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In this exclusive interview, Cesc & Julian sit down with Andi Neugarten, the Chief Padel Addict and founder of 6LoveSports, to talk about her incredible journey from tennis to Padel, her passion for growing women’s Padel, and how she’s building a community that empowers female players across the U.S.

💪 90+ marathons. Triathlons. Ironmans. Andi is in elite shape, and she shares how her athletic background fuels her drive to connect and elevate women in Padel.

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Hey, Julian & Cesc here, and welcome
to another episode of Padel Smash

Academy, and today we have Andi
Neugarten from Six Love Sports.

We are All Things Padel.

Hey Andi, welcome to our show.

Thank you so much for having me.

All right, let's talk a little bit
about your beginnings in racket sports

and how you came to play Padel.

Well, I started playing tennis
when I was five years old.

My parents put a racket in my hand
and took me off to lessons, and I

had a pretty good Lifelong, I mean,
upbringing, playing tennis competitively

as a junior living in South Africa.

Um, kind of ended when I was about
15, 14, when I wanted to be in the U.

S. playing, you know, in the big leagues.

And I had to leave school to do that.

South Africa was, because of
apartheid, we were very much out of

the international, you know, arena.

And it was really tough to do anything
bigger than just playing in South Africa.

So I put down my racquets and But you
should burn it out or, or you should quit?

I, I said I'm not doing this unless
I can be number one in the world.

I had high goals and I need to be in the
U. S. playing with the best in the world.

I'm never, I need to go back
to school and focus on school.

Not go back to school, I was in school.

Focus on school and, you
know, be the best at it.

And at that time, because of apartheid?

Apartheid.

Apartheid.

You were not able to leave the country?

You could leave, but it was much harder.

Like, we didn't have all the
international tournaments coming in.

South Africa was really shut down
from the rest of the world for many,

many years when I was growing up.

So it was a lot harder.

A lot of our, some of our top players
did leave and go to college in the U.

S. But back in those days, when I
was growing up, I mean, I'm a sixties

baby, um, there weren't many of the
top South Africans who Mail it out.

Gotcha.

So when did you arrive to U uh, U. S. A.?

I've been in the U. S. for 22 years.

We moved to Um, San Diego first.

It's very similar to South Africa.

The climate's nice.

Um, and it's a really
nice place to raise kids.

So, that's where I landed.

So, how were you introduced to,
how were you introduced to Padel?

Was that in South Africa or was that here?

No, when I was living in South
Africa, there was no such

thing as paddling 20 years ago.

And actually, when I was living in
San Diego, there was no Padel either.

Right.

It was only when I moved
to Miami about 7 years ago.

Still didn't hear anything about it.

It was one, just over a year
ago, that suddenly I was

hearing like all this noise.

All these tennis friends of mine was
suddenly like playing Padel and I

was you know, thinking to myself, this
has got to be something that I can do.

Um, I mean, I have, you
know, hand eye coordination.

I've held a racket many times.

And it wasn't that easy
to find a place to play.

Um, you know, I had to figure out
the app, how to download the app,

look for I called Ultra numerous
times to try and get somebody on

the phone to get into a clinic.

And I didn't want to do a beginner's
clinic because I knew I wasn't a beginner.

Um, it took about three months to
actually find the right clinic.

I went to an intermediate clinic at Ultra.

And that was the beginning.

I got raided by one of the coaches.

And then I would Be driving Julian
crazy for the next couple months

like I want to be in a better clinic
I want to be in a better clinic.

So I'm surprised it took you that
long and why do you think it did?

No one answers the phones.

I mean, any of the clubs.

It's not, it was, it was
mostly app done, right?

If you had to know somebody,
it was mostly done through app.

So it was a little intimidating.

And then just to walk in there
and say, Hey, I'm here to play.

Yeah, that's what I did.

That's what I did.

I said, I want to play.

And that's probably the best way to do it.

I mean, when I get women who want to
play right now, I'm actually hand holding

them a lot of the times and walking
them through and showing them how.

To get on to Play by Point, just
sign up and go to Begin Again.

Do you think they're a little
intimidated or just Very much.

Really?

Wow.

Because of the club?

Because of the system?

Oh, it's nothing to do with Ultra.

I think it's the same thing.

No, in general.

You try to book a clinic at, you
know, some of the other clubs,

it's not always that easy.

It's maybe because they don't have
the education of who to go to and

who's the right person for that.

And there's no easy navigation.

