What’s the Score?
The 2025 competitive pickleball season in Australia wrapped up with a flourish at the ACT Pickleball Championships in Canberra. In a rare feat, three different athletes—Greg Westwood, Lindsay White, and Robyn Rickard—achieved the prestigious “Triple Crown,” winning gold medals in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events. The tournament, hosted by Pickleball ACT, served as the final sanctioned event of the year, setting the stage for the upcoming release of the year-end Australian Rankings,.
Hit it deeper!
The Triple Crown is considered one of the most difficult achievements in pickleball, requiring an athlete to remain undefeated across three different disciplines over a single weekend.
Greg Westwood, representing the Sydney Inner West Pickleball Club, secured his first-ever Triple Crown in the senior 60+ and 50+ divisions. His path to victory included the 60+ Men’s singles (4.0+), the 60+ Men’s doubles (4.0+) alongside partner Craig Hunt, and a triumph in the 50+ Mixed doubles (4.0+) with Belinda Crane.
Local favourite Lindsay White used his home-court advantage to perfection. A member of Pickleball ACT, White dominated the 50+ categories. He secured gold in the unique “skinny singles” format (3.49 and under), won the Men’s doubles (2.5-2.99), and completed his haul with the Mixed doubles title (2.99 and under).
Perhaps the most impressive story belongs to Robyn Rickard of the Northern Beaches Pickleball Club. Competing in her very first tournament, Rickard pulled off a stunning Triple Crown debut. She swept the 60+ Women’s singles (2.99 and under), the 60+ Women’s doubles (3.5-3.99), and the 70+ Mixed doubles, announcing her arrival on the circuit in emphatic fashion.
The World Pickleball Verdict
The ACT Championships highlighted the immense depth of talent in the Australian senior and masters divisions. For a debutant like Robyn Rickard to win a Triple Crown suggests that there is still a wealth of untapped talent entering the sport at the competitive level. Furthermore, the ability of players like Westwood to win across age brackets (winning 60+ and 50+ events) demonstrates the high physical capability of the country’s masters athletes. As the Australian Rankings are updated, these three players have undoubtedly marked themselves as the ones to beat in 2026.
Chris Beaumont
Founder and Editor-in-ChiefChris Beaumont is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of World Pickleball Magazine. Chris follows the global game closely, reporting on the latest news, developments, stories and tournaments from all five continents. He also hosts the World Pickleball Podcast, interviewing people at…
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