It is the last day of the championship. For the first time in 6 days it had rained and dark clouds were hanging over the city of Melilla. Our boys had to wake up very early. Their matches were scheduled for 9:30 am at the Club de Padel de El Real. As the Italian team [...]
Day 2 at the Melilla Junior World Championships
Today started for the UK team with an early wake up call by coach German who , during the night, had been woken up by a loud noise next to him. “Good luck charm Franky” had fallen out of his bunk bed above him only to climb into another bed at a lower level without [...]
BBC explain Padel
Watch this report by the BBC on padel. An interesting introduction to the sport.
ITV Introduces Padel to the UK
Starring Tony Lee, Peter Vann and Caroline Mount.
What is Padel?
Peter Vann talks to ITV about padel in the UK and the Ellesse Padel Academy. View the broad cast here.
BBC News & Padel
BBC News have an article about padel, Matt Thomas and the Mexico 2010 World Padel Championships. Click here to read.
We love this coverage!
UK Team List for Padel World Championships, Cancun, Mexico 2010
Here is the UK Padel Team list for the Padel World Championship 2010 in Cancun, Mexico.
MEN
Captain John Leach ; Frankie Langan, Oliver McDougall, Oliver Moore, Sergio Munoz, Matt Thomas, Fraser Wright*
WOMEN
Captain Lizzie Wilson* ; Maryam Adejumo, Beverley Jewell*, Joanna Joyce*, Fiona Maguire*, Pauline Saenz Smith, Camilla Tom*
* indicates having previously represented UK team in Canada [...]
Babolat Sponsor UK Padel Team Kit
Babolat are kind sponsors of the UK Padel Team. They are providing full kit for the UK team.
La Manga Trip, Murcia 2010
For a selection of our UK players the recent trip to La Manga proved an invaluable opportunity for the Federations new Technical Director German Schafer to assess, train and in some instances meet for the first time, some of the players who hope to make up the team that will head to Mexico for the [...]

