ULTRA is a multi-sports concept of which the development of the padel. At the origin of this project, two young entrepreneurs from Nice DENIS TCHAPLIGUINE and PIERRICK BIHOUE, accompanied by Claude BRUN, Chartered accountant and Statutory Auditor are at the head of this project thus mixing TENNIS, PADEL, FOOTBALL at 5 and FITNESS.

Their story began within ASPTT Nice (tennis section) more than 10 years ago, when DENIS and PIERRICK had the opportunity very young, at just 18 years old, to work in collaboration with ASPTT to revitalize this club which was losing members and whose infrastructure required major renovation.

More than their talent as tennis teachers, it is their dynamism and their taste for innovation that have been the driving force behind many actions put in place such as the creation of adult group lessons, the development of multi-activity courses, regular events for children and adults, actions that enabled the club to quintuple the number of members over the period 2009-2019.

Thus in 2014, during the renovation of the club, under the relentless will of Denis and Pierrick, the ASPTT decided to create within the Tennis Club, one of the first courts of PADEL on the region. The arrival of Padel within the tennis section has been a success in several areas, such as the discovery of a new activity for members, the arrival of new members, but also and above all for the organization of a tailor-made tennis school for the 4/8 year period. The Padel only asked at that time to develop further in terms of the number of players and the establishment of pitches in order to be able to create a padel in its own right.

The idea was there but she needed to mature both at the level of the public and the French Tennis Federation.

 The meeting of CLAUDE BRUN tennis player who became a fan of PADEL thanks to the discovery of this sport in contact with Denis and Pierrick at ASPTT accelerated the realization of the project.

Their passion for this sport and their shared taste for always being an entrepreneur quickly led them to the obvious conclusion: They were made to meet and develop the padel together within a multi-sports structure, thanks to their different but complementary profiles: Claude the passionate player, Denis and Pierrick the entrepreneurs in the world of sport, connoisseurs of sports management.

In 2018, the desire to create a multisports center in Nice accelerated, and the ULTRA project saw the light of day in August 2018, when the Tennis Club de la Marne took over in the heart of Nice. In the process, the takeover of an abandoned site on the heights of Fabron, in Nice West was on the agenda. On the strength of their common experience, Denis, Claude and Pierrick have decided to join forces to develop the ULTRA project, a multisports center associating Tennis, Padel, Football and Fitness, on two different sites, in two districts of Nice opposite each other.

The former Marne tennis club, which today is called ULTRA CIMIEZ, begins these renovations at the beginning of March 2019 with the insertion of 5-a-side football, the renovation of traditional clay tennis courts, the creation of a children's area, embellishment of the club house and changing rooms. End of work scheduled before the start of the summer and launch of the ULTRA Multisports concept at the start of the 2019 school year.

The abandoned Fabron site began work in early December 2018, and will open its doors on February 8, 2019 under the name ULTRA FABRON, with its three padel, its 5-a-side football field and its playground for children. Open days are scheduled for the 8,9 and 10 February 2019, with completely free access to our activities, by booking to 07 85 84 62 56 or by email to  fabron@sports-ultra.com. 

 

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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