Join the Bow Valley Pickleball Association ("BVPA")
Pickleball is a fun social sport for all ages and athletic abilities, with simple rules that make it easy to learn and fun to play, but tough to master. Our outdoor season runs from mid-May to mid-October, with indoor play from November to April.
*TO JOIN, CLICK ON THE "JOIN-RENEW" BUTTON IN THE ABOVE LEFT CORNER*
Annual membership $75
Membership with BVPA includes:
- Organized outdoor and indoor play for both the Recreational and Competitive player.
- All regularly scheduled outdoor play is covered by your membership fee. (Indoor play is scheduled on a user-pay basis).
- Invitations to tournaments and social events.
- Voting rights at our Annual General Meetings.
- Enable the club to provide clinics and workshops aimed at improving skills for all levels.
Annual membership fees are also used to:
- Rental of outdoor and indoor courts as required.
- Purchase balls, loaner paddles for Try It participants, Beginner and Novice 2.0 members, new nets and other equipment.
- Cover administration costs.
- Liability insurance.
- Subsidize Ratings, Skills Development and Learn to Play clinics.
- Subsidize Social Events.
- Establish a reserve fund for maintenance and development of additional courts.
Thinking of Joining our Bow Valley Pickleball Association and Getting in on the Fun?
Here’s what you need to know –
The annual membership fee is $75 and 100% of that membership fee stays in the Bow Valley and supports pickleball and BVPA members.
If you join now, your membership is in effect until December 31, 2024.
Joining is easy – just click on JOIN-RENEW.
We run both an Indoor Play program and an Outdoor Play program.
Our Indoor Program is offered in three sessions (January-February, March-April and November-December) in Room 200, Canmore Rec Center on 2 courts. Indoor play is run on a cost recovery basis, by pre-selling tickets (5 tickets for $45), with online registration for play at your skill level. Members only. There is no indoor drop in play.
Our Outdoor Program runs from mid-May to mid-October at 2 locations, Veterans and Larch. All regularly scheduled outdoor play is included with your membership fee. Signup is done one week in advance through an emailed link at your skill level. If space is available, non-members are welcome for a fee.
Most of our play is levelled round robin play: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced. We also offer Mixed doubles same partner play, open to all levels. New for the Outdoor season will be Ladder play.
Pickleball TRY IT Sessions
To bring pickleball to our community, we offer FREE Pickleball TRY IT Sessions on specified dates.
If you have never played pickleball before, these sessions are for you – in a short hour and a half, we give you the basics and get you playing. We provide the paddles, balls, nets and instruction.
Our next next TRY IT sessions are scheduled for May 25 and June 8. If TRY IT participants want to continue playing with the club, they must first become BVPA members where they will be classified as Beginners/Novice 2.0.
To find out more about other pickleball options in the Bow Valley, look under the PLAY tab, Places to Play.
Questions? Comments?
Helen and Sheila
Prices & Deadlines
All prices in CAD $
Refund Policy: All fees are NON-REFUNDABLE.
Join the Bow Valley Pickleball Association ("BVPA")
Pickleball is a fun social sport for all ages and athletic abilities, with simple rules that make it easy to learn and fun to play, but tough to master. Our outdoor season runs from mid-May to mid-October, with indoor play from November to April.
*TO JOIN, CLICK ON THE "JOIN-RENEW" BUTTON IN THE ABOVE LEFT CORNER*
Annual membership $75
Membership with BVPA includes:
- Organized outdoor and indoor play for both the Recreational and Competitive player.
- All regularly scheduled outdoor play is covered by your membership fee. (Indoor play is scheduled on a user-pay basis).
- Invitations to tournaments and social events.
- Voting rights at our Annual General Meetings.
- Enable the club to provide clinics and workshops aimed at improving skills for all levels.
Annual membership fees are also used to:
- Rental of outdoor and indoor courts as required.
- Purchase balls, loaner paddles for Try It participants, Beginner and Novice 2.0 members, new nets and other equipment.
