PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Singapore Pickle-Ball Association will now be known as Singapore Pickleball with a new brand identity that embraces diverse age ranges as well as carrying an iconic emblem for the city state.

Together with her rebranding, the national sports association (NSA) has also announced a slew of new initiatives that boost both productivity, sustainability and excitement for the PickleBall playing community in a bid to further cradle and bolster growth of the sport as well as a new development framework that aligns all the different pillars of the sport together. The infographic below provides a snapshot of what the Singapore Pickleball Association has prepared to embark on this new journey of growth for the sport in Singapore.

With a revamped website, tournament calendar as well as a new points system to rank players nationally, the community will also find themselves able to use a brand-new tournament system co-developed by the association and its partners to register for events.

With sustainability as its core, the association has also embarked on a new ball recycling programme where cracked balls are collected and re-made into playing balls which are then donated to schools for students to pick up the game. This initiative has been well received and reduces the use of plastic to continuously manufacture new balls for play.

The association believes that the sport is able to help people deal with mental health and wellness issues and has begun its own journey into promoting the game for people to accompany their daily lives. Several initiatives will be launched this year to encourage more people to play the sport.

To form a successful foundation for the growth of any sport, coaching and officiating is an important pillar of growth for the association. As such, more emphasis will be placed on developing mentors in the sport with coaching certification and an improved officiating framework to embrace the growth of Pickleball in Singapore.

Any paddle current and listed in the USA Pickleball approved paddle list is allowed for use. Counterfeit and paddles falsely bearing the USA Pickleball Approved Paddle symbol shall not be allowed. Players are advised to exercise diligence when making paddle purchases. Players may check for approved paddle listing on the USA Pickleball website link here.

The USA Pickleball Approved Paddle scheme requires submitted paddles to exhibit final graphics including manufacturer’s name and model name on the paddle face. Therefore any commercially available paddle that does not match the picture of the paddle shown on the USA Pickleball approved paddle list shall not be allowed.

USA Pickleball paddle submission accepts different colourways provided the paddle is otherwise identical (graphics, finishing process, etc.).