Padel
The Inaugural Berkshire Padel County Championships 2024
The first Berkshire Padel County Championships are taking this October.
Women’s, Men’s and Mixed doubles events will happening across three dates (19th, 20th and 26th October), with padel players from across the county of any level welcome to take part. As long as you live in or are a member of a Padel venue registered in Berkshire, everyoe is welcome to enter.
The LTA’s vision “Tennis Opened Up” is about making tennis more accessible. It’s about breaking barriers to entry and growing the game of tennis.
One of the LTA’s key strategies is to find new ways to grow participation and padel is an innovative format of tennis that’s fun, flexible, easy to play and extremely sociable. Visit the LTA website for detailed information about Padel Tennis.
What is Padel?
Padel is a form of tennis that is easy to play, fun and extremely sociable. It is played mainly in a doubles format on an enclosed court about a third of the size of a tennis court and can be played in groups of mixed ages and abilities, as it is not power dominant. The rules are broadly the same as tennis, although you serve underhand and the walls are used as part of the game with the ball allowed to bounce off them.
Find a padel court near you.
- The Barnes at Wellington - 1 indoor and 1 outdoor courts
- Padel Stars Bracknell - 3 covered and 1 outdoor courts
- The Padel Hub - 5 indoor padel courts
- Padel Maidenhead - 7 outdoor courts and 1 single indoor court
To find a full list of padel venues click here.
Padel Courts
Padel courts are designed for four players and are roughly 25% smaller than the size of a tennis court. The speed of the game, combined with the smaller size of a padel court, makes singles play difficult, and most padel matches feature two pairs of players.
Some padel courts are designed especially for singles, but around 90% of all padel courts in the world are doubles specific. At a professional level only doubles is played on the World Padel Tour, the leading competition for elite players.
This data sheet has been produced in order to provide information and guidance for venues considering the construction of a padel court. Download it here.
Padel Newsletter
Download the latest edition of the Padel Newsletter here. (Q1 2024)