PickleballENGLAND
W2023 ENGLISH NATIONALS RETURNS TO BOLTON ARENA
We have just successfully completed a second major tournament , the 2023 English Nationals less than 12 weeks after the English OPEN . No time to bask in the success of the English OPEN , we
went straight on to organize the next event ! Luckily , we had organized two previous English Nationals at Bolton
Arena so there was quite a lot we could rinse and repeat , but I would say there was at least 75 percent that had to be created from scratch .
We had 696 registered players this year , up from 430 last year . Some brackets were full within 24 hours but court capacity constrained registrations . by KAREN MITCHELL
DIRECTOR , PICKLEBALL ENGLAND
At the last minute we decided to engage Sportsbeat , a media company to manage our social channels , do some videography of the event for an end of each day wrap-up , and to interview medalists for feeding articles to regional media around England . The final media report shows 4,518 branded insertions across all online and print channels worth around £ 1.7m . Additionally , nine stories were printed in regional newspapers celebrating the achievements of players at all levels . Sportsbeat worked with Paul
Team Pickleball Addiction , winners of MLP English Style event ( l to r ): Elaine Brown , Mark Johnson , Mark Mars , Rhodri Oliver and Thaddea Lock .
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