We are really excited to be able to announce that Karakal UK and UK Racketball are partnering up for the next two Series years - 2023 and 2024! 

Karakal will be the headline sponsor for all UK Racketball events - they will be providing the prizes for the Series top 10 placed players, plus the main prizes for the British National and British Open Championships. They will also be aiming to set up a Karakal stall at as many Series and Major events as is feasible, so that players have access to their great equipment on the day. There will also be deals on Racketball equipment on the Karakal website for UK Racketball Series players (more to come on this shortly.)

It is absolutely fantastic to have such a leading brand in the sport as our partner. Karakal have done a huge amount to push the boundaries of the game, particularly with their Shadow series of rackets providing a great transitional racket between Squash and Racketball, to better encourage Squash players into the sport. They have several of the top players in the game on their books, with the likes of Tim Vail, Amber Marshall, Patrick Osborn and Mike Harris all sponsored by them.

With Karakal on board we are looking forward to being able to continue pushing the game out and around the UK much more, building participation numbers at club level and increasing tournament uptake as we go.

Here's to the future!

Our 2023 Series Event Two at Hallamshire Squash and Rackets Club in Sheffield took place on 25th March and the Northern UK Racketball contingent had a field day, securing 5 out of 7 of the day's titles!

In the A Grade Yorkshireman Mike Tolman swept through the draw without dropping a game, taking his first title of 2023. Likewise in the B Grade, Paul Knocker Norton (2022 Series 3rd Place finisher) got his year under way in style, taking out his Doubles partner Billy Hawes in the Final in straight games. In a rare win for the Mid/Southern part of the UK, Shropshire's Barry Talbot battled through a tough group in the O40's, in particular scraping past Kieran Muldoon 13/11 in the 3rd in a tight best of 3.

In his first UK Racketball Series event back post knee surgery Merv Davies got another win on the board for the rest of the UK as he took the O50s title over regular UK Racketballer Paul Dodds. Great to see Merv back and I'm sure he will be menacing the rest of the O50s regulars for the remainer of the year now!

A big draw in the O60s was taken in emphatic style by Paul Haigh without dropping a game, despite having to play 5 matches in the day. Graham Greensall continued his strong start to the 2023 season by winning through a group of 4 in the O70s, meaning he takes firm control at the top of the Series rankings with two tournament wins out of two. Finally, an entertaining Doubles final was won by local Hallamshire duo Dan Hindmarch and Olly Jansen over Merv Davies and Stuart Dix 2/1.

Thanks to Hallamshire for hosting us once again, it was a great day of matches and we look forward to re visiting in October for the British Open! Until then, we move on to the next event - the Central Open in Bristol on 22nd April...

You can check out the latest UK Racketball Series rankings here:

www.sportyhq.com/ranking/group/1727/2023