PickleballCentral loves all its customers, especially our new walk-in customers.
Patrick Cantor walked in one Saturday afternoon and tried out some paddles on our new indoor pickleball court. He purchased a Magnum Graphite Stealth paddle and came back a couple of weeks later with his wife. She selected a pink Graphite Z5 paddle. The third time Patrick visited he bought a PickleNet Portable Net System and said he would be taking it with him on his next trip to the Philippines!
Here’s Patrick’s Pickleball to the Philippines story:
I came to the U. S. as a 5-year-old when my parents immigrated to the United States on work visas. I grew up in the Renton area and started playing pickleball around the time I finished high school. After I started college, I played at the University of Washington.
After 20 years, I’m playing pickleball again. I’ve found Pickleball to be an “addictive” sport, in the good habit-forming sense of the word. It is a way to stay in shape and be social with friends who also like to play. Just before I went on vacation, I bought 4 wooden paddles and a badminton net to use in the Philippines. Before I introduced Pickleball in the Philippines, no one knew about it. When I showed my friends how to play, they picked it up pretty fast. Here are a couple of pictures that show the court being set up.
I travel to the Philippines every year. The net system I bought this month will go with me on my next trip.
Thanks, Patrick, for sharing your story with us. We love hearing about how pickleball is taking over the world. 😉 Anna

Attorney Patrick Cantor is bringing pickleball to the Philippines.
Are pickleball paddles & pickleballs are available in the Philippines? if so, where ? Thank you.
I also played pickleball here at Kennewick WA. Am a member in Club 509 pickleball base here in tri-cities. In a three months time we would be leaving for the Philippines for good and would miss this addictive type of games. What I like this game lies on the fact that the average age of player is 60+ years old. I playef tennis before but switched to pickleball when I got a bad knee!. Am so concern if in Cagayan de Oro City has a pickleball court if not I would bring a portable pickleball net. Maybe you can help me find some court to play with. Thank you.
I wish you luck Rodrigo, but I doubt you will find a Pickleball court in Cagayan d Oro. I spend 3-4 months each year in the Philippines and I am an avid Pickleball player. I brought my own paddle set and net boundary and line markers. I taught several people ( mostly only young people were interested) how to play in the Naga City area. But, finding a flat surface that we could use as a court much of the time has been difficult. We once used the lawn tennis court, but the court is being used by tennis club most of the time; it is their court and they have priority. We have used local basketball courts several times, but, as I am sure you know, kids and adults use these for basketball almost 24 hours per day. Any other flat, paved surface in town is being used to dry pali. As a result, we have been able to play only a few times.
Thank you for your reply! I already anticipated what you had said, anyway I’ll look for someways how to introduce this kind of game to my tennis club back home, how I wish they could give me a chance to show or demonstrate how to play this fast growing game to them.
We have a pickleball court in Gubat, Sorsogon, Philippines and would like to invite pickleball players.
We may set up a Pickleball court in Libmanan, Cam Sur.
Awesome, Mike!
I am trying to get my friend to start a pickleball club in the Philippines. Can you tell me where you had this court set up?
Hi Rey, I’m sorry I don’t know where the pickleball court is in the Philippines. I did some research but couldn’t come up with an answer. I will contact our customer from the Philippines and ask him. I’ll update you as soon as I get an answer. – Anna