Bow Valley Pickleball Association

Canmore, Alberta

QUICK links (just CLICK on the green "HERE")

MARCH/APRIL INDOOR PLAY-- SEE FULL DETAILS UNDER "NEWS" ON THE RIGHT COLUMN OF THIS WEBSITE
- TICKET PURCHASES STARTED FEBRUARY 15 AT 6PM AND CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 20 WITH ANOTHER SELL OUT!
- SIGN-UP FOR MARCH/APRIL SESSIONS COMMENCED FEBRUARY 22 AT 6PM. SOME SPOTS STILL OPEN.
INDOOR PLAY TICKETHOLDERS CAN SIGN UP FOR SESSIONS USING THE ACCESS CODE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED. TO SEE WHO IS PLAYING IN WHICH SESSION, GO TO "CONFIRMATION LIST" ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SIGN-UP WEBPAGE THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY CLICKING THESE LINKS:

Novice Sign-ups for Mar/April can be found HERE

Intermediate Sign-ups for Mar/April can be found HERE

Advanced Sign-ups for Mar/April can be found HERE

2023 Indoor Play Schedules at the Canmore Rec center can be found HERE for March and HERE for April

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS--MONDAY, FEB 27, 2023--7pm, ELEVATION PLACE, ROOM 212--DOCUMENTS CAN BE FOUND HERE AND YOU CAN SIGN-UP HERE IF YOU HAVE A 2023 MEMBERSHIP.
2023 Rule Changes-- see discussion HERE
Official Pickleball Rule Book 2022

Join the Bow Valley Pickleball Association "BVPA"

Pickleball is a fun social activity for all ages and all athletic ability levels, with simple rules that make it easy to learn and fun to play, but tough to master. Weather depending, our outdoor playing season usually runs May to mid October. Indoor pickleball will be played where available.

Membership with BVPA includes:

Affiliation with Pickleball Canada and Pickleball Alberta.
Use of our courts as detailed under "PLAY".
Invitations to tournaments and social events.
Voting rights at our Annual General Meetings.
Organized play for both the Recreational and Competitive player.
Enable the club to provide clinics and workshops aimed at improving the skills of members at all levels.

Annual membership fees are used to:

Purchase new nets, balls, and other equipment.
Rental of courts as required.
Cover administration costs.
Subsidize Ratings, Skills Development and Learn to Play clinics.
Subsidize Social Events.
Establish a fund for maintenance and development of additional courts.

Méthodes de paiement

En ligne

* Un petit frais de traitement s’applique

Contactez nous

Doug Thomson

douglas.j.thomson@shaw.ca

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Bow Valley Pickleball Association

MARCH UPDATE - SAVE THE DATES FOR BVPA INDOOR TOURNAMENT IN APRIL

2022 AGM UPDATE

We had a very successful AGM on February 27 and we are pleased to introduce our 2023 BVPA Board of Directors:

President Rosie Neil

Vice President Helen Thomson

Treasurer Murray Palmer

Secretary Sheila Churchill

Director at Large
Bill Foden

Director at Large
Doug Thomson

Director at Large
Michelle Vincent

With these folks at the helm, we are sure to have very successful 2023!

SAVE THE DATES – SPRING INDOOR TOURNAMENT TIME

Planning an Indoor Tournament for 130 active BVPA members on two courts at the Canmore Rec Center with restricted court availability requires nothing less than logistical genius and that is what we have in our BVPA Spring Tournament Director – Neil Skaluba!

The tournament will be spread over three days – Friday April 21, Saturday April 22 and Sunday, April 23.

The format will be Round Robin play on April 21 and 22 and according to our levels
– Novice,
Intermediate and Advanced. To manage the numbers, players in each of our levels will be grouped to 8 in a group. For example, there will be Intermediate Group 1, Intermediate Group 2 and Intermediate Group 3 and each group of 8 players is scheduled to play at different times.

Scores from the Round Robins will be collected, tabulated and then the players with the highest total scores at each level will play in Playoffs on Sunday, April 23 to determine the champions at each level.

