The Alsace tennis league is getting into padel. After the Soccer Park in Strasbourg, which was recently accredited by the FFT, it is now the turn of the Reichstett tennis club, the first tennis club in the region to get into padel. For Jean-Marie Stanisière (editor's note: President of the Alsace league) " Reichstett is the first tennis club to offer padel before many others ».

Padel in Alsace is taking off and will have "More echo than beach tennis which has failed to find its place in our league Explains the league president.

For the manager of the Strasbourg Soccer Park, Franck Rolling: “ We were the first to offer padel in the region and we did not think that this sport would become so popular and so quickly in our 5-a-side football center. ". With two indoor courts, the club will remain for a moment the only one to offer a covered club.

The Reichstett tennis center will offer 2 outdoor padel courts. Gilles Feist, the president of TCR also announces his great joy to welcome these two courts " so desired ". I have to say that " build these two courses was an obstacle course with particular concerns of facilities "This is old news, since the inauguration of this new padel center will take place in mid-December and “Demand is high! ».

 New licensees in perspective 

The TCR has 185 tennis members in its membership. The president of the TCR whose club will also be part of the Henri Leconte centers Padel Club anticipates " a doubling of the number of members at the tennis club thanks to padel. We feel a great desire among people to try padel ».

Jean-Marie Stanisière also announces that “ The league of Alsace will propose unlike this year, a stage of league championships at the Reichstett Tennis Club. League Champions to Qualify for French Championships ».

 An active policy around padel 

The Alsace league is considering its policy around padel. The possibility of installing a padel court at the league headquarters is in the pipeline, although it is more likely that there will be a global policy of aid to tennis clubs for the development of padel ».

There is no doubt that 2016 will be a year of padel in the region.

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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