Founded
Constituted at Nassau on 14 October 2026. The first national federation for padel in The Bahamas.
Constituted at Nassau on 14 October 2026, The Bahamas Padel Federation is the sole national governing body for the sport of padel in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas. It licenses players, sanctions competition, and represents the country within the International Padel Federation.
The Federation exists for sporting, educational and community purposes. It is a non profit association: no part of its income or property is distributed to any member or officer, and every surplus returns to the game.
Padel arrived in The Bahamas before any governing body did. The courts, the coaching staff and the first competitive calendar were built at the Champion Spirit Country Club in Nassau, which has carried the project to create a national federation since 2024.
The International Padel Federation visited the club in April 2026. Discussions have continued since on the hosting of a FIP Promises junior tournament within the Americas circuit, and on a wider partnership for the development of padel in The Bahamas and across the Caribbean.
The Federation is open by design. Membership is available to every club, academy and organisation in The Bahamas operating padel facilities or programmes.
The Federation represents The Bahamas within the International Padel Federation, and carries the country into the Americas circuit and the regional Caribbean network.
Courts, coaches, clubs and juniors. The development programme runs over two to four years and is counted in facilities built, players licensed and events sanctioned.
Annual licences, a national competition calendar, and selection of the players who represent The Bahamas abroad under the eligibility regulations of the FIP.
Membership is open to every club, academy and organisation in The Bahamas operating padel facilities or programmes, and to the people who support the game.
Courts in Nassau are the beginning, not the plan. The Federation's development programme runs over two to four years and counts in courts built, players licensed, clubs affiliated and events sanctioned across The Bahamas.
The Federation is directed by an Executive Board elected by the Full Members in General Assembly. Its regulatory, disciplinary, selection and anti-doping functions are exercised by the Board alone, free of influence from any funder, facility or third party.
President
Andretti Bain
Olympic silver medallist for The Bahamas in the 4x400 metres relay at the Beijing Games, Pan American Games gold medallist, Commonwealth Games silver medallist and twice NCAA Division One champion over 400 metres. He is Head of Sports and Performance at the Champion Spirit Country Club. Since 2024 he has served on the board of the Bahamas Anti-Doping Commission as athlete representative, and since 2025 as athlete representative to the World Anti-Doping Agency, which places the integrity of sport at the head of the Federation rather than at its margin. He leads the Federation, represents it before the International Padel Federation, and is its first point of contact for partners and regional Caribbean federations.
Vice President
Ryan Knowles
Bahamian entrepreneur, founder of Maison Bahamas. He carries the institutional relations of the Federation and the development of padel beyond New Providence, working with clubs, developers and public bodies to open courts across the islands. He deputises for the President and sits on every question of growth and partnership.
Secretary
Happy Hall
Bahamian international footballer. A defender capped seventeen times for The Bahamas between 2006 and 2021, among the most capped players in the history of the national team, he captained the side through the qualification campaign for the 2010 World Cup and scored in the CONCACAF Nations League. He played college soccer at Appalachian State University and professionally in the United States, Canada and England before returning to the islands, and he founded the YESI and Skillz soccer schools to bring structured coaching to Bahamian children. As Secretary he convenes the General Assembly, records its decisions, maintains the register of members, and holds the correspondence with the Registrar General and with the International Padel Federation.
Council Member
Brandace Duncanson
Attorney of The Bahamas Bar, trained legislative draftsperson and accredited civil and commercial mediator. In 2012 she was the youngest member appointed to the Constitutional Commission of The Bahamas, and she has represented the country before the OECD and the Global Forum on the exchange of financial information. In her professional life she serves as Director of Financial Services at the Ministry of Economic Affairs. She brings to the Executive Board the standards of public governance and the drafting of law.
Ambassador
Mounia Fadiga
Chief Strategy Officer, Champion Spirit International. A lawyer by training, she spent the first years of her career with international non governmental organisations before joining the group. She brought together the founding board of the Federation and carries its representation with partners and institutions.