With the number of registered players more than doubling in the last year, pickleball is among the fastest growing sports in Canada.

There are now more than 13,000 people across the country taking to the courts on an annual basis, including more than 400 of those who make their home in Kelowna, often recognized as a hotbed of pickleball.

Last weekend, the game was front and centre in the Okanagan as Pickleball Kelowna played host to the Pickleball Canada National Tournament香蕉视频直播攆eaturing 430 players from across North America香蕉视频直播攁t the Parkinson Recreation Centre.

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The 2018 event was played on 12 dedicated pickleball courts at Parkinson, along with 16 more temporary ones on the Basil Meikle Tennis Courts.

If Pickleball Kelowna is to remain firmly on the map for future national events, club spokesman Wayne Pierce said a larger, dedicated pickleball facility will need to be built.

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Pierce said regardless of when the nationals return, Pickleball Kelowna will continue to host major annual events香蕉视频直播攑erhaps a Canadian Open or Western Canadian championship.

As far as the benefits the community reaps from hosting such events, the nationals this year generated an estimated $1 million for the local economy.

On the court, the 2018 Canada National Tournament was temporarily hindered by rain on Friday afternoon, but Pierce said by mid-day on Saturday all matches were back on schedule.

Here香蕉视频直播檚 a look at how local players fared at the national tournament:

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香蕉视频直播� Men香蕉视频直播檚 singles Open香蕉视频直播擩ordan Renwick, silver

香蕉视频直播� Women香蕉视频直播檚 Singles Open香蕉视频直播擟hantal Plamondon, silver

香蕉视频直播� Mixed Doubles Open香蕉视频直播擱oberta Meakin and Marco Jankowiak (Fraser Valley), bronze

香蕉视频直播� Men香蕉视频直播檚 4.5 doubles香蕉视频直播擩ordan Renwick and Andreas Wins-Purdy, silver

香蕉视频直播� Women香蕉视频直播檚 doubles 4.5香蕉视频直播擫orena McClure and Jillian Jackson, bronze

香蕉视频直播� Women香蕉视频直播檚 doubles 4.0香蕉视频直播� Jillian Nicholls and Chantal Plamondon (Quebec), silver

香蕉视频直播� Women香蕉视频直播檚 doubles 3.5香蕉视频直播擝everly Shoaf and Margaret Kessler, silver

香蕉视频直播� Women香蕉视频直播檚 doubles Open香蕉视频直播擱oberta Meakin and Jayna Mikuse (Kamloops), gold; and Laura Schwarz and Sue Fosbery, silver

香蕉视频直播� Mixed doubles senior Open香蕉视频直播擫aura Schwarz and Mike Schwarz, silver

香蕉视频直播� Mixed doubles 4.5香蕉视频直播擪aren Austin and Naveed Butt (Nanton, AB), bronze

香蕉视频直播� Mixed doubles 4.0香蕉视频直播擲tan Kuropatwa and Chantal Plamondon, bronze

香蕉视频直播� Women香蕉视频直播檚 3.5 singles香蕉视频直播擜nne Pettit, silver

香蕉视频直播� Men香蕉视频直播檚 singles 3.5香蕉视频直播擬ichael Botterill, silver