The International Club Cup padel in Malaga offers us exceptional stories. This is the case of the two Moldovan teams who tell us about their journey to come to Andalusia and especially their experience padel.

Mihrai Burciu, the president of the Moldavian Federation of padel et Diana Racu, the captain of the Cami sport club team, tell their story with the padel.

What an adventure !

Mihai Burciu (MB) : We had to fight against the elements to get to this International Club Cup padel,. We could have not come. Blame it on a canceled flight between Moldova and Spain. A priori nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.

Consequence: it took two days of travel to arrive in Spain. Our adventure therefore started with a 12-hour bus ride between Moldova and Romania. Then another 4 hours by plane between Romania and Spain.

In total, it took us 48 hours to reach our destination, CIt was hard for the whole team but we were delighted to finally arrive in Malaga!

Diana Racu (DR) - When I arrived, it was not easy. But now we are fine.

We stayed for five days and found out what the real thing is padel, because we were not the most experienced in this competition.

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Promote the padel in Moldova

MB : Moldova is a small country. But we feel that the padel can take. At the moment we have two clubs padel, but without a lead… The objective is precisely to promote the padel to see this sport develop.

The only runway we have has no glass or carpet and was used to house refugees from the war in Ukraine. For us to play on real tracks it's another world.

DR: For us it's special because in reality we discover this type of track. We're playing on a single wrong track padel with us, and nothing else. It's just that we're passionate. For the moment there is neither technique nor tactics, we have to learn everything.

We are going to set up the first club of padel with two tracks. They will initially be outdoors, but we will cover them. It will be the CAMI SPORT CLUB and the tracks will be built within two months.

A big project in 2023

 MB: We are going to launch a big circuit project in Moldova with the help of the European Federation of padel. This is the Central European Padel Round. A stage will take place with us.

There will also be a local circuit: Moldova Padel Round. We have nearly 200 players today. But with the projects that are coming, I am sure that this sport can become very well known in Moldova..

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.

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