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How we got here, Part 6

 Wow, it's been a while, and SpringDink 2026 is about to happen (April 18th @ MPS).   After the Spring Dink 2025 we continue to play at MPS, and ESC, though ESC only lets us play in term time, so over Summer relocated to Redhill Tennis Club for Thursday nights. Brand new courts at RTC make playing there a pleasure, though the wind makes the game a different beast - I think different paddles are needed for indoors and outdoors...  I keep designing and procuring paddles with Gen 4 being launched in Summer last year - I'm about to launch Gen 5 paddles later in April 2026. Not selling many, but not advertising much, so only selling to Redhill Pickleball Players, and 1 out of 2 paddles bought sell...  Summer Slam at Redhill Tennis club was a great success - bringing ~ £500 to the club, with around 100 players, competing for Singles and Doubles titles across multiple skill levels. Though nobody bought any food from the on-site barbecue...  Unfortunately RTC have repla...