Coming soon - South East Pickleball League 60+
There is a new pilot to run 2 divisions of 4 teams for a 60+ (as at 31/12/2025) on the following dates at Woking Leisure Centre:
Round 1 – Sunday 25th May, 9am – 1pm
Round 2 – Sunday 8th June, 9am – 1pm
Round 3 – Sunday 29th June, 9am – 1pm
Round 4 – Sunday 13th July, 9am – 1pm
The format of play will be rally scoring and follow the format of the main SEPL but no dream breakers. (FYI this is the same format as the recent interclub friendlies and internal competition held at Lightwater in March)
Please indicate if you are interested in being selected for the teams by completing the form on the link below by 25th April.
SEPL 60+ Availability Form
RRPC hope to have 2 teams and players will be selected approximately 2 weeks prior to each event. Both successful and unsuccessful players will be notified.
Congratulations to 3 RRPC Teams
The skies may have been blue this weekend but 16 players were also proudly wearing RRPC Blue. 8 players headed to Winchester and won the King Alfred Cup 3.0-3.5 50+. Meanwhile Eton Pickleball hosted the 3rd Interclub Friendly and RRPC came top of both 18+ and 55+ Leagues. Thank you to Eton Pickleball for being great hosts and to DLB, Eton and Maidenhead players for providing some very competitive matches.
Congratulations to all who took part and for more photos go to Photo Gallery.
The English Open 2025
The English Open is the biggest tournament on the UK calendar. It’s an opportunity to play against other players from all over the world at your level and age. It is also an excellent chance to enjoy social time with other players. Each year the club have more and more players that want to take part.
To find out more about the event go to 2025 English OPEN – Pickleball England
In advance of registration opening we’d like to find out who is thinking of attending from RRPC in 2025 so:
- Ian can see which players have organised their own partners and which players may need help in identifying other RRPC members that would make suitable partners.
- Sonia can set up a WhatsApp Group just before players travel to Telford to share photos, support other players, arrange drinks/meals etc
- We can keep the website news page and medal table up to date.
If you are unsure about going, please chat to Ian or players that have been before. Ian can also offer advice on what skill level to enter.
Will all RRPC players planning to or thinking of entering complete the form on the link below. It will only take a few minutes.
Watch video montage of RRPC at The English Open 2024
Congratulations
The Fight for Pickleball
Part 2 now released – Where is Pickleball Heading Next… The Olympics? – S2: EP 3 (Part 2) Click here
For Part 1 Click here – The Fight for Pickleball. Listen to Frank Arico explain the challenges and successes of establishing governance for the sport.
SEPL Round 7
SEPL Round 7 threw some challenges with availability of players. Initially several regular players were unavailable and within 48 hours of the matches 3 further players had to withdraw due to Heathrow Airport Closure, injury and illness. Thank you to those players who made last minute changes to their arrangements and enabled RRPC to field 3 teams. Despite some high scoring games there weren’t sufficient wins for Blue and Cobalt to prevent relegation. Azure however successfully keep their spot in Division 1.
Frank Arico, Sonia Desai, Val Hookings and Terry Inskip all awarded honorary memberships to RRPC. Click here and scroll down to find out why.
Frank Arico Award 2025
Frank Arico is the 1st RRPC recipient of the award named in honour of him for contribution to the club. Frank has made a huge impact in the world of Pickleball including setting up and being a director of Pickleball England and then moving on to setting up and becoming President of the European Pickleball Federation. The Committee decided in honour of his contributions to the sport, the club would annually award a member who has made significant contributions to RRPC. Frank
being the IT guru behind club session planners, payment systems including PickleBook, league selection process, website etc was presented with the award at the 2025 AGM.
41 RRPC Players Participate in Internal Competition
RRPC organised a SEPL style competition for members who haven’t had the opportunity to play in the League Teams during 24/25 season. There were 41 participants over 8 teams. Club Captain Ian selected teams aiming to make them as even as possible. Certainly in the 18+ competition he almost achieved this to perfection with Team 1 just beating Team 2 to the top of the leader board by having 1 extra points difference. Rally scoring was used and nine of the forty eight games ended with a 21:20 result! Thank you to Sonia for the comms/admin and Amanda, David and Stephen for helping players on the day.
