OXFORD UNIVERSITY PADEL CLUB · EST. 2025

Play padel for Oxford.

The University’s padel club: weekly social sessions and coaching at our home courts in North Hinksey, pairs in the National University Padel League, inter-college Cuppers and the Varsity Match against Cambridge. Beginners are always welcome.

What’s on

HOME COURTS

Smash Padel Oxford, North Hinksey

LEAGUE

National University Padel League

RIVALRY

The Varsity Match against Cambridge

2025

Founded by Oxford students

Players in our first league squad

Competitions: league, Cuppers and Varsity

All levels

From first-timers to league pairs

WELCOME TO OUPC

Quick to learn, hard to put down.

Padel is a doubles racket sport played on an enclosed court smaller than a tennis court. The walls stay in play, the serve is underarm, and beginners can enjoy a proper rally in their very first session.

Founded in 2025, Oxford University Padel Club brings together students from across the University to play the world’s fastest-growing racket sport. We run weekly social sessions, open courts and coaching, enter pairs in the National University Padel League, host inter-college Cuppers and play Cambridge in the annual Varsity Match.

Whether you already play competitively or have never held a padel racket, there is a place for you in the club.

Three Oxford University Padel Club players courtside, one wearing the club shirt

More about the club →

GET ON COURT

Three ways to play

Train with the club, represent the University, or play for your college. Do one, or all three.

Doubles match in progress on a sunny padel court

WEEKDAYS

Club training

Weekly social sessions, open courts and coaching at Smash Padel in North Hinksey. Beginners are welcome, and members borrow rackets free of charge.

Training and venues →

SATURDAYS

League and Varsity

Our pairs represent Oxford in the National University Padel League, and the season builds to the Varsity Match against Cambridge in Hilary Term.

Fixtures →

Four players meeting at the net after a game

SUNDAYS

College Cuppers

Our inter-college competition, played on Sundays in term. Put a pair together from your college and play for college pride.

How Cuppers works →

Padel court seen through its open gate during a doubles rally

THE VARSITY MATCH

One match. Every year.

Each Hilary Term, Oxford’s men’s and women’s pairs take on Cambridge in the Varsity Match: the fixture every member plays for.

WHEN

Hilary Term, in the seventh or eighth week

WHERE

The venue alternates between Oxford and Cambridge

WHO

Oxford’s men’s and women’s pairs, with supporters courtside

Fixtures and results

WHAT’S ON

Coming up

All events and results →

7–8

OCT 2026

CLUB · EXAMINATION SCHOOLS, HIGH STREET

Freshers’ Fair

Starting at Oxford? Come and find the club at the Oxford SU Freshers’ Fair, or register your interest online and we’ll send you details of taster sessions.

Hilary

2027

VARSITY · OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE

The Varsity Match v Cambridge

The biggest fixture of the year: Oxford’s pairs against Cambridge in the seventh or eighth week of Hilary Term. The date will be announced here; supporters are welcome.

Trinity

2027

CLUB

Annual General Meeting

Members elect next year’s committee and hear reports from the President and Treasurer. Any member can stand for election. The date will be announced here.

CLUB LIFE