Pickleballers raise a racket after North Saanich votes to shutter courts

were shocked to learn this week that the municipality’s council has voted to shutter a set of busy pickleball courts at Wain Park.

“I think it’s kind of unprecedented, I don’t know of any place that would have done something like this.”The move has, unsurprisingly, been met with anger and frustration among pickleball players. Foster said players felt it wasn’t fair for the municipality to completely disregard the possibility of noise mitigation, adding that players would have been happy to try and help raise some of the funding required.As Loblaw boycott begins, what to know about all the company’s brands

The City of Victoria also closed pickleball courts in James Bay over noise complaints, relocating the sport to Central Park.

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