{"id":42,"date":"2025-04-22T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afpickleball.club\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:13:29","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afpc.co.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c38d73e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c38d73e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7662db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e7662db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/afpc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Session-Photo1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-239\" alt=\"Playing at Heath End School\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afpc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Session-Photo1.png 1012w, https:\/\/afpc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Session-Photo1-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/afpc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Session-Photo1-768x455.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3b2e4b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3b2e4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fccdbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4fccdbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pickleball for Everyone<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc5fb1d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc5fb1d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7b9e23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f7b9e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to Aldershot and Farnham Pickleball Club (AFPC).\u00a0 \u00a0A club setup in 2022 to bring the joy of pickleball to as many people as possible in and around the area of Aldershot and Farnham.\u00a0 In late 2024 Sport England officially recognised pickleball as a sport and awarded Pickleball England as the national governing body. 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