Raleigh–Durham Chinese Pickleball Friendly Opens This Weekend With 14 Hometown Teams in Raleigh
After more than seven months of preparation, the 2026 North Carolina Chinese Cozyla Pickleball Friendly Match will be held this weekend, November 14–15, at Sanderford Road Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, where 14 hometown-association teams from the local Chinese community will compete over two days.
Group round-robin play begins at 8 a.m. on November 14, followed on November 15 by the quarterfinals, semifinals, final and an all-star game. A photography contest will run alongside the tournament, with entries accepted from November 14 to 30.
The event is co-hosted by the North Carolina Chinese American Association and the Carolinas Asian Pickleball and Tennis Association, with Cozyla as exclusive title sponsor, Good Harvest restaurant as food sponsor, and the North Carolina Chinese photography association as partner for the photo contest. Organizers say pickleball has grown quickly in the local Chinese community, and that the friendly match is both a sporting contest and a platform for fellowship among hometown associations. Members, players' families and friends, and photography enthusiasts are welcome to attend and cheer this weekend.
The venue is at 2623 Sanderford Road in Raleigh, and admission is free.
Source: North Carolina Chinese American Association
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图为匹克球比赛场景（资料图）。Photo: A pickleball match (Picklerpeej / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0)
