At North Saanich council, it was obvious that rejection of pickleball was a done deal right from the start.
Shortly after 9 p.m. Monday, pickleball died in North Saanich.
Or did they just firmly dig in their heels as a result of a constant wave of anger and vitriol directed at them by the pickleball community since the courts were padlocked and signed as “permanently closed” at 7:30 a.m. May 7, a decision that we now know was not legally made? We will never know. Pickleball is a highly addictive sport played for three main reasons — fun, the social aspects, and the health and fitness benefits. It is being adopted in many school curricula.
They added sound attenuation which has largely solved the problem. Cranbrook has not just one but two pickleball facilities, comprising a total of 12 courts.
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