Antoine Pannetier is the director of theUrbanPadel Carquefou, located east of Nantes, a Loire AtlantiqueThe site was created in June 2022, he will soon celebrate his three years of activity with Five football fields et nine padel courts.

En June 2025, the UrbanPadel Carquefou will celebrate its third anniversary:

“We opened in June 2022 with six soccer fields and six padel courts. Today, with the rise of padel, we have moved on to five football fields et nine padel courts“, Complete Antoine Pannetier, director of the structure.

"This is really crazy, when we publish a new tournament like a P100, in 24 hours everything is complete.”

300 people a day to play padel

On average, 300 people come the Saturday and Sunday play padel in Carquefou. And the immense clubhouse helps to retain athletes:

“We have 130 seats. Customers take the time to have a drink, a bite to eat and come and watch a match. Champions League. With the semi-final Paris-Arsenal, we will still be full.”

In addition to offering tournaments and padel sessions to all, Antoine Pannetier is accompanied by Benjamin Sisters, who takes care of train young people in padel. For the moment, in the Nantes region, only the UrbanPadel in Carquefou and the Couëronnais Tennis Club offer padel schools.

"We have 15 children who train and discover this sport. And this year, some are doing sport/studies , Jonelière (Nantes Educational Center for Sportsmen, editor's note). They study for 5 to 6 hours and play padel for 1 hour a day,” he adds.

Before becoming the director of theUrbanPadel Carquefou, Antoine Pannetier, 41, was deputy director of the UrbanPadel à Angers during four years.

P2000 expected in November 2025

“When I saw the position in Nantes, I wanted a change and more responsibility. Previously, I worked ten years in catering making the seasons in the mountains et At the seaside. "

The UrbanPadel Carquefou employs ten peopleincluding four full-time employees.

“We have student contracts who help us on weekends.”

After P1000 gentlemen-ladies organized at the UrbanPadel Carquefou of the 2 to 4 May 2025, P2000 will be organized from 5 TO 7 NOVEMBER 2025.

"The French top 100 and even the top 50 will be present. "

En France, there is 30 P1000 tournaments per year and only 4 P2000, which proves the quality of infrastructure and good playing conditions of the UrbanPadel Carquefou through all the French padel competitions.

Henri Pasquet

Passionate about soccer and tennis since I was a kid, I've been playing ping-pong for three years at a club in Nantes. More recently, I discovered padel! Basketball, rugby, golf, and motorsports: yet more new sports that I follow regularly. On the cultural side, since I love giving my opinion, I write film and video game reviews on my Instagram page, Silence ça Mix.

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