These sessions are open to those who have never played or are wanting to gain a little more experience before playing games and joining in the other social Pickleball sessions.
Venue: Indoor Tennis Centre court 1
Day: Thursdays, 1pm to 2pm
Dates: 5th, 19th and 26th March 2026
Equipment is provided. Please wear a white t-shirt to adhere to the tennis dress code. Tracksuit may be any colour.
Email Racquets Manager Paul Lindsay at paul.lindsay@roehamptonclub.co.uk with any queries.
A NEW ‘try Pickleball for ‘workers’ session’ has been scheduled for Thursday 19th March 8-9pm.
This session has the opportunity to bring new players into the game.
Please sign up days prior to the session at https://roehamptonclubracquets.as.me/
Click here to book: https://roehamptonclubracquets.as.me/
A Ladies morning for all. There will be a mix of social and competitive matches. This session also has the opportunity to bring new players into the game where they can learn rules and how to play on a separate court allowing regular players to continue enjoying games.
A morning open to those who have played regularly and are more intermediate players. This aims to be a more competitive Morning where all players must know how to play and score.
If players are newer to the game, the coach has the right to ask players to play in alternative sessions.
This session is for players of intermediate or higher standard.
5 March – Club Night Special; session with James Chaudry, UK #1.
The coach reserves the right to ask players to attend another session should their level not currently be high enough.
Bookable via the Pickleball WhatsApp
A session for all players who know how to score and play. No pre-set matches. Paul will send out a poll early in the week to gauge weekly interest.
On the morning players will mix around and Paul will look to put matches together which are enjoyable and competitive.
Bookable via the Pickleball WhatsApp poll
This drill session is suitable for players of all levels and focuses on a variety of drills to help refine and develop a full repertoire of shots.
Please note that this session does not include matchplay.
This session is for players of intermediate or higher standard. The coach reserves the right to ask players to attend another session should their level not currently be high enough.
BOOKABLE VIA THE PICKLEBALL WHATSAPP
A session for all players who know how to score and play. No pre-set matches. Paul will send out a poll early in the week to gauge weekly interest.
Players will mix around and Paul will look to put matches together which are enjoyable and competitive.
On Thursday and Friday there will be four temporary marked-up pickleball courts available to book via Mycourts.
Courts will be marked out with tape on Indoor Tennis Centre (ITC) court 1.
Courts are bookable from Friday 27th February and then bookable 7 days in-advance.
Thursday noon to 3:30pm.
Thursday 8pm to 10pm.
Friday 1pm to 5pm.
On top of the organised sessions please take this opportunity to play more, try the game for the first time or introduce other Members to Pickleball.
With Member court bookings open and to assist Members with arranging games between themselves, there is a WhatsApp group created for this purpose. ‘Picklers General Play’.
Ideal for those wanting games, fun/social hits or needing 1 (even 3) more to join to play. Please use this group for this purpose.
Join via the link below. There will be a request for Admin to accept: click here to join the group
Please refrain from using the existing information WhatsApp (Roehampton Club Picklers) to arrange games.
This group is important for updates, Club information, Drills and Roll-up poll posts.
There have been a number of incidents at other Pickleball Clubs where players have been hit on the eye, with either a ball or a padel.
We strongly suggest that all players wear protective eye cover at sessions.
This can be spectacles through to facemasks, the choice is yours, but we ask that you try to protect yourselves and your eyes.
We cannot make it compulsory but want to at least suggest you wear some sort of eye protection.
Please ask the Sports Shops for goggle availability.
The pickleball players communication group.
If you would like to join the WhatsApp group, please click here via your mobile phone
This will be a request for Admin to accept.
Roehampton Club Picklers WhatsApp Group
♥ Pickleball related information only
♥ Finding players to play with
♥ Coaching information and tips
… is the same as for tennis (click here)
See you on the court soon.
For any Pickleball queries, please email Paul Lindsay, Racquets Manager at paul.lindsay@roehamptonclub.co.uk
6th and 7th December saw Roehampton Club Members James Chaudry and Frances and Charles Bowen-Rayner competing in the Siena Pickleball Open in Italy.
