Swindon Pickleball Club

2026 English OPEN - Pickleball England Event hosted by Pickleball England and powered by PickleBook

Well done to everyone who played in the PickleB tournament in Basingstoke this weekend & Congratulations to everyone who made it on to the podium 🥇 🥈 🥉 🏆

Wow what a “spicy” weekend, Nicky & Phil brought home the gold in the 3.5 mixed and if that wasn’t enough Nicky won silver in 3.5 ladies with Lucy too. Congratulations 🙌

Well done to everyone from Swindon pickleball club who took part & thank you to everyone at home & away who supported our players this weekend in Basingstoke

If you want to be part of the fun, the next tournament is 16-18th Jan and you can register here https://pickleb.co.uk/

SPC is represented by 2 teams in the SWPL this year. Tornadoes pictured here move up a division next round and hurricanes battled hard to stay in their division. 💪🏼🥒🎉

Referee Courses 2026 are now open! 📣

If you’re looking to get more involved in the sport and support the growth of pickleball across Europe, our next round of referee training is now live.

Courses run from January to March 2026 – with online learning, on-court assessments and support from the EPF and USAP team.

Interested in becoming a referee?

📝 Eligibility

• Open to European citizens/residents
• Must score 90%+ on the Player Test (QR code on poster)
• English fluency mandatory (Level B2)

📅 Deadline to apply: 10 December 2025

Send your test result to [email protected]

🔗 More info at: europeanpickleballfederation.org

P.S. The Player Test can be repeated several times before you achieve the score above 90%!

SPC members headed off to Bolton this week for the English Nationals playing, volunteering, refereeing & commentating. An awesome time was had by all

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The most underrated shot in pickleball…

So true!