across from the liquor store.
     This facility will be dedicated to our club from April 1 to Sept 30 this 2023. 
     Please look at our Play Schedule tab above for the new programs we are offering for indoor evening play.
     We will also be using the facility as a bad weather backup to regular outdoor play (currently Mon to Sat, 10am to noon – host’s call, day by day).

$10 drop-in daily,  guests

   This is all included in your membership !

Curling Club Play Secured For 2023 Season

As we look forward to the 2023 season, we are thrilled to let everyone know ALL members are going to have access to the Curling Club from April 1st to September 30th next year. Six full months!! Play on the four indoor
courts turned out to be a hit with our members this year, particularly
on poor weather days, when we moved indoors as well as regular evening
play, lessons and club mixers. With the addition of Curling Club
access, we now have a place to hold meetings, parties, etc. Fees will
increase to approximately $100 for the season which includes the fees
for Pickleball Canada, Pickleball B.C. and the Invermere Pickleball
Club. It should be noted the price of $100 was suggested by members at
our recent AGM and was unanimously voted for.

Given the challenges with the District Of Invermere guaranteeing
access to outdoor courts at Mt. Nelson, having 24 hour, seven day a week
access to the four indoor courts, opens up so many possibilities.
Looking around the country at other pickleball clubs, it seems that we
are in a somewhat unique situation with the ability to have this indoor
play option available to us at such a great price - less than one round
of golf at many of the courses. We are looking forward to a super year
next year. We will be sending out a survey in February or March looking
for everyone's input on what they would like to see offered at the
indoor facility in terms of play and social events. Watch for that!

Volunteer Appreciation Night - Sept. 21st

The Volunteer Appreciation Event is set for Wednesday, September 21st from 5-9 p.m. We'll start with some pickleball play at 5:00 and then move to Lisa & Yarek's for refreshments and some fun. If you volunteered at all with the Club this year, YOU are invited. Please join us. You can RSVP to Lisa at glisamcintosh@yahoo.ca.

Volunteers Needed For Hosting Duties

Stay in the know and get to know some of the other members by joining our new Facebook group.  You can request to join at https://www.facebook.com/group.

Club Members win medals at the Nationals

In the Alberta Provincials Dean and his partner Bronze there in 3.0 17 and over age group. Sue medaled, with a Silver in Mixed Doubles 3.5 17-59 

Nationals  Sue Stevenson Brown Gold in ladies 4.0 age 50-59 Ladies partner Beth Tabor, Calgary Silver in mixed 4.0 age 60-69 Mixed partner Mel Louie, Calgary   Dean Kroetsch Bronze in the 3.0 age 17-59. Were given Silver for their age bracket 50-59 Men’s partner was Mike Dowse. More photos in our photo album See you on the courts.

To Quote Dean: We had an awesome time at the Canadian National Pickleball Championships the past week. There was some top notch Pickleball play to be seen with several high profile players attending. Cindy and I had good games
against some great people in our mixed play but came up short of the podium. Shoulda, coulda, woulda… we definitely came away with things to work on. Shout out to my men’s doubles partner Mike Dowse; we finishedbronze in the 3.0 combined play of the 17-59 age group but were given silver in our 50-59 age bracket. And yea, he’s a lot taller than I am

.

Start time change at the Mt Nelson Courts

New start time for play at the Mt Nelson Courts is 9am starting on Tuesday August 17th.

Club Members win medals at the Nationals

Two of our club members have won medals at the
Pickleball Canada National Championships held last week in Red Deer.
Congratulations to Sue Stevenson Brown and Dean Kroetsch. We are so
proud of your success.Photos and stories to follow.

Grand Opening Highlites - Mt Nelson Courts.

A very successful Grand opening-BBQ/Potluck was held on Aug 5th. Our sincere appreciation goes out to our Events coordinator Cathy Howard and the many volunteers that contributed time and food for the event.

Some highlights included, the cutting of the ribbon ceremony (Simon and Dan), John and Sharon's anniversary, and the awarding of the third annual Sportsmanship award to Bill Yaskiw by Randy Baker.

The Sportsmanship Award has been sponsored by Tom Wilkinson and Jan Guenigsman every year. More photos are in the Photo Gallery

Invermere Pickleball Club - Outdoor Play

Club play has moved to the Mt Nelson park.
Schedule starting Tuesday, July 20th:
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 8:30 am - 11 am

Also, we still have high quality, outdoor balls, specifically suited to play better in windy conditions, available to club members. You can get 4 balls for $15 by contacting Sheila at pickleballcv@gmail.com

IPC 2021 Presidents Message June 6.pdf

PB Host duties 2021.pdf

2023 Season

Hello all members!
     Our new season is just around the corner.  Indoor play will start at the beginning of April. Weather permitting, we will start playing outdoors the week of April 19 on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 1 till 3PM.
     We offer 4 courts and full facilities for indoor play. Our outdoor play is on the multi use court at Mt. Nelson park using our portable nets.  As you know, Mt Nelson offers us 4 courts, public washrooms, full fencing and a proper sport court surface.   
     Along with our scheduled play time, we are planning to have a few social events and tournaments.  All this requires volunteers.  Because we need open and close the indoor facility or put up portable nets to play outdoor, we will need hosts to unlock our equipment, set up, take down and lock up again for every session.  Being a host is easy.  To find out more about being a host, read this document, PB Host duties 2023.pdf. 
     Ultimately, how often we can play and what additional fun events and tournaments we can have ,will be determined by how many volunteers we can rely on.  We will also be trying out teams of host to make it easy to commit to helping out. 
   For all those who have not renewed your membership, please do so here.
   See everyone on the courts.

