ALternate Linden Challanger

the tournament homepage is now online including all details needed to join this fantastic weekend - we are looking forward welcoming you in Linden for a great racketlon weekend cheers udn lets play balls alex

Video World Champs doubles

Please open following link: http://www.internettv.ch/sport/ssf-magazin/ssf-magazin-vom-30-06-2010 It starts from 1.35 and goed to 10.20 minutes. Enjoy. I hope you speak (Swiss) German

Racketlon German Open - Entry deadline: 16th July 2010

The only German event of the International World Tour is coming closer. Entry deadline: 16th July 2010! First step for taking part in the Racketlon German Open you have to register at www.resultreporter.com. After the successful registration it is necessary to choose the tournament Racketlon German Open and sign in there. We are looking forward to your visit in one of the probably most beautiful multifunctional sports facilities all around Germany! Further information: www.racketlon-nussloch.de!

BELGIAN OPEN - OUDENAARDE - SWT

The website to enter the Belgian Open (4-6 June) is open. Go to www.kingofrackets.be to register... Come and join this very popular event on the world tour !!!!

Racketlon German Open

Racketlon German Open 2010! 150 players from all over the world will challenge each other at the Racket Center Nußloch (Heidelberg) from the 30th of July until the 1st of August. They will accept the challenge to fight for the desired world ranking points in the only German event of the FIR International World Tour 2010. We are looking forward to your visit in one of the probably most beautiful multifunctional sports facilities all around Germany, where the tennis matches will be played on outdoor courts! Further information (e.g. Players Party, visiting Heidelberg, location pictures etc.) on www.racketlon-nussloch.de! If you have any questions, you can contact us per mail: racketlon@gsm-mbh.net!

Racketlon.com Image Library on Facebook

I\'ve collected the images from racketlon.com into a photo album on facebook. Please have a look & feel free to tag yourselves & your friends & if you are not a \'fan\' of racketlon on facebook, feel free to add yourself as more developments are coming to keep the racketlon community in touch http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=178461&id=15258320718&ref=nf

Racketlon.net Image Library on Facebook

I\'ve collected the images from racketlon.net into a photo album on facebook. Please have a look & feel free to tag yourselves & your friends & if you are not a \'fan\' of racketlon on facebook, feel free to add yourself as more developments are coming to keep the racketlon community in touch http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=178173&id=15258320718&ref=mf

Sport for the few and not the many

Is this a sport for as many people as possible or just for the few, ive put a good case forward for having events for 40+, but instead of having this event the people on the board with votes have brought sport for the few not the many, by bringing in 50+ and 60+,its not surprising that these two events where brought in by people of this age that are on the council, good luck with that cause we have lots of 60+ players dont we.....not

World championships

Firstly I would like to thank the organisers of the event as was a excellent event. The timing of matches was much better than Firstly Krenn congratulations your efforts this year have proved you are truely the number 1 in the world, good luck and hopefully we will meet on next years tour well done. Furth, the facility was excellent as a badminton player a dark sheet over the back of the court would help but it\'s same for everyone. It\'s a pity you won\'t be holding this event next year as was very nice the atmosphere was good with sone excellent matches. Jorn help me with tt and I will help you with badminton hehe. Well I will see you on next years tour

World Championships

Congratulations to those who put so much effort and energy into organising the tournament in Loehne - no mean feat, especially in the short time available. So that next year\'s might be even better, a few suggestions: 1. is it possible to make 1 or 2 computers available to the players to do their own queries regarding results, playing schedule etc.? Would help stop the occasional communications gap, and relieve the organisers to spend more time on other things. 2. If this is not possible, is there any way to post the day\'s results onto the pinboards more often, so the players can see who has won what, and whom their next opponent will be? 3. Would it be possible in future to organise with the restaurant to offer healthier things to eat (or at least, some pasta in the evenings)? A top performance requires high-grade fuel... Once again, thanks for a great tournament in Loehne.

