The Scottish men’s and women’s padel titles are residing in Edinburgh after weekend final wins for Sports Club and Barnton Park.
Both teams defeated West of Scotland opposition at David Lloyd, Shawfair.
The Sports Club women’s team had a much more nail-biting contest and had to go to a 10 point shoot out to overcome their rivals after the match score was tied at two rubbers apiece.
Trailing 1-4 early on Sports Club, represented by Desni Nixon, Mhairi Wrench, Jo Cowie and Harriet Balloch, turned the tide to edge home 10-8 against a team who were two time champions.
Barnton Park, represented by David Holmes, Calum Gordon, Will Lyburn and Andy Burgess had a more comfortable 3-1 overall success.
Sports Club captain Desni Nixon said: “We can’t quite believe it – we are an older team against the young ones and had never beaten them before, so at long last we did it. It’s all been played in a really nice spirit and it’s been a really great day.”
For Barnton Park it was a second Scottish Cup in the space of three years.
Captain David Holmes said: “It feels good to take the win this year after a re-match of last year’s final. They were all such tight games, but we managed to get through them.
“We’re happy to get the trophy back after last year – all the boys put in a great effort and we had a solid team for every tie.”
