Issaquah Man Takes Gold At International Pickleball Championship

From Team Selkirk: Team Selkirk’s Jay Rippel (Issaquah, Washington) and Miok Lee (Gig Harbor, Washington) captured Gold in the Mixed Doubles Senior Open Division, at the 2019 International Indoor Pickleball Championships, March 26-31, at Northwest Sports Hub in Centralia, Washington.

In capturing victory, Rippel was equipped with Selkirk Sport’s AMPED™ Series, a high performance, Made-in-the-USA line of pickleball paddles. Each week on the professional Pickleball circuit, Rippel and more than 100 Team Selkirk athletes compete with Selkirk Sport’s AMPED Series Pickleball Paddles, including 30-year old Tyson McGuffin, the #1 ranked singles player in the world; Kaitlyn Christian, a 27-year old Professional Tennis Player ranked 38th in the world in Doubles by the WTA; JoAnne Russell, 1977 Wimbledon Doubles Champion; Cammy MacGregor, former Top 75 Professional Tennis Player, 2018 US Open Senior Pickleball Singles Champion and winner of the 2018 USA Pickleball National Championships in Senior Singles & Doubles, among others.

Rippel also captured silver in Men’s Doubles Senior Open alongside partner and Team Selkirk ambassador, Glen Peterson.

Pickleball is an exciting sport that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong, and with more than 3.3 million players, it’s one of the fastest growing sports in the USA. Selkirk Sport is the leading pickleball paddle and accessories brand. For more information on Team Selkirk ambassadors visit www.selkirk.com.