BORDER RACKETS was formed in 2020 to provide racquet sports players with Badminton and Tennis equipment from a knowledgable source. Our range has since grown to embrace new racquet sports like Padel and Pickleball.
Located in the beautiful county of Cumbria – home to the world famous Lake District National Park – we are based in the capital of the county, Carlisle, within the town’s main tennis centre, Chatsworth Tennis Club.
Our objective is to help racquet sports enthusiasts find the perfect gear for their playing style, either in-store or online, enabling them to make the most of their ability and enjoy the game to its fullest,
As well as selling products from leading brands like Yonex, Head and Babolat, we also sell more specialist brands in the sports we represent. Our range includes racquets, footwear, accessories, grips, bags, balls and shuttlecocks.
We offer a professional racket restringing service using state of the art electronic machines and are certified racket stringers and part of the Yonex Stringing Team.
If it’s simple, honest advice combined with professional and flexible service you’re after, then look no further than Border Rackets.
Est. 2020
Border Rackets was conceived in 2019, formed in 2020 and commenced full operations and trading in 2021 following the pandemic
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Products now available – Same Day Racket Stringing Service – Demo Racket Service
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Ken has decades of experience playing racket sports and used to joke that he even wanted to win the warm-up (okay, maybe he wasn’t joking!)
Originally a tennis player he went over to the dark side in his mid-teens (Badminton) and claimed numerous regional and county titles before discovering he wasn’t as good as he thought he was. Eventually, having worn out several important joints, he swapped smashing for stringing and now talks (some would say ‘drones on’) for hours about the finer points of strings and stringing.
Having built several successful businesses from the ground up, he is tuned in to the needs of customers and – like all good stringers – has the experience to know that good business relies on attention to detail – “the devil is in the detail”.
When not harassing customers, polishing his stringing machine or interfering with the website, he can be found spending time with his family; often providing taxi services to his teenage sons or spoiling Barry, his lazy, stubborn and portly English Bulldog. Some might say owners sometimes come to resemble their dogs….