You have to get on the apps, download
the apps, and figure that out.

The WhatsApp groups, if you're not on
WhatsApp groups, you're in the right ones.

So I guess I get it.

I can understand that.

And the question is like, will I be,
as a beginner level, okay for me?

I've never played before.

Will they give me a Padel?

That's true, because you know, when I
first started, I was, but I didn't care.

I just wanted to play
so bad, I don't care.

I'm just gonna go.

And then you figure it out,
you know what I'm saying?

Exactly.

Once you're in, it's easy, right?

Right, right, right, right.

So now, I mean, you look great.

So you look like an athlete.

So how do you keep in shape like that?

Because Julian needs to know.

Look at this guy.

It's easier to jump over
him than to go around him.

So I started, I played tennis of course
my whole life, but I became, when I

stopped playing tennis, I became a runner.

Um, a long distance run.

I ran many, many marathons,
over a hundred to be exact.

Wow.

Over a hundred marathons, and about
twelve of those were ultra marathons.

Ultra marathon is how many miles?

Depends.

They're different.

Um, could be 50 kilometers, could be 60.

There's a race in South Africa
called the Comrades Marathon.

It goes from Johannesburg to
Pietermaritzburg, sorry, from Durban

to Pietermaritzburg, which is,
Durban's on the, on the ocean and then

Pietermaritzburg's like up higher level
and each year they run it a different way.

So it starts in Durban, goes back up to
Pietermaritzburg and then the other way.

And I did that four times
and that's 92 kilometers.

In one day?

Wow.

In one day.

Wow.

It takes, so to train for that,
it would take, you know, six,

seven, eight months and you'd be
running a marathon every week.

Sometimes twice in a week.

Wow.

So that was my early racing kind of career
and then I switched to, um, triathlon.

Kind of got bored just with
the monotony of running and

decided I needed a new challenge.

So I taught myself to swim.

I mean, I could swim, but I
was not a swimmer in school.

And I taught myself to ride a bike.

Again, never.

You know, we all can ride a bike,
but to be on the road in clip ons

is a little Competitively, yeah.

Yeah, so I became a pretty
good cyclist, actually.

How many triathlons have you done?

So I did three full Ironmans.

Three full Ironmans?

In Hawaii, or?

I didn't do the full Ironman in Hawaii.

I did Canada, Melbourne, and Australia.

And the Ironman is how many
miles running, cycling?

It's a 40, it's a, um, 2.

2 mile swim.

A hundred and twelve mile bike
ride, and then a full marathon.

In the same day?

Yes.

Wow.

You just keep going.

When I have nightmares, that's
what I have nightmares about.

Running and all that.

It's like anything.

You know, when you set You
too, you're laughing because

it happens to you too, right?

You have those nightmares, yeah.

It's like anything.

If you said to me, today we're
going to run five miles, we'll

go ahead and run five miles.

At the end of it, if you said to me,
okay, now we're going to run another

ten miles, I'll tell you there's no way.

But if you set it out at the beginning
in your mind, and you train for it,

it's not like you just start that
this is, it's going to be a whole

day and this is what we're doing.

It's a mindset.

It's a complete mind,
it's mind over matter.

Yeah.

So.

So, and, and, after all these years
of pretty much beating up your body,

because that's what it is, you know
what I mean, what is the consequences?

I mean, how do you stay healthy
and how do you don't break down?

Well, I'm in the gym.

Four times a week.

Okay.

I do weights as well as cardio.

I think you have to do a balance, a mix
of both, especially as we get older.

And I'm not that young.

You have to be in the gym doing weights.

I mean, it's how you, you know,
your chain, your muscle mass.

And, um, so I think that's important.

And then, of course, things do break down.

I never, I had a stress fracture
in my foot way back when I started

running, never, ever had injuries
from all the years of running.

Um, Um, I had a bike accident once
about three years ago, cracked

my pelvis and a couple ribs.

That wasn't fun.

I bounced back from that pretty
easily, but um, it's only more

recently since I started playing
Padel that I'm getting elbow issues.

I have a knee problem going on.

Well because running is just like this,
but you know other sports, tennis,

other left to right, back, forth.

And what do you think that is?

I think because Padel is so addictive.

Okay, that we all tend to play.

I speak for myself, but
I see it in my friends.

We just play too much.

Yeah, and I want more and more.

And even though I'm in pain, I mean,
I just I could play three times a day.

So what makes it addictive to you?

