About Us

We are a registered non-profit society promoting the game of pickleball for all ages and abilities on the North Shore in British Columbia, Canada. Our mission includes finding ways to allow everyone to have access to courts (a limited resource) in a fair and equitable way.

In just a few short years, our club and its members have introduced thousands of North Shore residents of all ages to pickleball. We’ve successfully lobbied for an increasing number of outdoor courts throughout the area, and indoor play times at several North and West Vancouver Recreation Centers.

Membership Benefits:

  • Participate in free organized club play at NSPC-permitted outdoor courts;
  • Receive our newsletter and invitations to pickleball events, socials, round robins and playing times;
  • Membership in Pickleball BC and Pickleball Canada
  • Insurance for third-party liability and medical expenses coverage (through Pickleball Canada)
  • Vote at our AGM;
  • Volunteer opportunities weekly, monthly or for special events ; (we’re fully volunteer-run)
  • Promote pickleball on the North Shore and impact the growth process in our community.

 Come play with us! Join NSPC or renew your membership.

North Shore Pickleball Club – Bylaws

Elected Executive Boards and Accomplishments

January 2023 – Dec 2023

Board: Estha Parg Murenbeeld (president), Karen Wilson, Randy Reimann, Kit Chan, JoAnn Harrington, Elvyna Kerrey, Nick Jones, Jim Burke

West Vancouver Committee: JoAnn Harrington, Maureen Jarman, Anne Watson

May 2022 – Dec 2022

Board: Estha Parg Murenbeeld (president), Karen Wilson, Randy Reimann, Kit Chan, JoAnn Harrington, Elvyna Kerrey,

Lead Non-Elected Volunteers: Registrar = Allan Gauthier; Secretary = Aki Takeda, Youth Development Coordinator = Maggie Murch ; NV Sports Council Rep = Heather Fleming; Website Updates = Lucinda Atwood; Intro to Pickleball Co-Ordinator = Heather Fleming; Court Maintenance = Dave Visiage; Facebook = Jill Anderson; Social Committee = Shashi Shrivastava

West Vancouver Committee: JoAnn Harrington, Maureen Jarman, Anne Watson, Sheri Shepard

Accomplishments:

Regularly scheduled Evening Ladder play and afternoon Round Robins begin at the Murdo Frazer courts. Website updates. T-shirt sales.

Membership Year: This was changed at the AGM to January 1 to December 30 to coincide with the PCO and PBC membership year.

Schools Program: NSPC volunteers introduced 437 youth and 132 teachers to pickleball in May and June in our free school outreach program. NSPC sponsored Ridgeway School for the PBC grant of $500.

East of Seymour: Construction of four permanent courts at Little Cates Park and two at Myrtle Park to replace two lines-only courts in the East of Seymour neighbourhood.

May 2021– April 2022

Board: Estha Parg Murenbeeld (president), Betty Eisenhauer, Karen Wilson, Shashi Shrivastava, Randy Reimann, Kit Chan, JoAnn Harrington,

Lead Non-Elected Volunteers: Registrar = Allan Gauthier, Secretary = Aki Takeda; Youth Development Coordinator = Maggie Murch; NV Sports Council Rep = Heather Fleming; Intro to Pickleball Co-Ordinator = Heather Fleming; Court Maintenance = Dave Visiage; Facebook = Jill Anderson; Social Committee = Shashi Shrivastava

West Vancouver Committee: JoAnn Harrington, Maureen Jarman, Anne Watson

Accomplishments:

Covid: AGM again held online/by survey. Doubles play resumes in May

29th Street courts: locked at 6pm and WVD Parks announces that the courts will be moved to Ambleside in 2022. Advocacy results in four temporary courts at Normanby Park beginning 2022.

NSPC participated in negotiations mediated by the NV Sports Council to paint two pickleball courts on one tennis court at Little Cates. When NVTS withdrew its support in July, the DNV Mayor authorized new permanent pickleball courts to be built in place of tennis on courts 3 & 4.

Implementation of the Pickleball Canada registration website.

Round robin tournament was held in September at Murdo Frazer.

May 2020– April 2021

Board: Heather Fleming (president), Estha Parg Murenbeeld, Dale Harvey, Helen Martin, Shashi Shrivastava, Betty Eisenhauer, Karen Wilson and Oleh Ilnyckyj. Registrar (not board position): Allan Gauthier

Accomplishments:

Mahon Park: Four dedicated, permanent courts at Mahon Park open

Covid: Provincial Health Orders related to the Covid pandemic close public courts for several months. First AGM held online/by survey. Google Sheets used to manage permitted doubles play at Murdo Frazer when courts re-open before doubles play is prohibited by PHO.

May 2019– April 2020

Board: Heather Fleming (president), Allan Gauthier (replaced Bruce Foskett in June), Dale Harvey, Anne Watson, Estha Parg Murenbeeld, Ron Precious, Larry Harper

Accomplishments:

Little Cates: NSPC petitions DNV Parks for 6 to 8 dedicated, permanent courts at Little Cates

Murdo Frazer: Five dedicated, permanent courts are opened in In October 2019

Schools Program: Vancouver Coastal Health grant is used to purchase 30 paddles and balls for a schools program where club volunteers introduce high school classes to pickleball

May 2018 – April 2019

Board: Linda Sullivan (president), Allan Gauthier, Dale Harvey, Anne Watson, Larry Harper, Pat Crawford, Ed Orlovsky

Accomplishments: 29th St. Courts: West Vancouver’s first three dedicated and permanent courts are completed in October 2018

October 2017 – April 2018

Board: Linda Sullivan (president), Allan Gauthier, Dennis Hoffman, Georgia Hunter, Charles Neufeldt, Pat Crawford, Patty Tougas

Accomplishments: Little Cates Park: 2 courts officially painted/lined on the practice court

January 2017 – September 2017

Board: Walter Knecht (president), Silvia Simpson, Wendel Meyer (replaced Ann Hale in March 2017), Dennis Hoffman, Linda Sullivan and Pat Crawford

Accomplishments: Murdo Frazer Park: 5 courts officially painted/lined, 4 BYO net and one shared with tennis

Our History

North Shore Pickleball began with the vision of Lilly and Ed Orlovsky. They spent winters in Arizona where pickleball was the game of choice, and they quickly fell in love with it.

In 2007, Lilly and Ed lobbied Parkgate and West Vancouver Recreation centers for playing times. At Parkgate we played with three nets and hoped we would have enough players to fill the courts.

As people on the North Shore began to hear about pickleball, the game exploded.

Lilly and Ed successfully lobbied Braithwaite, Gleneagles and Delbrook for indoor gym time. They also persuaded West Vancouver Parks to create three dedicated pickleball courts at 29th Street, and to add pickleball lines to District tennis courts as they were resurfaced.

By 2014 Patty Tougas and friends were also drawing lines on the practice area at Little Cates in order to play pickleball.

Walter Knecht was asked to help and oversee the North Vancouver pickleball venues while Lilly and Ed continued to manage the West Vancouver venues. 

Walter introduced Picklemania, a very successful one-day tournament for North Shore players at Parkgate until 2018, before going on to create and then become president of Pickleball BC.