The inaugural Epic World Championship is popping out to be an enormous deal in Singapore.
A four-day novice pickleball match supported by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), the Epic World Championship begins on the finish of this month and is about to herald over 1,300 individuals from greater than 60 international locations. It can happen from 30 April to three Might 2026 on the Kallang Tennis Hub and can supply a assured prize purse of not less than USD $50,000.
And, certainly, the Epic World Championship is shaping as much as be a doubtlessly epic match—a lot in order that manufacturers, native and world, are throwing their full assist behind it. The truth is, with the Epic World Championship only a few days away, organisers have introduced the competitors’s company companions, and so they embody just a few which might be getting concerned with a serious pickleball occasion for the primary time.
Amongst these profitable manufacturers are Coca-Cola, QBE Insurance coverage, Genting Dream Cruise, and HotelPlanner. Different firms which have signed offers to be related to Epic are Singtel, KPay, Carlsberg, Seize, and Oatside. The latest one to affix is Stellantis, a multinational automotive large shaped in 2021 by the merger of Fiat Chrysler Cars and France’s PSA Group. Particularly, Stellantis ASEAN is about to be Epic’s official automotive associate, with Leapmotor by Cycle & Carriage and Alfa Romeo by Purple Rock & Rosso Motor each set to be showcased on the competitors.
“Pickleball is a sport outlined by its dynamic vitality and fast evolution—qualities that mirror our personal dedication to remodeling the way forward for electrical mobility within the area,” stated Isaac Yeo, Managing Director of Stellantis ASEAN, on why the model obtained concerned with the Epic World Championship.
For Jason Lim, Head of Communications at Epic, pickleball’s “explosive development” in Singapore is driving firms left and proper to get in on the motion.
“The assist Epic has obtained from company companions is a transparent testomony to the facility that this sport has to interact, activate, and excite gamers, spectators, and communities,” Lim famous.
The Epic World Championship is sanctioned by the Singapore Pickleball Affiliation and the Asian Pickleball Affiliation, with STB on board for 3 years. It options males’s doubles, girls’s doubles, combined doubles, a staff class, and a company championship. There will even be a charity occasion that helps the Centre for Fathering in Singapore.
