|
|
Padel A
Sport for the 21st Century The Padel Federation
( |
|
|
The 2008 World Padel Championships,
UKPF Joins International
Federation
12 May
2008: We were
officially accepted as members of the F.I.P. (Federacion
Internacional de Padel). Calgary 2008, World
Padel Championships
12 May 2008: Later the same day we were invited by Bill Stamile to enter Men’s & Women’s Teams into the 2008
World Padel Championships in
The Padel Federation ( Front Row: Nicola Fairbrother, Maria Heppell, Emily Heppell, Camilla Tom,
Liz Wilson & Karen Dunroe. Back
Row: Tim Edwards, Albert Sheriff, Alvaro Villacorta,
Stefan King, Javier Yelo, Brian Thompson,
James Asensio Mathews, Sacha Ruiz-Dickson, Frazer Wright & Brian Hill.
The Padel Federation ( 24 August 2008: UKPF recorded its first ever International
victory, when Maria Del Carmen Marin Heppell & Liz Anne Wilson defeated
the Portuguese pairing of Marta Lampreia & Ana
Rita Ascenso 0-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a team match, which
the UKPF lost 2-1. Later the same day, the UKPF Men’s Team recorded its first
ever team victory, by beating 25 August 2008: UKPF recorded it’s first ever open draw victory
when Maria Heppell & Karen Dunroe beat the
Canadian pairing of Hutchinson & McNamara 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the first
round.
Head referee Nayra
Rimirez (Right) UKPFs Karen Dunroe
& Maria Heppell assistant Alesandro
Gonzalez Alonso with 29 August 2008: UKPF Women’s Team recorded its first ever
international team victory by beating the At
the conclusion of the Championships Brian Thompson, President of UKPF said “I
look upon the 7 match wins in our first International Championship to be very
creditable and I was encouraged that some players were significantly
improving as we progressed in the tournament.”
Brian Thompson with players Albert Sheriff on the
left and Brian Hill on the right. Click on the following
links to take you to the Men's & Women's Team & Open results: Women’s
Team Result; Men’s Team
Result; Women’s
Open Results; Men’s
Open Results. |
