It’s the quickest rising sport in America – the world, for that matter, too — for a motive. The benefit, enjoyable and large exercise pickleball supplies have shortly captivated gamers in all places — and that features the Caribbean.
Whereas an rising variety of resorts across the Caribbean and Mexico are beginning to develop their pickleball choices, one portfolio was a pioneer within the sport — and continues to prepared the ground within the Caribbean: Elite Island Resorts.
And the all-inclusive model’s spectacular assortment of resorts with sturdy pickleball choices is concentrated in Antigua.
Hammock Cove. St James’s Membership. Pineapple Seashore Membership. The Verandah Antigua. They have been all early adopters of the game when pickleball was one thing of a rarity within the Caribbean, and at the moment they’re all house to world-class, state-of-the- artwork courts.
On the all-inclusive, adults-only Hammock Cove, you’ll discover a pair of pickleball courts proper within the coronary heart of the resort, On the family-friendly, beach-filled St James’ Membership, there are three completely different courts.
At The Verandah Antigua, a lush, fun-filled resort named the most well liked new adults-only resort within the Caribbean, you get 4 completely different courts.
After which there’s the Pineapple Seashore Membership, the favored resort set on Antigua’s beautiful Lengthy Bay, the place you get a whopping six pickleball courts – essentially the most of any resort within the Caribbean.
Whereas some resorts pay lip service to this sport, these Antigua resorts actually imply it — with courts which might be equally accessible to the knowledgeable pickleball participant and people simply entering into the sport.
It’s an ideal sport for the Caribbean, and by some means that soothing sound of the pickleball volley suits proper in with lapping seas and shaking palm bushes.
And it’s turned Antigua into arguably the primary vacation spot within the Caribbean for pickleball lovers, drawn to the island’s distinctive mix of beach-filled bliss (there are 365 seashores right here) and countless exercise choices.
Simply be sure to attempt to get in a recreation with Anna-Maria Joseph, a neighborhood legend who’s been referred to as the “Pickleball Queen.”
You’ll find extra within the newest Elite Island Resorts video beneath.
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