2025 Director Nomination Process
Deadline for Nominations: 15th November 2025
At the 4th May Special General Meeting, the membership voted on 2 Resolutions:
Resolution 1: Approval of Board Restructure
That the members approve the proposed restructure of the Board of Directors of PickleballENGLAND, whereby:
– A new Regional Committee will be established, comprising the 7 Regional Directors;
– One of the Regional Directors will be nominated by the Regional Committee to serve on the Board of Directors;
– The Board of Directors will comprise 6 National Directors, each selected for their relevant skills and experience, and 1 Regional Director nominated by the Regional Committee;
– The necessary amendments to the Articles of Association to give effect to this restructure will be drafted and circulated to members in due course for separate approval.
Resolution 2: Extension of Deadline for 2025 AGM
That the members approve the extension of the deadline for holding the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in 2025 by a period of six (6) months, beyond the time limit currently specified in the Articles of Association, to allow adequate time to:
– Finalise the details of the proposed Board restructure; and
– Prepare the corresponding amendments to the Articles of Association for formal member approval.
These resolutions were passed unanimously.
We are now ready to request nominations for the restructured Board of Directors. We are recommending that we retain the current National Directors (Karen – co-founder & National Director; Martin who was elected in 2024 and James who was a Board appointment) for continuity reasons. One Board member will be nominated by the Regional Steering Committee to serve on the Board. This leaves 3 Director positions that we request nominations for and hold elections for.
At the same time, we are also seeking nominations for four (4) Regional Director roles – listed below.
This is in line with our Articles of Association at each Annual General Meeting one-third of the Members of the board (excluding independent Members of the Board) or if their number is not three, or a multiple of three, then the number nearest one-third shall retire from office.
Retiring Members are eligible for re-election.
To continue with the development of PickleballENGLAND the Board needs members with the appropriate skills, board experience and knowledge to operate successfully at strategic level.
A summary of the PbE Board Governance and responsibilities of a Board Director are are available to download below. Please view our Code of conduct.
• PbE Board Director
• Pickleball_England_Board_Governance_Overview
Nominations are invited for National and Regional positions:
Nomination forms must carry the following information:
- Candidate’s name and pbE number.
- The position applied for.
- The names, pbE member numbers and original signatures of at least 10 individual members, all of whom must be aged 18 or above, current members of pbE – to download the nomination form (forms below)
- A current passport approved photo of the candidate.
- A daytime contact telephone number.
- A completed ‘pen portrait’ form of no more than 300 words, outlining the candidate’s qualifications, experience and suitability for the strategic post of director of the Association, which is also a company limited by guarantee. Please note that any written submission containing more than 300 words will be cut at 300 words, regardless of what follows.
All completed nomination forms must be emailed to pbe2025election@pickleballengland.org and must be received by the date specified. Any nominations received after this date will be discarded without exception.
The following conditions apply:
- There is no limit to the number of nominations for each position.
- All candidates must be 18 years of age or over.
- All regional nominees must be resident in the region for which they are being nominated.
- Any nominations that are incomplete, do not comply with the above rules, or that, in the opinion of the Electoral Officer following consultation with pbE management, contain false or misleading information will be discarded.
- No extra publicity for any candidate will be permitted outside of his or her own ‘pen portrait’ posted on the pbE website.
Board Directors (3 Positions)
For the National Director(s), we are looking for candidates who can bring significant relevant sport, business and governance capability. Strategic thinkers with expertise in one or more of the following: sports/events management; strategic marketing with technology bias, facility development or fundraising; governance & risk Management; legal expertise.
- Three (3) National Directors to be elected for a three (3) year term (2026-2029)
Regional Directors (4 positions)
We are looking for candidates who can bring significant relevant grassroots sports development capability to the Regional Steering Committee as well as well as leaderships skills to influence and mobilise a volunteer workforce to grow the region. A good knowledge and understanding of how other sports successfully operate is particularly welcome.
- Four (4) Regional Directors to be elected for a three (3) year term (2026-2029)
- North West Region, North East Region, South West Region and East Midlands Region.
CLICK HERE to see details of Regions and Counties