PickleballCANADA
EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR PICKLEBALL CANADA !
By Jim Parrott
PICKLEBALL CANADA PRESIDENT
Our much-anticipated “ Strategic Plan 2021- 2023 — Advancing Pickleball for All , for Life ” has been rolled out to our membership . In part , the Strategic Plan defines our focus over the next three years while identifying day-today operational requirements of Pickleball Canada . Examples of these initiatives are :
Develop , activate , and support community pickleball NETworks / hubs for children & youth , and other underrepresented populations .
Pickleball Canada Ontario ( PCO ) is actively engaging club representatives across Canada to gather best practices for all things club related , from setting up a club organization , to banking , to running programs . Club level and drop-in play are the grass roots of our organization and where most of our members enjoy the sport .
Also within this initiative is Youth , and , simply defined — the future of our sport . We are proud to announce that Elaine Roy has assumed the role of National Youth Coordinator and will be developing and implementing strategies aimed at growing the youth segment of our population . I am quite impressed with the strategies she has developed for her Youth Portfolio with the Federation Quebecoise de Pickleball .
Launch , enhance and sustain the National System .
The Pickleball Canada National System ( PCNS ) is up and running , with a systematic rollout across Canada . PCNS consists of Content Management ( website ),
Membership Management , and coming on later is Event Management and other features . All provincial and territorial organizations will be on the PCNS shortly . The committee , comprised of representatives from each province and Yukon and led by our VP of Sport Development and Competition , Kirk Jensen , has done a phenomenal job in bringing the PCNS into production . Per Kirk , one byproduct is that there is increased dialogue between and among all levels , from individuals ,