Tiyeni tikambirane lero ndi Mr Barry Coffey, yemwe kale anali pa #1 pa LTA Padel Seniors Tour, pulezidenti wa Ireland Padel Association ndi Woyambitsa Mpikisano wa Six Nations Masters Padel Tournament. Ndife okondwa kuyankhulana lero Mr Coffey popeza Irish Padel Association ndi mnzake wovomerezeka wa Padelist.net.

Barry, unalowa bwanji padel ndipo unakumana liti ndi masewera athu amatsenga?

Ndili ndi mbiri yayitali ndimasewera a racquet. Ndinayamba kusewera badminton ndili ndi zaka 13 ndipo ndidakhala National Champion ndikusewera timu ya Irish National m'ma 1980. Nditapuma pantchito yamasewerawa ndidabwerera ku tenisi yomwe inali chikondi changa choyamba ndili mwana. Ndimakumbukira ndili mgulu la tenesi la Fitzwilliam ku Dublin pomwe mamembala ena omwe anali patchuthi ku Argentina akuwonetsa zithunzi za bwalo lachilendo ili ndipo amauza aliyense za masewerawa otchedwa padel. Izi zinali pafupi 1995 ndipo nthawi yoyamba yomwe ndidamvapo zamasewera. Mu 2014/2015 ndinali nditasamukira ku France ndipo ndinawona chithunzi m'nyuzipepala yakomweko (Nice Matin) ya khothi la padel lomwe lidakhazikitsidwa mumzinda, koma kwa masiku ochepa. Nthawi ino ndimaganiza kuti "ndiyesa masewera osamvetsetseka awa". Ndinapeza chibonga kufupi ndi komwe ndimakhala ndipo ndinapangana kuti ndikhale ndi phunziro loyambira. Munali Novembala 2015. Apa ndi pomwe ndidakumana ndi mphunzitsi wamkulu waku France Kristina Clement yemwe wakhala mphunzitsi wanga kuyambira nthawi imeneyo. Nthawi yomweyo ndinakodwa pamasewerawa ndikusunganso phunziro lina. Kristina ndiye adandidziwikitsa kwa osewera ena mu kalabu ndipo ndidayamba kusewera kawiri kapena katatu pamlungu. Poyamba ndinkanena kuti sindisewera masewera, popeza ndakhala nthawi yayitali ndikuchita ngati wosewera wa badminton, koma malingaliro ampikisano adatenga nthawi yomwe wina adandifunsa kuti ndizisewera nawo. Ndinkangolumikizidwa, osati pamtengo wokha komanso pampikisano wampikisano. Icho chinali kukhala chiyambi cha mutu watsopano mu moyo wanga.

Mumakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi padel. Kodi chonde mungafotokozere zonse zomwe mumachita?

Padel ndi gawo lalikulu m'moyo wanga tsopano. Mliri wa COVID usanachitike Ndinkayenda pafupipafupi kupita ku Great Britain kukasewera pa Britain Padel Tour. Mulingo wazaka udali + 45yrs ndipo ndinali kale 57. Kumapeto kwa nyengo ya 2017 ndidakhala wachiwiri ndipo mu Marichi 2 ndidatenga gawo loyamba lomwe ndidakhala pafupifupi miyezi 2018. Ndinasangalalanso ndi masewera okalamba ku Swiss Padel Tour ndikuyimira Ireland ku 16 FIP European Championship ku Rome. Kunyamula mbendera yaku Ireland pamwambo wotsegulira inali imodzi mwa nthawi zosaiwalika kwambiri pantchito yanga yamasewera. Munthawi imeneyi ndidakhala Purezidenti wa Irish Padel Association yomwe imayimira osewera ku Ireland. Izi zimatenga nthawi yambiri koma ndine wokondwa kuzichita. Mu 2019 ndidasaina contract, ngati wosewera, kuti ndigwiritse ntchito ndikulimbikitsa Adidas Padel. Ndimasewera ndi ma racquets awo (AdiPower CTRL 2018) ndipo ndimavala zovala za Adidas. Ndili ndi mwayi kukhala kazembe wa kampani yaku Scottish Padel Tech Ltd omwe ndi omwe amapereka kwambiri makhothi ku Ireland ndi UK. Padel Tech nawonso ndi ovomerezeka ku makhothi a AFP ku Barcelona ndipo amatha kupereka makhothi odziwika bwino a Adidas. Kuti ndibweze kena kake kumakampani owolowa manjawa ndimachita nawo zapa media monga Facebook ndi Instagram. Izi zakhala zofunikira kwambiri panthawi yokhotakhota pakusewera masewera komanso kuyenda sikunali kotheka. Anzanga ena ku kalabu yanga yakomweko ayamba kunditcha "AdiDaddy". Ndikudziwa kuti akuseka za msinkhu wanga koma ndikuthokoza kwakukulu. Mwina ndiyenera kukhala nacho pa malaya anga!

