Are you interested in playing Padel Tennis?
A keen group of Padel tennis players are working together to bring this rapidly growing sport to East Lothian. This will become a not-for-profit community led Padel club serving East Lothian, initially with two covered floodlit Padel courts.
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If you are interested in playing, register your interest by sending an email to: eastlothianpadel@gmail.com
We will keep you informed as the project progresses
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What is Padel?
Padel is one of the fastest growing sports in the World because it's fun, easy to learn and very sociable. Typically, games of Padel are played as 'doubles' on an enclosed court with glass and metal walls, similar in layout to a tennis court but about half the size. Just like squash, balls can be played off the walls. If you've not played it click the yellow button below.
Latest News
​​Planning Permission
We continue to receive great support from East Lothian Council, and they have just informed us that the plans for Memorial Park which include the East Lothian Padel Club facility have successfully passed the ‘Pre-planning’ stage of the planning process. They anticipate submitting a full planning application by the end of June.
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Padel Club Design
We’ve been working hard over the last two months to narrow down the design of the Padel Courts and enclosure, plus identify suitable suppliers, and tie down the build costs.
We have now appointed a company to oversee the technical design and the Building Warrant application for the new structure. They will also then undertake the detailed management of the construction phase of the facility. The image below provides a rough idea of how it might look together with some initial thoughts on layout.
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Governance
After consultation with various tax experts and accountancy firms we have decided to initially set the Club up as a Private Company Limited by Guarantee, and have now opened a bank account accordingly. We will be registering the club as a Charity, although this process will take several months to complete.
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Funding
We should soon have a better handle on the final cost of setting up the Club, but it’s likely to be around the £400k mark. We have raised £100k of this so far and are currently looking for people who are either prepared to donate money towards the club, or lend the club money, in order to fill the gap. In addition we are also contacting grant providers.
If you are interested, or know of anyone who is interested in providing funding on either a grant or loan basis then please get in touch.
Similarly, if you have experience in making funding applications to grant providers and would like to help, please get in touch.
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Membership
We currently have over 350 people who have asked to be kept informed about the progress of the Club, and this bodes well for creating a strong membership base. Once we get further down the road we will provide more details on likely pricing, and also membership arrangements.
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Next Steps
As you can see it’s been a very busy period. We still intend to have an Open Meeting soon, and more details will be provided nearer the time.
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Kind Regards,
East Lothian Padel Club working group
The ELPC working group are:
Netty Verkroost,
Peter Wood,
Russell Pinkerton
Krish Bissoonauth.
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​Update provided on 30th May 2025
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