Rapper Aitch has become the latest high-profile investor in Game4Padel, the Edinburgh-based club operator.
He joins an already impressive list of famous investors, including tennis stars Sir Andy and
Jamie Murray and Annabel Croft, as well as footballers Virgil van Dijk and Jamie Vardy.
A keen padel player himself, the 25-year-old, whose real name is Harrison Armstrong, will work with the company to help bring padel to a wider audience.
Game4Padel has 29 venues, with two more opening soon. It has a booming coaching programme, with more than 250 coaches trained in the past three years.
Aitch said: “I’ve been hooked on padel from the moment I picked up a racket. It’s proper addictive and what Game4Padel is doing to grow the sport and open it up to everyone is class.
“It was a natural fit really and having been to a few of the Game4Padel venues now, I can’t wait to help out and get involved.
“It’s a buzzing community and exciting to play my part in growing that as more and more people play across the UK.”
Michael Gradon, Co-founder and CEO at Game4Padel, said: “Padel continues to surge in popularity across not only the UK but the world, and having someone as influential as Aitch come on board as a Game4Padel investor is a fantastic endorsement of what we’re building and shows how mainstream the sport is becoming.
Padel is the world’s fastest growing sport played in over 160 countries and forecasters
predict it will become an Olympic sport by 2032.
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