The Bandeja Magazine Issue 2

Feature: GB seniors
Sarah Lochrie GB Sanrio’s
Women’s Squad member.
Last year was momentous for the GB Seniors Women’s padel team,
with the ladies taking 8th place in the Senior World Championships,
and there’s no doubt there is more greatness to come this year
When people talk about the
appeal of padel one of the
many reasons cited for its
popularity is that it can be played
by all ages, from three to 103 and
everywhere in between.
It’s this ‘in between’ territory that
is being claimed as their own by
the increasingly strong GB Seniors
Women’s team, which has players
aged from 39 through to 70 years.
Earlier this year, under the captaincy
of Sally Fisher, the team took a brilliant
8th place against stiff competition
in the Senior World Championships
in Las Vegas. The ladies won their
The squad is re-selected in the summer of
“
each year, ensuring that new players always
have the opportunity to put themselves
forward for consideration
”
Sally Fisher
group, beating Portugal, Denmark
and Germany and clinched a
hugely respectable 8th position
in a field of 16 nations.
Having secured their place in
the next European or World
Championships, a focus of 2022
was seeking out new players to
give the squad greater depth.
Selection events were held at
Surge Harrogate and Rocks Lane in
Chiswick and Sally now has around
140 women on the team books
and 30 players in the core squad,
allowing her to work with a pool of
strong players to build competitive
teams across the age ranges.
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