Padel Federation of Ireland

🇮🇪 ROAD TO BUENOS AIRES | TEAM IRELAND

Team Ireland continues its preparations for the FIP Seniors Padel World Cup, taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 14–20 September. 🇦🇷

With the World Cup just around the corner, our Men’s and Women’s teams are putting in the work as they prepare to represent Ireland on the international stage.

🇮🇪 WOMEN’S TEAM
+40 | Leah Spillane · Elaine Bray
+45 | Anna Kurkul · Yvonne Flynn
+50 | Moya Ryan · Sarah Coleman
+55 | Helen Kennedy · Caitriona Hannigan
+60 | Marjorie Croke · Heather Sheridan · Dympna Kyne

🇮🇪 MEN’S TEAM
+40 | Paul McGlade · Ivan Herrera
+45 | Brian Condren · David Cryan
+50 | Stuart Duggan · Daniel Cushman
+55 | Barry McCarthy · David Wall
+60 | Pete Lowther · David Borton · Aled Hughes

🎾 COACHES | Alvaro Cabello · Jero Cañas · Javier Cincotta

A huge thank you to Raisin, CUPRA and Joma for their continued support of our Senior National Teams and for helping make this journey possible.

The hard work continues. Next stop: Buenos Aires. 🇮🇪✈️🇦🇷

🌍 Equal Play is moving into its next exciting phase! 🏅

Over the past months, our European partnership has been developing practical Training Pills and Learning Tools to help coaches, clubs and sport organisations promote inclusion, participation and belonging for migrants, refugees and host communities.

🔜 Coming up next:

-Testing of the new resources with coaches and sport practitioners
-Feedback and final improvements
-Publication of the final tools online
-Continued dissemination across our partner countries
-Preparation for our next transnational meeting in Spain

Sport can do much more than bring people together — it can help create stronger, more inclusive communities.

Coaching Course Level 1 🎾

Three intensive days (August 14th–16th) of learning what it takes to become a padel coach 💪

Our participants covered the full theoretical, technical, tactical and practical foundations of coaching, guided by our Head Coach Alvaro Cabello and Siobhan Murray, across two brilliant clubs: Bushy Park Tennis & Padel Club and Star Padel Hub

From the first drill to the final theory session, this course is all about building the next generation of padel coaches in Ireland 🇮🇪🎾

Congratulations to everyone who completed Level 1

🇮🇪 TEAM IRELAND ANNOUNCED 🇮🇪

We are proud to present the players who will represent Ireland at the FIP World Cup 2026 European Qualifiers, taking place in Madrid from 22–26 September.

Ireland will compete for a place at the FIP World Cup 2026, which will be held in Doha, Qatar, from 2-7 November.

MEN’S TEAM

🎾 Brian Condren
🎾 Harry Bingham
🎾 Oliver Jacobson
🎾 Leandro Rowies
🎾 Louis Jarrold
🎾 Oscar Jacobson
🎾 Ian O’Connell
🎾 Harry Heyburn

WOMEN’S TEAM

🎾 Susan McRann
🎾 Tanya Murtagh
🎾 Anna Zuka
🎾 Mia Smyth
🎾 Grainne O’Neill
🎾 Karen Nugent
🎾 Laura Fitzgerald

COACHES

🎾 Alvaro Cabello
🎾 Jero Arias

Congratulations to every player selected to wear the Irish jersey on the international stage. The road to Doha starts in Madrid. ☘️

Let’s get behind Team Ireland! 💚

🌍 12 practical resources. One goal: more inclusive sport🤝

Equal Play has developed a practical set of resources to help coaches, facilitators and sport organisations turn inclusion into everyday practice.

📘6 Training Pills address key aspects of inclusive sport - from participation barriers and inclusive communication to intercultural awareness and active inclusion.
🛠️6 Learning Tools turn these principles into action, supporting inclusive session planning, welcoming newcomers, responding to incidents and strengthening community partnerships.

🌐The resources are also being made available in multiple languages, making them accessible to sport communities across Europe.

Learn. Apply. Include.� Because inclusion works best when it becomes part of everyday sport.

👉 Explore Equal Play and discover the project resources:�www.equalplayproject.eu

What a fantastic start to the league as our Women’s Division also took to the courts yesterday!

Swipe through for some moments from yesterday’s fixtures - from competitive rallies and great team work to plenty of smiles on and off the court.

A huge thanks to all the players, clubs and supporters who made the opening matches such a success.

We are looking forward to seeing the rest of the exciting matches. Best of luck to everyone competing 🎾🙌

If you captured any photos or videos, don’t forget to tag us and use - we would love to share your favourite moments!

What a fantastic start to the league as our Women’s Division also took to the courts yesterday!

Swipe through for some moments from yesterday’s fixtures - from competitive rallies and great team work to plenty of smiles on and off the court.

A huge thanks to all the players, clubs and supporters who made the opening matches such a success.

We are looking forward to see the rest of the exciting matches. Best of luck to everyone competing 🎾🙌

If you captured any photos or videos, don’t forget to tag us and use - we would love to share your favourite moments!

The Padel League of Ireland is officially underway 🎾

The wait is finally over as the 2026 Padel League of Ireland gets started today.

The opening matches are kicking off across Ulster, marking the beginning of another exciting season of competitive team padel. We are looking forward to seeing clubs from across the country battle it out over the coming weeks and showcase the incredible growth of our sport.

The very best of luck to every player, captain, coach and club competing today. Play with passion, and most importantly, enjoy every moment on court.

📸 Don’t forget to tag us in your photos and stories throughout the day – we’d love to share the action from around the country!

Great coaching goes beyond teaching skills—it creates opportunities for everyone to feel welcome, respected and included. 💙

At Equal Play, we believe that small actions by coaches can make a lasting impact on participants' confidence, wellbeing and sense of belonging.

Here are five simple ways to make your coaching more inclusive:
🤝 Welcome everyone from the very first session.
💬 Communicate clearly using simple language and visual demonstrations.
🌍 Encourage interaction between participants from different backgrounds.
🏘️ Build partnerships with local organisations to strengthen inclusion.
👂 Listen, reflect and adapt your coaching to meet the needs of all participants.

Creating inclusive sport environments doesn't require big changes—it starts with everyday actions.

Together, we can make sport a place where everyone has the opportunity not only to participate, but to truly belong.