Hawaii seniors expo brings back popular pickleball tournament for 2026
The expo's June 27-28 pickleball tournament is back at the Hawaii Convention Center, with round-robin play, age 50-plus brackets and spots filling fast.
Pickleball is back on the bill at the Hawaii Active Seniors Expo, and the 2026 tournament is already drawing strong local interest. The event returns June 27-28 at the Hawaii Convention Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with a round-robin mixer format built for players 50 and older.
Instead of a straight elimination bracket, the tournament uses system-generated draw partners, so players register individually and rotate partners each round. Listings for the 2026 event also include women’s, men’s and mixed doubles, multiple skill levels and a format that promises at least five games, with 12-minute rounds or first to 11 points, whichever comes first. Medals go to the top three finishers in each skill and age bracket.
The Hawaii Active Seniors Expo calls itself Hawaii’s premier interactive seniors expo and offers free admission. The expo’s broader lineup includes prizes, giveaways and seminars on Medicare, nutrition, pain management, diet, fitness, hearing, vision and long-term care.
The Active Seniors Pickleball Tournament was back after its 2025 debut, and organizers came in earlier this year to adjust the schedule. Tournament director Danny Tengan said the 2025 event ran overtime. He also pointed to the sport’s reach among older adults, saying there were kupuna over 90 who had never played athletics before and were now on court five to six times a week. Joy Kodama said the game has become a multigenerational bond in her family, with her daughter now playing too.
It used six indoor courts at Hawaii Convention Center Exhibition Hall II over Nov. 14-15, 2025, with skill levels from 2.0 through 3.5 and age brackets from 50-54 through 75-plus. The round-robin format delivered minimum four to five games, and medals were awarded through third place in each bracket. A portion of net proceeds benefited the Susannah Wesley Community Center’s Kupuna Korner program in Kalihi-Palama, while beginner programming included a free Learn to Play Pickleball in 1-Hour session.
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