Results Wilson Racketlon Challenger Dronten (NL)

Karin Geertsma and Alwin Krist winners in Dronten. For full results see the following link: http://www.toernooi.nl/sport/draws.aspx?id=EA316163-F287-4392-8BFF-6E0628C84D15

Time for age events on a 5yrs interval

How about changing the age events i\'m the wrong side of 40 now so i\'m not going to hope to compete with people half that age in A class,so having events at 45 and 55 is great, but to much space in the middle, surley if you look at major sporting age events , this is how there events are run +35 +40 +45 +50 and soon up to 75 in a lot of sports, come on racketlon a few changes.

3rd Cape Open

50% returning faces and the rest new, this either shows that Racketlon has yet to tap the market out there who enjoy a good run, who love all the racket sports and who get a kick out of seeing how everyone copes with the psychology of altering and swiftly moving between the codes of table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis. Or it simply means its just too much for some to handle. The arguments and discussions are furious and no one has yet to agree which player from what background copes best. Besides the obvious of some lucky few who have had the opportunity to play all 4 at an early age I believe it’s the squash and badminton players who do best. They are used to much more physical extremes, agile movements and delicate touch. Table tennis players have spin capabilities which will fit well in a circus act but have little or no fitness levels (this coming from a table tennis player himself). Then again I find that the 3 codes who haven’t played squash struggle, they struggle with the angles, the walls and the opponent which isn’t separated by a safety net. The 3rd Cape Open this Sunday will be no different where the best of their disciplines put their wits against each other and try to prove who is the best racket player out there. Will it be number 2 and 4 seeds Christos Yiatses and Willem Theart with their badminton agility or number 1 seed David Darlington who has yet to win a tournament with his all round ability and tremendous hand eye coordination. From long breaks we see the return of tennis specialists Barry Fransman and Belford Hendriks, what secret training have they been up to?. Making their debuts are Rob Pringle, Simon Nainkin who may pull some surprises. All in all a tough draw for Men’s A group. Men’s B sees Michael Frylink seeded 1 hoping to take the title, but being a new sport here in SA the talents will soon be discovered. Racketlon is for anyone and everyone, from social players to competitive athletes looking for a new challenge. They have come to the right place. Ladies number 1 seed Cheryl Anne Murphy will have experience on her side as she fends off number 2 Danielle van Niekerk and previous Ladies B winner Jennifer Houston. This should be a cracker. Juniors turnout was a little disappointing, could be due to the holidays and exams, but I’m sure it will grow in time. Play will start 9am sharp at the University of Cape Town, it promises to be a day of camaraderie and great games, but the main target is fun. Time schedules are tight and finals are planned for 15:45. Weather forecast 21 degrees, sunshine and basically windless beautiful day. We invite you to come and enjoy the day with us. Kind regards RacketlonSA

amazing videos from Racketlon Bundesliga, Oudenaarde and Zürich

Hey everbody who is interested in seeing some fanatstic videos of Racketlon needs to check www.racket-connection.de Gernot has done a fantastic job in taking over 100 tapes already having posted them there. Give us some clicks bodys cheers and lest play balls alex

amazing videos from Racketlon Bundesliga, Oudenaarde and Zürich

Hey everbody who is interested in seeing some fanatstic videos of Racketlon needs to check www.racket-connection.de Gernot has done a fantastic job in taking over 100 tapes already having posted them there. Give us some clicks bodys cheers and lest play balls alex

TV Feature Targets Welsh Racketlon Open

Tonight sees racketlon once again featured on UK television, this time targeting potential participants for the Welsh Racketlon Open on the 1st & 2nd August 2009. It will be aired on \'UNED 5\' on 1/07/09 between 1800 & 1900 (1900 & 2000 in some regions) on S4C Digidol, which can be viewed: Online: http://www.s4c.co.uk/clic/e_index.shtml http://www.uned5.co.uk/ In Wales: Freeview - 4 Virgin TV - 167 Freesat - 104 SKY - 104 SKY (without subscribing) - 134 Outside Wales: Freeview - not available Virgin TV - not available Freesat - 120 SKY - 134 Please help to spread the word! Cheers, Gary

David Lloyd Dutch Open Veldhoven 24-26 July

The website is operational now ==> http://www.racketlon.nl/com <== Entries can be done through the RESULTREPORTER.

