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Independent Racketball Event Update; Cambridgeshire Racketball Open at Peterborough June 2nd 2018

4/22/2018

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This is a call for entries to this year’s Cambridgeshire Racketball Open. As players in last year’s competition or local racketball players I am writing to you in the first instance to announce the date of the event and invite you to enter. I hope you have all had a successful sporting year since last year’s event and you are fit and well to enjoy a long-awaited summer.

​The format for the competition will be pretty familiar with group stages to begin to ensure everyone gets a few matches, moving to a knockout stage for the top guys in each group.
This year I have introduced an over 60’s category (as I am now 60 I might even play). 

Follow this link for more information - ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/cambridgeshire-racketball-open-at-peterborough-june-2nd-2018.html

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National Racketball Championships

4/18/2018

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Follow these links to the results, reports, photos and videos from this year's National Racketball Championships. 

The National Racketball Championships took place last weekend at Nottingham Squash Club. With almost 150 entrants across 15 grades it was a fantastic couple of days filled with competitive Racketball. Many old faces had to fight hard to retain titles with many players new to the competition eyeing up and then taking titles of there own.  For the full report follow this link - ​www.uk-racketball.com/2018-report.html

Follow this link to view the photos on our Facebook page. Please note that you do not need to be a member of Facebook to view and download the pictures - ​https://www.facebook.com/UKRacketballSeries/

Follow this link to view the full results, They can all be viewed individually just click on the event that you want to see and you will be able to view or download - ​www.uk-racketball.com/2018-titles.html

Follow this link to the videos, uploaded as always by Racketball enthusiast Laurence Ogden - ​www.youtube.com/channel/UCOCDhogUhLhXdcGnD58Nlbw/videos
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Racketball Nationals - Last Chance To Enter

3/29/2018

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The Racketball Nationals closes tomorrow. If you have not already signed up you can do so here - ​http://fantasysquashshop.com/events/uk-racketball/racketball-national-champs-event-1-of-the-2018-uk-racketball-series-7th8thapril-2017.html 

For more information call Mark Fuller on 07846 067505
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Important Dates

Friday 30th March - Entries Close
Sunday 1st April - Entry List released 
Monday 2nd April - Seeding List Confirmation
Tuesday 3rd April - Draws
Wednesday 4th April - Schedule 
Saturday 7th April - ACTION!
​Sunday 8th April - TITLES!!

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Racketball Nationals History

3/25/2018

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The history of the Racketball Nationals dates back to 1984... click here to read the full article, some interesting statistics... http://www.uk-racketball.com/national-championships-history.html

To enter this years Nationals and become a part of the history follow this link for more information... 
http://www.uk-racketball.com/e1---national-racketball-championships-7th8th-april.html

The Racketball Nationals dates back to 1984. In it's opening year it ran with just five categories. 

1984 Men's: D.R Secher
1984 Women's: G. V Batty
1984 Women's Over 40s: R. Weston
1984 Men's Over 50s: I. D. W. Wright
1984 Women's Over 50s: D. M. Hanson

To view the full Racketball Nationals Hall of Fame follow this link.

The Racketball Nationals continued with these grades until 1993 with the addition of the Men's Over 55 being won by S. Holt and the Men's Over 40 being added in 1994 and won by J. Gibbons.  
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National Championships Entry List Update - One week to go before entries close!

3/24/2018

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If anyone has been missed off please email me, mark@starsportsdevelopment.com 
If you know anyone who you was planning to enter but has not put there entry in yet please give them a nudge!

Update in the next couple of days regarding plans for the evening on the Saturday. I will book a restaurant in the city centre, hopefully as many of you as possible will want to join!

Follow this link to the Nationals page 
http://www.uk-racketball.com/e1---national-racketball-championships-7th8th-april.html

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UK-Racketball going global in 2018 (update Mar-2018)

3/5/2018

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Last year's survey, and there is still time to complete if you have not, has resulted in the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) agreeing to organise a UK-Racketball(/Squash57 introduction/parallel event at this year’s 34th IRF World Senior Racquetball Championships in Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA) which will run from 28-Aug until 2-Sep 2018 (ie competitors will be able play in both Racquetball and UK-Racketball/Squash57 competitions at that same event). For those who are interested in hearing more about these type of events and/or are keen to join the 2018 Albuquerque travellers and/or to be kept regularly informed on progress then please complete our survey which can be found here or contact Patrick Osborn patrick.osborn@ntlworld.com for more details

One of the questions we asked in the survey is about your ball preference and nearly 50% of you prefer the Dunlop Black Double Dot ball which has ‘inspired’ a brief unscientific comparison between Price and Dunlop balls that you can find here
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National Racketball Championships - Great entry response so far!

