Nickname: Hoss / Jelwood

Age: 44

Hometown: Kingston, ON

Resides: Kingston, ON

Work: Real Estate Agent – Royal LePage ProAlliance Realty, Brokerage

 

Home Pickleball Club: Kingston Pickleball Club

Playing Pickleball Since: 2018

Prior to Pickleball: Coached and played tennis for 20 years prior to getting into pickleball

Pickleball Highlights: Playing and medalling in my first PPA event in Orlando, Florida in December of 2022. Getting drafted to the CNPL’s South Western Ontario Brewers in 2023

Fun Facts: I once spent 2 months doing a solo cycling trip through the Patagonia region of Chile and Argentina and cycled over 2,000km to Ushuaia which is the southernmost city in South America. I’ve also been a vegetarian for over 30 years.

Favourite Book: South – by Sir Ernest Shackleton

Favourite Musician: Donald Byrd

Favourite Sports Other Than Pickleball: Tennis and basketball

 

Tourney highlights/results:

 

December 2023 – Limestone Classic (Kingston)

Silver Medal – Men’s Open Doubles

 

September 2023 – Pickleball Ontario Championship Series Provincial Finals (Collingwood)

Silver Medal – Men’s Dubs Open

 

CNPL 2023

finished the 2023 season with best Men’s Doubles Record in the league with partner Mark Cleminson

 

June 2023 – Triple Crown Open (HiSports)

Silver Medal – Men’s Dubs Open 

Bronze Medal – Men’s Singles Open

 

May 2023 – Pickleball Ontario Central West Regionals Championships (Barrie)

Gold Medal – Mens’ Dubs Open

 

March 2023 – Pickleball Ontario Eastern Regionals Championships (Kingston)

Gold Medal – Mens’ Dubs Open

 

March 2023 – PPA Daytona Beach (Daytona Beach, Florida)

Bronze Medal – Men’s Dubs 4.5 19+

Bronze Medal – Mixed Dubs 4.5 19+

5th/6th Place – Men’s Singles 5.0 19+ 

 

January 2023 – Connecticut Pickleball Open 

Silver – Men’s Singles 4.5+ (open age)

 

December 2022 – Green Valley Holiday Classic (Pennsylvania)

4th place – Men’s Singles 5.0 (open age)

 

December 2022 – PPA Hertz Open (Orlando, Florida) 

Gold Medal – Men’s Singles 4.5 35+

Gold Medal – Mixed Dubs 4.5 35+

Bronze Medal – Men’s Dubs 4.5 19+

 

December 2022 – Drummondville Provincial Tournament (Quebec)

Silver Medal – Men’s Doubles 4.5+ (open age)

 

November 2022 – Greystone Open (London)

Bronze Medal – Men’s Open Dubs

 

October 2022 – Championnat de Magog Pierre Gauthier 

Gold Medal – Mens’ Open Dubs

Silver Medal – Men’s Open Singles

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