{"id":69870,"date":"2026-09-09T20:48:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/69870\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:48:46","slug":"falmouths-first-padel-tennis-courts-to-open-at-cricket-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/69870\/","title":{"rendered":"Falmouth\u2019s first Padel tennis courts to open at cricket ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Falmouth;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=falmouth&amp;ref=au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Falmouth<\/a>&#8216;s first Padel tennis court is set to open this Sunday (September 13).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Padel Tide Ltd have been working since February to get the courts ready for their late summer opening at Falmouth Cricket Club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The two &#8220;state-of-the-art&#8221; courts feature toughened glass walls, LED lighting and roof cover for year-round play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Padel \u2013 the fast-paced hybrid of tennis and squash \u2013 is the world&#8217;s fastest-growing sport, with over a million players in the UK as of May this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Played in doubles on a small enclosed court, it has surged in popularity thanks to its accessibility and social nature.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Padel Tide founders Chris Snow and James Trevena, both lifelong sports enthusiasts, previously said: &#8220;After discovering how fun, fast, and inclusive padel is, we knew it deserved a home right here in Falmouth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read next:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This is about more than courts \u2014 it&#8217;s about creating a community hub for health, wellbeing, and connection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Falmouth players can now use the Playtomic app to book courts, join &#8216;open court&#8217; sessions and even try the &#8220;Americanos&#8221; tournament, where players switch partners each round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Padel Tide will also offer small group coaching on Mondays and Thursdays, and are encouraging players to join their WhatsApp community to find partners and games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Falmouth&#8216;s first Padel tennis court is set to open this Sunday (September 13). Padel Tide Ltd have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27058,7103,27054,27057,27056,5550,27055,27053,28],"class_list":["post-69870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-chris-snow","tag-falmouth","tag-falmouth-cricket-club","tag-james-trevena","tag-open-court","tag-padel-tennis","tag-padel-tide","tag-padel-tide-ltd","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}