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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dora-middleton/subscribe My podcast are about what’s going on in the world today children being bullied grown ups being bullied online and politics as well as fashion and beauty tips and family issues that people are dealing with so my podcast will touch basis on everything in the world today.
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As the fastest growing sport in the world, padel needs a new platform to talk with all the key players. As I am a true racketsport enthusiast, hopefully I can provide a lot of insight through, and this podcast will be a weekly must listen to a lot of people!
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Talk about enthusiast padelaholic! Padel with Holly on Instagram has been catching a lot of attention, while she is great, funny and genuine! We had a great time chatting away with Holly, who found her love towards padel and trying to raise awareness anywhere she goes! Certainly a must listen to all fellow padelaholics! false…
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This week we are staying with the padel apparel brands! Cuera is super special for me while Padel Shift's Jack Chaplin and Jack Hazlewood (great friends of the show) are sponsored by them, and I have known about the brand for quite some time. Ulrik reached out a few weeks ago and we instantly connected. I think it's fair to say that the Danes know …
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Pulco is a specialist padel apparel brand and Joe Middleton is the founder. He has unbelievable knowledge on garments through his life long experience with clothing brands and what better way to utilize it than in the fastest growing sport in the world. He is not someone who I had to ask a lot, that is for sure! Hopefully you will enjoy it as much …
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Dori is just simply awesome! She is the number 1 ranked Hungarian female player and she is just climbing up the FIP rankings! She is ambitious, has amazing work ethic and brought a lot of vital skills over from tennis. As a college tennis player in a previous life, she has learnt how to compete and she brought that attitude on the padel court! A re…
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Pasquale joined Head, one of the main padel brands in the world, even before Padel started to make waves. He is an unbelievably strong squash player, who is the current Swiss and German over 35 champion, and rightly so, he loves to compete! Whether it is in business or on a squash or padel court! If you want to hear how he spoke without languages d…
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The Padel Pod is an amazing weekly podcast which is talking about Premier Padel and the main players! Gonz and Hugo are just passionate about padel like no one else, and it helps a lot that both of them are bilingual (Spanish and English). It was great to get to know them better and we chatted away about the new pairs and what they think which new …
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Ray has extensive knowledge of how to run a business, so he thought what better way to actually jump into a new business as to get into padel court building! He has a real passion for the game and his courts at Padel Alba certainly don't disappoint! But how did a guy from Latvia become a court manufacturer owner in Alicante, Spain! Listen to the ep…
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Mr UK Padel on the podcast, ladies and gentlemen! Toby knows, plays, builds, sells everything padel! A true renaissance man of the UK padel scene, he is part of the LTA Padel coaching, knows everything about the gear, and also builds padel courts around to make this sport accessible for all! And first and foremost a great sport, who has been amazin…
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This week I thought it would be useful to talk about the pair changes and what has happened lately in the padel world. Yanguas-Stupaczuk, Di Nenno-Lebron, Paquito-Cardona and Alex Ruiz-Garrido are the new pairs I talk about in a bit more depth and also about the fastest final of the season and one of the best matches, which ended in a weird handsha…
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Tito Moreno has been there since the beginning of padel in the US! As an enthusiastic kid he got to play his first competitive match against Agustin Tapia and he didn't disappoint! He came up with the brilliant full turnkey service company, AMET International and still trains every day to become one of the players who will represent the USA in the …
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Gilles is one of the 50 most influential people in the padel scene! When you hear how measured he is when he talks about padel, you can just feel that he oozes confidence, while he has seen so much in padel! He know MATCHi inside and out, and the same applies for Playtomic. He is now a freelance helper around the padel world, and in general just an…
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Tomi is the owner of the channel, Padel in Hungary, and he is a real padel enthusiast! He is a national team player, coach and in general, lives and breathes padel! We are planning on doing quite a bit of content together, so the first step is to get to know him! Please welcome him with open arms, he definitely deserves it! false…
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Alfonso Patacho is the most humble and kind hearted individual I came across in the padel world! Not only is he one of the best players in the UK, but also has a strong Spanish heritage which makes him formidable on the padel court! He was a bit reluctant to come on the pod, but boy was it worth it. Great guy and a really interesting insight on whe…
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Jesper is a real renassaince man as we say in Hungary, but in England we would call him a 'Jack of all trades'. He won 2 WSOP bracelets in his previous life, which I can certainly appreciate a lot as an enthusiastic poker player and nowadays he is dedicating a large chunk of his life to padel! Co-owner of Rocket Padel and great senior competitor, h…
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One of the guys who I definitely wanted to get on the podcast was Joan Suasi, who is the commercial director for the Rafa Nadal Academy! He is a humble, down to Earth guy, who knows a lot about how to run an academy, while the pressure was always going to be massive, when you are directing in some capacity the goat's academy! They are putting a lot…
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Bill is one of those guys, who has been there from the beginning! We instantly connected even before the Summit, and we definitely wanted to sit down and have a chat about what he has been doing in padel for the last 30+ years! He told me what he has experienced and why he thinks padel is going in the right direction! He even called himself a Tyran…
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As promised, Mauri Andrini came on the pod and spoke about his journey within padel! Mauri is an ex professional player who played with the likes of Sanyo Gutierrez or Fernando Belasteguin (Bela) the goat, himself. He is an absolutely amazing coach, who is building something in English, which hasn't been done before! Amazing guy with an amazing age…
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Loads of background noise, different atmosphere, quicker format! Live interviews are in, and who better to start it off with than with Ben Nichols, everyone's favorite PR person in the padel industry! Partly he is the reason I'm in this field, so we had a great chat and he was lovely to reach out about a live interview in his hotel's lobby! Innovat…