 

 

Mu 2017 ndidakonza masewera pakati pa Irish Seniors Team (+ 50yrs) ndi Monaco. Aka kanali koyamba masewera apadziko lonse lapansi omwe amasewera ndi timu yaku Ireland ndipo chinali chosangalatsa kwambiri.

Mu 2018 ndidakhazikitsa "Four Nations Masters Padel Tournament". Ichi chinali chochitika chamagulu amitundu yadziko, amuna a + 45yrs ndipo adabadwa muzokambirana zomwe tidachita tikamasewera chikondwerero cha Akuluakulu ku Scotland. Chochitika choyamba chidachitika ku Casa Padel, Paris ndipo matimuwa adachokera ku England, Ireland, Monaco ndi Scotland. Mwambowu udathandizidwa ndi Padel Tech Ltd ndi Casa Padel ndipo udachita bwino Pambuyo pake ndidalandira zopempha kuchokera kumayiko ena omwe akufuna kutenga nawo mbali. Mu 2019 mpikisanowu udasinthidwa kuti "The Six Nations Masters Padel Tournament" ndipo udachitikanso ku Casa Padel ku Paris. Magulu awiriwa adachokera ku France ndi Switzerland. Apanso panali zopempha zochokera kumayiko ena koma lingaliro lidatengedwa kuti likhale ku "mayiko asanu ndi limodzi" kuti asadzapikisane nawo zochitika zina monga FIP European Seniors Championship. Mpikisano wa 2020, wokhala ndi Sweden ndi Finland obwera kumene, komanso England, Ireland, Scotland, ndi Switzerland udayenera kuchitika ku Helsingborg Padel koma udasinthidwa chifukwa cha mliriwu. Tsopano ikukonzekera Novembala chaka chino.

 

 

Kodi padel ikukula bwanji ku Ireland?

Padel yakhala ikuchedwa kutukuka ku Ireland kuposa mayiko ena akumpoto kwa Europe koma yayamba kugwira tsopano. Masewerawa sanazindikiridwebe ndi bungwe la boma "Sport Ireland" chifukwa chake palibe bungwe Lolamulira National, (NGB), la padel. Pulezidenti wa Irish Padel Association, pamodzi ndi anzanga, ndikugwira ntchito mwakhama kuti ndisinthe izi. Chifukwa panali makhothi ochepa kunalibe chidwi chokwanira pantchito zaboma. Izi ndizomveka koma zikusintha chifukwa miyezi ingapo yapitayi yawona kukula kosangalatsa. Mu 2017 Dublin City Council idamanga makhothi anayi padel park ngati gawo lakukonzanso malo a tenisi. Izi zidapereka mwayi kwa anthu omwe amagwiritsa ntchito pakiyi kuti awone zomwe zili pafupi ndikuyesera. Malowa akuyendetsedwa ndi layisensi ndipo layisensiyi ikuyenera kukonzedwanso koyambirira kwa chaka cha 2022. Khonsoloyi ipempha ma tenders kuchokera kwa aliyense amene akufuna kugwiritsa ntchito tenel ndi tenisi yomwe ilipo ndipo tikuganiza kuti padzakhala chidwi chachikulu pa izi, zosiyana kwambiri ndi layisensi yoyambayo idaperekedwa pafupifupi zaka 5 zapitazo ndipo ndi anthu ochepa aku Ireland omwe amadziwa zamasewera. Mu Juni chaka chino malo oyambira "kulipira ndi kusewera" mkati adatsegulidwa ndipo amatchedwa "PadelZone-Celbridge". Ili kunja kwa mzinda wa Dublin, "PadelZone-Celbridge" ili ndi makhothi awiri a Adidas ndipo kale akukonzekera kukulitsa. Kalabu ya tenisi yotchuka kwambiri ku Ireland, Fitzwilliam LTC, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku 1877 ikumanga makhothi atatu omwe amayenera kumalizidwa kumapeto kwa Ogasiti 2021. Monga Purezidenti wa Irish Padel Association ndidayitanidwa kutsegulira boma pa Seputembara 2 ndipo ndili kwambiri kuyembekezera mwambowu. Komanso izi, hotelo yabwino kwambiri ya Adare Manor, ku County Limerick, omwe azichita nawo Ryder Cup mu 2026 posachedwapa atsegulira nyumba zokongola zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'mbali zam'nyumba zam'mbali zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'mbali zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba zam'nyumba za alendo zam'mahatchi.

