Congratulations to the Paddle Association of Canada which has recently been announced as the host for the 2008 World Padel Championship!!
The event will be held in the city Calgary in August of 2008 and it is expected that delegates from at least 16 countries will be participating including Argentina; Austria; Belgium; Brazil; Chile; France; Germany; Italy; Mexico; Paraguay; Portugal; Spain; Uruguay; USA and Canada.
This announcement represents a great achievement for a country in which there are currently only 3 padel courts, and seems to reflect a continued willingness on behalf of the FIP, the sport's international governing body, to help spread the seeds of padel further afield than its traditional base of Spain and Latin America. Prior to this announcement the only other Padel World Championship outside the Spain/Mexico/Argentina triangle was the 2000 tournament which was hosted by the city of Toulouse in France.
The championship in Calgary is of course only two years away and it would be great to see some British players participating alongside the world's best, and who knows, if padel continues develop across the UK maybe we could see somewhere like Birmingham, Cardiff or Glasgow hosting the subsequent event in 2010!!
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Maybe this is a dumb question – why do some people call it padel and others call it paddle?
Comment by davespain June 16, 2006 @ 4:44 pmThe simple answer is that its just the difference between the Spanish and English spellings of the word.
However, it gets a bit more complicated if you look at the roots of the game, and the different variations that are played around the world…Paddle Tennis, Platform Tennis, Paddleball and Padel are actually all unique sports in their own right.
I have written a brief history of what is known by most people today as padel here on this site but this doesn't go back to the even earlier days when similar games were being played on passenger ships in the late 19th century.
I'll do some further research and then post a more detailed history which should help to clear up the mystery between the different sports.
Comment by padten June 17, 2006 @ 1:12 pmI wish to build a paddle tennis court (with back walls) in saudi arabia and i need the exact dimensions. would appreciate your help in this regard.
thanks and best regards, tarek dajani
Comment by tarek dajani December 15, 2006 @ 11:51 pm