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91原创 recreation club in a pickle over tournament that benefits kids

Pickleball club had to cancel its second annual tournament but still donated to Douglas Park School
Heather Colpitts
Heather Colpitts
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The LAPD passed the paddle and lots of kids will benefit.

In this case it鈥檚 a pickleball paddle and the 91原创 Area Pickleball Dinkers (LAPD) raised $1,275 for The Douglas Park Community School Society.

The local recreational club had planned on building on the success of its first tournament in 2019 when about 150 people gathered to compete at Douglas Park as well as the Timms Community Centre (when rains drove them indoors). The people came from not only 91原创 but also all around B.C., as well as Alberta and the U.S. The tournament raised $4,000.

The club couldn鈥檛 host the tournament due to COVID-19 but still wanted to support the inner-city school.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e our neighbours, right next to our wonderful new courts,鈥� said player Clint Davies, 鈥渁nd we鈥檙e delighted to continue to offer them our support. Of course, we鈥檙e crossing our fingers that 2021 will enable us to host our 鈥榓nnual鈥� tournament and bring people to 91原创.鈥�

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Herv Bezjak and Janet Bennett represented the Douglas Park Community School Society at the cheque presentation. H茅l猫ne Robillard, Larry Noble, Holly Tetz and Margo Barber who helped 鈥榩ass the hat鈥� among LAPD players. Behind the net are more players in the 91原创 Area Pickleball Dinkers group. (LAPD/Special to the 91原创 Advance Times)
Heather Colpitts

About the Author: Heather Colpitts

Since starting in the news industry in 1992, my passion for sharing stories has taken me around Western Canada.
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