Jeff Elwood

Nickname: Hoss / Jelwood. Hometown: Kingston, ON. Home club: Kingston Pickleball Club. Jeff has played pickleball since 2018, after coaching and playing tennis for 20 years.

Pickleball highlights: playing and medalling in his first PPA event in Orlando, Florida in December 2022, and being drafted to the CNPL’s South Western Ontario Brewers in 2023.

Recent results include gold in Men’s Open Doubles at the 2023 Pickleball Ontario Central West and Eastern Regionals, silver at the 2023 Pickleball Ontario Provincial Finals, and the best men’s doubles record of the 2023 CNPL season with partner Mark Cleminson.

Fun facts: Jeff once spent two months cycling solo through Patagonia, more than 2,000 km to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in South America. He has been a vegetarian for over 30 years.