A game of its own Pickleball is described a game that has three elements – badminton, squash and table tennis – but players of the sport say it’s its own thing.
Te Puke’s Wendy Smyth brought the sport to the district after playing it with her mum and brother in Auckland. She said she’d never played
it before and after an hour in action, fell in love with the sport. Spurred on by wanting to start her own local club, she dipped into her own pocket to buy
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the equipment, put a post on Facebook and now the club has 20 or more players every Monday and Wednesday. Read more on page 4.