Our Team

Go Padel UK was founded by myself, Richard Hall Smith, and I am the current C.E.O. We have been building and operating padel clubs in the UK since 2015 making us the longest serving operator in the UK.

We currently have 4 venues in Essex, and more are under construction or in the pipeline as we speak!.

Each centre is at the heart of its community, we work with over 5 local schools, NHS and teaching sectors and many other areas. We pride ourselves on our social inclusion policies and aim to deliver one message at all our venues, padel is for everyone! With the experience, we have built over the last 5 years we have built up a base of over 1000 padel players in Essex, with the largest junior padel academy in the UK.

I am thrilled to merge with Padel United UK, delighted to be working with Rikard And Markus from Padel United International and can’t wait to continue transforming the Padel landscape in the UK.

Dan was into a huge variety of sports! He has achieved well over 15 years of coaching, in all aspects of sport coaching and teaching and brings great experience to the club. He earned a degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Essex in 2009 and became an outdoor sport instructor. Before University Dan worked on a 1 year apprenticeship in sport coaching in New Zealand.

Dan has also worked with behaviour and SEN (special educational needs) students, using sport to help them with their physical, mental and social health. Adapting his coaching to all ages and to all variety of people.

Dan has developed and honed his skills with Go Padel. He has been playing padel for 4 years and coaching for 2 years. He says “the club have allowed me to flourish as a coach, to gain confidence and to learn a new skill set through coaching.”