Kodi kuchuluka kwa makhothi achinsinsi pamakhothi azigawo ku Ireland ndi kotani?

Pakadali pano kuchuluka kwa anthu kumakhothi achinsinsi kuli pafupifupi kufanana koma tikuyembekeza kukula kwamilandu yamilandu, makamaka mkati, yomwe idzakhala yotseguka kwa anthu onse.

Mukuwona bwanji padel mtsogolo ku Ireland ndi kwina?

Ndikuganiza kuti tsogolo labwino kwambiri kwa anthu ku Ireland. Masewerawa akuchedwa kuyamba koma chaka chatha tawona kuchuluka kwa makhothi kukukula mwachangu. Monga purezidenti wa Irish Padel Association posachedwapa ndakhala ndikulumikizana ndi angapo a "ma padel chain" akuwonetsa chidwi chokhazikitsa magulu ku Ireland. Chaka chapitacho izi sizikanachitika. Tikulandilanso kufunsa kuchokera kumakalabu a tenisi omwe akufunsa zambiri zamomwe angawonjezereko padel m'malo awo omwe alipo. Ino ndi nthawi yosangalatsa ndipo ngati masewerawa atha kukhala masewera a Olimpiki ndiye kuti kukula kudzakhala kwakukulu.

Mumakhalanso ku France. Muthanso kutsimikizira kuti padel ikukula komweko. Kodi mukuganiza kuti France ikhoza kukhala imodzi mwamayiko apamwamba padziko lapansi?

Masewera a padel amakula ndikudziwika bwino ku France zomwe zili zabwino. Makhothi atsopano akumangidwa m'makalabu omwe adalipo kale ndipo ndamva zamalingaliro amalo ogulitsa atsopano monga Casa Padel ku Paris omwe ali ndi makhothi 12 amkati. Kaya dzikoli likhoza kukhala lotsogola ndi kovuta kunena koma magulu onse azamuna ndi azimayi adakhudza kwambiri Mpikisano waposachedwa waku Europe ku Marbella kotero zitha kuchitika.

Ku Padelist.net, cholinga chathu ndikuti aliyense apeze bwenzi kapena mphunzitsi yemwe azisewera naye, kuthandiza masewera omwe timakonda pamlingo wathu. Mabungwe ndi mayiko akupanga mbiri lero. Odziwika ndi omwe amagulitsa ndalama zawo akumanga makhothi. Koma timayambanso kuwona zopangidwa zomwe sikuti zimangopanga zikwangwani zokha, zimapitilira apo. Kodi muli ndi chidziwitso choti mugawane?

Monga kazembe wa Adidas Padel ndikuwona kuti akupereka zochulukirapo kuposa ma racquets ndi mipira yokha. Kudzera m'malamulo awo a AFP Courts, makalabu atha kukhala ndi makhothi odziwika a Adidas ndipo atha kulumikizidwa ku AFP Padel Academy komwe mamembala atha kupeza chiphaso chazipembedzo chovomerezeka padziko lonse lapansi https://allforpadel.com/en/padel-u/.

 

A Coffey ndi Prince Albert waku Monaco akumupatsa phwando la Adidas Metalbone
ku Fitzwilliam Tennis Club, Dublin, Ireland, Seputembara 2021.

 

Kodi mpikisanowu wotsatira wapamwamba uti?

Mpikisano wambiri wapadziko lonse lapansi wokhazikika komanso wokalamba wagwidwa ndi mliri wa COVID 19 koma katemera akuchulukirachulukira ndikuganiza kuti abweranso. Ulendo wa LTA Akuluakulu wakonza zochitika ku UK nthawi yophukira yomwe ikulonjeza. International Senior Padel Tour ikukonzekera masewera ku Vienna, Bari, Calella, ndi Treviso mu Seputembala ndi Paris ndi Las Vegas mu Okutobala. Zochitikazi ndi za amuna ndi akazi komanso magulu azaka kuyambira 35 + mpaka 60yrs. Tikukhulupirira kuti zochitika izi sizingakhudzidwe ndi mliriwu ndipo zithandizidwa. Nditakhala nthawi yayitali chifukwa chovulala kwambiri m'manja ndikufuna kukonzekera kubwerera kukachita nawo masewerawa ku Paris.

Mawu omaliza omaliza kuyankhulana uku?

Ndasewera masewera othamanga moyo wanga wonse ndipo nditha kunena moona mtima kuti padel ali ndi mwayi wopereka pamilingo yonse. Padel ndiwosuta ndipo palibe mankhwala. Yesani. Khalani osokoneza bongo ndikusangalala kuposa momwe mumaganizira.

 

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