The Macedonian Pickleball team has left for the European Championship in Rome, Italy. One of the players is the frontman of the pop-rock band Nokaut, Perre (Nikola Perevski). In the past year, he has often been seen on the tennis courts in Skopje in the morning and in the summer in Ohrid.
Perre became the national pickleball ambassador of the Macedonian Pickleball Association on April 25, 2025.
The 2025 European Pickleball Championship will take place in Rome, Italy, from September 19 to 21, 2025. In addition to Pere, the Macedonian pickleball team also includes Lokvenec Veselinka, Todorovska Ilina, Leontić Petar and Zoran, Stefanovski Alen, Sotirovski Kiril, Stevcevski Goran, and Varoshlija Boro.
In the individual competitions, the Macedonian national team is in Group D together with Luxembourg, Belgium, Slovakia, Italy, and Poland. In the combined doubles, our national team is in Group C with Estonia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden, and Germany. In the doubles competition, the national team is in Group D together with Wales, Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Austria, and Poland.
The neighboring countries of North Macedonia, Serbia, and Bulgaria are competing in this championship. Croatia, Romania, and Turkey have also sent their national teams from the wider Balkan region.
You can see the competition schedule on the European Pickleball Federation website.
You can follow the broadcast of some matches via the official link posted on the YouTube platform.
We wish Perre success at this European Championship, as well as the entire Macedonian national team.
Go for it, North Macedonia!
What is Pickleball?
Pickleball is a racquet sport played by two (singles) or four (doubles) players who use racquets to hit a perforated, hollow plastic ball over a low net 86 cm high. The game is played indoors or outdoors on a court measuring approximately 13.4 m long and 6 m wide. In pickleball, there is a 2.1 m wide zone on both sides of the net where the ball must bounce before being hit. The court and rules make pickleball dynamic and easy to learn. It is a combination of tennis, ping-pong (table tennis), and badminton. Only the one who serves can score points. Pickleball was invented in 1965 in the United States, on Bainbridge Island in Washington state, and today it is a very popular sport for all ages.
Pickleball combines fun and fitness, is suitable for beginners, has small courts, and a different rhythm compared to traditional racquet sports. The game can be played both individually and in pairs, with a specific scoring system, where three numbers are used for points for doubles, and two for singles games.
Pickleball is now developing as a sport in Macedonia, with the participation of the Macedonian national team in the European Championship.