- Cover administration costs.
- Liability insurance.
- Subsidize Ratings, Skills Development and Learn to Play clinics.
- Subsidize Social Events.
- Establish a reserve fund for maintenance and development of additional courts.
Thinking of Joining our Bow Valley Pickleball Association and Getting in on the Fun?
Here’s what you need to know –
The annual membership fee is $75 and 100% of that membership fee stays in the Bow Valley and supports pickleball and BVPA members.
If you join now, your membership is in effect until December 31, 2024.
Joining is easy – just click on JOIN-RENEW.
We run both an Indoor Play program and an Outdoor Play program.
Our Indoor Program is offered in three sessions (January-February, March-April and November-December) in Room 200, Canmore Rec Center on 2 courts. Indoor play is run on a cost recovery basis, by pre-selling tickets (5 tickets for $45), with online registration for play at your skill level. Members only. There is no indoor drop in play.
Our Outdoor Program runs from mid-May to mid-October at 2 locations, Veterans and Larch. All regularly scheduled outdoor play is included with your membership fee. Signup is done one week in advance through an emailed link at your skill level. If space is available, non-members are welcome for a fee.
Most of our play is levelled round robin play: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced. We also offer Mixed doubles same partner play, open to all levels. New for the Outdoor season will be Ladder play.
Pickleball TRY IT Sessions
To bring pickleball to our community, we offer FREE Pickleball TRY IT Sessions on specified dates.
If you have never played pickleball before, these sessions are for you – in a short hour and a half, we give you the basics and get you playing. We provide the paddles, balls, nets and instruction.
Our next next TRY IT sessions are scheduled for May 25 and June 8. If TRY IT participants want to continue playing with the club, they must first become BVPA members where they will be classified as Beginners/Novice 2.0.
To find out more about other pickleball options in the Bow Valley, look under the PLAY tab, Places to Play.
Questions? Comments?
Helen and Sheila
Bow Valley Pickleball Association
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CANADA DAY SILENT AUCTION UPDATE
Here’s the latest scoop about our BVPA PICKLEBALL PALOOZA on CANADA DAY, JULY 1!
Please share this info with all your friends and neighbors – this event is for everyone to enjoy!
This event will be HUGE and will showcase PICKLEBALL and our PICKLEBALL CLUB to our whole community! You don’t want to miss it! Here’s what’s planned –
Canada Day starts with the FAMOUS CANADA DAY PARADE at noon. Not to be missed!
Then, the party moves to CENTENNIAL PARK where our club is hosting a BEER TENT in partnership with GRIZZLY PAW and WILDLIFE DISTILLERY. There will also be FOOD TRUCKS on site, there will be MUSIC and DANCING and our FAMOUS SILENT AUCTION will be set up and in action! Come prepared to bid!
The TREBLEMAKERS will be playing live music on the STAN ROGERS STAGE from 2:00-4:00.
Folks, this is THE MAJOR FUNDRAISER for our club! Our whole Canmore and Bow Valley business community has gotten behind us with very generous donations of products and services which will be on offer at our FAMOUS SILENT AUCTION.
A number of our own members have gotten behind us with generous private donations!
Here are some of the latest businesses and private individuals who have come on board with donations of goods or services! These benefactors are in addition to those previously posted in an earlier email!
ART COUNTRY CANADA – ROCKY MOUNTAIN GALLERY
artsPlace
BICYCLE CAFÉ
ELLI’S HAIR WEST
OUTSIDE BIKE & SKI
SAVE ON FOODS
FERGUS & BIX
GREG BARON
ROBERT AND SHIRLEY CASAVANT
We are GRATEFUL for all the support we are being shown and we are GRATEFULfor the tireless BVPA club volunteers who are working hard to make this event such a resounding success!
If you would like to contribute with silent auction items or cash donations, please contact Doris Foden. Use dorisfoden@gmail.com
That’s all for now – we will keep you updated regularly!
That’s Canada Day, July 1 – mark it High Priority on your calendars!
