Forty Holes Pickleball Certificate, Portrait

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Pickleball Champion Badge Template: badge preview

Pickleball Tournament Award Certificate Template: landscape certificate preview

An upright pickleball award certificate with a big ball rising over the top corner, the win, the division, two signatures and a QR code for verification.

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Add your logo and wording, then send it to everyone at once, each with a link anyone can verify.

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A4 and US Letter, composed for each
Your logo, colours and wording
A QR code on every copy that proves it is real
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Updated 7 November 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

What is on it

A complete record, not just a name

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Title: Champion's Award
Statement: A line of thanks or achievement, written for this topic
Skills: Mixed doubles, Round robin play, Dinks and third shot drops and Medal round victory
Details: division, format and finish
Signatures: Tournament Director and Club President

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

Recipient name
Program or award name
Issue date
Credential ID
QR code to the verification page

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

A4: 210 × 297 mm · 8.27 × 11.69 in
US Letter: 8.5 × 11 in · 216 × 279 mm

Fonts

Fraunces: Title, Recipient name
Figtree: Text, Labels
Mrs Saint Delafield: Signatures

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

Paper#fbf8f1
Ink#1b2a41
Accent#24508a
Second accent#c8d43a
Muted text#5b6472

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

Here the outdoor ball rises over the top-right corner, with its holes and the welded seam in view, and the logo, organisation and title sit in the space it leaves. Below its curve the record runs down one left edge: the name, the event, a statement, four achievements with ball bullets, the division, format and finish, and a foot with two signatures, the date, the credential ID and the QR code. It suits clubs and schools that want a cheerful, clean certificate.

About

Pickleball Award Certificate Template, Forty Holes Portrait

An upright page fits the places where a pickleball award is kept: a frame on the clubhouse wall, a binder of league results, or a bulletin board at the community centre. Coaches give it at the end of a clinic season, league organisers to the team that finishes top of the ladder, and tournament directors to the champions of each bracket, from beginners learning the kitchen rule to experienced doubles pairs.

Wording on the template“Won first place in the mixed doubles division, through a full round robin and the medal round, with patient dinks, clean third shot drops and calm, steady play at the kitchen line.”

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: Congratulations, name: your pickleball award is ready

Hi name,

What a tournament. You played every rally with patience, and it showed when it mattered most. Congratulations from everyone who watched from the side of the court.

Your award is ready. Open it to see it, download a copy to print for your wall or your paddle bag, and share it on LinkedIn or with your club so your partners and friends can celebrate with you.

See you on the courts soon.

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

This weekend my partner and I won the mixed doubles division at our pickleball tournament. A year ago I could barely keep a dink in the kitchen, so this one means a lot. Thank you to our club coaches and to everyone who drilled with us on early mornings. Proud to share my award. #Pickleball #MixedDoubles

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Printing

Printing it well

Print at actual size

Choose “Actual size” or 100% in the print dialog, not “Fit to page”, so the margins and the QR code keep their size.

Use card, not paper

A matte or silk card of 200–300 gsm (about 80–110 lb cover) feels like an award and does not curl in a frame.

Frame it

A4 fits a standard 21 × 29.7 cm frame; US Letter fits an 8.5 × 11 in frame, or an 11 × 14 in frame with a mat. Hang it upright, as designed.

Mind the edges

Most home printers leave a thin white border. For a design that runs to the edge, use a print shop or your printer’s borderless setting.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
Opens to a page anyone can verify

Digital badge

A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
One click shows who earned it and who issued it

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How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

01
Make it yours
Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.
02
Add your people
Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.
03
Send it
Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.
04
They share it
Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.