Christelle and Olivier Meunier are the founders of the new 100% club padel : Angers Padel. Back to this new club padel, the first of its kind in the region.

You know the padel from some time ?

Christelle and Olivier - We discovered the padel, like many players of padel, in Spain, in Mallorca more precisely. This discovery was made in 2015 when we discovered a club of 10 outdoor courts. But not only, we saw almost all the hotels equipped with padel. We played there… And there it is the blow of heart. It was from this stay that we said to ourselves that there might be something to do around the padel.

On your return from Spain, did you make rapid progress?

Christelle and Olivier - Back in Angers, we started to do our study to see if this sport was known in the region. In Angers no, in any case there was no structure, on the other hand, we observed that this sport was gaining more and more importance in France with in particular many clubs of padel in the south. We had to build the project by finding the right premises… A hell of an adventure, but it was successful. And finally, we were relatively quick because we know that many projects do not come to fruition because of the land requirements demanded by the padel.

A past in tennis?
Olivier Meunier - The padel became a crush, certainly because I already had tennis behind me. I was able to quickly take a liking. I am 15/2 and I continue to play tennis. These sports are really complementary.

When is the setting up of a school planned?

Christelle and Olivier - A school of padel will be in place for the start of the next September. First, we launch the structure and we make initiations / discoveries padel to the greatest number. The fact of having opened in December did not allow us to do otherwise. But for next September, there will be a school for children, but also for adults.

At the event level, what is planned?

Christelle and Olivier - We saw during our recent tournament padel, last January 28, that there is a certain craze. The players are passionate. And we will do other tournaments again.

We will also propose a stage of the Head Open within a few weeks / months. This will be a qualification for the Master of Head Open to be held in Barcelona. We are awaiting the accreditation of our club by the French Tennis Federation.

Interview by Franck Binisti

All the information of the club HERE: http://gotopadel.com/item/angers-padel/

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovers the padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since padel is part of his life. You often see him touring France going to cover the major events of padel French.