Pickleball on "Salute Bonjour"

Daniel Melancon interviews Marcel Lemieux on French Television.








Pickleball on "Salute Bonjour"

Today "Salute Bonjour", the French Canadian version of "Breakfast Television" aired a video on Pickleball.



The two players being interviewed are Louise Barrett and Marcel Lemieux from Mirabel, Quebec. Marcel is a member of the planning committee of Pickleball Canada and also an ambassador for the usapa.



I met Marcel and Louise this winter in Florida. Marcel talked to me about his idea of getting media coverage in Quebec. He had seen the "Good Morning America" program on the usapa website and wanted to do something similar in Quebec. He contacted the producers of Salut Bonjour and got a positive response.

The program was taped on May 5th, 2009 and aired today. You will see similarities to the Good Morning America program.

This video will certainly give Pickleball a presence in Quebec. I now need to work on our Ontario version.



Here is the link to Pickleball on Salute Bonjour

Unless your French is better than mine, you will probably pick up on Pickleball, tennis, and badminton. However, it is great the game is getting this kind of coverage.

This sport will spread nationally in no time. Pickleball Canada's founding committee has representatives from British Columbia, Sasketchewan, Ontario, and Quebec. It is just a matter of time before all provinces and territories are represented.


Tres bien, Louise and Marcel