Because I'm everybody that the
what makes addictive to you?

I think it's a combination of the,
I mean, it's the natural high.

It's the endorphins that kick in.

Um, it's that dopamine rush where you
can feel yourself doing something good.

You feel yourself getting better and
you just want more and more and more.

And, um, I mean, I just know if I
don't start my day off at one of my

favorite clinics in the morning or
at a, at a, you know, with a match,

um, I just go downhill that day.

I think it's very important to
stay healthy at, at any sport.

I was going to ask you
before you mentioned that.

But the, the, the technical
aspect is very, you know, the

biomechanics and all that.

And you, now going back to, to, to
Padel, I mean, you have improved

tremendously your technique.

You know what I mean?

Your, your shots and all that, and, and
that helps a lot on preventing injuries.

You know, the footwork, the movement,
and all that, you have to know how to do

it properly for you not to get injured.

I agree.

So, going back to your, yeah, to, to
your triathlete days, uh, I'm sure there

is a proper technique to run, because
if you need to run a hundred and plus

kilometers, I mean, what, did you have a
coach for each specific Not for running.

Running I never had a coach.

Um, cycling I did.

Um, And is there a specific technique
that way you, there is, it's, it's, it's

how fast you can move your legs, um,
and get your cadence on the bike and you

want to be compact on the bike as well.

Um, and then also not pushing too much.

Um, being the right gear is important
because when you get off your

bike, you need to be able to run.

And if you've been pushing this very
heavy gear and your quads are exhausted.

By the time you get to
run, you're finished.

And so I guess all those small things.

Strategies and techniques.

And the swimming?

Um, swimming, I definitely
have a swimming coach.

Um, the funny thing about swimming is
it's a mile for a half Ironman or two

miles for a full Ironman, but it's
the hardest to improve in swimming.

If you're not a high school or college
swimmer that just knows how to go through

the water, biomechanically, to improve
your swim stroke, that It takes enough

time off your, and time is, is so hard.

Really?

So for me that was the
biggest challenge, yes.

Wow.

I'm a steady swimmer.

I was not the fastest swimmer.

Okay, let's shift over to
business, right, and Padel.

How did you decide, hey, look,
I'm gonna create an organization,

I'm gonna create some type of
business, uh, when it came to Padel?

How, how did that vision come, and,
and how did you move forward with that?

So, interesting question.

It kind of, You know, I've been playing
Padel for about a year, and I am

the hardest worker you'll ever find.

Um, when I set my mind to something, I
want to be the best I can be, and I was

working myself up in my various groups,
and generally was playing with guys.

Um, and really struggling to
find high level woman to play

with, and we live in Miami.

There are lots of them.

I just wasn't connecting with them.

So then I very slowly I started to play
some tournaments and find a couple of

ladies who were great to play with.

But there were all these
tiny little groups and nobody

was talking to each other.

And there might be some of the
girls from Argentina or from Spain.

And there was nothing that
brought us all together.

Um.

So I created a group.

I started pulling in all the girls
that I was meeting one by one and

saying, Okay, we're all similar levels.

Let's play together regularly
and let's, you know, help

each other improve our game.

And I also found that, you know, wanting
to be part of the USPA and play in some

of the big tournaments and represent
the United States, there weren't all

those girls who knew what was going on
and were also, you know, you're going to

play a tournament, you need a partner.

So I would.

Go to San Diego and show up to a
tournament and just have to choose

somebody as a partner who Wasn't in
the same age group or the same level.

Anyway, so put these groups together and
that's Started going along very nicely.

I Then went one week to what towards the
end of last year to the men's league that

was going on down at Reserve Seaplane.

And they started this great men's league,
and, um, I'm sure you went to take a look.

It was amazing.

There was a whole community.

There were all these
players, all these matches.

And I looked at this, and I was like,
why aren't we doing this for women?

And the guys who were running the
league said, we just have no time.

I mean, we're focused on the guys.

So I said, well, is it okay
if I do something for women?

And it's a funny thing how when
you do something that is right,

The doors just kind of opened.

I've never felt like I was struggling
or anybody shut doors in front of me.

Um, and I created this woman's
league called Six Love Sports.

And I created a business around it.

Well, I'm starting to
create a business around it.

But I put the league in place
and put together four teams.

Um, we have team Bandeja
Babes, which is my team.

The Bandeja Headers.

Um, Team Viborous and 30 Lovers,
and each team was asked to

find around 30 to 35 players.

