Padel South Africa

Premier Padel Comes to Africa

Steve — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:04:54 +0000

Premier Padel will be hosting its first padel tournament on African soil later this year.

In what is a massive statement of intent by the new padel tour to truly take the sport global, they have selected Cario, Egypt as the host for their 3rd P1 event following events in Mendoza, Argentina and Madrid, Spain.

This is not the first time Africa has hosted an international tour event, however, as the World Padel Tour held an exhibition event in Egypt in 2019 while the APT tour held a their Cape Town Masters in South Africa earlier this year.

With the sport currently booming in both the north and south of Africa, it is only a matter of time before one if not both Egypt and South Africa get cemented annul spots on the international padel circuits and our players get exposed to this level of competition regularly.

Stay tuned to our social media accounts for all the latest on the NEWGIZA Premier Padel P1 which will be held from 24-30 October 2022.

SuperSport Secures Padel Deal

Steve — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 12:21:07 +0000

Premier Padel is the new official world circuit of padel that is governed by the International Federation of Padel (FIP),

supported by the Professional Padel Association (PPA) and Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) – today announced a new broadcast deal with SuperSport which will broadcast the tour to 54 countries in sub-Saharan Africa!

They will start their media coverage with the Ooredoo Qatar Major 2022, which starts on March 28 in Doha. This is one of a handful of new broadcast deals that have been signed in recent weeks, truly making padel a globally televised sport to match it’s title as the world’s fastest-growing sport!

Vamos Padel!

Padel Makes it’s Radio Debut

Steve — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:52:26 +0000

Padel SA were asked to do a radio interview on The Jet Set Breakfast show on SAfm.

The show’s lovely host Michelle Constant and Padel SA founder Steven Cox had a quick but insightful chat about South Africa’s newest, and dare we say, most enjoyable sport!

Hit PLAY to listen to the interview.

https://padelsouthafrica.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/WHAT_IS_PADEL.mp3

Former Springboks Try Padel

Steve — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 10:36:08 +0000

Padel SA was down at Val de Vie Estate this past Saturday lending a hand in the running of their padel tournament, the highlight of the day’s activities that formed part of their 30 Days of Movement campaign.

Some of South Africa’s biggest sporting legends and Laureus sports ambassadors were also in attendance. Former Springbok teammates and World Cup winners Bryan Habana and Jean de Villiers, as well as former Olympic swimming champion and now VdV marketing director Ryk Neethling, were all playing padel alongside some of the very excited residents. Bryan and Ryk formed quite a formidable partnership but were eventually beaten by a resident team that would go on to win the tournament.

It was a pretty gloomy and rather chilly way to kick off the spring season, but padel got the blood pumping and the smiles blossoming. It also got some good attention and drew in a decent crowd, many of whom had never seen or even heard of the game before but went away with padel now firmly on the mind. Rubbing shoulders with some former Springbok legends and an Olympic champion was just the cherry on top of a super fun and successful day for all in attendance.

The friendly tournament was eventually competed by two of the local teams, with the winners walking away with bragging rights at Val de Vie, for now…

Click HERE to see the video.

Padel at the Olympics

Steve — Mon, 01 Jun 2020 10:54:01 +0000

The Olympics are the biggest stage for many a sport and the ultimate dream for thousands of athletes. Every four years an individual or team has the honour of competing for the ultimate prize in their sporting discipline, an Olympic gold medal. There are now 33 sports, up from 28 in 2016, that are contested at the games. The five new sports included for Tokyo 2021 are baseball, karate, sport climbing, skateboarding, and surfing.

The decision for adding new sports is up to the organising committee of the next host city to propose the sports it feels should be included, a vote is then carried out to see which of these fits the bill.

One of the key criteria for a sport to be added to the Olympics is that it is practised in a minimum of 75 countries on 4 continents by men and a minimum of 40 countries on 3 continents by women.

Although padel has grown rapidly over the past decade, there are still many countries where it is relatively unknown, South Africa being one of them. Currently, there are more than 12 million players in 78 Countries, but there are only 40 national federations recognised by the International Padel Federation.

The International Padel Federation has had some key meetings in the past year and seems to be on the right path in getting padel onto the list of potential new sports to be included for the Olympic Games in Paris.

Football Stars Who Play Padel

Steve — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:56:15 +0000

Some of the world’s biggest football superstars play padel. Some have only recently jumped on the padel bandwagon while others have been long-time enthusiasts of the game.

Of the newer players, you have the likes of Neymar, Mohamed Salah, John Terry, and Zlatan Ibrahimović (who has even started a padel franchise in Sweden) and of the older padel players, you have the likes of Carles Puyol and Iker Casillas.

There have even been padel courts built at some of the world’s biggest football clubs with Manchester City and Barcelona among them. It should come as no surprise really, and once you try it for yourself you will know why.

Padel, the game for everyone!

Padel at Sea

Steve — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:33:15 +0000

Padel has made the jump from land to sea, not on a floating barge or with waterproof equipment but on a superyacht!

The world-renowned luxury yacht builders Abeking & Rasmussen launched the 98.4m (322*), Aviva, in 2017, and as far we know it is the only padel court on any vessel in the world. She is also one of the biggest, sitting at number 36 in the list of the World’s Largest Yachts. The gym and padel court are not only for the owner and his guests but are also open to the crew. to keep fit and active while at sea.

On a boat of this size, you could probably have a real padel tournament with the amount of crew she has. The only thing we are not quite sure about is playing a match while crossing the stormy seas, we have a feeling the game will be a very topsy-turvy affair.

The First Padel Shop in South Africa Opens

Steve — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:51:24 +0000

The first padel shop in South Africa is now open for business! The aptly named The Padel Shop (now Padel SA) has been in the works for a long time with the hope of being open by Christmas, and with a lot of hard work and many sleepless nights managed to do so.

The Padel Shop is an online store based in Cape Town, with delivery service country-wide. We currently stock some of the world’s biggest brands and are working on stocking even more.
Some may say it is a bit premature considering there only being a handful of courts, but as others say, “the early bird catches the worm”!

We are open and awaiting your order, you can click here or the shop button from the menu above.

First Padel Court Launched in South Africa

Steve — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:46:42 +0000

The first padel court in South Africa was launched at Val De Vie in Paarl on Saturday 2 November 2019, the same day the Springboks were playing in the rugby World Cup final in Japan.

It was a scorching spring’s day to kick off an action-packed sports day, with padel taking centre stage as the new kid on the block. Many people were in attendance, including a world champion himself, Mr Ryk Neetling. Mr Neetling is now Marketing Director at Val De Vie and was the brainchild behind bringing padel to the estate.

Padel SA was there to lend a hand and share our knowledge of the game, helping to get the eager crowd going by explaining the rules and giving a demonstration of how padel is played. We even played a game with Ryk himself, of which we are sure he thoroughly enjoyed.

After a good workout, everyone raced off to their venue of choice to get a good seat to watch the game and what would turn out to be one of the best days in South Africa’s sporting history for not one but two amazing reasons.