April 25th, 2024 -
OUTDOOR PLAY STARTING MAY 12
BVPA Outdoor Play will be at Veterans Courts
Structural problems have made Larch Courts unplayable for the foreseeable future. We have no information about when or if Larch Courts might be available for play this outdoor season.
Therefore, all our BVPA Outdoor Play is being scheduled onto Veterans Courts. The Town of Canmore has been very supportive to ensure that our club play can continue as scheduled.
There will be short disruption of play at Veterans in late May or early June as the lines on Veterans Courts are refreshed. This is good news!
Our Outdoor Play Season Opens on May 12 at Veterans Courts
BVPA members may participate in club activities at our outdoor courts with no additional cost. Members’ 2024 membership fees are structured to cover the costs of outdoor court rentals.
Signs ups will go out on a weekly basis throughout the outdoor season and we will introduce some new offerings such as Ladder Play.
The Ladder Play roll out will look like this –
There will be two separate Ladder Play sessions each week on the outdoor schedule.
If you are interested, you need to sign up for the Ladder Pool once it is available. To sign up for the Ladder Pool, members may be at any level but must commit to being available to play in the Ladder at least one half of the summer. Ladder play will appeal to members who want more competitive play.
Once the Ladder Pools are established, participants will be ranked by skill level. We expect there will be Advanced, Intermediate and Novice in each pool.
Then, once the Ladders begin, signups will be part of the weekly signups. There will be a maximum of 20 spots per Ladder.
Ladder Play results will be recorded using the DUPR system (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating). This means each participant in the Ladders must sign up for the DUPR system and then the club will manage the recording of the scores on DUPR. We will send more detailed information about the Ladders and the DUPR system to those who sign up for Ladder play.
Many clubs in Canada are moving to adoption of DUPR as a system to identify players of similar playing ability and as our club grows, this is something we need more and more.
So, give this new format some thought. If you are interested, the first step will be to sign up for the Ladder Pool. We should have that link ready next week.
Balls, Paddles and Nets are for BVPA club events only.
This year, BVPA has purchased 4 nets, paddles and balls for club use only. Last year was a different scenario because the nets and loaner paddles were property of the town and intended for general use.
April 24th, 2024 -
CANADA DAY SILENT AUCTION UPDATE
Gathering donations for our Famous Silent Auction on Canada Day, July 1, is well underway! Our Social Committee has already secured donations from these local area businesses!
So, let’s frequent these businesses to thank them for their support for pickleball in the Bow Valley!
Banff Lodging Company
Café Books
Calaway Park
Canadian Rockies Hot Springs
Canmore Cave Tours
Canmore Golf and Curling Club
Carter-Ryan Gallery
Discover Banff Tours
Mineshaft Tavern
Mountain Juice Café
One Wellness
Sheepdog Brewing
Valbella Gourmet Foods
Valhalla Pure
Wildheart Yoga
Wildlife Distillery
Evoolution
Float Canmore
Graze Food and Drink
Hillary & Company Hair Salon
Iron Goat Pub and Grill
Pedago Electric Bikes Canmore
Red Rock Pizza
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company
Sports Garage
If you have items or services you would like to contribute to our Famous Silent Auction, please contact Doris Foden at dorisfoden@gmail.com. Doris will follow up with you directly.
Be sure to save the date on your busy calendar! CANADA DAY, JULY 1st!
April 8th, 2024 -
CANADA DAY SOCIAL AND SILENT AUCTION
SAVE THE DATE - JULY 1ST SOCIAL AND SILENT AUCTION.
This year, right after the Canada Day Parade, the Treblemakers will be playing on the Stan Rogers Stage in Centennial Park, from 2:00-5:00 pm. You can groove to the music, visit with friends, and sample the food trucks’ munchies as we gather to celebrate our sport, our community and our country!
And, of course, as part of our plans for Canada Day, we will again have our Famous Silent Auction, adjacent to the Stan Rogers stage, in support of our BVPA. Local businesses are already coming forward with generous support. We will keep you up to date about what will be up for auction! As always, please support the local businesses which step up to support us!
