The first ever racketball/squash57 inter-county finals took place this weekend at Nottingham SRC, which saw 19 teams travel from 12 different counties to compete for what is sure to be the first of many competitive weekends.  The event was played over 2 days, with a total of 29 fixtures throughout the weekend, with the teams and spectators being treated to some top class racketball/squash57 with the likes of Tim Vail, Mike Harris and Zoe Fennell all competing for their respective counties.

Follow this link to read the full report http://www.uk-racketball.com/e4---inter-county-championship---8th9th-june.html
Click here for the photos - https://www.facebook.com/UKRacketballSeries/
The video action can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOCDhogUhLhXdcGnD58Nlbw/videos

With two weeks to go before Inter-Counties this year's competition is looking like it will be a fantastic weekend with 25 teams signed up. Follow this link to see who has been selected to represent their counties - http://www.uk-racketball.com/e4---inter-county-championship---8th9th-june.html

It will be an event which will host the sports best players with Tim Vail, 10 times National Racketball Champion heading up the Sussex team. Mike Harris Squash57 National Champion leading out Devon and Ted Jeal National Racketball and Squash57 runner-up taking charge of Kent. 

The Over 50's will be an interesting competition with Racketball doubles being played for the first time in Inter-Counties. Four teams have so far entered the women's grade with representation coming from the countries Racketball hotspots, Essex, Devon, Surrey and Yorkshire. 

With the new format of the whole competition being decided over one weekend we are set for some incredible Racketball!

There has been some big changes to the National Rankings this month with the points from the 2018 National Championships coming off. David Worrall replaces Stephen Widdison as England No.1 in the Over 60's and Billy Jones takes the top spot in the open... There are now 171 players in the Open Ranking's list and 377 players split across all categories. It's great to see how much the National Rankings have grown recently, a big thank you to Patrick Osborn for all the work that he has put in to make it happen!

For full listings and to see how your ranking has faired follow this link - ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/national-rankings.html

For more information contact Mike Edwards at Edgbaston Priory Club - ​mike.edwards@edgbastonpriory.com

Follow this link to see who has already signed up... ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e2---north-east-of-england-racketball-open---13th-april.html this is looking like another big event for the UK-Racketball Series!

There is just under three weeks to go until the second event of the 2019 UK-Racketball Series kicks off at Hallamshire and the entry list is already looking good...

The new National Racketball Rankings are now online. Follow this link to view all categories and to see how our latest event the East of England Racketball Open has effected the standings!

​​http://www.uk-racketball.com/national-rankings.html

Patrick Osborn is the big climber, up 4 places in the Over 50's! In a direct result from the East of England Ryan Loska's victory over James Powley has meant that he has replaced him in the England Top 10. With both players Series members this year however this is surely the first of many contests between them!

​East of England Racketball Open Titles
 
A Grade: Joseph Blackmur 
B Grade: Manuel Costa
Over 40’s: Richard Davies
Over 50’s: Patrick Osborn
Over 60’s: David Worrall
Women’s: Amber Marshall
Doubles: Adam Grilli/Elliot Selby

Click here for the full report and results
Click here to head to our Facebook page to view the photos

To view the full list of entries and the pre draw seedings please follow this link to the East of England Racketball Open tournament page - ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e1---east-of-england-racketball-open---2nd-march.html

The 2019 UK-Racketball Series begins with the East of England Racketball Open on the 2nd of March in Broxbourne. The current entry list is now online ​http://www.uk-racketball.com/e1---east-of-england-racketball-open---2nd-march.html 

At the start of 2018 we decided to make some important changes. Most notable of these were the addition of Series culminating in an end of year series leader board and including doubles at many of the events. Both of these proved to be very popular and have been rolled out for 2019.
 
This coming year will see some equally important and exciting changes which we hope will prove to be yet another positive step forward for our sport. The biggest changes are those effecting The Racketball/ Squash57 Nationals and Inter-Counties follow the links for more information. 


2019 UK-Racketball Series

The final change for 2019 is something that you will notice straight away when you see the tournament calendar. We have decided to change individual events names to reflect the regional aspect of the competition. The main motivation for this came when players asked us to maintain a more UK wide inclusive spread of tournaments so that all regions had the opportunity to host an event. For example The Devon and Exeter Racketball Open from 2018 will be renamed the South West of England Racketball Open. The event structure will be the same in Devon as it has been for the past 7 years but we hope that the new name reflects that this is the biggest Racketball tournament in the South West.

E1 – East of England Racketball Open – 2nd March – Broxbourne
E2 – North East of England Racketball Open – 13th April – Hallamshire
E3 – North West of England Racketball Open – 4th May – Bowdon
E4 – Inter Counties – 8th/ 9th June – Nottingham
E5 – National Racketball/ Squash57 – 6th/ 7th July – Edgbaston Priory
E6 – London Racketball Open – 10th August – Bexley
E7 – West Midlands Racketball Open – 7th September – Leamington
E8 – South West of England Racketball Open – 28th September – Devon and Exeter
E9 – South East of England Racketball Open – 2nd November - Chichester
E10 – UK-Racketball Series Finals/ National Doubles – 7th December – Nottingham

Sign up for Series Membership to play in as many of the events above as you like. Click here for more information
 
 
The spirit of the UK-Racketball Series will remain unchanged for 2019. All events are designed for all ages and abilities. Everyone is competitive on court but fun, fair play and sportsmanship are at the heart of what we are trying to build. These days are about bringing people together for an enjoyable day of Racketball action!

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!