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K
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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