Pickleball popularity: indoor courts coming to Winnipeg in 2025
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A sport traditionally played by seniors has exploded in the last few years and is now attracting athletes of all ages and skill levels.
Picking up a new sport came easy to Nicholas Rush.
“At first I was a little skeptical cause I heard pickleball was for a certain age,” Rush said.
The former competitive badminton player traded his racket for a paddle about five years ago and hasn’t looked back.
“It’s a lot of fun and I was still able to get my competitive juices flowing,” Rush, who’s also the president of the Pickleball Club of Winnipeg, said.
Rush is just one of many who are part of the pickleball craze.
“I got into pickleball, tennis was sort of dying out for my generation,” Cole Lacap said.
Pickleball Manitoba says the growth of the sport in the province is incredible.
“We are increasing anywhere from 50-60 members a month we are adding,” Pickleball Manitoba president Ted Fardoe said.
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