It was a busy, long and great day of Racketball/ Squash57 for the 2018 UK-Racketball Series Finals at Nottingham on Saturday. In total 120 competitors took part with 6 grades running in the National Racketball/ Squash57 Doubles and a further 6 events running in the Nottingham Open Singles. Matches started at 9.00 and it was a full 12 hours later that the presentation was being made to the overall Series Champion. 

Stephen Widdison finished off 2018 in style with victory in both the Over 60's Singles and Doubles. 

For full results from the day follow this link - ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e10---series-finals---8th-december.html
For videos, including some great shots of the Racketball/ Squash 57 National Doubles follow this link - www.youtube.com/channel/UCOCDhogUhLhXdcGnD58Nlbw/videos
Head to Facebook to see the photos from the day - ​www.facebook.com/UKRacketballSeries/

This is really early with over a month to go but entries for Nottingham are already looking strong so if you know that you can play enter early to avoid disappointment. Click here for more info and to enter online

The National Racketball/ Squash57 Doubles will take place alongside a normal UK-Racketball Series singles event. Players are limited to two categories but these can be split across either event. If players don't like doubles they can just participate in the singles. If players fancy trying their hand at a National Doubles title they can focus on this.  Follow this link to view all of the entries so far!

The Surrey S57/Racketball Closed tournament once again returned to Surbiton Racket & Fitness Club with an increased entry on last year to 27 players.
As well the Men’s A Grade, Over 45’s and Over 55’s events we saw the inclusion of a Men’s B event too. All events except the B’s were a Monrad style played best of 3 PAR scoring to 11.

Click here for the full report - www.uk-racketball.com/surrey-racketball-closed-2018.html
Results will be added to the National Rankings on the next update!

This is the National Racketball/ Squash57 Doubles event that is taking place in Nottingham on the 8th of December. 
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Places are limited to 100 at Nottingham making this the second biggest event of the season after the Nationals. This is one event that you don't want to miss out on! For more information follow this link - ​www.uk-racketball.com/e10---series-finals---8th-december.html

Follow this link to view the full results from Chichester ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e9---chichester---27th-oct.html - updated rankings coming soon.

The main results are in. Full results to follow on the Chichester page as soon as possible. 
Winners photos can be found on our Facebook page here... www.facebook.com/UKRacketballSeries/

Ladies- Winner, Caroline Wright, rup, Jo Robinson, 2-0
B Grade- Winner Chris O Neil, rup, Alex Glencross, 2-0
O40- Winner Phil Hall, rup, Adam Grilli, 2-1
O50- winner Matt Fernandez, rup, Dan Fernandez, 2-0
O60- Winner David Worrall, rup, Stephen Widdison 2-1

Follow this link to view all of the draws ahead of this Saturday's action... ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e9---chichester---27th-oct.html

The next event in the UK-Racketball Series at Chichester on the 27th of October has sold out. Follow this link to view the entry list and reserve list and find out how to add your name if you are interested in playing. 

The 2018 UK-Racketball Series Finals - 8th December in Nottingham 

Both The National Racketball Doubles and a normal UK-Racketball Series singles competition will run at Nottingham on the 8th of December. This is going to be a fantastic event and a great way to celebrate our biggest UK-Racketball Series yet. Follow this link for more information and to sign up online - www.uk-racketball.com/e10---series-finals---8th-december.html

After the finals the Series presentations will be made to the top 10 finishers. To see how the Rankings stand at the moment follow this link - http://www.uk-racketball.com/2018-series-rankings.html

It's a fantastic entry again for Chichester. With still a month to go we only have two places left in the draw. Please enter as soon as you can to avoid disappointment. All entries after this will be added to the reserve list. As always with UK-Racketball events entry priority goes to the first person to enter rather than who is higher in the rankings. ​

Enter online here: ​http://fantasysquashshop.com/events/uk-racketball/the-chichester-racketball-open.html
For a full breakdown of the entry list so far follow this link: ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e9---chichester---27th-oct.html

England Squash has today announced a collaborative new partnership with UK-Racketball that will see the two organisations work in unison to develop and grow Squash 57 across the country.

