4PADEL strengthens its presence by opening in the North. The new center 4PADEL Valenciennes, located on the former site of the BIG IV, will offer 6 padel. This first brand implementation 4PADEL in Hauts-de-France is added to the 45 courts of the 15 centers that the brand already has and is in line with the objective of 4PADEL to reach the 100 courts of padel 2020 soon.

The opening of this club is part of the strategic partnership with the French Tennis Federation (FFT). The championships of France had been organized on this site in 2017. Working « together »As Hubert Picquier, in charge of the development of padel in France at the FFT, the federation and 4PADEL aim to gradually structure the practice of padel at the national level which amounts today to 100 practitioners including 000 licensees.

For Thomas Dulion, native of Valencia, former manager of the BIG IV center and now responsible for the development of padel 4PADEL, who are " it is symbolically strong to have a center with more courts of padel than 5-a-side football pitches. This illustrates the desire of 4PADEL to have large “reference” complexes with at least 6 courts: within the Valenciennes group will be the 2rd stronghold of padel behind Bordeaux, and while waiting for the Parisian opening next September) ". Guillaume Debelmas, co-founder of the LE FIVE Group, stresses that " this center is a major step in the development of the brand 4PADEL. It corresponds to the Group's economic development logic as much as it fits into the FFT's strategy ».

Useful information :

THE FIVE / 4PADEL Valenciennes - Rue Michel Chasles, 59494 Petite-Forêt - 6 courts of padel, 5 football fields and a sports bar

Opening scheduled: Around the 20 December 

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.