Wellington Pickleball Cup

16/02/2026

Some final stats for your entertainment. The viewer numbers from the tournament are incredible !

70 Divisions
1302 games played
444 players
450 goody bags
8 boxes bananas
15 bags of ice
170 balls used
38 courts
27 hours of live streaming
250 professional photographs (from 1,000's taken)
200 bottles of Foxton Fizz
36 hours of committee members on site over 3 days (each)
400 litres hydration drink
Over 20 Referees
Level 1 Ref course held with 24 participants
Level 2 Ref courses held with 24 participants
6th Feb 23,881 views on fb
7th Feb 29,304 views on fb
8th Feb 23,485 views on fb
38 spot prizes
10 raffle prizes
8 kilos Mcintosh lollies
4 coaching clinics held including one in Levin
Over 25 AMAZING volunteers

16/02/2026

Final Results:

10/02/2026

For those lovers of tourney stats. Here are the final percentages on players. Working on other stats, and will post in the next couple of days along with final results.
Hope you are all holding up well after a momentus week-end !

09/02/2026

As per previous post Wellington retains the Wellington Pickleball Cup. Here is the final tally and points scored for all regions. Epic play to everyone. We thank you for participating in our Tournament and making it amazing.

09/02/2026

A special thanks to all the volunteers who helped at the 2026 Wellington Pickleball Cup tournament. You were and are truly amazing and we so appreciate you giving up your time and energy to look after the players and help keep the tournament running smoothly.

Each year we have seen the tournament grow, and so the volunteers take on more work.

For those who have returned from volunteering in our previous tournaments, and/or volunteered in 1, 2 or 3 days of the 3-day tournament, you are absolute superstars.

These volunteers were prepared to take on any tasks that were needed such as:
set up
player check-in
runners of score sheets
hydration station refill
measure net heights
medal ceremonies
sell raffle tickets
field queries
general admin
pack up
Some of the volunteers also refereed games under David Jay's supervision throughout the tournament.

Thank you for all your tremendous hard work.

VOLUNTEERS:
Clare Duffy
Pauline Carmody
Frances Carmody
Paul Ferguson
Tracy Anderson
Tracy O'Halloran
Debbie Douglas
Madi Callander
Graham Halliday
Paul Abbott
Jonas Lemes
Paulette Robinson
Marianne Krafft
Jade Zhou
Aldo Sui
Rachel Kohing
Mandy Fryer
Susan Hansen
Kiri Hennesey

09/02/2026

Dylan Kimlin and Coco Lococo we can not thank you enough for your tireless work and commentary over the weekend. They were massive days. Our viewers were so engaged and appreciated both your analysis of games and lighthearted banter. We are proud that a little bit of our Club will travel with you around the world to spread the Pickleball love. A huge thank you again Toni Sarten from pickleball tournaments Australia for keeping that engine room churning!

08/02/2026

Congratulations to Rose Tait for being awarded the Fair Player award sponsored by Jodie Hanna from Ray White. Thank you Rose for being an outstanding ambassador for Pickleball play and fairness.

08/02/2026

Wellington Pickleball Cup 2026 🏆🧡

Our centre was buzzing with energy over the weekend - well done to all who took part! It's always amazing to see this sport get more popular every year 🤩

📸 Natural Light Photography

08/02/2026

Too much fun occurring at the tourney!

08/02/2026

Wellington region retains the Pickleball Cup!

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08/02/2026