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The Circuit

A short dispatch from the club, every Monday: what we noticed, the padel worth watching, and what has just gone up on The Alborán. The women's game leads.

What this is

The Circuit is the weekly dispatch, the letter the club sends its members while the monthly issue is being made. It is written the Monday morning it goes out.

It is a note, not a scoreboard: the padel week read through our own eyes, and the women's Court leads.

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The lead noteOne thing worth noticing in the week, from the game or the life around it.
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This week in the gameThe week's key result through our lens: the storyline behind it, and why it matters. Sourced and dated.
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Live on The AlboránThe latest piece and the latest Session.

The editions

24 August 2026 · Edition №5

Padel's first medals, all on one Friday: the sport makes its debut as a medal sport at the Mediterranean Games in Taranto, and it is one of five medal events inside eighteen months →

17 August 2026 · Edition №4

A tournament week, converted: September's Premier Padel window becomes a Hexagon event, and the Hexagon event moves to January →

10 August 2026 · Edition №3

The youngest champion, and the weekend padel came to London: Calvo makes history at Olympia, and we go courtside for padel's first UK P1 →

27 July 2026 · Edition №2

Two directions at once: Pretoria makes sub-Saharan African history, and the celebrity circuit gets serious →

21 July 2026 · Edition №1

One rivalry, told twice: Bea one point from home glory, and Britain's Rocks Lane winners →

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See you at the club. Andy Galt & Alex Robinson, Editors

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