Victoria Regional Pickleball Association

Victoria, British Columbia

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Pickleball BC - $7.50/year

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Thank you to everyone who completed our survey. We have 250+ responses which will help guide our program team.

Insurance for Pickleball Play Groups

Board member Brian Harrigan has been working with VRPA member Malcolm Macauley to communicate our concerns with the new (2025) requirement for play groups to purchase insurance for their block bookings at Pearkes (Saanich) and City of Victoria sites.

When the VRPA books time at either municipality, our insurance is provided through Pickleball Canada because anything VRPA books is considered “sanctioned.” If an individual, on behalf of their play group, books a court, then that is not a VRPA event and thus not sanctioned. Therefore, that group must purchase insurance. The Board is considering a proposal that would allow those groups to go through the VRPA to make their bookings. Following this process would make the bookings VRPA events, and the VRPA/Pickleball Canada insurance would then cover those groups (they would not have to purchase additional insurance). If you have thoughts about this, perhaps communicate them to a board member so that we can consider them as we deliberate on how to move forward.

Exciting Partnership: VRPA & Courtside Sports Announce VIP Member Perks!

The Victoria Regional Pickleball Association (VRPA) and Courtside Sports are excited to announce a new partnership designed to give VRPA members exclusive VIP perks!

As a current VRPA member, you’ll now enjoy special discounts when shopping at Courtside Sports:

5% off footwear
5% off apparel
10% off bags / CS covers
5% off the purchase of 1 pickleball paddle
8% off the purchase of 2 paddles
Club pricing on pickleballs (minimum 1 dozen purchase)

Conditions:

Proof of current VRPA membership required (number or card)
Available for in-store or phone purchases only
Cannot be combined with other promotions or coupons
Purchases do not include shipping (in-store pick-up only)
No holds

This partnership is built on our shared commitment to supporting and growing pickleball in Greater Victoria.

Thank you for being part of the VRPA community—and we look forward to seeing you at Courtside Sports and on the courts!

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Update from Roger Graves, President

You may have seen the article in the Times-Colonist recently on the proposal to destroy the Wain Road pickleball courts
Proposal to rip out Pickleball Courts

I wrote a letter to the editor of the Times Colonist which was published November 6th. A meeting to get feedback from the public was scheduled for Nov. 13, but it has been cancelled. If it is rescheduled, I’ll let you know. I also spoke to a Vancouver radio station about this:

CKNW 730 Radio Interview

Pickleball play opportunities on the peninsula are looking up with the opening of the Multi-sport box in Centennial Park in Central Saanich, the development of 4 new dedicated courts also at Centennial, and the 6 new courts opening in Fowler Park in Saanich next year. The recent CRD/Panorama Recreation Committee study found that pickleball was under-served on the peninsula, and plans are underway to rectify that lack of facilities. But we will also attempt to get Wain Road re-opened. My letter is below.

Letter to the Times Colonist:

I am writing in response to the recent article, “North Saanich councillor calls for pickleball courts to be ripped out” by Roxanne Egan-Elliott (Saturday, November 1 2025). As President of the largest pickleball association on the Island (Victoria Regional Pickleball Association with over 1000 members), I feel a duty to add to the debate about how to proceed with the Wain Road pickleball courts.

First, we need to add more courts, not destroy existing facilities. A recent (2025) study by the Capital Regional District and Peninsula Recreation Committee found that the Central Saanich, Sidney, and North Saanich areas have below average numbers of pickleball courts (compared to Langford or Kelowna). The idea that destroying a perfectly good facility when municipalities are spending money building new ones makes no sense.

The reason the Wain Road courts were closed at all had to do with the objections of a small handful of neighbours to the noise generated by the balls hitting the pickleball paddles. Much work has been done on sound mitigation, with major advances in the last two years. The OWL paddle, developed in BC, together with new, virtually silent pickleballs and acoustic panels on fences offers solutions that make the noise of pickleball manageable. Further advances, such as 3d-printed pickleballs, are coming.

Perhaps the most important reason to consider re-opening rather than destroying the Wain Road courts is cultural: the Wain Road facility engendered a special kind of community meeting space for people of the area to meet and socialize, the kind of community that is really hard to replicate in other facilities. That spirit still flickers and can come to life again if everyone involved in determining the future of these courts is reasonable and willing to compromise.

Roger Graves

President, Victoria Regional Pickleball Association

Presidentvrpa@gmail.com
November 8th, 2025
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Congratulations to Connie McCann, Past President, of VRPA, who has been named the 2024 Female Master Athlete of the Year, an award presented by the Greater Victoria Sport Tourism Commission. She was recognized for her leadership and promotion of our sport in Greater Victoria. Well deserved, Connie!

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