All India Pickleball Association

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All India Pickleball Association
All India Pickleball Association logo.jpg
Sport Pickleball
CategorySport
Jurisdiction India
Membership24 states in India
AbbreviationAIPA
Founded2008 (2008)
Affiliation International Pickleball Federation
Regional affiliation Asia Federation of Pickleball
Headquarters Mumbai
Location Goregaon
PresidentArvind Prabhoo
Official website
www.pickleball.in
Flag of India.svg

The All India Pickleball Association, aka AIPA, is the governing body of pickleball in India. Established by Sunil Valavalkar in 2008, in 2015 the AIPA became a founding member of the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP), now the International Pickleball Federation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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History

All India Pickleball Association (AIPA) was founded in 2008 with the Registrar of Companies, Govt. Of India. They were registered under the Indian Companies Act, 1956. AIPA also received recognition from Rahul Gandhi.

AIPA expanded their reach to a national level in 2012 with a demonstration game in Jaipur. More states were granted affiliation in the latter half of 2012 and the first ever All India Open Tournament was held at Mumbai in 2013.

In May 2015, AIPA constructed its first outdoor court. There were regular inter district tournaments held throughout the year as well as the 3rd All India Open Tournament held at Haryana, with participation from 14 states. [8] In 2017, the first Junior National Tournament and Federation Cup Championship were held at Dehradun. In the same year, the first Indian Open Pickleball Championship was held at Mumbai, with over 20 international and 60 top seeded Indian players participating. In 2018, AIPA organized more tournaments such as the Super League, Ramesh Prabhu Memorial Tournament, Senior National Open Tournament and the 2nd Indian Open Tournament. [9] The first all Women Tournament was organized in 2019 which saw an immense enthusiasm and participation from across the country. The Jaipur Open and the Avengers Cup was also held in the same year. [10]

Tournament

The tournament consists of divisions organized by age and skill level for men's, women's, and mixed doubles. Men's and women's singles were played for the first District level Tournament was held at Kalyan in the State of Maharasthra, where 65 school children participated in the one day event. [11] [12] [13] [14]

See also

References

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  9. ↑ "Indian Open Pickleball Championship in Mumbai from Friday". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Kundu, Poulomi (6 July 2019). "'Pickleball has changed my life for which I will remain grateful to AIPA…..'". Sport Savour. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "First national ranking pickleball tourney in Pune on Dec 7-8". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "SPO-PICKLEBALL-TOURNEY". The Week. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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  14. ↑ "Inter-state national level (Sr) pickleball tourney from Aug 3". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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