Medals galore for James (Gold), Charles and James (Gold), and Frances (Bronze)! Read more below.
James managed the wonderful feat of becoming a Triple Crown Winner following wins in the Open Singles, Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
The weekend included winning 4 group stage matches to make the round of 16 in each event.
In singles, James progressed to win the title by beating a young Italian (R16), #1 Egyptian junior (QF), Josh Bright (SF), and number 1 Italian Singles Player Matteo Cugliari in the Final.
The Men’s Doubles knockout stages, partner Charles played some incredibly important points to help them beat 3 Italian pairs (including their #1 national team pair in the semis). The final saw a three-set win against Josh Bright and Belgian #1 Boris Paque in the final.
The mixed knockout stages, Thaddea Lock and James beat four Italian pairs (also including the #1 national team pair) on the way to securing the trophy.
From Charles:
The men’s doubles final was so much fun to play in. Getting to play alongside James was really good fun and such a great experience and such good pickleball!
I went unbeaten to win my singles group, with big wins over Josh Bright, Italian No.1 Matteo Cugliari, and Noah Washington (NEL) in the round of 16 before narrowly losing in the quarterfinals.
Finishing off the tournament with Frances in our mixed group where we won two out of three, including a great win over Belgian No.1 Boris Paque—before having to leave to catch a flight unable to play in the knockout rounds. Overall, it was such a fun weekend on court, especially getting to play alongside James.
Frances commented:
Delighted to win bronze in the o40s women’s doubles.
I was actually more chuffed with my fourth in the singles despite losing the semi-final and a tight bronze medal match against some very strong Italians
It was such a lovely fun weekend and amazing to watch Charles and James playing so very well together.
My highlight though was playing with Charles in the pro mixed doubles and having so much fun on the court and winning some big games.
Congratulations to all involved.
Roehampton Club Member, James Chaudry, competed in the 2025 National Pickleball Open Singles Tournament.
An overview of James’s tournament saw him defeat 5 out of 5 opponents in the group stages and going on to win the semi-final against a new up and comer 15-5.
The final, played as a best of three games, saw James up against Tom Turney.
A high quality performance from James gave him a 11-2 11-5 win to claim the singles National Pickleball title. It also completed the nationals ‘triple crown’ having previously won men’s doubles and mixed doubles in the same calendar year. Congratulations to James.
On 23/24 November 2024 Roehampton Club Member James Chaudry and our then Golf and Games Manager Louis Laville, were a part of the England Team, representing the country in the European Championships in a team of 12.
Mixed Doubles took place on the Saturday and England played unbelievably well all day to go unbeaten in both Open and Senior Open to win 2 Mixed Doubles Golds. This put England in a strong position but still had work to do on Sunday in Gender Doubles.
The team pulled through on Sunday, and despite not winning a gold on the Sunday, all four divisions won silver! The only team to make it to every Final, gave England enough points to win the European Championships!
A huge congratulations to the team, the support from Roehampton Club Members throughout the weekend was fantastic!
If you want to watch some of the pickleball back please click below:
Click here to watch the MIXED DOUBLES
Click here to watch the GENDER DOUBLES
Team England:
Open Women: Mollie Knaggs, Thaddea Lock and Molly O’Donoghue
Open Men: James Chaudry, Peter Hitchman and Louis Laville
Senior Women: Marcia Audibert, Anna Linton and Julie McCauley
Senior Men: Lee Harper, Richard Love and David Youngs
Coaches: Sam Basford and Rob Williams
Team Manager: Elaine Shallcross
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◊ Finding players to play with
◊ Coaching information and tips
For the link to join the WhatsApp group email Paul Lindsay, Rackets Manager at paul.lindsay@roehamptonclub.co.uk
For more information on pickelball at Roehampton Club, please contact Paul Lindsay, Rackets Manager at paul.lindsay@roehamptonclub.co.uk
