Pickleball England has issued a call for players in the Greater London area to become volunteer ambassadors and support the sport’s growth in the capital.
London is experiencing great demand for pickleball due to its many thriving clubs and successful taster sessions increasing the appetite for the game.
Greater London is too big an area to be incorporated into Pickleball England’s South East (North) or South East (South) administrative areas so London has been split using the River Thames. Christine Neydorff, Regional Director South East (North), is taking charge north of the river and Dave Hughes, Regional Director South East (South) taking south of the river.
As announced at the recent AGM, Pickleball England would like to recruit a group of players to be London ambassadors to support the Regional Directors. All volunteers need to have been on the Pickleball Leaders Certification or will be put through the certification so that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills to run taster sessions.
The intention is to create a communications group so Pickleball England can contact the ambassadors with dates, times and venues and ask who is free. The governing body also needs someone to coordinate activity and liaise with the regional directors and county reps.
Pickleball England Chair Karen Mitchell said: “Pickleball is experiencing huge growth across England but in London in particular and we need to ensure we have the resources to make sure we can keep up with the demand for taster sessions as we really want to make sure that everyone who wants to try out the sport can do so in their local community.”
If interested, please complete the form here or if you are interested in the role of ambassador co-ordinator, email ambassador@pickleballengland.org
- Meanwhile, Pickleball England is ready to pilot its Club Instructor workshop (equivalent to IPTPA Level 1) with two initial workshop dates in the south east (West Sussex on 1 April and North London on 8 April) with 12 spaces available on each course. More info here. More dates will follow nationwide from May.