Each team?

32. Each team.

Wow.

That's a lot of players.

That's a lot of players.

And the reason we have such big, um,
rosters is because The league was

set up that we play every Thursday
night for six weeks and then we'll

have a big final event on week seven.

I didn't want anybody to feel that they
had to commit to six weeks of league.

If you tell somebody you're in a team and
you might play every week if you can, but

you might play on week one and week four
and you tell us when you're available.

Everyone's happy to play.

That's smart.

But you can't commit to
every Thursday night.

We all have kids and
families and husbands.

Wow, that's, that's smart.

So anyway, we have these teams of, you
know, the league is about 140, 150 people.

Um, and I get calls every
single day and messages for, for

other ladies who want to join.

So there's definitely a demand.

So how does that work?

Uh, you said you have four teams?

Mm hmm.

Okay, and Is there some, that's not,
is that organized just, uh, as a legal

entity or is that just, okay, you're
a team and you're responsible for it?

I mean, how does that work?

Six Live Sports is set up
as a legal entity, but each

team is set up on its own.

It's just a team and each captain gets to
choose who's on their roster each week.

Okay.

So each team's roster, every week they
put together three goal teams, which are

really advanced players, four and a half
level plus the old ratings, I'm not sure.

Which ratings we use these days,
but advanced level, three high

intermediate teams and then, um,
three intermediate level teams.

Okay, so you're depending on each kind of
like, uh, group to organize themselves.

And how is that going?

It's going really well.

Good.

So what we do every week, the captains
kind of talk to each other and we

play a different team each week.

And we look at the rosters and I'll
say, Okay, she's not a bronze player.

She should be in silver.

Um, and unless there's a reason why.

We really try and keep the
levels, um, pretty accurate.

So that it's competitive.

So nobody's having It's fun for everybody.

You know, some people will lose that
you expect to win or vice versa.

What happens if you don't know them?

Most of the time, somebody does.

Okay.

We really haven't had a
situation where no one has.

So when you have an
intermediate, so Advanced, high

intermediate, intermediate level.

So six players per week, per team?

Um, six players per six players
per level, so 18 players per team.

Each week?

Six times three, each week.

So we have 72 players, 72 players every
And where do you where are you hosting

these, and how long does it last, and is
there any type of, uh Do you gain points,

or how does the scoring system work?

So, we hold it every week at reserve.

It's going between Reserve
Solomia and Reserve Seaplane,

um, just because of locations.

Some people like to, some people live
up north, some people live down south.

So we're really trying to be fair, because
the traffic is terrible for some of us.

Um, it goes from about 5.

30 till 9.

30 every Thursday night.

And, um, We play the best of three sets.

The third set is a super tie break.

It's all golden points scoring.

Okay with six, six in set, one and two.

You play a tie break, a short tie break,
and then on the third set it's a super

tie break and each match one for every
set that you win, you get a point.

And if you win the match you get a point.

So if you win a match three, um, two, one.

You get three points and the
other team gets one point.

Um, okay, and uh, is there a membership
or how do, how do people register?

So for the first league, we, I, I
created a WhatsApp group and um, sent,

I also have a website where people can
sign up to be part of the community.

But whenever they do that, I add
them to the big WhatsApp chat group,

which is about 300 people now.

And these are all women who want
to play, are interested in playing.

Um, for the first league,
we didn't charge anything.

I wanted to prove that this worked.

Yeah, right.

Okay.

I didn't charge a penny to
anybody to sign up and play.

Um, I've done this all on my own.

When they play, they pay 40 to
play for the court time, which

just covers the court time.

Um, But how about the balls and all that
stuff, is that included in there too?

That's, yes, it's included.

So you get balls and water.

And do you cap it at a
certain amount of players?

Um, well every week
it's 72 players I think.

So the team captains put together
their roster for the week

and it's 18 people per team.

So how long does this last and at what
point do you decide who's the winner?

So it's a six week league, so every team.

Because there were four teams,
we had every team play the other

team twice and then we'll have
a final event on March 6th.

Oh, that's great.

We started on, um, January, the third
week of January, just before Reserve Cup.

And we basically run it every Thursday
night except the Thursday of Reserve Cup.

So how do you decide who's the
winner, the one who makes it to

the Masters, the most points?

The one who's going to have
the most points at the end.

And it's pretty, um, It's great.

Last week one team was way in the
league after last Thursday night.

