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The Sessions · Episode Five

Alex Robinson

For four episodes Alex Robinson has asked the questions. This time Andy Galt does. Fifty-nine minutes on county badminton, live commentary, and what big money means for community clubs.

Andy Galt

Episode Five of The Alborán Sessions turns the chair round: Andy Galt interviews Alex Robinson, who hosts the show and co-edits The Alborán.

Fifty-nine minutes, published 31 October 2026. Alex on the road from county badminton to working inside a padel club, what changes between a long-form interview, live commentary and social media, why the UK boom still feels like the start, and whether community clubs are protected or squeezed when big money arrives.

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Episode Four · Padel Drive

Alex Robinson's guest is Gonzalo Lorenzo, founder of Padel Drive, a padel coaching and content brand.

Episode Three · London P1

Recorded courtside at the Premier Padel P1 in London: the tournament as it happened, the crowd, and the British game.

Episode Two · Jethro Binns

Filmed on court at Padel4All in Lockleaze, Bristol, with Jethro Binns of Padel Levels, on UK padel's ratings problem.

Episode One · George Modler

Filmed at the Padel World Summit in Barcelona, with George Modler of the Padel Directory.

UK Padel Has a Ratings Problem

Alex's monthly editorial. Ratings decide who you play with, which competitions you enter and whether an open match is worth the money. So what happens when nobody trusts the number?

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