2/25/2018

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There is still over 5 weeks to go before entries close for the 2018 UK-Racketball Championships. Follow the link below to see who has entered already. At this stage last year we had no where near this number of entries. This is looking like it will be a great tournament so if you have not entered yet book your place now!

Click here for information about the event and to view the latest entry list
Click here to enter online and throw your hat into the ring to become the next National Racketball Champion

Please help us to spread the word about the event by heading to our Facebook events page. Click "going" or "interested" to receive updates. Please help to build this event into the best Racketball Nationals yet by "sharing" the Facebook page with anyone who you think would be interested. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1787727501533556/
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Jersey Racketball / Squash57 Festival

2/23/2018

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​Following on from the hugely successful Jersey Squash Festival (which is entering it's 40th year!), the JSRC will be hosting a Squash 57 (Racketball) Festival in 2018. The date has now been confirmed as the 4th - 6th May. Those of you who have attended our annual squash festival will know what a fantastic event this will be! 
For our first year we are proposing to hold all matches at the JSRC and as such the quantity of available team places (16) will be approximately half that of the Squash Festival. Teams will be split into two divisions, all standards are welcome! 

For more information head to this page of their website 
http://www.jsrc.org.je/squash57-festival

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Akhtar Khokhar is fundraising for Cancer Research UK

2/18/2018

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UK-Racketball player Akhtar Khokbar is raising money for Cancer Research UK. 
Akhtar has been a great supporter of UK-Racketball for a number of years, very popular on the tour and always a friendly face at tournaments. Akhtar has stepped in to run a number events over the past few years. 
Follow this link to see what Akhtar has planned to raise money for a very worthy cause and help as much as you can! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/akhtar-khokhar
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National Racketball Championships 2018

2/11/2018

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The British National Racketball Championships will take place at Nottingham Squash Rackets Club on the 7th and 8th of April 2018. This will be a two-day event with most grades starting on Saturday morning/ lunchtime and finishing on Sunday afternoon. As in previous years the event will run as a knockout with a plate competition for 1st round losers.
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Last year’s National Racketball Championships was a huge success with players competing from all over the UK. In total more than 170 players tried their hand at taking a title. 16 categories ran and saw some new champions and players who added titles to their ever-growing tallies.

Main Tournament Details

What: British National Racketball Championships
When: Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th April
Where: Nottingham Squash Rackets Club
Postcode: NG7 1BX
Closing Date: Friday 30th March
Cost: £17.50 (tournament t-shirt optional £5.00)

For more information click here
Enter online here 

Click here for the Facebook event page. Click "Going" / "Interested" for regular updates. Please share with any of your Facebook friends who you think would be interested. 

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UK-Racketball going global in 2018

12/17/2017

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Post from Patrick Osborn - please contact me patrick.osborn@ntlworld.com

UK-Racketball and SquashMad have been in discussion with the International Racquetball Federation (IRF - link below) to set up a UK-Racketball(/Squash57) introduction event at next year’s 34th IRF World Senior Racquetball Championships in Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA - related link below) which will run from 28-Aug until 2-Sep. We have the IRF’s support/backing for this event but will need to seed it with seasoned players, who in turn will be able to play in the IRF Championships. To help us gauge interest, please take the time to complete our survey which can be found HERE: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSeFzpJvYrIMJrTPP…/viewform…

If you have any questions then please use the usual channels …
http://www.internationalracquetball.com/
http://www.internationalracquetball.com/future-events.html
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Nottingham Racketball Open Results

12/12/2017

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Follow this link to the Nottingham Racketball Open page to view the full results. Reports and photos coming very soon. 
Follow this link to see the videos from the day, courtesy of Lawrence Ogden. This link will take you straight to the A Grade Final between Michael Wardle and Ryan Loska. 

Winners and Runners up in Nottingham
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Women’s Winner: Chloe Marshall 
Women’s Runner up: Nina Parker
Over 40’s Winner: Simon Martin
Over 40’s Runner up: Adam Grilli
Over 50’s Winner: Patrick Osborn
Over 50’s Runner up: Dan Fernandez 
A Grade Winner: Ryan Loska 
A Grade Runner up: Michael Wardle
Over 60’s Winner: Stephen Widdison
Over 60’s Runner up: Hans Billson


This was the final event of the 2017 HEAD UK-Racketball Series. Dates and venues for next years Series will be on the site as soon as possible. 
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Nottingham Racketball Open - Draws Now Online!

12/7/2017

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Follow this link to the draws for the final event of the 2017 HEAD UK-Racketball Series. 
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Nottingham Open - 9th December - Last event of the 2017 HEAD UK-Racketball Series

12/1/2017

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Only one event remains in 2017 and entries are already looking good! This is one of the best Racketball venues in the UK. As always the last event of the Series is attracting some big names and plenty of entries. Enter now to make sure your place is secured. 
See the main details below and follow this link to enter online

Main Details 
What: Nottingham Racketball Open
When: Saturday 9th December
Where: Nottingham Squash Rackets Club
Postcode: NG7 1BX
Cost: £15.00 (includes tournament t-shirt)

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New Racketball Rankings

11/5/2017

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New National Rankings now online. A big thank you to Racketball enthusiast Patrick Osborn for a new system that will hopefully make it a lot easier to stay on top of the rankings and release them at the start of each month.

​To view the rankings please head to these pages on the site to view your specific grade.

Open Category - www.uk-racketball.com/open-category.html
Women's - www.uk-racketball.com/womens.html
Over 40's - www.uk-racketball.com/over-40s.html
Over 50's - www.uk-racketball.com/over-50s.html
Over 60's - www.uk-racketball.com/over-60s1.html

Please check your own Ranking to make sure that your points have been recorded correctly. If you have any issues please message me directly mark@starsportsdevelopment.com please note that these are a draft so do not panic if we have got anything wrong, we will correct any issues as quickly as possible. 

To check on the ranking rules please follow this link http://www.uk-racketball.com/ranking-rules.html

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Chichester Results

10/31/2017

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Results from Chichester are now online. Follow this link to view in full...
Unbelievable days Racketball. Great effort from Mike Phillips who managed to run the busiest one day event of 2017!
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Chichester Racketball Open - Winners

10/29/2017

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Full results coming very soon. Mike Phillips has sent these in the post so give me a couple of day.
The Over 50's had an unbelievable 22 players involved, see the final below, video courteous of Patrick Osborn. 

Winners 
A section -  winner Chris O Neil,  runner up  Manuel Costa.
B section  - winner  Chris Earl,  runner up  Tommy Meadows.
Ladies – winner Caroline Wright,  runner up  Tania Ruff.
O40s  - winner  Zoe Mellis,  runner up  Ewan Haig.
O50s – winner Marc Thornley, runner up  Dan Fernandez
O60s – winner Stephen Widdison,  runner up  David Mudge
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Nottingham Open - Event 8 HEAD UK-Racketball Series 2017 - Final event before the Christmas break!

10/25/2017

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Nottingham hosted the first ever UK-Racketball event in 2010 and is now the longest standing venue off the Series. 
With 10 fantastic squash courts, including six glass backs and one of the best championship show courts in the country, the club is an ideal host for any top squash or racketball tournament. Click here for more information. 
In 2017 the club hosted the National Racketball Championships where Tim Vail and Natalie Lawrence added titles to their growing collections. For results, reports and photos from the event visit this page on the UK-Racketball website http://www.uk-racketball.com/e1---national-racketball-championships.html
This is the flagship UK-Racketball Series event and bound to be another fantastic day’s racketball.

Main Tournament Details
What: Nottingham Racketball Open
When: Saturday 9th December
Where: Nottingham Squash Rackets Club
Postcode: NG7 1BX
Cost: £15.00 (includes tournament t-shirt)
Online Entry: Follow this link
More Information: email Mark Fuller mark@starsportsdevelopment.com or call Mark on 07846 067505


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Chichester Open - Entry List

10/21/2017

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Entry list so far at Chichester is now online. Entries do not close until Sunday and we do not have the local entries in yet so there is maybe 5 spaces left. Follow this link to view the current entry list and for more info - ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e7---chichester---28th-oct.html
Follow this link to enter online - ​fantasysquashshop.com/events/uk-racketball/the-chichester-racketball-open.html
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Devon and Exeter Entry List Now Online

9/25/2017

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It's a good entry once again into our event in the South West!
Follow this link to view the entries, draws will be out Tuesday 26th ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e6---devon--exeter---30th-sept.html
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