For many months and even years, we have been hoping to see a padel club emerge in the Champagne league… In vain. We felt that some padel players in the region were a little sorry even for not having been able to participate in the regional phases of the 2016 French padel championships…

But this is an old affair now thanks to the new sports complex: ADN SPORTS.

Stefan Dufour, the manager of the sports center announces " 1 padel court in this multi-sports club ».

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This former squash player, associated with Christophe Brulon, is launching the first padel club in the region.

 "A more mixed activity than the others" 

The idea of ​​putting in a padel court dates back at least 1 years.

« We have had the sports project for 5/6 years. We wanted to introduce 5-a-side football and squash. It was through squash that I discovered padel and by going on the internet, it was love at first sight ».

Firstly Stefan Dufour wanted to create a sports structure that could accommodate several sports. According to him, " the sportsmen do not want more than a sport, it is necessary to propose several sporting activities in the same place ».

In the end, the complex was equipped with 5-a-side football, badminton, 3-on-3 basketball, ping pong and also padel. We wanted a more mixed activity than football. Padel allowed us to meet this demand. Explains the club manager.

The club will open on November 17th. A 2000 m² indoor complex with a 1400 m² car park, the SPORTS DNA seems to be on the right track! Meet at the inauguration of the center which will take place on November 19.

 "An obstacle course" 

It was “An obstacle course to set up our sports project, but we got there. The adventure begins now ! ».

The ambition of the complex is to offer another padel court because the manager knows that it is a little short to offer competition. But before thinking about this court, " this time will have to be a success to go further ”.

In a city like Chalon, you had to start a multisports complex. It is a city of 70.000 inhabitants.

The Champagne Ardenne league finally has its first padel club. The league already aims to offer a regional phase of the French padel championships for the year 2017.

« I think we will join the FFT. It's good to offer homologated competitions in addition to our competitions for our members ».

Stefan concludes by explaining that " Padel was the perfect sport. Padel allows you to engage people. We are the first to launch padel in the region. We hope that this sport will explode in the Marne ».

Open day, November 19. So prepare your snowshoes!

 Franck Binisti - Padel Magazine 

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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