Returning from this year’s World Padel Summit, one thing became clear: the global padel industry has moved beyond proving that the sport works.

The smart entrance archway to Holmer Green Padel is officially called “The Stormzy Entrance” in homage to the superstar rapper who is arguably the biggest celebrity ambassador of the sport in the UK. Stormzy has invested heavily in padel and has also taken it away from the country club associations of tennis towards a more relevant younger audience.

It’s been a busy period for our competitions and the decision to revamp the Over‑50s County Championships has proved a success.

The weekends UK PADEL Over-50s County Championships marked a successful debut for the competition’s new structure, with a three-day format and two-tier system delivering quality competition across all categories.

UK PADEL is proud to serve as title sponsor of the National Universities Padel League (NUPL) Finals Day coming up next Wednesday at Rocket Padel, Bristol.

British padel has just hit a major milestone – and it’s great news for the whole UK PADEL community. New LTA figures show a remarkable DOUBLING in participation in one year, with 860,000 players in 2025, some 1,553 courts nationwide across 559, and an extraordinary 10 million people expressing interest in trying the sport. All this shows padel is no longer a trendy pastime. It’s a whole movement that’s truly capturing the attention of the national media.

The UK PADEL Four Nations returned to Slazenger Padel Leeds on 21–22 March, delivering a weekend that underlined the strength, depth and spirit of padel across the UK and Ireland.

The UK PADEL Masters Series saluted 12 winning pairings last weekend as some of the country’s leading age-group players competed for the first Masters titles across six separate categories, men and women, from Over-35s to Over 60s.