About UK Pickleball Shop

The Story of our Founders

In September 2012 Mike and Jane were on holiday in Arizona to play tennis when a friend asked them to join her in trying a new sport with a funny name: pickleball. They loaned them paddles, explained the key rules and got them playing and, like most other pickleball newbies, they were completely hooked within half an hour. Around this time Jane was made redundant so she took the plunge and invested her redundancy money in setting up the UK Pickleball Shop in January 2015.

New Beginnings
In March 2023, Freddie and Jack Gratton took over the store. We're incredibly passionate about Pickleball and fully committed to continuing to make the UK Pickleball Shop the home of UK Pickleball. We currently offer 100 different paddles from the premier manufacturers including Diadem, Engage, Franklin, Gamma, Head, Hudef, Joola, OneShot, Paddletek, ProXR, Onix, and Selkirk with more brands to come in 2025. We also offer 6+ different brands of both indoor and outdoor pickleballs (all on the USAPA/IFP approved ball list), a choice of portable pickleball nets and a wide range of pickleball bags, backpacks, paddle covers and other accessories ranging from replacement grips to pickleball training machines.