The 2nd Racketball Open will be held at the Health & Racket Club Quinta da Marinha, Cascais (Portugal) on the 11th February, with two competitive Draws - Men & Women.
The course it to be held at Harrow Leisure Centre on 28th and 29th January. It would qualify you to coach racketball. It is aimed at people who are new to coaching, or come from coaching a different sport. The cost is £160 (+ £35 coach licence fee).
Coverage of the semi-finals and finals from the ATCO PSA World Series Squash Finals will be live on Sky Sports 2 this weekend. It is the latest breakthrough for SquashTV, the Professional Squash Association's dedicated online and TV operation that launched just two years ago.
The flagship $110,000 PSA World Tour event, which features the eight players who earned the most points from the nine PSA World Series championships in 2011, is taking place at The Queen's Club in London - with the semis this Saturday, followed by the final the following day. Click here for more info...
In may 2011 Tim Vail (aka The Vole) took the National Racketball title for the 4th time, but more remarkably it was his 1st title for 7 years the previous 3 being 2001, 03, 04. Ranked 15 in England at squash Tim is arguably the best shot maker around, he puts “bums on seats”. His natural flair and nick hitting ability mean the best players can never feel safe, his career at chichester in the national league over the years has produced many spectacular results.
Grant Ward and Mike Sohachevsky recently smashed the World Record for the longest squash marathon, completing 31 hours of non-stop squash! The pair raised almost £4,000 for Cancer Research UK and The Sports Centre. From this, The Sports Centre have confirmed they will be repairing all 3 courts in full in April 2012!
If you know anyone who might want to become a racketball coach, please let them know that ESR will be running a 2 day coaching course on 28th-29th January. This is a two day course and needs no prior coaching qualifications. The venu will be in North London. Click here for more information...
Squash enthusiasts will now have the chance of enjoying the sport they love in the comfort of their own homes following the launch of WSF Squash, the official squash simulation video game of the WSF.
ESR have written this article to try to give a clear message on the future use of racketball balls. The article from England Squash and Racketball outlines their recommendations for use of the approved blue and black racketball balls.
Mark Fuller just manages to cling onto his top spot for the final rankings in 2011 closely followed by Dominic Hamilton, Tim Vail and Tom Phipps. The winner of the last two UK-Racketball Series events, Phipps, will certainly be one to watch at the 2012 National Champs as he is in top form! Claire Walker takes the No 1 sport for the women, Jim Lord remains No 1 in the over 40's and Nigel Millington is top of the over 50's.
Thame was the final event in the Harrow 2011 UK-Racketball series and was a great success with a buzzing atmosphere at the club all day and some top quality matches on show. As in Chichester Tom Phipps took the win in the A Grade making him the 2011 Harrow UK-Racketball Series Champion!
The last event in the 2011 Harrow UK-Racketball Series is taking place on the 26th Nov before the 4 month winter break. Make sure you do not miss out on the grand finale of the Series. Entries close 16th Nov. Click here for more info...
With only one event left in The Harrow UK-Racketball Series at Thame on 26th Nov there are now only a few chances left to climb the rankings for the 2011 season so make sure you make the most of them!!
It was a fantastic day at Chichester which was one of the best clubs we have ever been to on the UK-Racketball Tour, a top sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi was enjoyed by the UK-Racketball competitors in between some of the most gruelling series matches yet.
Racquets Health and Fitness Club in Thame Oxon, hosted the annual National Racketball Doubles Championship which saw a record entry in attendance.
A full sixteen draw in the Mens event was closely followed by a near capacity turn out in a quality based Mixed tournament, the Ladies category was played as a round robin with pairs guaranteed four matches over the weekend.
Cameron Pilley now holds the world record for the hardest squash ball ever hit at 175mph. Check out the aftermath of his brother getting hit in the back with one of his shots, owch!!
This will be taking place on 5th November 2011. Lets all try and get involved to help promote both squash and racketball. It would be great to hear from anyone that is doing something for this day!
The Racquets Fitness Centre in Thame is running a 1 day racketball open graded on the 22nd Oct to replace the South Racketball Closed which has now been moved to the 3rd March. Get your entries in asap!
The 4th St Ivo Open Racketball Championship was held on September 24th with both Junior and Open categories. There were many keenly contested matches involving energetic juniors and (Edgbaston) National hopefuls competing for the honours. Thank you to Byron Williams for all his organisation skills and to those who took part.
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There are now only two events left this year in the UK-Racketball Series at Chichester on 29th Oct and Thame on 26th Nov. Dom Hamilton currently leads the way in the Mens grade and Claire Walker has a strong lead in the Womens, whilst Ian Furlonger just holds on to the top spot in the Over 40's. James Murphy has the lead in the over 50's but is being closely pursued by the likes of Manuel Costa and Nigel Millington. With the September results still to be released and two events to go all is still to play for!!
The Yorkshire Racketball Champs took place on the 17th and 18th September at the racketball stronghold that is Chapel Allerton Squash Club. There were some great matches in all grades. Most notably in the mens A grade final Andrew Widdison played some outstanding racketball to just beat current England no 1 and UK-Racketball Series winner Dominic Hamilton in the 5th. Click here for all the results
The Chichester Racketball Open is a great opportunity for local racketball or squash players to take part in a sanctioned UK-Racketball Series eventand test themselves against players from all round the UK.
Where: Chichester Racquets and Fitness Club, PO19 6AR When: Saturday 29th October (1 day competition) Grades: A, B, Ladies, Over 40’s, Over 50’s Entries Close: Friday 21st October
The St Ivo Racketball Championships are back again for 2011 on the 24th September. Categories include: Seniors A and B for just £10 and Over 60s, juniors and ladies for just £5. There is also free entry for the mixed doubles event! Click here for more information and how to enter.
Even with the massive entry for Chapel Allerton at the last series event the Nottingham open increased in size yet again, with a staggering 86 entrants and 200 matches to be played in one day! All grades were very strong. The A grade was incredibly tough including 5 players all from the top 10 in England! Click here to view the action.
With a Harrow UK-Racketball Series tournament taking place at the Chichester Racquets and Fitness Club in October of this year Mike Phillips local racketball coach has given us a summary of some of the matches and top talent at the club that are likely to be on display. With numerous top National players at the club it is going to be a great event. Click here to read the article.
A strong field of 16 players had been assembled for the 1st round of qualifying for the inaugural MANTIS FantasySquash.net PSA event at Nottingham Squash Club. A decent crowd had high expectations of local players Mark Fuller, Neil Rossin and Adam Auckland progressing into the next and final round of qualifying.
Dom Hamilton should hold his top spot after victory at Chapel Allerton but there will be big movements in the other grades especially in the women’s. Click here to check out the rankings now...
Daventry was the biggest Fantasy Squash Tournament so far with over 60 competitors making their way to Daventry for the 2nd Smart Haus Kitchens Daventry Open. Click here for all the photos and results...
There were over 80 entrants and 169 matches at Leeds making it the biggest event of the Series to date. There were huge entries in both the womens and the B grade. There were also some top quality players battling it out in the A grade for the win. Click here for all the reports and photos.
With our biggest entry yet the UK-Racketball Series grows once again! It will hopefully be our best event yet with huge draws for both the B and Womens Grades. Dom Hamilton, last years Series winner, also returns to play at his home club. However it will not be easy for him with some top players in the A grade all undoubtedly looking for the win. Click here to check out the draws and schedules.
Once again it is now time to start thinking about getting your entries in for the National Club Championships. The closing date for all entries is the 5th Sept. The format will be decided once all entries have been received. Please click here to download the entry form and regulation documents.
The First ever Fantasy Squash Graded event was a great success with some top quality squash and some very close battles. The next event is coming soon in Daventry and is shaping up to be a great event. Once again the winner of the A grage gaet a local spot in the $5000 Mantis Fantasy Squash PSA event! Click here to read the report and view the photos from Kenilworth.
It was always going to be an interesting day running a tournament across two venues for the first time but with the second largest number of entries it was set to be a fantastic day’s racketball. Thanks to the University of Lincoln, The Lindum and Eastgate Squash Clubs and to all the other sponsors which made the event such a success. Click here to view the results, reports and photos
It was an eventful weekend at the Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club in Sheffield which once again hosted the National Junior Racketball Championships. There were 8 categories in total which saw a clean sweep for the Falconer brothers and Townley sailing through all rounds in the girls U19 to reach the no. 1 spot. Click here for all the photos, results and reports...
Once again we have another great tournament shaping up for the UK-
Racketball Series in Lincoln. The tournament will be played at both the Lindum Squash Club and the Eastgate Squash Club both of which are great venues. Due to feedback from previous tournaments we will not be playing down to final finishing positions, but everyone will still have three games. To view the draws click here...
The first Fantasy Squash Exhibition night using power plays proved to be a great success with 20 year old Chris Fuller being crowned champion after a very entertaining evening. Click here to find out how it all worked...
Over the last month, Matt Burnett has been running a number of different sessions at Wycombe Sports Centre. The sessions included included Juniors, Over 50's and a Womens only session. They have proved to be succesful and will continue to run at the club. Click here to find out how to get involved.
Mike Phillips visited Whitchurch Squash Club in Hampshire to deliver a racketball taster clinic to several members of the 1st and 2nd squash teams. This was to encourage the players that racketball is good fun and a sport in it‘s own right. Click here to find out how things went...
If you are looking to promote squash or racketball at your local club or area then England Squash and Racketball have a number of promotional materials on offer to help you. Click here for more details and how to receive them.
Then why not get involved... At University of Birmingham Sport in conjunction with England Squash and Racketball, we are conducting a study to calculate the energy expended during a game of racketball, in female racketball players. There is very little research done on this sport and its time people realise the health benefits of playing such a fun and exciting game. It is really easy to get involved and you may find your results to be quite interesting! Click here for more information and to find out how to take part.
With the National Championships and a UK-Racketball Series event both having taken place since last months rankings there have been some fast climbers in this months rankings. Tim Vail shoots up to take the No2 spot after winning the nationals, with Dom Hamilton just managing to keep his No1 spot. Mark Fuller also jumped up to take the No 3 spot and may well be looking to take the No1 spot later this year. Ted Jeal takes the No 4 spot after his win in the Kent UK-Racketball Series.
The Kent Harrow UK-Racketball Open was a great event combining both racketball and the Semi Finals of the Kent PSA $10000 Event run by Alan Thatcher. With some of the PSA players entering the racketball event it was one of the strongest A grade events yet. In the end it was the racketball experience of Ted Jeal that came out on top taking the Kent racketball open title in a close match against Henrik Mustonen. The B grade final also proved to be one of the highest standards yet. Click here to view all the reports and results.
All the Draws are now online for The Mote Squash Club Racketball Open. Matches will be starting at 9:00am and finishing at 5:00pm. With all the other activities planned for entertainment at the club including the PSA matches it is guaranteed to be a great event! Click here to see the draws and a full match schedule.
Last Sunday saw Edgbaston Priory take the National Club Championship Title beating Devon and Exeter squash club 4-1 in a hard fought match. Surbiton managed a close 3-2 win over The Northern claiming the plate final. Click here to see the full results.
Entries closing in 4 days! This is the first time that The Harrow UK-Racketball Series has been linked to a Professional Squash Association Event (PSA). Alan Thatcher, the weekends PSA promoter has outlined everything that’s going on during the day in a special club package , we even have a hotel deal for all competitors so even if you’re not local and fancy some great racketball click here to find out what is going on...
A capacity crowd at Lexden Rackets and Fitness Club was treated to a stunning display of squash and racketball from two of the world’s top players. World Champion Nick Matthew and National Champion Daryl Selby contested their personal squash/racketball challenge match, playing two games of squash and two of racketball, adding the points scored to decide the overall winner. Click Here to find out more.