February 14th, 2024
Prices & Deadlines
All prices in CAD $
Refund Policy: All fees are NON-REFUNDABLE.
QUICK links for Members (just CLICK on the green HERE)
SPRING INDOOR PLAY (MARCH-APRIL) winds up on April 29th.
Stay tuned for information about our OUTDOOR PLAY - tentatively starting May 13th, weather permitting.
TRY IT registration is now open! The sessions will be held at Veterans Park and are FREE for anyone who has never played and would like to try our game of pickleball. No membership required. We supply all the equipment and instructions. All you need is good athletic footwear and clothing.
Click HERE to sign up for a session on May 25 -
Saturday May 25 12:00-1:30
Saturday May 25 1:30-3:00
Or click HERE to sign up for a session on June 8
Saturday June 8 12:00-1:30
Saturday June 8 1:30-3:00
Important Information Regarding Skill Levels and Progression
2024 Official Rulebook can be found HERE
Thinking of Joining our Bow Valley Pickleball Association and Getting in on the Fun?
Here’s what you need to know –
The annual membership fee is $75 and 100% of that membership fee stays in the Bow Valley and supports pickleball and BVPA members.
If you join now, your membership is in effect until December 31, 2024.
Joining is easy – just click on JOIN-RENEW.
We run both an Indoor Play program and an Outdoor Play program.
Our Indoor Program is offered in three sessions (January-February, March-April and November-December) in Room 200, Canmore Rec Center on 2 courts. Indoor play is run on a cost recovery basis, by pre-selling tickets (5 tickets for $45), with online registration for play at your skill level. Members only. There is no indoor drop in play.
Our Outdoor Program runs from mid-May to mid-October at 2 locations, Veterans and Larch. All regularly scheduled outdoor play is included with your membership fee. Signup is done one week in advance through an emailed link at your skill level. If space is available, non-members are welcome for a fee.
Most of our play is levelled round robin play: Beginner, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced. We also offer Mixed doubles same partner play, open to all levels. New for the Outdoor season will be Ladder play.
Pickleball TRY IT Sessions
To bring pickleball to our community, we offer FREE Pickleball TRY IT Sessions on specified dates.
If you have never played pickleball before, these sessions are for you – in a short hour and a half, we give you the basics and get you playing. We provide the paddles, balls, nets and instruction.
Our next next TRY IT sessions are scheduled for May 25 and June 8. If TRY IT participants want to continue playing with the club, they must first become BVPA members where they will be classified as Beginners/Novice 2.0.
To find out more about other pickleball options in the Bow Valley, look under the PLAY tab, Places to Play.
Questions? Comments?
Helen and Sheila
Join the Bow Valley Pickleball Association ("BVPA")
Pickleball is a fun social sport for all ages and athletic abilities, with simple rules that make it easy to learn and fun to play, but tough to master. Our outdoor season runs from mid-May to mid-October, with indoor play from November to April.
*TO JOIN, CLICK ON THE "JOIN-RENEW" BUTTON IN THE ABOVE LEFT CORNER*
Annual membership $75
Membership with BVPA includes:
- Organized outdoor and indoor play for both the Recreational and Competitive player.
- All regularly scheduled outdoor play is covered by your membership fee. (Indoor play is scheduled on a user-pay basis).
- Invitations to tournaments and social events.
- Voting rights at our Annual General Meetings.
- Enable the club to provide clinics and workshops aimed at improving skills for all levels.
Annual membership fees are also used to:
- Rental of outdoor and indoor courts as required.
- Purchase balls, loaner paddles for Try It participants, Beginner and Novice 2.0 members, new nets and other equipment.
- Cover administration costs.
- Liability insurance.
- Subsidize Ratings, Skills Development and Learn to Play clinics.
- Subsidize Social Events.
- Establish a reserve fund for maintenance and development of additional courts.
