On August 12, the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion will begin work to transform the four tennis courts in Saint-Jean-Baptiste Park into 12 permanent pickleball courts. The complete installation of the courts near the school will be completed by the end of September. The other courts, located near the parking lot, will be ready for use as of September 6, but the lining will be temporary, since the acrylic surface will be applied in spring 2025.

To date, the Town has no fields for exclusive pickleball use. Eight fields are lined up with the four tennis courts. Due to the shared vocation of these sports fields, players are confronted with the double lineage of the two disciplines. The Vaudreuil-Dorion Pickleball Club has 39 hours' access per week to these courts. During this time, the club brings its own adapted nets to enable its members to play according to standards.

By converting the fields, Vaudreuil-Dorion residents will now be able to play this sport outdoors with the right equipment, without having to join a club.

"The city has a major plan for the development of sports, cultural and community infrastructures over the next few years. That said, such a plan must be able to adapt to the changing needs of citizens and organizations. Faced with the growing demand from residents for permanent pickleball facilities, we have rethought the vocation of the fields located in Saint-Jean-Baptiste Park," explains Vincent Bastien, Director of the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion's Leisure and Culture Department.

At present, tennis can be played at parc Louise-Josephte and parc de la Seigneurie.In July, resurfacing work was carried out on both parc de la Seigneurie courts to refresh the surface by caulking cracks. The city plans to build six new tennis courts and eight pickleball courts on a site on rue Valois, near Dorion-Gardens park.It is currently awaiting the necessary government authorizations from the Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs.