Namibia Padel

Namibia Padel Club is a new club on the Platz-am-Meer promenade in Swakopmund, on the coast. It has two open-air padel courts. It is the second location for Namibia Padel, which opened its first club in Windhoek earlier in 2024.

The club wanted ambient music and clear voice announcements across both courts, without disturbing the commercial units around it. The courts are open air, beside the sea, so the equipment had to cope with the coastal weather.

The deadline was tight. The club was due to open in December 2024, the busy holiday season, and the court-building materials arrived late from Europe.

We used eight weather-resistant Audac ATEO series loudspeakers (Ateo4M and Ateo6M) across the two courts. Audac rates them as salt-tested for coastal conditions. They are powered by a combination of 100V public address amplifiers (a standard way to feed many speakers over one line, with long cable runs and little signal loss) and dual-channel amplifiers.

Zone-based control, a six-channel stereo preamplifier and a paging microphone make the system flexible to run. The open-play area beside the courts is a separate zone with its own volume. The design can grow with the club.

We finished in time for the club's December 2024 launch, despite tight deadlines and logistical challenges. Namibia Padel plans to expand to Walvis Bay and Luderitz, and the system gives it a design to repeat at future sites.