From June 9 to 15, the Mam's Club organize the FIP Silver Alès. Of met will be played in the historical arenas of the city, a first for the club. Meeting with the President Mhamed Ismaili.

Next summer, the arenas of Alès will not see the arrival of bulls, but padel players. From June 9 to 15, 2025, based in the Gard, the Mam's Club Boisset-et-Gaujac hosts its first international tournament, the FIP Silver Alès. The best national players et European will be there to win the title, with prize money of 15 000 €.

Free admission

“The arenas have a capacity of 3 seats, if we can get them to come already 1,500 people, that would be great,” he assures Mhamed Ismaili, president of Miam's Club. As for tournaments P1000 organized on the club grounds, entry will be for free during the FIP Silver in Alès.

“We are counting on the public to consume a drink, a meal, while he watches the padel matches. It is my philosophy to promote sport in free access“, he adds.

The padel tournament was originally scheduled to take place at Fort Vauban, a former prison which closed its doors in 1990. “He is the president of Alès agglomeration, Christophe Rivenq who encouraged me to think bigger by offering to program the FIP Silver about arenas of Alès".

A budget of €75

Move from a tournament P1000 to FIP Silver exploded the budget. “We must count 20 000 € to install a padel court in the arenas, wages and hotel fees referees, the speakr, the prize money… We quickly arrive at a budget of 70 000 €. If we compare with a P1000 is 1 500 €", assures Mhamed Ismaili.

The club president can count on David Mateo, who will be tournament director for the occasion, organizer of several FIP in France: “He is used to managing this type of event and we quickly got on well. He is a reference in French padel”.

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Three years of existence for the Mam's Club

Le Mam's Club knows a meteoric rise. The site opened in 2022 and has already organized several P1000. “I practiced the soccer and then I discovered the paddle. I found this side again friendly and collective of football. I wanted to get involved in a project linked to sport with human contact, so it came naturally,” says the club president. Today, in January 2025, the Mam's Club matters 3 members et 320 licensees. “I took a risk in developing this project, but the results are already very positive.”

The Mam's Padel will host the FIP Silver Alès in June 2025

In addition to the meetings of professionals, there will be matches that will see the young people from Mam's Club, but also a tournament for members of the different sponsors of the tournament. “We want it to be a big party and see if it works to repeat the edition in 2026,” concludes Mhamed Ismaili.

Photo credits: Facebook / Clubs / Town Hall / Philippe Gil Mir

Henri Pasquet

Passionate about football and tennis, I have been playing ping-pong for three years. More recently, I discovered padel and what a thrill! Basketball, rugby, golf and rally: more new sports that I follow regularly. Otherwise on the cultural side, since I love giving my opinion, I write reviews of films and video games.

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