The Morayfield Sport and Event Centre (MSEC) hosted the highest-attended pickleball event in the southern hemisphere to date, as the Queensland Championship took place from June 30 to July 3..
It's the latest craze sweeping the US and now it's taking Queensland by storm.
Those in the know say it's social, challenging, fun, inclusive and appeals to all ages and abilities.
Watching on with regret as a former tennis player who had left the sport, she would see her one-time competitors go on to become international athletes...
Echoing the US explosion, in Australia the game has surged from virtually nothing five years ago to a boom sport, growing 20 per cent a year, according to the Pickleball Australia Association ...
Tennis Australia plans to capitalise on the success of America’s fastest growing sport – pickleball – by introducing it at tennis clubs around the country ...
