23 February 2026
Vandals Damage New South Surrey Pickleball Courts
28/9/2022 As reported by Global News, Pickleball players in South [...]
28/9/2022
The damage includes a hole cut in the fence, damaged asphalt and nets and a burned shade tarp. “It’s definitely intentional what has happened with this vandalism, it’s not a random person who came in and decided to do it,” Surrey RCMP Const. Sarbjit Sangha said. But why would someone intentionally damage a brand new civic facility? The park’s pickleball players have their own theories…Until it opened, pickleball players were using tennis courts located much closer to homes, where players acknowledge the loud whacking sounds the balls make could be annoying to some residents. Sangha confirmed the RCMP had received complaints about players at those courts — but said there had not been any complaints about the new ones, which were intentionally built in a more isolated area.
“Now the court has actually moved away from the residential area, and this new court has just opened last week. So right now, regarding the motive, we don’t know,” she said. Player Gus Romanelli said the scores of players that flock to the new courts believe the vandal or vandals were people who felt the new courts intrude on a more nature-focused part of the park.