3 matches guaranteed.........

I was under the impression that everybody was guaranteed at least three matches on International tournaments? Most single-classes in Prague had only two. It\'s not a lot for your 50 €. I must give a compliment for the great venue! I really enjoyed myself! There were just a few things which weren\'t perfect. The outside tenniscourts were very slippery (.....and rented...)and the Wilson squashballs made good squash hard. The schedule for doubles was also something to work on. It\'s hard to play two matches within 45 minutes...:). Nevertheless a great thanks to the organisation for a great tournament overall!

Double World Champs

In the old Tournament Requirements for 2009, 3 matches are recommended but only 2 required. FIR Council has already taken the decision to change this for 2009. Otherwise congratulations to Svata Rejthar and his team who found a new venue only six weeks after they knew the 3rd Squash court wont be built in the old one. This venue with hotel on site is one of the very best on the FIR Racketlon World Tour. Concerning the time schedule, it was not perfect, but maybe other tournaments can learn that it is impossible to play mixed doubles, men doubles and womens doubles at the same time. It would be better to play one draw in the morning and the other two in the afternoon. Thanks again Svata for a great Doubles World Champs.

King of rackets

The webpage of the 18th king of rackets is online! You can now register! www.kingofrackets.be. See you all in Oudenaarde

King of rackets

The webpage of the 18th king of rackets is online! You can now register! www.kingofrackets.be. See you all in Oudenaarde

Racketlon - mad about racket sports?

Here is another great promotional video for racketlon, to add to the collection that is building on YouTube & other sites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv-S7HvkBKA The repository for all racketlon video\'s is: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=UKRacketlonPortal&view=playlists

Intern. Challenger Waregem - Belgium

Last week to register for this great event... Come on you international players, come and join us.. Hotel is right next to the sportscentre...

.net chat

How bout just amalgamating/combining .com chat into your site, this way we onl;y need to chat in 1 place and 1 place only. just a thought.

www.racketlon.net update

The webpage www.racketlon.net has been updated completely. Please check it out!

Racketlon in Hamburg

Racketlon comes to Northern Germany After the first tournament in August 2008, the second \

1st Latvian Open

Finally Latvia also joins community of this thrilling sport - racketlon. We will have our first tournament in few weeks on Jaunary 10th-11th in Riga, Tennis centre Enri. Some of the local stars in the single sports will participate - almost all national squash team, some good players from tennis, badmintons and table tennis, including national ex-champions. Also best Estonians promised to join the tournament. The deadline for applications is January 6th. Take a look into our new webpage www.racketlon.lv; sorry it is yet just in latvian, but you will catch the necessarry info or just write to racketlon@racketlon.lv

Latvia

www.racketlon.lv

World Champs 2008

Thank you to all participants of the World Champs 2008. Apart from many positive things such as TV broadcast and superb center courts FIR is aware of the fact the World Champs were not perfect, especially the time schedule and will do everything to improve next years event.

Racketlon BBC Breakfast feature - NOW ONLINE

Racketlon BBC Feature - NOW ONLINE If you did not get a chance to catch the Racketlon feature on the BBC today, you can now find it online, on the BBC website, under Bushells Best\'. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7370993.stm Cheers, Gary

Racketlon on the BBC

A Racketlon feature filmed at the English Open & Doubles World Championships will be aired on Saturday 1st November 2008 in the main sports bulletin of BBC Breakfast on BBC1 from 6am. The sports bulletin typically runs just after half past the hour, after a summary of the main headlines, so those interested in viewing the broadcast should tune in at 6.30am, 7.30am, 8.30am or 9.30am. It is possible that the feature will also run during the day on BBC News 24 & the Sport Today section of BBC World News. The feature itself includes interviews with FIR President Marcel Weigl & Britain\'s Ray Jordan & should provide some excellent publicity for the sport of Racketlon