It's pretty much one team is three
points in the lead and the next two

are Who's the top team right now?

So at the moment 30 Lovers has 52 points.

And then you have, um, Viboras
and Bandeja Babes with 49 points.

So we're very close and that can change.

And what, what captains?

Um, so the, I'm captain of Bandeja Babes.

And then Bandeja Hedges is Marilyn
Grinder from Padel X. Um, Team

Viborous is Dani Quevedo and, um,
the 30 Lovers is Sabrina Suarez.

Oh, wow.

Yeah.

What, what, when she's not traveling?

I don't know.

She's been at most of the matches.

Good.

Way to go, Sabrina.

Uh, it's so exciting.

I mean, it's, it's, uh,
I'd love to see that.

I mean, the growth of Padel usually
starts with the male, then the

females, you know, come behind.

And there's a huge, huge market.

It's so untapped, you know what I mean?

We have to really, and we need people like
you to really push that segment because

those are the ones who fill the clubs.

Come in the morning, come in the
afternoon, come midday, you know, you,

you, you, those are the, the, the, the,
the movers and shakers, you know, the

ladies, I think they're really, they're
pretty active, they love this, they love

the social aspect to it and, and, um,
I think it's amazing what you're doing

with, with these, with these ladies.

Yeah.

I invite you to come to one of the league
matches because, and in fact you should

come this Thursday night, um, we're doing
a Valentine's special event at Seaplane.

From 5 till 9.

30. Last week we were there
till 11 o'clock at night.

And, uh, Reserve has been
unbelievably supportive.

This, I wouldn't be where I am with this
league without the support of Reserve.

Um, this week we're doing
a wellness market as well.

They do a monthly wellness market.

So it'll be, um, a Valentine's
themed wellness market.

And my logo as part of Six Love
Sports is for the love of the game.

So, that's our logo, or
our slogan for this week.

But It's not just about Padel.

You don't just have 72 ladies
on the court playing Padel.

You have family members supporting.

We have food, drinks.

This week there are vendors and um,
some clothing brands will be there.

And we're doing a fashion show because
some of the people in our league,

um, Sabrina has a clothing brand.

We have Tower, Golden Point is a sponsor.

Um, we're going to do
a little fashion show.

That was my next question.

Now that you've proven that there's a
void for this and, and A need for this.

How do you convert this to a business?

Okay.

Is it with sponsors?

Is it charging a membership fee?

Yes.

Um, how do you envision it?

Because at the end of the day,
you're doing all this work

and Of course, absolutely.

And you get paid for, and this is
again, a business part of his passion.

And I've, I've always told my kids, if
you'd find, find something you love to do

and you'll never work a day, you'll life.

Yeah, it's true.

But of course there has to be a business
element and a business side to this.

Yes.

The next league will be sign
up for the league and there'll

be a lump sum upfront, um, fee.

Do you know what that will be, or are
you still trying to figure it out?

I'm still kind of figuring it out.

Not too much to scare anybody off.

But enough that it covers their
court playing time for the month,

for the period of the league.

Because then I wouldn't expect
everyone to pay the 40 each time.

I would include that.

Um, and then we need sponsors.

You know, what I've shown from
the league, and again, if you

come and see what goes on at these
events, it's people taking photos.

The difference between the guys and the
girls, The women are involved, active,

very athletic, and they're very social.

So they're networking, they're
connecting with each other, they're

taking photos, they're posting videos.

And my Instagram page has had over
55, 000 views in the last 30 days.

Great.

I mean, and that's for a small, you
know, we don't have, we only have,

you know, 550 followers so far.

It's all organic and these are all
real, you know, So any sponsors or

vendors that want to participate
in your organization, what can they

expect and what is, what is the cost?

Well, I'm basically working on
some sponsorship packages right

now, so it's by negotiation.

Okay.

You know, there'll be different levels and
they're different things that I'm doing.

So the league is part of it, but
the league is not everything.

I'm adding on some tournaments.

So March 15th, we have a big
tournament here at Solimea and

it's aimed at intermediate,
high intermediate, um, ladies.

So like a weekend tournament?

It's going to be a one
day, all day on a Saturday.

And the purpose of this is
to get them into playing a

little more competitive Padel.

A lot of these ladies have
never played a tournament.

They're happy to play at the club level.

Um, and you, you know, you
throw in a little tournament

at the club, they'll play.

But this is gonna be a USPA 100,
so it's gonna take them into the

red Padel and the USPA system.