The partnership will see England Squash and UK-Racketball work together to raise the profile of the sport, deliver coaching courses and participation programmes, and increase the number of people playing recreationally and competitively. The two organisations will collaborate to improve the quality and consistency of information and support offered to clubs, event organisers and players. 

The UK-Racketball series has been running since 2010 and has staged 65 events across the country, from Devon to Northumberland. Open to players of all ages and abilities, the tournaments are inclusive, fun and competitive.


Mark Williams, Director of Partnerships and Programmes at England Squash said:
“We are thrilled to partner with UK-Racketball to increase the profile of Squash 57 and provide more opportunities to play, compete and coach.
 
“UK-Racketball have developed a first-rate series of events and have played a leading role in driving the game forward in recent years. This partnership is a key step forward for Squash 57 as we seek to grow the game at all levels.”


Mark Fuller who has been running UK-Racketball since 2010 is equally optimistic about the future of the game. He said:
"I am very excited about the prospect of the newly formed partnership with England Squash. Not only do I think that this will help us to market our events to top players but UK-Racketball will be, for the first time, involved in building the grassroots participation of the sport. 

"The partnership between England Squash and UK-Racketball will look to deliver beginner taster sessions at clubs, specific racketball / Squash57 coaching courses and better organisation of the sport." 
"When I first started playing racketball / Squash57 the game was expanding quickly. I hope that this partnership can help to get the game back to developing at the rate that it should be, the UK’s fastest growing racket sport." 

Find out more about UK-Rackteball and view the 2018/19 event calendar at uk-racketball.com​. 

Patrick Osborn has spoken and the winner is...

Andrew Borland for his original thinking caption “Right boys … Hope you’ve had a word with ourselves, I’m back let’s play, This is Sparta”, the only caption that had Zoe entering rather than leaving the court.

That's a free bring a friend pass to any event. It has to be used with someone who has not played in a UK-Racketball Series event before. They can enter for FREE just email directly mark@starsportsdevelopment.com

​The Over 40’s is looking like the strongest draw that we have had. Top three in the England Rankings, Richard Davies no.1, Adam Grilli no.2 and Michael Wardle no.3 are all in alongside last years Over 35’s National Champion Ryan Loska. All four players have taken titles this year, Wardle in Northumberland, Grilli in Bexley and Broxbourne, Loska at Hallamshire and Davies at the Nationals. One thing is for sure this is going to be a very high standard event, Richard Cobb had better bring his running shoes!
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For the full draws follow this link 
www.uk-racketball.com/e7---wakefield---8th-sept.html

We await the final confirmation but from a UK perspective we appear to have the following gold medals: 
UK-Racketball/Squash57: Tim Baghurst o30; Adam Grilli o40; Ian Graham o60; Jack Clay o70 … (a clean sweep!)
Racquetball Doubles: Tim Bagburst o35
The travelling Brits all won racquetball doubles games, Adam even won a Racquetball doubles match. Next year we will win some Racquetball singles as well!
 — with Adam Grilli and Tim Bathurst. ​

Head to the UK-Racketball Facebook page for updates as they happen provided by Patrick Osborn - www.facebook.com/UKRacketballSeries/

IRF WSRC - Results day2: UK won 1 of 8 played matches, 4 of the matches being UK-Racketball/Squash57. The big news from Albuquerque on day2 is that all three Brits got to within 2 points of winning their first game of Racquetball singles! (see video clip). The Brits are currently propping up all of their Racquetball pools but aren't even half way through the competition yet and the scores are getting closer. In the UK-Racketball/Squash57, Adam Grilli is a close 2nd but with games in hand and both Jack and Ian have wins under their belts despite being senior citizens in the competition. There is now talk of having exhibition UK-Racketball/Squash57 doubles later in the week.

This is our first photo caption competition. This is the photo that we have selected from Broxbourne taken from Patrick Osborn. Share the post on Facebook to help us spread the word of the Series and bring some new players into the events. Post your caption either on Facebook or below on the UK-Racketball website. 
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