And what’s a tournament without a SOCIAL? Neil Skaluba has thought of everything and the playoffs will be followed by a SOCIAL at the LEGION starting at 5:00 on Sunday, April 23!

The entry fee will be $25.00 per player and proceeds (after court rental fees are paid to TOC) will support BVPA play.

Signups will be in the usual way through our website system – stay tuned for further details re sign ups.

IN GREATER DETAIL –

Here are the playing times for the tournament – remember that we are working with the times the courts are available for us.

Friday April 21 Round Robin Format

6:30-8:00 PM Advanced Group 1

8:10-10:00 PM Intermediate Group 1

Saturday April 22 Round Robin Format

11:00-12:30 Novice Group 1

12:40-2:00 Advanced Group 2

2:20-4:00 Intermediate Group 2

4:00-5:30 Novice Group 2

5:40-7:00 Intermediate Group 3

7:20-9:00 Novice Group 3

Sunday, April 23 Playoffs

9:00-11:00 Advanced Playoffs

11:00-1:00 Novice Playoffs

1:00-3:00 Intermediate Playoffs

So, circle these dates on your calendars and plan to join the fun!

Cheers to all,

BVPA Board
8 mars 2023
MENTORSHIP PROGRAM for our Novice and Intermediate players

Hello everyone,

The BVPA Play Committee is excited to launch a MENTORSHIP PROGRAM for our Novice and Intermediate players. Many thanks to our experienced pickleball players who are volunteering their time to help other players develop their skills.

The foundation of good MENTORSHIP PROGRAM is the clear identification of the skills and play characteristics which are required for Novice, Intermediate and Advanced level play.

So we have developed a SKILLS MATRIX which outlines the basic pickleball skills for all three levels of play.

Although our Mentorship Program is aimed at Novice and Intermediate players, the expectations detailed in the SKILLS MATRIX for Advanced play are important information for our Advanced players as well.

As our club develops, the SKILLS MATRIX will become a more and more important document for all players to understand. The intent of the SKILLS MATRIX is to provide an understanding of what skills you must execute CONSISTENTLY and with MASTERY at each level in order to progress.

Please click HERE to see the SKILLS MATRIX.

Take a moment to check out the SKILLS MATRIX and reflect about where you fit in the each of the identified skills and remember that we all feel like we play better than we actually do.

So what will our MENTORSHIP PROGRAM look like for the remaining indoor play season?

For each week of play, we have identified a ‘Skill of the Week’ from the SKILLS MATRIX.

Your mentor will introduce this skill and a level appropriate drill for you to work on your technique and execution mastery. You will spend approximately 15 mins at the beginning of each session working on the drills before starting the usual round robin play. Mentors will then provide you with feedback during the games with a focus on the skill you have just reviewed.

As we move to outdoor play, our intent is to schedule dedicated sessions (30min to 1hr) solely for skill development.

Finally, a BIG thank you to all our mentors who are an integral part of our growth and development as a club.

Cheers,

Rosie Neil, Neil Skaluba, Doug Thomson and John Walker
6 mars 2023
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR CLUB!

ARE YOU WILLING TO MENTOR INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS?

Our Novice mentorship program has been wildly successful and we are expanding to provide mentorship at the Intermediate level as well.

As you are among our most talented and experienced players, are you available to do some mentoring in March and April?

Your time commitment can be flexible and we will have a “core curriculum” of required skills for Intermediate play to guide and support your mentoring.

And, best of all, our Intermediate players are thrilled to have the opportunity to be mentored!

If you have questions before committing, feel free to contact any of us –

Rosie neil@ucalgary.ca

Neil S mr.skoobs@yahoo.com

Helen helen.thomson@shaw.ca
24 février 2023
Hello All Intermediate Players

Hello All Intermediate Players,

To help our Intermediate players improve their play, we are planning the following initiatives:

Mentorship in March and April

We are planning to offer a Mentorship Program (similar to the Novice Mentorship Program) in March and April for our Intermediate players.

Does this interest you?

Mentors for Intermediates will be skilled BVPA Advance players who like to share their expertise with other players in our club. Mentors will help Intermediate players develop and improve the skills which are identified as requirements for play at the Intermediate level.

Mentored sessions will be identified on the court schedule.