The full mens final is now up online. Click here to see the video. Its a great game with some outstanding shots and flare from both players. Check out the fist pump for Vail at the end of the third game after an awesome three wall boast into a rolling nick!!
Below are all the grade winners and runners up from the Nationals.
UK-Racketball is also working hard editing, publishing and sifting through over 6hrs of video footage from the National Racketball Championships 2011. We are hoping to have it all up online over the next few days so keep an eye out for new updates....
It looks like it is going to be a truly awesome event with some great talent on display. Who will take the title this year? Get down to The Edgebaston Priory Squash Club to give all your support. If you can't make it don't worry we will keep you up to date with all the events as they happen on our Twitter feed as well as reports results and photos on the web site. Finally good luck from UK-Racketball to everyone who is playing!
With no Daryl Selby this year’s draw will be wide open. Tim Vale, the National Racketball Champion before Selby, is tipped to take the title. The draw also contains more professional squash players than ever before as they look to take the big ball title. Click here to see the draws
180 Photos Now Uploaded for The Manor, Harrow UK-Racketball Series!
There are some cracking shots taken with our brand spanking new SLR, which made all the difference. We took photos of almost every player so if you played I am sure you will be able to find yourself in action! Check out The Manor Page or click here to go straight to the gallery.
All our photos are now hosted on facebook so you can easily comment, like them, tag them, download them and basically do whatever you like with them! (Don't worry you can still view them even if you are not a member)
The Dunlop National Racketball Championships are fast approaching in three weeks time. Entries close just next week so make sure you dont miss out as it is looking like it is going to be yet another a great event! Click here for more information.
The Manor was a great event with our biggest entry yet of over 70 players! The club was buzzing all day had a great atmosphere. Thanks to every one who entered and made it such a fun event. There were over 130 matches in just one day! Two titles went to Chapel Allerton and two went to The Manor. Click here to check out the reports and photos.
Last Saturday two of the biggest racketball clubs in the UK battled it out for a spot in the National Racketball Club Championship Finals. Both sides fielded incredibly strong teams with great depth all the way down. With the World Squash No. 1 Nick Matthew playing at one for the Hallamshire against one of the UK’s best up and coming squash professionals Joel Hinds it was always going to be a great match to watch. The matches started with the number 5 seeds... Click here for photos and reports.
The Manor is looking like it will be a great start to the UK-Racketball Series with our biggest entry yet of 60 players and a full draw! All the draws are now finally up online. Click here to see the draws or go to the Manor event page. The first matches will be starting at 9am, a detailed match schedule will be released later this week.
The first event of the UK-Racketball Series at The Manor Squash and Racketball Club is nearley here and competition is heating up with a number of top players and last years Series winner, Dom Hamilton, having already entered. Entries close this Friday so make sure you dont miss out, click here to enter now online.
UK-Racketball interview John Robertson “Robbo†Level 4 Squash Coach one of the founders of Racketball at the Manor Squash and Racketball Exhibition. We ask him how it all started, the reason for the decline of many clubs in the UK and how things should move forwards in the future. Click here to discover the origins of racketball.
Speed gun racket testing coming soon...... The most powerful rackets.
UK-Racketball Nottingham knew they would have their work cut out away at one of the countries biggest racketball strongholds, Edgbaston. It was a close match but Edgebaston prevailed to take the win.
Chapel Allerton met with The Hallamshire in a showdown of two of the best racketball clubs in the North. Click here for all the reports, photos and results.
Chapel Allerton again played host to the NE Regional Racketball Championships on 5/6th March 2011, which proved to be a fantastic success. Dom Hamilton and Jim Lord met once again in the final however this time Dom proved victorious taking the title from last years winner Jim Lord.
All details, information and online entry have now been released on the England Squash and Racketball Website for The Dunlop National Racketball Championships 2011. Click here to find out more.
