Bow Valley Pickleball Association

Tournaments

ATB WEALTH FALL CLASSIC WRAPUP: August 2025 

With over 140 player positions filled across two days, the courts were buzzing! Out of that action, here’s who came out on top in each division.

Novice Women: 

1. Dom F         2. Cindy B           3. Bia R

Novice Men:

1. Mark B          2. David H         3. Richard H

Int/Adv Women:

1. Corrina R          2. Fonda M.         Cheryl A

Int Men:

1. John M          2. Georg R.         David C    

Adv Men:

1. James T          2. Charlie M.        3.  Lawrence M

SPD Novice:

1. David H/ Richard H           2. Bia R/ Clint B             3. Annette/Mark B

SPD Intermediate:

1. Andrea G/ Sebastien L         2. Tracey S/ Josh W           3. Joanne J/ Sonny C

SPD Advanced:

1. Rosie N/Al S          2. Andrea H/ Michael M         3. Karen H/ James T


Nothing happens without the crew who made it all run—our volunteers!

The weekend flowed effortlessly thanks to the volunteers and organizers whose focus and energy held everything together, making the ATB WEALTH Fall Classic a success!

Tons of gratitude to everyone who volunteered to support this event.

Tournament Director: Mike L

Creator & Keeper of the Charts: Sheri L

Play Committee: Sue C, Rosie N, Mike L, Therese R, Kevin B

Social Committee: Doris F, Sharon M, Maureen M, Kim J

Tournament Set Up Volunteers: Mary R, Charlene B, Therese R, Cheryl A, Corrina R, Lori R, Bill F

Tournament Runner Volunteers: Ron L, Bill F, Cheryl A, Charlene B, Ken R, George R, Shirley C, Therese R, Leah L, Annette KB, Eduardo R

Score Master: Sheri L, Leanne F, Denise D, Keith A, Therese R, Bill F

Social Volunteer Co Ordinator: Sharon M

Social Windup Volunteers: Shirley C, Robert C, Lori R, Cori B, Tracey S, Leanne F, Kim J, Stephen L, George R

Shout-out to the winners of the CanGolf triathlon! Che K, Joshua M and John M who received $25 gift certificates to various local businesses.

A Special thanks to:

ATB WEALTH for providing the sweet treats and sponsoring the meal at the wind up.

CanGolf for hosting the post tournament social.

Parkway Inc. a Canmore based company for providing drink packs for the 1st place teams - drinkparkway.com

Mother Nature - another flawless forecast although some may say a little too warm.

A quote from our sponsor:

“We are very appreciative of the continuing partnership between ATB Wealth and the Bow Valley Pickleball Association. Thank you so much for welcoming us to be a part of your tournament this past weekend; we had a great time with all of you and look forward to seeing everyone again soon.”

Karrie Baker

Events Manager
Client Enablement Strategy & Partnerships ATB Financial.

SEPTEMBER CLASSIC 2024 TOURNAMENT and SOCIAL:

Our September Classic Tournament was held on on September 14 at Veterans and Larch with the finals September 15 at Veterans. A total of 77 members participated. A huge than you to our tournament director Mike Layton and his team for another fabulous, fun and well organized event weekend!

All the tournament participants were winners and special congrats go to the following:

Novice:    1. Blake Wallace     2. Valerie Brisebois    3. Aaron Pellerin

Intermediate: .  1. Sonny Clark    2. Jerald Serafin    3. James Tomkys

Advanced:     1. Ian Thomson     2. Kevin Browning     3. Peter Philp

Our Social which was held behind Tank 310 with Grizzly Paw BBQ was also wildly successful with approximately 100 people in attendance! Congrats to our Social Committee for planning and delivering such a fun Social for our club! Thank you!

A special shoutout to ATB Wealth, our Title Tournament Sponsor! We appreciate the many ways you support us! Your financial support to our club is significant and your genuine interest in our club and our club activities is very much appreciated.

We are very fortunate to have the ATB Wealth as our community partner! Thank you!

SPRING INDOOR 2024 TOURNAMENT and SOCIAL:

Big THANK YOU to our Tournament Directors Mike Layton and Neil Skaluba, plus their dedicated volunteers for a fabulous indoor Spring Tournament held March 9 & 10, 2024.

Congratulations to our winners!  

NOVICE:  1. Jason Thompson.    2. Val Brisbois.    3. Mary Rigby

INTERMEDIATE:  1. Yajaira Herrera-Cooper    2. Lynda Taylor.     3. Ani Haubner 

ADVANCED:  1. Ian Thomson.    2. Jason Desoto.    3. Rosie Neil

And MANY THANKS to the organizers of the social event that followed at the Legion!