North Saanich council has voted to close Wain Park pickleball courts, citing noise
Pickleball players filled the courts at Carnarvon Park in Oak Bay on Wednesday to measure the noise from their playing.
“We’re all at a bit of a loss,” said Patti Sumida, who lives a six-minute drive from the Wain Park courts and played on them four to five days a week in warmer weather from about April to October. Created by Oak Bay resident Howard Haugom, the Owl is the first paddle certified by USA Pickleball, the sport’s American governing body, in its quiet category.
Measurements were taken from 50 metres away because that’s about the distance of the nearest house to the Wain Park courts, said Brad Watson, president of the Saanich Peninsula Pickleball Association, which organized the event with the Victoria Regional Pickleball Association. The association contributed $4,000 to the sound mitigation measures at Carnarvon Park and it has made the same offer to North Saanich, but has not heard back, she said.
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