Rural tennis club to create padel courts as world’s ‘fastest growing sport’ attracts more and more players

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A rural tennis club is to create padel courts to help it remain ‘competitive and viable’. Holcombe Brook Sports and Tennis Club, Hazel Hall Lane, Ramsbottom, has gained planning permission to alter two of its outdoor courts to provide padel facilities.

The application described padel tennis as ‘the fastest-growing sport in the world ‘ with its fast-paced play attracting a growing number of players.

The padel courts will be available to the public on a pay to play basis without having to be a club member. Join the Manchester Politics WhatsApp group here The club said it wished to make the courts ‘accessible to all in the local community’.

The changes at the club inlclude altering the existing tennis court boundary fencing to include a galvanised steel frame with a mesh covering and a fabric mesh top with toughened glass and rebound panels.