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Why Women Over 50 Are Powering the UK’s Pickleball Boom

Why Women Over 50 Are Powering the UK’s Pickleball Boom

Chris Beaumont

Pickleball is seeing a powerful rise in the UK—and it’s women over 50 leading the charge. Across towns and leisure centres, retired professionals and empty nesters are filling courts, forming...

Why Women Over 50 Are Powering the UK’s Pickleball Boom

Chris Beaumont

Pickleball is seeing a powerful rise in the UK—and it’s women over 50 leading the charge. Across towns and leisure centres, retired professionals and empty nesters are filling courts, forming...

Pickleball Scheduling Woes: How UK Clubs Juggle Skill Levels and Court Time

Pickleball Scheduling Woes: How UK Clubs Juggle Skill Levels and Court Time

Chris Beaumont

As pickleball explodes across the UK, local clubs are facing a welcome challenge: too many players, not enough court time. Balancing beginners, intermediates, and advanced players in shared spaces has...

Pickleball Scheduling Woes: How UK Clubs Juggle Skill Levels and Court Time

Chris Beaumont

As pickleball explodes across the UK, local clubs are facing a welcome challenge: too many players, not enough court time. Balancing beginners, intermediates, and advanced players in shared spaces has...

Can the NHS Prescribe Pickleball for Depression and Hypertension?

Can the NHS Prescribe Pickleball for Depression and Hypertension?

Chris Beaumont

Pickleball is gaining recognition in the UK not just as a fun sport, but as a potential NHS prescription for mild depression and hypertension. With its low-impact, social nature, and...

Can the NHS Prescribe Pickleball for Depression and Hypertension?

Chris Beaumont

Pickleball is gaining recognition in the UK not just as a fun sport, but as a potential NHS prescription for mild depression and hypertension. With its low-impact, social nature, and...

Pickleball for Carers: A Simple Sport Offering Relief and Connection

Pickleball for Carers: A Simple Sport Offering Relief and Connection

Chris Beaumont

Across the UK, unpaid carers face daily emotional and physical strain—often with little time for themselves. Pickleball is emerging as a powerful outlet, offering low-impact exercise, social connection, and mental...

Pickleball for Carers: A Simple Sport Offering Relief and Connection

Chris Beaumont

Across the UK, unpaid carers face daily emotional and physical strain—often with little time for themselves. Pickleball is emerging as a powerful outlet, offering low-impact exercise, social connection, and mental...

Pickleball Skill Ratings in the UK: Helpful Tool or Hidden Gatekeeping?

Pickleball Skill Ratings in the UK: Helpful Tool or Hidden Gatekeeping?

Chris Beaumont

As UK pickleball clubs grow, so does debate around skill ratings. Designed to organise court play and improve fairness, these 2.5–4.0-style labels are now raising concerns about exclusion and cliquishness....

Pickleball Skill Ratings in the UK: Helpful Tool or Hidden Gatekeeping?

Chris Beaumont

As UK pickleball clubs grow, so does debate around skill ratings. Designed to organise court play and improve fairness, these 2.5–4.0-style labels are now raising concerns about exclusion and cliquishness....

How Pickleball Is Bringing British Families Together Across Generations

How Pickleball Is Bringing British Families Together Across Generations

Chris Beaumont

Pickleball is becoming a powerful way for British families to reconnect across generations. From children to grandparents, households are finding common ground on the court—sharing laughs, competition, and quality time....

How Pickleball Is Bringing British Families Together Across Generations

Chris Beaumont

Pickleball is becoming a powerful way for British families to reconnect across generations. From children to grandparents, households are finding common ground on the court—sharing laughs, competition, and quality time....