Hosted at world renowned squash and tennis club, Hallamshire, this tournament includes a record number of grades in the hope of becoming the biggest racketball tournament in the world. 

This is an event for players of all ages and abilities with a grade for everyone!

We have a total prize fund of £5,000 split evenly between the men's and women's A Grades. £1000 tournament champion. £500 losing finalist. £250 losing semi finalists. £125 losing quater finalists.

Follow this link for more tournament details and to enter online - https://www.uk-racketball.com/e4---bluebell-wood-british-racketball-open---16th17th-october.html​

​Back by popular demand, The Oliver Squash Graded Series will be returning November 6th and 7th at City of Peterborough Squash and Racketball Club.
Squash = Saturday November 6th
Racketball = Sunday November 7th

All details and entry via: https://rankedin.com/en/tournament/5952/oliver-graded-series-21-22-1
£10 for entry into 1 event, £15 for 2. Pay on the day or to bank details: T Mounter, 040004, 38884180.
Tournament T-shirts can be bought on the day but we recommend reserving before to avoid disappointment!
Look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible for another great event.

​It feels good to be back!
 
The 2021 British Racketball/Squash57 Nationals took place in Edgbaston Priory Club over the weekend of the 21st to the 22nd of August.  With over 200 entries from across the UK it was a brilliant weekend with old friendships and Racketball rivalries renewed.
 
The final that decided the men’s open competition pitted last years National Champion Mike Harris against Luke Bishop; a player who has won 5 regional championships on the bounce. From the start the clash of styles...

Follow this link for the full report - ​https://www.uk-racketball.com/e2---national-racketball-squash57-championships-2021---21st-22nd-august.html

The entry lists for both the National Challenger taking place in Leamington on the 7th of August and The National Racketball/Squash57 Championships taking place in Edgbaston on the 21st/22nd August have both been released online. 

National Challenger - Leamington 7th August - Event Fully Booked
National Rackeball Championships - 21st/22nd August - over 120 entries so far with just under a month to go before kick off. To book your place follow this link - ​https://www.uk-racketball.com/e2---national-racketball-squash57-championships-2021---21st-22nd-august.html

Mark Fuller (UK-Racketball) and Patrick Osborn (chair of WSF's Squash57 Commission) answer Squash57 related questions posed by the playing community including: -

• How the return to play will look
• Refereeing and rules questions 
• Event plans for 2021 and beyond
• How we can promote and build our sport for the future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CaEPzUt7a8

Partick Osborn reports...

I was pleased to attend the two virtual Town Halls and December’s AGM where I was able to present Squash 57 activities and its potential within the WSF community. I was encouraging to be asked so many informed Squash57 questions and very happy to have our proposed Squash57 rule changes approved so wholeheartedly. In case you would like to review in detail the presentations, the Squash57 slide is included below and you can watch the recording of the relevant clip from the 2nd Town Hall here.

If you have any follow up Squash57 questions, now or in the future, then please feel free to contact me directly.

This is following on from an update on the site a few months ago regarding a "Go Fund Me" request from one of our regular UK-Racketball Series members and supporters Andy Ruff.Peterborough are adding a 5th court to the club. Follow the link below to see the progress! ​https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=221092659398560

Designed by UK-Racketball Series favourite Patrick Osborn!

We know that you cannot get to the courts at the moment but this is a good way to remember your no.1 sport even when you can't play. 

We have a special bundle deal running to celebrate this launch. Follow this link for more information and to find out how you can purchase your's. 

Patrick has created a youtube to talk you all through his new masks and that can be found here... ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMySOIsLX_s&feature=youtu.be

A big thank you to Simon Martin for putting this video together for the Racketball/Squash57 community. 

​It starts with "I have heard many people saying that you cannot kill a ball in Racketball..." to find out how and to learn more from one of the most skilful players on tour follow this link or click on the video below!

It feels like a different lifetime when these emails would start with "big wins in the North of England Racketball Open" and "In four weeks time we head to The South West"... 

However with more positive news both with regards to testing and vaccines we have to hope that there is definitely light at the end of the tunnel. Im sure that we still have a long way to go we have to hope that we will be able to get back to our events at some point in the new year. 
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2020 UK-Racketball Series - refunds

It has been a real shame that we only managed one event in the 2020 UK-Racketball Series. I know that many of you had signed up to a Nationals that will not happen for the first time in almost 40 years and a Series membership for the whole season. I have tried to come up with some good options for you but as I have said right from the beginning if you would like a full refund just let me know. 

All Series members and individual event sign up's are being offered the following... 


Series members

A full refund now - email mark@starsportsdevelopment.com
A Series Membership Voucher - Free t-shirt now 2020 - full entry into the 2021 Series (hopefully at least 8 events will run, I am planning to be second half heavy with a probable start in the spring) and the 2022 Series for half price so only £40 . As part of this you will qualify for FREE entry into the Nationals and t-shirts for each Series. 


Individual Event Sign Up's

A full refund now - email mark@starsportsdevelopment.com
An event voucher - Free t-shirt now 2020 - Free entry into the next event that you want to play (there will be no expiry date on this voucher) a half price entry into the next event after this one that you would like to play (there will be no expiry date on this voucher). ​

Our successful case studies all have great links to local groups that help to promote their sessions and bring in new people. Some links can be reciprocal such as physios and U3A. Can you build a link with a local physio where you advertise them to your players and they advertise you to their clients? Groups such as the local doctors surgery or local council have the same goals as you with regards to fitness and wellbeing, see if you can form a link to work together  towards this common goal!

​www.uk-racketball.com/external-groups-promotion

When your main club problem becomes too many people for your daytime court slots. It’s a Jo Robinson kind of problem…
 
This is one of the best case studies I have read. Ebbisham challenged itself to reach a target audience of the over 50’s who played little or no sport. From scratch these sessions now have 50-70 players attending every week. 

Note that this was not an exercise in converting squash or tennis players to Racketball it was to promote the game to “not sporty” people and build a brand new community. This is an incredible story.

​https://www.uk-racketball.com/ebbisham-sports-club.html

If your club has not yet embraced Racketball/Squash57 follow this link to see nine good reasons why it should... ​https://www.uk-racketball.com/racketballs-advantage-to-your-club.html

Development Project Day 3

A study looking at the impact of individual sports on mortality found racquet sports reduced the risk of death by around 47%. They didn't find such effects for people who took part in rugby, football or running…

"If you want to stave off death for as long as possible, you might want to reach for a tennis racquet," The Guardian reports.

The sport of squash was found to be the healthiest sport, according to Forbes and the calculations based on expert feedback

More information and articles from the Guardian and Forbes magazine showcasing the amazing benefits that playing a racket sport has on health shorturl.at/aiuGI

In collaboration with England Squash we have added a Racketball/Squash57 development section to the UK-Racketball website. This is a brand new section and one that looks to collect resources and ideas to help clubs build their Racketball sessions and membership numbers. We hope that this section will help the sport to grow to new heights of popularity. 

Follow this link for more information 

​We need your help to make this goal a reality. But we do have a reward for your help!

Follow this link to sign up to our amazing GIVEAWAY