{"id":17891,"date":"2024-12-05T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/?p=17891"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:37:47","slug":"deal-at-industrial-park-paves-way-for-padel-and-pickleball-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/south-west\/news\/17891-deal-at-industrial-park-paves-way-for-padel-and-pickleball-centre","title":{"rendered":"Deal at industrial park paves way for padel and pickleball centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A warehouse in Dorset is being transformed into an indoor centre for the world\u2019s fastest-growing racquet sports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mix between tennis and squash, the game of padel is usually played in doubles in an enclosed space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also being played at the building in Unit 1-2, Priory Industrial Park in Christchurch, will be pickleball, a mix of tennis, badminton and table tennis and also usually played in doubles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brand-new super panoramic padel courts and purpose-built acrylic pickleball courts are being installed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smeda Sports is looking to open the facility in Airspeed Road this month (December), having signed a 10-year lease on the 15,418 sq ft premises, which includes ground and first-floor offices and 24 car parking spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Property consultancy Vail Williams, which has an office in Bournemouth, acted for the private owner of the property.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bryony Thompson, a Vail Williams partner, said: \u201cWe have seen a considerable increase in requirements for indoor padel centres in recent months and we are pleased to have been involved with Smeda Sports bringing these two popular racquet sports to Christchurch which will no doubt be incredibly successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPadel is likely to appeal to the more athletically minded whilst pickleball, using a paddle and a ball called a wiffle, is accessible for all skill levels and ages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smeda Sports, which also stocks products for pickleball, padel and sportswear and accessories, will be complementing activities with gym equipment tailored for pickleball and padel strength and conditioning, along with yoga and pilates sessions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The company is run by two directors, Tania Smeda and Karen Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They said: \u201cFollowing a significant investment in the warehouse lease and courts conversion, we look forward very much to introducing padel and pickleball to new players in Christchurch, young and old, and creating local employment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are grateful to Vail Williams for \u2018serving up\u2019 a great sporting venue for us here on the South Coast, with the location convenient for customers from the BCP conurbation and New Forest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smeda Sports signed a 10-year lease on the 15,418 sq ft premises<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":17894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"coauthors":[81],"class_list":["post-17891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-property","tag-dorset","tag-featured-story"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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