Mike Dale
Aimee and Catherine are at it again!
British no.1 Aimee Gibson started the New Year as she finished the old one - with another tournament victory alongside Catherine Rose in the FIP Silver Australian Padel Open in Sydney.
Sheffield set for its first indoor padel club in former brewery
Club de Padel, whose inner-city venue in Manchester has gone down a storm in 2024, is set to open the first dedicated indoor padel club in Sheffield in 2025.
Brighton beautiful! Hove Beach Park opens padel courts
New seafront padel courts at Hove Beach Park have officially opened and the lucky denizens of Brighton are invited for an open day on 11 January.
The Padel Paper Review of 2024
It's not outrageous to call padel the biggest game-changer in sports participation history - and 2024 has been its most momentous year yet.
Jason Manford: ‘Let’s get a million kids playing padel!’
Comedian Jason Manford is on a mission to get a million children playing padel and unearth GB's future Olympic padel players.
Pickleball England defeat LTA in governance battle
Pickleball England has been granted official governing body status by Sport England - thwarting a rival attempt for control from the Lawn Tennis Association.
Community is key for The Padel Team
Sam McKibbin, Mike Hampson and Dorian Tranter have formed The Padel Team and are kickstarting their new empire of clubs in Bristol.
‘Padel is a phenomenon… and now it’s at an inflexion point’
Oliver urges UK padel stakeholders to work together in order to transform the UK from a potential "padel backwater" into a major world force.
Rafael Nadal stars in Playtomic ad campaign
Rafael Nadal's first public appearance since retiring from tennis is in a tongue-in-cheek ad campaign for leading tennis and padel court booking app Playtomic.
LTA bans transgender women from female padel tournaments
the Lawn Tennis Association has banned transgender women from competing in female events at British 'inter-club' tennis and padel competitions.