East of Scotland men have set the bar high going forward with victory in the first UK inter-county padel championship held at a 14 court complex in Bristol.
Twenty teams took part and the East won all four group games before progressing to knock out stages where they defeated Yorkshire in the final.
Team member Vincent Hivert, Growth and Participation Director at the Game4Padel organisation, says:
“Selection was based on the latest rankings but the great thing about this success is that there is so much depth in East padel we could have picked another five players and felt confident of doing well.
“We were captained by Sam MacNeil (an East county tennis player) and he is now ranked among the top two or three padel players in the UK.”
The East line-up, left to right: Ross Murdoch, David Holmes, Philip Blythe, Vincent Hivert and Sam MacNeil.
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