Intermediate Skill Development Clinics in the First Week in June

We are planning to bring in Leslie Srogen and her team to work specifically and intensively with our Intermediate players to ensure that all our Intermediate players have and utilize the skills expected of play at the Intermediate level.

Leslie’s clinics will be on a user pay basis. More details will be available in late April.

Required Skills Matrix

We are developing a Matrix of Skills which must be MASTERED at Novice, at Intermediate and at Advanced in order to play at those levels. This Matrix will be published to all members in the very near future. Stay tuned.

Moving Up

Moving up is a prickly topic for every club. I encourage you to find and use your PAUSE button before you move yourself up to the next higher level.

PAUSE to review your skills critically and dispassionately. Does your current play demonstrate MASTERY
of all the skills required at your level? Do you use all the shots and skills required at your level? There is more to pickleball than hitting the ball hard from the baseline.

PAUSE to work with the Mentors in March and April who are going to help you develop all your skills.

If you don’t consistently demonstrate MASTERY of all the required skills, I guarantee that you will not be warmly welcomed by the higher level.

We all have off days when everything goes into the net and yes, we all have flashes of brilliance. By all means, savour those flashes of brilliance but they do not mean you should move yourself up a level.

Questions? Comments? Advice?

Cheers,

Helen
24 février 2023
March/April Indoor Play

Hello Everyone,

Here is important information about the final installment of our Indoor Play Program – the March/April session.

STEP ONE: Review the Scheduled Dates and Times of Play

March and April play dates and times are shown on the calendar as per the links below -

In March, dates and times are on the calendar found HERE

In April, dates and times are on the calendar found HERE

STEP TWO: Purchase Your Ticket Packet

For the March/April sessions we will again sell “Ticket Packets”- 7 Tickets for $50.

Ticket Packets will be available to BVPA members only on the website starting on February 15 at 6:00 PM.

Click HERE for the ticket purchase website.

Due to limited time availabilities, there are maximum numbers of ticket packets available for each group: Novice - 30; Intermediate - 38; Advanced - 24. Once the maximum is reached, sales will be cut-off for that group. The system has these set limits in it but we've had problems with limits in the past so if there are sales beyond the maximums, those sales will be voided and monies will be refunded.

STEP THREE: Sign Up for Your Play Dates and Times

Ticket Holders will be invited to sign up for their dates and times starting on February 20, 2023, at 6:00 PM. Further sign up details, including access codes, will follow in a separate email to ticket purchasers on February 19, 2023.

A few words about our “ticket packet” system - participants will use one “ticket” for each event at which they play. You can pick up your ticket packets at the first play session that you attend.

There is no drop-in play and our mantra remains “no ticket, no play”.

The “tickets” are transferable so friends can share a packet of tickets with players at the same level. For example, Advanced tickets may only be shared with BVPA Advanced players. Unused tickets can also be posted on the BVPA Face Book page to let others know of their availability but may be sold to other BVPA members only.

Unused tickets will expire on April 30, 2023.

Questions? Comments? Contact me - helen.thomson@shaw.ca
12 février 2023
Latest from BVPA

Hello, Everyone,

Here’s the latest update – and it’s all good news!

As of today, we have 118 members who have purchased 2023 BVPA memberships!

The January/February Winter session is in full swing. The cancellation function for the sign ups is working again so, as members, you can again do your own cancellations if your plans change.

Planning for the March/ April session is almost complete. You can expect “Ticket Packet” purchases to be available on February 15. Stay tuned.

And we are also already planning for the opening of our outdoor season as soon as weather permits!

Once the outdoor season is launched, we will resume our popular Introduction to Pickleball clinics.

In the meantime, we are looking forward to our first ever BVPA AGM on February 27, 7:00-8:30, Room 212 in Elevation Place. Your complete AGM information package will be issued by email to 2023 members on February 6. Sign Up for the AGM will also be issued on February 6.

And did you notice that there is an AED (defibrillator) mounted on the wall just as you turn left out of the doors from Room 200 at the Canmore Rec Center? Good information to know if ever….

That’s all for now.

Cheers,

BVPA Board
2 février 2023