To be friends with Kate Kimberly has been a real honour.
I met Kate at the Penticton Tennis Club in 2006. She encouraged me and so many others to embrace the sport. Within two years of knowing Kate, she suggested I become tennis captain and become a member of the board of directors with her at the then Penticton Yacht and Tennis Club. She was so passionate about the Penticton Tennis Club.
Kate organized many social events, looked after the grounds and flowers, organized the painting and decorating both inside and outside the building, looked after the membership, always participated in the leagues and played a superb game of tennis. I even partnered with Kate in a Summerland tournament and we placed second. Our prizes were beautiful silver angels, so fitting for Kate.
My on-court nickname for Kate was “Eagle Eye” because she could pick a ball out of the air with an overhead volley like no one else. Her eyes were so beautiful, loving and with such a sharp intensity.
Kate will be so missed by the membership she mothered at the Penticton Tennis Club.
Aileen Houston
tennis partner, protégé, and friend