Roosevelt Island Pickleball advocate and instructor Joyce Short shares these photos and reports:

Even Mother Nature could not quash the enthusiasm for Pickleball on Roosevelt Island! With a rain postponement that pushed Oktoberfest into November, 19 teams

from all around NYC squared off in RISA Good Lifes very first Pickleball Tournament on Roosevelt Island, on Saturday November 4th.

Here are the results:

Mixed Doubles

First Place- Brett Seiden and Victoria Mayer

2nd Place- Griffon Brown and Lauren Labott

Mens Doubles-

First Place- Brett Seiden and Jared Kessel

2nd Place- Justin Lipton and Griffon Brown

Womens Doubles-

First Place- Jasmine Suarez and Lauren Labott

2nd Place- Victoria Mayer and Kelly Gilbert

The Roosevelt Island Pickleball Sportspark Courts are free and open 7 days a week from sunrise to sunset on a first come, first serve basis.

Here’s more on Roosevelt Island Pickleball which opened in May 2023.