FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PICKLEBALL WORLD #1 ANNA LEIGH WATERS DEBUTS SIGNATURE PADDLETEK BANTAM ALW-C LINE NILES, Michigan, November 16, 2023 – Rip it. Spin it. Win it. World Number One professional pickleball player Anna Leigh Waters has teamed with her U.S. paddle manufacturing partner, Paddletek, to design and debut two new signature Paddletek Bantam ALW-C paddles for performance minded players. PT-700 unidirectional RAW carbon fiber is combined with Paddletek’s legendary Bantam core to give serious players power, control and spin capacity in these new signature paddles. The Bantam ALW-C 12.7mm and Bantam ALW-C 14.3mm models were designed in consultation with Anna...

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