The first UK-Racketball series event on the 16th April is a great event as a warm up for the National Championships so why not enter to make sure you are firing on all cylinders on the day! Click here for more information.
A number of new tournaments have been added to the events page including the London and South East Regional Closed on the 16th April. Click here for to see all the details.
We have now updated all our social media including a brand new facebook page with photos from every series event last year. Click below to view our pages and follow us.
The First Event in The Harrow 2011 UK-Racketball Series is at the Manor Health and Racquets Club on 16th April. This is three weeks before the National Championships and will be a great warmup event for anyone looking to compete at the Nationals. Click here for more information and online entry.
The 2011 Dorset Racketball Closed saw an incredibly strong entry, highlighting the strength and popularity of racketball within the County. The tournament was kindly hosted by West Hants LTC club. The doubles entry in particular proved very popular, but the quality of entrants to the Mens Singles section drew many spectators to the tight matches played in the later stages. Click here for the full report and photos.
Colin the Professional Racket Stringer talks to UK-Racketball about getting the right string in your racket and how it can improve your game. Colin has been stringing for over 20 years and has the highest stringing qualifications obtainable. He runs the very well known and successful www.colinthestringer.com website, with its famous mail order stringing service. Colin also carries a full range of specialised racketball strings.
Daryl Selby, 5 times National Racketball Champion, wins the National Squash Championships in Manchester in an epic 3-2 battle against Nick Matthew. For all results and photos check out:
UK-Racketball is also pleased to announce the launch of the official UK-Racketball Racket Shop. We have the best selection of rackets available as well as the best prices. The UK-Racketball team, including Mark Fuller (No7 in the UK for Racketball), have rigorously tested every single racket on the site giving you the most open and honest reviews, so you can make the right choice for your game. Click here to check out the shop.
The St Ivo Racketball Detox Competition in December gave attendees the chance to work off the Christmas season’s ex-cesses. The children in attendance had a chance to try Racketball for the first time whilst others were able to hone their skills.
It was an opportunity to learn the basic strokes and get a feel for the game, with the emphasis on fun.
On Sat 29th Jan both Chris Hall and Steve Townsend ran a half marathon on a squash court for charity. That's 21.1km, or 2164 court lengths! All proceeds will be split equally between The MS Society and a fund to help build a new court at Kenilworth SC. Its still not too late to donate so check out their justgiving page and give them all the help you can!
The North East Regional Racketball Championships for 2011 will be held at the outstanding venue of Chapel Allerton Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. The event will run grades A, B, C and D.
Check out our new training advice and routines section on the “coaching tips†page! The aim of this article is to give you an idea of changes you could make to your training (without a racket) to help boost your fitness on court.......so we can all feel faster and fitter than ever before! The ideas and routines are structured so that the tips should be relevant regardless of your age or ability.
Also to keep you going I have included some motivational quotes from sporting greats such as Sebastian Coe, I hope they help!
Its time to work off all those Christmas pies and get in shape for the 2011 season and The 2011 UK Racketball Series. We will soon be releasing some great exercises and training routines to hone you're movement and improve your fitness. In the meantime keep an eye on the UK Racketball Series page for news of the tournament dates. Also if you would like to sponsor the series please do not hesitate to contact us at info@uk-racketball.com
Nottingham just beat Boston 3-2 in the first round of the National Racketball Club Championships. There were some intense matches with the possibility of the match going either way and both sides willing their players to battle on. Click here to read the report or go to the events section.
The National Racketball Club Championships first round matches have now all been played except for Nottingham vs Boston, which takes place tonight! With two players from UK Racketball in the Nottingham side we are hoping for a Notts win.....but they face tough competition from Boston. Check back here tomorrow to see the results.
UK Racketball is continuously developing the were to play section to build the most comprehensive list of clubs in the UK. If you would like your club to appear here please let us know at info@uk-racketball.com
Racketball expands once again with new racketball leagues now having been set up in Sussex. The leagues have theisr own dedicated website and use a new League Management System that is working fantastically well. The system is fully compliant with recognised rule and marking requirements and has really helped to get things kick started.