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Ben is doing something, which no one in the UK has done before and organizing The Padel Directory! One thing is that he instantly became a padel enthusiast, but he is such a great ambassador of the sport, that it was a privilege to have him on the show! As a sport fanatic and now converted padel freak, he has great insight on what is going on in th…
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This week was really special! Started off by speaking to Tom Farquharson, who definitely doesn't need any introduction, while he is one of those few guys who everyone identifies with padel! We met on the Padel Aid in the Padel Hub in Slough as well and shared a few games in the process. Tom is a junior Wimbledon doubles champion so we got into a lo…
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Nowadays it feels like Nikhil is everywhere! He is part of the best tutoring platform of The Padel School, he became the ambassador for Padel India, he is number 3 in the GB rankings and just established the R3 Agency, which is giving expert management to the British and International padel players! And he is just a humble lovely guy! I caught him …
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George Modler is exactly what UK padel needs. He is young, enthusiastic and full of ideas! He is the founder of the Golden Point Padel Event series, which are tournaments for beginners to intermediate players and he also came up alongside his partner Ben Harris to establish The Padel Directory! He is part of the 'Bristol Series' of us, Bristolians …
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Andres recognized the niche in the United States to do an all-in-one management and booking software for racket sports a few years ago! Since then it became the main platform for racket sports players across quite a few countries! Their main focus is the club owner and they are doing everything they can to make the experience flawless! We touch on …
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This week's guest was a person who knows more about padel than almost anyone! An ex coach, ex club manager, club owner and now plays pivotal roles in the Malaga Padel Summit (21-23 of May) and the International Padel Cluster! He has great knowledge and insight in on several topics, like what padel needs to do to get into the Olympics and what to ex…
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Roxy is padel royalty. She has played a pivotal role in the boom of the Bristol padel scene and she is now the Head of Padel of Rocket Padel, which is the most ambitious court provider of the UK with Swedish roots. She is an amazing squash player and getting significantly better in padel as well! Super fun personality with a lot of valuable insight…
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Double header alert! Geoff and Ryan from Novor wanted to come on the show quite a few months ago when their brand idea was more of an idea than anything else. Then (wisely), they said it might be a bit too early, but now since their actual launch, it was the right time to tell me about how to build up a completely new brand from scratch! We talk ab…
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Padel holidays? Sign me up! What does it take for a Swedish entrepreneur to build his own little Padel paradise in the island of Solta in Croatia! Well, a lot of planning, energy, money and will! Tom is a padel enthusiast who thought the best way to make people fall in love with the sport even more is to build his holiday getaway called Padel Solta…
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This week I had Christoffer Granfelt, the founder of InstantPadel on the podcast, who makes padel accessible for the masses. It is really important for him to point out that he wants padel to grow from grassroots up to the highest level. He is an entrepreneur from Sweden with a clear vision and his company, InstantPadel (which is in the transition …
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Philip Pereira is a real treat for you, podcast listeners! He has been in padel longer than almost anyone I spoke to so far, and was great fun to have a conversation with! We talk about his past within the publishing industry and how much he can provide for the padel world and especially The Padel Summit in Malaga! Please go and enjoy!…
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Almost pro player, Marcell Urvolgyi's journey in padel has been a whirlwind! The talented 18 year old has been in the top5 of the Hungarian professional rankings for quite a while and travelled Europe to represent Hungary! Great chat, really insightful on how padel came about in his life! Have a listen and don't forget to subscribe on any platform …
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The first episode which features a partnership of the best kind! James Ash and Tim Foster are the founding members of the Padel Project UK, which is planning to place a 1000 courts across the UK. They are not just really enthusiastic padel people, but great fun to talk to as well! Please enjoy, and don't forget to subscribe/follow the show!…
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The goat of padel journalism is on the pod this week! We talk about a lot of interesting topics, how the IOC works, why pickleball is so popular in the US and most importantly what needs to happen to padel to become one of the main sports in the UK as well as in the world. Also, what needs to change to get a top100 player outside the 'Latin' world.…
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Friendly Fire! Gonzalo is a true padelholic, who I paired up not just as a podcast guest, but also on the padel court and we do make a good pair! He is the founder of the great Instagram and Youtube page, PadelDrive and he has been playing padel for 15 years, which in padelyears is like 625. Have a listen and enjoy!…
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This week, I had the pleasure to talk to Margarita Logvinova, who is behind the amazing cause Padel for Ukraine, and raising awareness on the war in the Ukraine.I really enjoyed talking to her and was wondering how she could stay so positive throughout the chat, but she is such a revelation and while this is a really hard topic, it was a great chat…
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Well, this guy really doesn't need a lot of introduction! Pablo Garcia is the founder of el4Set, which in Padel is the biggest content creating platform! The back story is amazing and you will get to know the person behind the ideas! He has worked for a padel racket manufacturer as well as Real Madrid, but wanted to follow his own dreams! Amazing s…
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Eric is the VP of Northeast Padel, which is a Padel court building company, focusing on the North East of the US. He is an enthusiastic racket sport player, and he is absolutely sold on the idea, that padel can challenge pickleball in the States and make its mark there as well! Fun episode, free flowing stuff, have a listen!…
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It was really important for me to get an overview of my home country's place in the world of padel, and who better to talk to than the president of the Federation, Peter Kerekes. He has been playing since 2012, and with a professional tennis background, he had all the tools not just to be great at padel, but to establish 'Premier Padel' the major c…
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