Venue
There are 2 permanently lined pickleball courts and space for 2 more temporary courts. Traditional hard court surface. Please park on 8th street when using the courts.
Bow Valley Pickleball Association
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CANADA DAY SILENT AUCTION UPDATE
Here’s the latest scoop about our BVPA PICKLEBALL PALOOZA on CANADA DAY, JULY 1!
Please share this info with all your friends and neighbors – this event is for everyone to enjoy!
This event will be HUGE and will showcase PICKLEBALL and our PICKLEBALL CLUB to our whole community! You don’t want to miss it! Here’s what’s planned –
Canada Day starts with the FAMOUS CANADA DAY PARADE at noon. Not to be missed!
Then, the party moves to CENTENNIAL PARK where our club is hosting a BEER TENT in partnership with GRIZZLY PAW and WILDLIFE DISTILLERY. There will also be FOOD TRUCKS on site, there will be MUSIC and DANCING and our FAMOUS SILENT AUCTION will be set up and in action! Come prepared to bid!
The TREBLEMAKERS will be playing live music on the STAN ROGERS STAGE from 2:00-4:00.
Folks, this is THE MAJOR FUNDRAISER for our club! Our whole Canmore and Bow Valley business community has gotten behind us with very generous donations of products and services which will be on offer at our FAMOUS SILENT AUCTION.
A number of our own members have gotten behind us with generous private donations!
Here are some of the latest businesses and private individuals who have come on board with donations of goods or services! These benefactors are in addition to those previously posted in an earlier email!
ART COUNTRY CANADA – ROCKY MOUNTAIN GALLERY
artsPlace
BICYCLE CAFÉ
ELLI’S HAIR WEST
OUTSIDE BIKE & SKI
SAVE ON FOODS
FERGUS & BIX
GREG BARON
ROBERT AND SHIRLEY CASAVANT
We are GRATEFUL for all the support we are being shown and we are GRATEFULfor the tireless BVPA club volunteers who are working hard to make this event such a resounding success!
If you would like to contribute with silent auction items or cash donations, please contact Doris Foden. Use dorisfoden@gmail.com
That’s all for now – we will keep you updated regularly!
That’s Canada Day, July 1 – mark it High Priority on your calendars!
April 25th, 2024 -
OUTDOOR PLAY STARTING MAY 12
BVPA Outdoor Play will be at Veterans Courts
Structural problems have made Larch Courts unplayable for the foreseeable future. We have no information about when or if Larch Courts might be available for play this outdoor season.
Therefore, all our BVPA Outdoor Play is being scheduled onto Veterans Courts. The Town of Canmore has been very supportive to ensure that our club play can continue as scheduled.
There will be short disruption of play at Veterans in late May or early June as the lines on Veterans Courts are refreshed. This is good news!
Our Outdoor Play Season Opens on May 12 at Veterans Courts
BVPA members may participate in club activities at our outdoor courts with no additional cost. Members’ 2024 membership fees are structured to cover the costs of outdoor court rentals.
Signs ups will go out on a weekly basis throughout the outdoor season and we will introduce some new offerings such as Ladder Play.
The Ladder Play roll out will look like this –
There will be two separate Ladder Play sessions each week on the outdoor schedule.
If you are interested, you need to sign up for the Ladder Pool once it is available. To sign up for the Ladder Pool, members may be at any level but must commit to being available to play in the Ladder at least one half of the summer. Ladder play will appeal to members who want more competitive play.
Once the Ladder Pools are established, participants will be ranked by skill level. We expect there will be Advanced, Intermediate and Novice in each pool.
Then, once the Ladders begin, signups will be part of the weekly signups. There will be a maximum of 20 spots per Ladder.
Ladder Play results will be recorded using the DUPR system (Dynamic Universal Pickleball Rating). This means each participant in the Ladders must sign up for the DUPR system and then the club will manage the recording of the scores on DUPR. We will send more detailed information about the Ladders and the DUPR system to those who sign up for Ladder play.
