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Padel Travel X and Oliver Wyman win at Evelyn Partners Padel Cup October 20, 2025 A stellar line-up of City firms including EY, PwC and Clifford Chance, sporting royalty Michael Vaughan and Anthony Watson, and pro players turned out for the inaugural Evelyn Partners Padel Cup last week. Specialist tourism company Padel Travel X scooped the top prize, beating EY in the final of a keenly contested 16-team tournament at [...]
Anthony Watson on Red Roses, padel and giving back to sport October 12, 2025 Injury may have forced Anthony Watson to cut short his rugby career but he hasn’t kicked all of his sporting activities into touch. The former British and Irish Lions and England international is working on his golf game, enjoys a hit at his local padel club and has recently become an ambassador for the Laureus [...]
Britain and US win race to launch first Ryder Cup of padel October 8, 2025 First came the America’s Cup in sailing, then golf’s Ryder and Solheim Cups, and more recently the Laver Cup in tennis – now padel has its own transatlantic team competition, the Anglo American Padel Cup, and its inaugural edition begins in London this week. The competition features some of the leading players from two emerging [...]
Why Evelyn Partners backed the City’s newest padel tournament October 6, 2025 Next week some of the City’s biggest companies will put professional pride on the line in the name of competition – and charity – at the inaugural Evelyn Partners Padel Cup. The invitation-only tournament will see 16 mixed teams from top Square Mile firms descend on high-end Canary Wharf club Padium on 16 October for [...]
Padel firm founder calls for operators to lower court rental costs September 20, 2025 The founder of a major padel tournament organiser has called upon court owners to “be responsible” and lower the price of rental rates for the popular sport. The boom of padel in recent years has seen demand to play outweigh the supply of courts, despite the United Kingdom this year passing the 1,000 court threshold. [...]
Harrods stocks padel brand for first time as sport booms August 14, 2025 Harrods has stocked a padel brand for the first time as the racket sport continues to expand across the United Kingdom. Pulco, a UK-based apparel brand, will be stocked in the iconic Knightsbridge department store with the collections designed in the capital. “We are incredibly proud to be the first padel apparel brand at Harrods,” [...]
Great Britain reaches 1,000 padel courts as sport booms July 17, 2025 Great Britain now has over 1,000 padel courts as the racket sport booms in popularity across the capital and beyond. The news comes as the sport looks to make a case for Olympic inclusion, while a Ryder Cup of padel is scheduled for 2026. London and the south east enjoy nearly a third of the [...]
London Sports Festival Unveils New Pop-Up Padel Court at Hay’s Galleria in Partnership with London Bridge City July 8, 2025 London, 7 July 2025 — Central London Alliance’s London Sports Festival is thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new pop-up padel court in the heart of the city at the iconic Hay’s Galleria, in collaboration with London Bridge City. This exciting activation celebrates London’s dynamic role as a global hub of innovation, community engagement, [...]
Padel: 3,200 clubs built in 2024 as racket sport surges in popularity June 26, 2025 Over 3,000 padel clubs were built in 2024, according to a report that suggests padel is further surging in popularity. Around 3,200 clubs were constructed in 2024 along with over 7,000 courts added to the global padel surplus across the last 12 months, according to the Playtomic Global Padel Report 2025. That’s one club every [...]
Padel: Britain now third biggest market in world for rising racquet sport June 3, 2025 Britain is now one of the top three padel markets in the world by revenue, fuelled by new club openings and ever-increasing demand for court bookings. Data from racquet sports booking app Playtomic reveals that only clubs in the long-established hotspots of Spain and Italy generate more money than those in Britain. In addition, Britain [...]