Yeah, I, that's, that's, you say
that and it triggers and it's, it's

like, I think that's kinda true.

A lot of women, I think, I hear this
a lot, I'm just playing for fun.

And And I'm not sure why they say
that because, you know, when we

talk to guys, we're playing to win.

And so you want to learn and learn.

And I'm not sure if they're just maybe
a little intimidated or they want

to risk, you know, uh, um, losing.

But I think organizations like yourself
and these, these, these tournaments get

them a little bit more competitive and
more like, Hey, I want, I want to go and

play and I want to learn and I want to
win, you know, which is a great thing.

A lot of them don't actually
believe they can be better.

And they've.

What I've seen is the level, yeah, and
then they are, they're suddenly playing

against other, you know, players, and
I'm like, that was amazing, you're

doing so well, you played so amazingly.

And it gives them confidence to
actually step up and say, well, okay,

I'm going to do a tournament now.

I'm going to give you a great idea
that I think will complement perfectly.

Why don't you do every week before the
Thursday, uh, one night, uh, Point play,

point play clinics, where the clinics, you
only play points with the supervision of

a, of a coach, where you play on strategy,
how to stand, how, you know, what to

do, how to play those specific points.

I think that's something that we
can talk and then It's a good idea.

Yeah.

So we do.

So for example, leagues on Thursday night,
tomorrow night, my team has a practice.

And, um, I put out a list and we have
12 to 16 of the team members showing up.

Um, sometimes we just play matches.

Um, last week I had a
coach on one of the courts.

And then I had them drilling on one court
and playing matches on the other court.

And what's the cost of
that for each player?

Forty dollars.

That's great.

Yeah.

And then sometimes we order pizza and
some salads and, um, and some of the

other teams do the same thing as well.

I know Marilyn does the
same thing with her.

Um, team at PadelX.

Man, we need a guys league like that.

Yeah, this sounds like a lot of fun.

It is fun.

It's so much fun.

I think it's great.

I mean, you work out the whole week
for that match day and then you

know, everybody gets all pumped up.

You create more of a social
thing too, which is great.

Well, one of the things I've always said
about women is strong women make other

women, they lift each other up, okay?

And this is not just about playing Padel.

I want to know what you do
when you're not playing Padel.

A lot of the girls have
their own businesses.

Um, some might be moms
or, um, professionals.

But let's talk to each other.

Let's support each other's businesses
or, you know, ambitions, dreams.

Um, one of the girls in one of our
leagues was just qualified, just

graduated and has been looking for a job.

And the community has been helping
her to find, you know, a great job.

That's beautiful.

So where do you see your
business in the next few years?

Well, I plan to be all over the U. S.,
not just here in Miami, so definitely,

um, a league in some shape or form.

Um, but definitely doing
tournaments across the country.

I think there's a huge need for it.

And a big part of this, I want to,
you know, bring more players into

the USPA through these tournaments.

Because if the U. S., if, if we want
the U. S., U. S. Padel to improve

and grow, uh, we have to do it
this way, and we have to get more

players involved and in the system.

You're right, and the youth.

You know, the women and the youth.

That's, that's the next stage of
it, so I just need more people.

I need some help.

Right.

One of my plans is to get
high school tennis players.

Um, you know, maybe they're not good
enough to go to college to play tennis,

but they're really nice tennis players.

And they need to see that Padel
is really cool and really fun.

And like with your daughter,
that there are other kids that

age that make it more fun.

They don't want to come and
play with people like me.

I mean, that's occasionally nice.

But they want to be on the court
with their friends and, you

know, having pizza afterwards.

Yeah.

So I think there's a
whole opportunity there.

And that needs to be done with
Ultra and Reserve and, you

know, each one of the clubs.

Yeah, we need to go to the schools
and bring them into the clubs in the

afternoon when there's some quiet time.

I think you're right.

Is there anything else that you would like
to talk, uh, talk about to our audience?

Um I just want to see more of
you on the Padel court, I think.

You know, if there's anybody that, um,
wants to be part of the league, or wants

to get into one of the tournaments,
please feel free to reach out.

Um, and if you need some hand
holding, I'm very happy to do that.

So, don't be intimidated.

We're going to put the link right
below it, so for you guys to reach

out to Andi and to Six Club Sports.

More than happy to help here.

You're doing a great job.

Congratulations.

You've done already.

I wish you all the best.

Thanks for your support.

Appreciate it.