Many clubs in Canada are moving to adoption of DUPR as a system to identify players of similar playing ability and as our club grows, this is something we need more and more.
So, give this new format some thought. If you are interested, the first step will be to sign up for the Ladder Pool. We should have that link ready next week.
Balls, Paddles and Nets are for BVPA club events only.
This year, BVPA has purchased 4 nets, paddles and balls for club use only. Last year was a different scenario because the nets and loaner paddles were property of the town and intended for general use.
April 24th, 2024 -
CANADA DAY SILENT AUCTION UPDATE
Gathering donations for our Famous Silent Auction on Canada Day, July 1, is well underway! Our Social Committee has already secured donations from these local area businesses!
So, let’s frequent these businesses to thank them for their support for pickleball in the Bow Valley!
Banff Lodging Company
Café Books
Calaway Park
Canadian Rockies Hot Springs
Canmore Cave Tours
Canmore Golf and Curling Club
Carter-Ryan Gallery
Discover Banff Tours
Mineshaft Tavern
Mountain Juice Café
One Wellness
Sheepdog Brewing
Valbella Gourmet Foods
Valhalla Pure
Wildheart Yoga
Wildlife Distillery
Evoolution
Float Canmore
Graze Food and Drink
Hillary & Company Hair Salon
Iron Goat Pub and Grill
Pedago Electric Bikes Canmore
Red Rock Pizza
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company
Sports Garage
If you have items or services you would like to contribute to our Famous Silent Auction, please contact Doris Foden at dorisfoden@gmail.com. Doris will follow up with you directly.
Be sure to save the date on your busy calendar! CANADA DAY, JULY 1st!
April 8th, 2024 -
CANADA DAY SOCIAL AND SILENT AUCTION
SAVE THE DATE - JULY 1ST SOCIAL AND SILENT AUCTION.
This year, right after the Canada Day Parade, the Treblemakers will be playing on the Stan Rogers Stage in Centennial Park, from 2:00-5:00 pm. You can groove to the music, visit with friends, and sample the food trucks’ munchies as we gather to celebrate our sport, our community and our country!
And, of course, as part of our plans for Canada Day, we will again have our Famous Silent Auction, adjacent to the Stan Rogers stage, in support of our BVPA. Local businesses are already coming forward with generous support. We will keep you up to date about what will be up for auction! As always, please support the local businesses which step up to support us!
February 14th, 2024
Prices & Deadlines
All prices in CAD $
Refund Policy: All fees are NON-REFUNDABLE.
BVPA 2023 Annual General Meeting
The 2023 AGM was held on February 28, 2024 at Elevation Place, Canmore.
The complete AGM materials package can be accessed HERE.
Introducing your newly elected BVPA Board of Directors for 2024:
- President - Rosie Neil
- Vice-President - Helen Thomson
- Treasurer - Bill Foden
- Secretary - Sheila Churchill
- Director at Large - Doug Thomson
- Director at Large - Michelle Vincent
- Director at Large - Mike Layton
BVPA 2023 Annual General Meeting
The 2023 AGM was held on February 28, 2024 at Elevation Place, Canmore.
The complete AGM materials package can be accessed HERE.
Introducing your newly elected BVPA Board of Directors for 2024:
- President - Rosie Neil
- Vice-President - Helen Thomson
- Treasurer - Bill Foden
- Secretary - Sheila Churchill
- Director at Large - Doug Thomson
- Director at Large - Michelle Vincent
- Director at Large - Mike Layton
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BVPA 2023 Annual General Meeting
The 2023 AGM was held on February 28, 2024 at Elevation Place, Canmore.
The complete AGM materials package can be accessed HERE.
Introducing your newly elected BVPA Board of Directors for 2024:
- President - Rosie Neil
- Vice-President - Helen Thomson
- Treasurer - Bill Foden
- Secretary - Sheila Churchill
- Director at Large - Doug Thomson
- Director at Large - Michelle Vincent
- Director at Large - Mike Layton