Matthew Thornton ex-member of UK Racketball has moved on to pursue his dream of climbing Everest! He has set himself a grueling training regime and hopes to make an attempt in 2012. Please check out his website at www.matthewdthornton.com and give him as much sponsorship support as possible. All donations will go to Global Angels. Click here to find out more
Check out the events page to see the up and coming tournaments in 2011. The 2011 UK Racketball series is also now under construction and is shaping up to be even bigger and better than in 2010! Details will be released as soon as dates and venues are confirmed.
Check out the new videos added to both the coaching tips page and videos page for some advice on mentally preparing yourelf for those all important matches!
Devon and Exeter SRC played host to the England Squash and Racketball National Racketball Doubles on the weekend of 9-10th October.Congratulations to the ladies winners Lauren Selby and Natalie Lawrence, the mixed winners Gavin Perrett and Lauren Selby and the mens winners Matt Baker and Jim Lord. Click here for the results and reports
The final ranking positions for 2010 are now online. Ranking reports including the top performers, the best improvers and the top guns for the 2011 series will soon follow. Click here to see the rankings.
The Yorkshire Racketball Championships were held at Chappel Allerton Squash Club on the 18th and 19th September. The event was a great success with some great finals. Click here for the results and report.
Thanks to our sponsors Harrow and to Simon Scott, the official Harrow distributor for the UK, for coming to the event and taking some great pictures from the final event of the 2010 Harrow UK Racketball Series. Click here to view the gallery
We hope everyone enjoyed the 2010 series and is looking forward to the bigger and better 2011 series! UK Racketball would be delighted to hear any comments which you may have about how we can improve the series for you. Check out the forum to discuss topics such as what balls should be used and what age group categories should there be. Don't miss out have your say now!! Click here for the forum.
The recent annual Squash fixture between the British Police and Edgbaston Priory Club happened on the weekend of October 9th. Click here for more details
Hunts county looks like it is going to be a great event with nearley 40 entries and a cracking end to the Harrow 2010 UK Racketball Series. Click here to see the draws.
The last tournament in the 2010 Harrow UK Racketball Series is to be held in Hunts County Squash Club in Cambridge on the 23rd October. Entries close this Fri on the 15th Oct so get entering now. It promises to be a great event and a great end to the 2010 series so get involved.
Sign up and get blogging about racketball! We have created a number of threads including clubs and coaches near you, a coaching clinic, ideas for promoting racketball and what age groups should be used for the 2011 UK Racketball Series. We would love to hear your oppinion so click here to enter the forum.
The National Doubles Championships is to be held in in Torquay this weekend. With some of the top players from the UK Racketball Series and the Nationals Singles Championships in the draw it is shaping up to be a great event.
With one of the strongest A grades yet, in the UK Racketball Series, and close battles in all age groups the Wolverhampton tournament saw some great matches. Click Here to see the photos, results and reports.
Leckie now coaches in Leicestershire and assists Gordon Hill at Nottingham Squash Rackets Club. He has secured funding from his Local authority for beginner Racketball courses as well as securing funding for coaching in Schools introducing more young new players to the sport every day.
The 2nd Portuguese Racketball open
ESR Two Day Racketball Coaching Course
The World Squash Federation Launches first 3D Simulation PC Video Game!!
England Squash and Racketball Update Ball Recommendation
St Ivo Racketball Open 2011 Reports, Results and Photos...
Harrow UK-Racketball Series Rankings so far......
St Ivo Racketball Open coming soon 24/09/2011
National Racketball Doubles coming soon!! 08/10/2011
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With our biggest entry yet the UK-Racketball Series grows once again! It will hopefully be our best event yet with huge draws for both the B and Womens Grades. Dom Hamilton, last years Series winner, also returns to play at his home club. However it will not be easy for him with some top players in the A grade all undoubtedly looking for the win. 
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