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                                                                       awatomo family cleans up at
                                                                       Limestone classic in Ontario

                                                                The family that plays together stays together.....
                                                                this fabulous family won medals at the Limestone
                                                                Classic in February in Kingston, Ontario.....included
                                                                in the photo are the triplets, sister, mom and
                                                                dad.....Well done!















        approximately 10,000 players in 21 clubs with a
        focus primarily on the youth.  Most of their courts
        are converted badminton and tennis courts but
        they do have 11 dedicated pickleball courts.  This
        past Oct they ran their first tournament with 150
        athletes and currently they have two tournaments
        scheduled for 2019.


        The International Federation of Pickleball (IFP),
        the world governing body of pickleball, was
        established in 2015 to perpetuate the development
        and growth of the sport throughout the world.
        The IFP’s goal is to introduce pickleball to all
        nations so that they may embrace the sport as one       Ellen and Jess                4.5+ gold
        of their national sports, and ultimately to achieve
        official recognition by the International Olympic       Jess and Matt                 5.0 mixed gold
        Committee (IOC) in order to establish pickleball as
        an Olympic sport.  To date there are 11 member
        countries (with new applications submitted for          Matt and Ernesto   5.0 men’s silver
        review monthly) and over 35 countries known to
        be playing pickleball.                                  Linda and Steph   4.0 ladies bronze



        by Carolyn Stevens                                      Steph and Sam                 4.0 mixed silver





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