We Have Evening Play Indoors

     Four indoor courts on a really nice surface with great visibility, washrooms, spectator area with guest cooler and a nice lounge overlooking the playing surface. All conveniently located in downtown Invermere at the curling club, across from the liquor store.
     This facility will be dedicated to our club from April 1 to Sept 30 this 2023. 
     Please look at our Play Schedule tab above for the new programs we are offering for indoor evening play.
     We will also be using the facility as a bad weather backup to regular outdoor play (currently Mon to Sat, 10am to noon – host’s call, day by day).

$10 drop-in daily,  guests

   This is all included in your membership !

Curling Club Play Secured For 2023 Season

As we look forward to the 2023 season, we are thrilled to let everyone know ALL members are going to have access to the Curling Club from April 1st to September 30th next year. Six full months!! Play on the four indoor
courts turned out to be a hit with our members this year, particularly
on poor weather days, when we moved indoors as well as regular evening
play, lessons and club mixers. With the addition of Curling Club
access, we now have a place to hold meetings, parties, etc. Fees will
increase to approximately $100 for the season which includes the fees
for Pickleball Canada, Pickleball B.C. and the Invermere Pickleball
Club. It should be noted the price of $100 was suggested by members at
our recent AGM and was unanimously voted for.

Given the challenges with the District Of Invermere guaranteeing
access to outdoor courts at Mt. Nelson, having 24 hour, seven day a week
access to the four indoor courts, opens up so many possibilities.
Looking around the country at other pickleball clubs, it seems that we
are in a somewhat unique situation with the ability to have this indoor
play option available to us at such a great price - less than one round
of golf at many of the courses. We are looking forward to a super year
next year. We will be sending out a survey in February or March looking
for everyone's input on what they would like to see offered at the
indoor facility in terms of play and social events. Watch for that!

Volunteer Appreciation Night - Sept. 21st

The Volunteer Appreciation Event is set for Wednesday, September 21st from 5-9 p.m. We'll start with some pickleball play at 5:00 and then move to Lisa & Yarek's for refreshments and some fun. If you volunteered at all with the Club this year, YOU are invited. Please join us. You can RSVP to Lisa at glisamcintosh@yahoo.ca.

Volunteers Needed For Hosting Duties

Stay in the know and get to know some of the other members by joining our new Facebook group.  You can request to join at https://www.facebook.com/group.

Club Members win medals at the Nationals

In the Alberta Provincials Dean and his partner Bronze there in 3.0 17 and over age group. Sue medaled, with a Silver in Mixed Doubles 3.5 17-59 

Nationals  Sue Stevenson Brown Gold in ladies 4.0 age 50-59 Ladies partner Beth Tabor, Calgary Silver in mixed 4.0 age 60-69 Mixed partner Mel Louie, Calgary   Dean Kroetsch Bronze in the 3.0 age 17-59. Were given Silver for their age bracket 50-59 Men’s partner was Mike Dowse. More photos in our photo album See you on the courts.

To Quote Dean: We had an awesome time at the Canadian National Pickleball Championships the past week. There was some top notch Pickleball play to be seen with several high profile players attending. Cindy and I had good games
against some great people in our mixed play but came up short of the podium. Shoulda, coulda, woulda… we definitely came away with things to work on. Shout out to my men’s doubles partner Mike Dowse; we finishedbronze in the 3.0 combined play of the 17-59 age group but were given silver in our 50-59 age bracket. And yea, he’s a lot taller than I am

.

Start time change at the Mt Nelson Courts

New start time for play at the Mt Nelson Courts is 9am starting on Tuesday August 17th.

Club Members win medals at the Nationals

Two of our club members have won medals at the
Pickleball Canada National Championships held last week in Red Deer.
Congratulations to Sue Stevenson Brown and Dean Kroetsch. We are so
proud of your success.Photos and stories to follow.

Grand Opening Highlites - Mt Nelson Courts.

A very successful Grand opening-BBQ/Potluck was held on Aug 5th. Our sincere appreciation goes out to our Events coordinator Cathy Howard and the many volunteers that contributed time and food for the event.

Some highlights included, the cutting of the ribbon ceremony (Simon and Dan), John and Sharon's anniversary, and the awarding of the third annual Sportsmanship award to Bill Yaskiw by Randy Baker.

The Sportsmanship Award has been sponsored by Tom Wilkinson and Jan Guenigsman every year. More photos are in the Photo Gallery

Invermere Pickleball Club - Outdoor Play

Club play has moved to the Mt Nelson park.
Schedule starting Tuesday, July 20th:
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 8:30 am - 11 am

Also, we still have high quality, outdoor balls, specifically suited to play better in windy conditions, available to club members. You can get 4 balls for $15 by contacting Sheila at pickleballcv@gmail.com

IPC 2021 Presidents Message June 6.pdf

PB Host duties 2021.pdf