Padel Tennis
What is padel?
Padel is a form of tennis that is easy to play, fun and extremely sociable. It is played mainly in a doubles format on an enclosed court about a third of the size of a tennis court and can be played in groups of mixed ages and abilities, The rules are broadly the same as tennis, although the serve underhand and the walls are used as part of the game with the ball allowed to bounce off them.One of the fastest growing sports across continental Europe, padel has gained increasing popularity.
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The inaugural Essex Tennis Padel Championships were held on Sunday 24 September at Brentwood Padel Club, organised by our Essex Tennis Padel Officer Will Bailes. 32 players, in 8 teams, competed, including both dedicated padel clubs and tennis clubs, and we were blessed with fine weather and some fabulous match play Padel. The teams involved were:
Padel4All Garons Park (Southend)
Rayleigh LTC
DL Chigwell
Westcliff Lawn LTC
Stratford Park Padel Centre
Brentwood A
Brentwood B
Cranston Park LTC
Two leagues were drawn up and each team played a round robin of three matches, winner in each match being first to 8 games. The top 2 teams from each league then played in semi-finals, which saw Padel4All Southend and Brentwood B winning through to the Final after semi-final wins against Cranston Park and Brentwood A respectively. After a really tight Final, Brentwood B emerged as winners, and the first to lift the inaugural trophy, with Padel4All Southend very worthy runners-up.
Everyone who attended thoroughly enjoyed the experience of playing padel against other clubs in a team format and there was a great turn out of spectators to cheer the teams on and enjoy the summer sunshine and busy BBQ service provide by our host club.
For enquiries relating to Padel in Essex please get in touch with our Essex Tennis Padel Officer, Will Bailes on williamb@essextennis.org.uk or complete the Contact Us form at the foot this page.
Essex Padel venues
Stratford Padel Club E15 2AE
https://stratfordpadelclub.org/
Contact: Anca Mendleson E mail: anca@ascendis.london
TeL: 07977 466201
David Lloyd Chigwell IG9 6BJ
https://ipadel.co.uk/Court-Info/David-Lloyd-Chigwell/2748/
Contact: Peter Hazeldene E mail: peter_hazeldene@hotmail.com
Tel: 07881 653648
Down Hall Hotel & Spa CM22 7AS
https://padeluniteduk.com/padel-united-bishops-stortford/
Padel4All Garons Park Southend Leisure & Tennis Complex SS2 4FA
https://padel4all.com/garon-park/
Contact: Christopher Wilkinson E mail: cj@padel4all.com
Tel: 07989 737444
Prested Hall Feering CO5 9EE
https://prested.co.uk/padel-tennis-at-prested-hall/
Chelmsford – Great Baddow Park CM2 9RL
https://padeluniteduk.com/chelmsford-padel-club/
Contact: Richard Ramjane E mail: richard.ramjane@gmail.com
Tel: 07469 883385
Padel United Brentwood Hard Court Tennis Club CM13 3FD
https://ipadel.co.uk/Court-Info/Padel-United-UK-Brentwood/2807/
Contact: Keith Gilbert at info@padel123.co.uk
Tel: 07973 117427
Padel United Maldon – Promenade Park CM9 5UR
https://ipadel.co.uk/Court-Info/Go%20Padel%20Maldon/2759/
Contact: Ricahrd Hall-Smithrichhallsmith@gmail.com
Tel: 07469 883385
PDL Padel United UK Waltham Abbey
Contact: Kai Woodgate E mail: kaiwoodgate@gmail.com
PDL Padel United The Heron Padel Club
https://www.heroncountryclub.uk/
Contact: padel@heroncountryclub.uk
Tel: 01277 811289
Rocket Padel Ilford
https://www.rocketpadel.com/club/ilford
Contact: Oskar Wynne
Tel: 07469 187113
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Contact Details
Essex Tennis
Redbridge Sports & Leisure
Forest Road
Barkingside
Essex
IG6 3HD
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