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ndian Wells Pickleball Tournament

Check out these fantastic results, well done
Canada: Mixed Doubles Pickleball partners, Jayne
Hackman from Vernon, and Dale Charlton from
Kelowna beat out 17 teams to win a bronze medal
in the 65+ age category in the U.S. Pickleball
Nationals in Indian Wells, California.

photo credit
Jennifer Smith
Vernon Morning Star

“It’s been a very exciting 11 days competing in partner, Kathy Evers from Colorado in the 65+
two warm-up tournaments in the Phoenix area, division competing against twelve other teams. She
followed by the U.S. Nationals in Indian Wells,” and Evers have played together in tournaments for
said Hackman. two years and had a nail-biting come-from-behind

victory in some very hard-fought games.
Hackman also won a gold medal with her doubles

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