2023 English OPEN
Relive the excitement of the English OPEN with the PickleballEngland Official video of the event. Adam Pitt was our videographer for the event.
WOW, we turned Telford International Centre, Shropshire into a 40 court pickleball venue for 4 days and it was EPIC!
All the results are available. Wheelchair, Junior and Men Without Partner event results are here All other results are in Pickleball England’s Tournament Software (PETS). Simply click on the red button below. Congratulations to all the winners.
Check out the before and after pictures of our Telford takeover!
The weather outside could not have been worse, thankfully we opted to run an indoor tournament. We were hoping to mark some courts out in the car park but the weather ruled that out.
The smiles inside the venue were bright and hardly wavered. There was surprise and delight at how Telford International Centre looked like it was made to house 40 pickleball courts!
1059 players, almost 500 spectators and 11 booths filled Telford International Centre.
Our photographer for the event was Joshua Bratt. This Link will take you to our google drive of photos, where you can view and download them.
40 pickleball courts were installed at Telford by Pickleball United
We are delighted to have Pickleball United’s True Court be the Official Court Provider of the English OPEN.
Pickleball United is the leading manufacturer of top-of-the-line pickleball products, and its flagship “True Court” helped bring America’s fastest-growing sport to the next level. Pickleball United are already providing courts for the APP, the recent Pickleball Slam, MLP and the temporary courts for New York Central Park’s Wollman ice rink.
Schedule of Events
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Play with the PROs
Many players experienced playing with and against a top Pro Player. A unique opportunity to play a best of 3 game match, either gender doubles or mixed doubles, with one of this year’s pro players.
The Pros (in alphabetical order) Susanna Barr, Ryler DeHeart, Megan Fudge, Amanda Hendry, Rob Nunnery, Nick Petteson, Lee Whitwell.
Clinics with the PROs
We again held clinics with the PROs on Thursday and Friday. They were oversubscribed and feedback was very positive.
SPECTATORS GALORE
We had almost 500 people register to come along and spectate over the 4 days of the event. A lot of them wanted to watch family and friends but it is good to know that pickleball is attracting people to watch.
The Franklin X40 was the official ball and Franklin nets the official net of the English OPEN.
All of the above are Official sponsors of the English OPEN and in the case of Skechers, Franklin, Scan and UK Pickleball Shop, the English Nationals too. Click on the logos to be taken to their website.
BOL are powering one of the UK’s fastest growing sports and fuelling Pickleball England with our Power Shakes. You can find us, along with some of our best-selling recipes at the English Open. Our Power Shakes are the perfect breakfast, bottled. Packed with delicious wholefoods, all 26 essential vitamins and minerals, 20 grams of protein and no added sugar. Expert nutrition. Effortless eating. Banging taste.
Rob, Nic and Rachel of Pickleball People are “delighted to be supporting Pickleball England at the 2023 English Open. We wish all players and spectators an enjoyable and enriching tournament. We are excited to welcome everyone to visit our stand where we will showcase a wide variety of our paddles and other equipment from the A-Z of fantastic brands, from Armour to Zcebra and many more in between!”