Utah Roundnet announces 2026 season with Premier Spike gear rollout

Utah Roundnet has posted a “2026 SEASON ANNOUNCED” banner on its tournaments page and says the new year will be played “proudly using @premier.spike equipment.” The launch also comes with the line “For the community, by the community,” a framing that puts local ownership at the center of the Utah scene.

The equipment choice is the clearest signal in the rollout. Premier Spike describes its set as the “#1 rated roundnet set” and says it is the official equipment of the 2026 Roundnet World Championships. The company also says its product has sturdier rims and a truer net, a pitch that fits a sport where constant setup and teardown can wear down nets, rims, poles, and legs over a full tournament weekend on grass, sand, or hard courts.

Utah Roundnet is leaning into that idea of infrastructure as identity. Its own site says the organization is home to one of the largest spike communities in the world, and its Utah Select Spike Club page names Taylor Church and Bryant Karratti as the leaders of that program. That gives the season launch a broader purpose than a simple calendar update: it connects a formal tournament slate to player development, local organization, and a clearer path from casual games to higher-level competition.

The equipment shift also has history behind it. Utah Roundnet says the Utah Roundnet Association was the first to transition from yellow Spikeball Pro sets to the white-and-blue Premier Spike sets. A Sept. 4, 2024 Utah Roundnet video says Utah Roundnet was the first organization in the world to start adopting Premier Spike, and the group’s comparison materials link that move to performance. In that context, the 2026 rollout looks less like a branding tweak than a continuation of an already established equipment strategy.

The season also appears to be filling in around existing local events. A Strawberry Days roundnet tournament listing named Taylor Sanford as Utah Roundnet Association president and set the date for Saturday, June 13 in Pleasant Grove. That kind of linkage between a community festival and a roundnet stop shows how Utah’s scene keeps building its calendar around familiar regional touchpoints.

Utah Roundnet’s 2026 announcement says the schedule is in place, the gear is standardized, and the organizational structure is already doing the work of a larger circuit.