(28 Dec 2024)
SOUTH AFRICA PADEL BOOM
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Town, South Africa – 16 November 2024
1. Various of final match of Padel4Good event
2. Padel4Good Marketing Manager Kathleen Barker introduces November 2024 charity padel event at Paarden Island
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Kathleen Barker, Marketing Manager Padel4Good:
“Padel4Good is a non-profit organisation that brings people together to raise funds for various charities across South Africa. I think sport is always a great cause that brings people together whether it’s rugby, and the latest is padel in South Africa. So we found a niche to be able to bring people together as well as raise money and do good for those in need.”
4. Players of the final padel charity match end their game
5. Padel charity event winners receive their prizes
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Karen van Huyssteen, padel charity game winner:
“Feeling amazing. Think it’s my second or third win. And two seconds. It’s amazing. The charity Padel4Good is amazing like always. The people organising are amazing. It’s always a pleasure to play and support the charity.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Town, South Africa – 12 November 2024
7. Pan of Africa Padel courts, Claremont, Cape Town
8. Wide padel court, Africa Padel, Claremont, Cape Town
9. Wide Luke Potter, A1 Padel Tournament Director
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Luke Potter, A1 Padel Tournament Director:
“For me, COVID had a big impact on the game because no one could go to tennis courts, you weren’t allowed to go to squash courts, because you had to stay indoors. What you were allowed to do was you were allowed to go to a gym for a very short period in the morning or in the evening. And The Bay Hotel had an indoor court that Africa Padel built, and they, of course, had a gym licence. So anybody that wanted to play a racquet sport would flock obviously into The Bay Hotel, and that then really boosted this thing.”
11. Padel Coach Bridget Visee trains with client Sarah Power
12. Over the shoulder of Visee training with Power
13. Power practices hitting a ball
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Bridget Visee, padel coach:
“Padel is a game that is kind of a combination, people say, of squash and tennis. Because there’s lots of volleying and lobs. The idea is to win the net, and playing off the glass as one does in squash. So it’s a great combination of both. And it’s also a very easy game to play but it’s harder to learn. So, any level can play and get enjoyment out of it. And then obviously, if you want to get better and better, then more training is involved.”
15. Power practices hitting the ball
16. Through the net shot of Power practicing hitting the ball
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Town, South Africa – 3 December 2024
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Power, padel enthusiast:
“I think what I love the most about padel is that it’s a great workout and it’s incredibly social. And the best part is that we get to do both at the same time.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Town, South Africa – 12 November 2024
18. Visee teaches Power backhand techniques
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cape Town, South Africa – 16 November 2024
19. Pan from Elian Wiener, Director and Founder of Virgin Active Padel Club South Africa, to padel match
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Elian Wiener, Director, Virgin Active Padel Club South Africa:
21. Padel match during the November 2024 Padel4Good charity event
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In South Africa, a new racquet sport is taking the country by storm.
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