6 reasons to play the Racketlon Challenger 14-16 November

1. Quality Wilson prizes for all categorries, ..... 2. Last opportunity to improve your world ranking before the World Champs, ..... 3. Last serious opportunity to check whether you are ready for the World Champs, ..... 4. Free Inovit sports drinks for all players, ..... 5. Prize Money Men and Women Elite : 500 Euro, ..... 6. Doubles and training on Friday, Singles on Saturday and Sunday, ...... http://www.resultreporter.com/live/page/start?id=17

NOVOMATIC AUSTRIAN OPEN VIDEO Online

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLcADR4RIB4

English Racketlon Open & 2008 Doubles World Championships

The full report has been emailed out to competitors & will shortly appear on the website of the English Racketlon Association (ERA) and the British Racketlon Association (BRA). The report can also be found on the \'UK RACKETLON PORTAL\' facebook group. The UK Racketlon Newsletter will also shortly be issued, containing news about the report, the planned airing of the BBC Breakfast sports feature on Racketlon, as well as details of the remaining events of the 2008 UK Racketlon calendar. In addition a \'storyboard\' report of the English Racketlon Open & 2008 Doubles World Championship Event will be latterly available, with details of how to obtain high resolution versions of the images contained within the storyboard.

Volker Metz was the winner of the 2nd Tournament at Sport Centre Open Air Altdorf/Bavaria

All favourites came through in the field of again 16 players at the 2nd tournament on 10th, Aug 2008. Volker Metz has made his way to the final by passing Sarina Leibig, Jochen Radeck and Michael Eubel + 15 (21:4, 21:11, 9:21, 7:7) in the semi final. In the bottom half Werner Seel has beaten Reinhard Kotz, Walter Mehl and No 3 seeded Thorsten Rust +14 (11:21, 21:11, 4:21, 5:8). Volker Metz has started the final with a 21:15 win in TT and was looking like the easy winner at 16:6 lead in Badminton. But Werner Seel was fighting back and lost only by 14. After a 21:17 for Werner in the Squash Court Volker needed in the final Tennis set 13 points. In a dramatic set Werner Seel was already at 18 until Volker has got his 13th point. The third place went to Michael Eubel ahead of *local hero* Thorsten Rust. Again we have had some newcomers at the tournament and they all enjoyed the Sunday of racketlon sport. Outstanding was the 13 year old Sarina Leibig at her very first Racketlon try in a field of 15 males, with good Table Tennis, Squash and excellent Tennis she ended 14th. Next event will take place at 05th, Oct. 2008 at 10.00 h at Sport Centre Open in Altdorf/Bav. Every body is welcome, please register grosslauterbach@arcor.de .

Pulsating final at the 1st Club Championship of Racketlon-Union SpielRaum Nürnberg/Germany

The first classic Racketlon Club in Germany “Union Spielraum Nürnberg” presented great matches at its 1st Championships last weekend. In the end Sebastian Bueschel was able to edge off the very strong field of particitpants in an exciting finale. It was played according to a round robin system. In fact Bueschel was defeated by his double partner and most feared opponent Toto Mueller (16:21, 21:13, 5:21, 4:9/-18), but he clearly won against his training partner Kroier. As Kroier surprisingly defeated the top seeded and up to then unbeaten Mueller (21:6, 13:21, 21:19 ,13:5/+17) Bueschel was finally nominated as Club Champion because of the better point relation compared to the other two top players. At the end Müller took the second place, newcomer Kroier the third and Michael Eubel the fourth. In doubles the title went to the world class team Bueschel/Mueller who defeated the newly formated team Kroier/Eubel competently. At all the SPORT:PARK in Fürth was a perfect place for such an exciting tournament.

come on

come on young guys were are you? sign in for the english opennu16 doubles and singles come on ...... cheers flo

Wimbledon tennis with squash technique

The article speaks for itselve..... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article4221722.ece

2.Racketlon Swiss Open

Register now for the 2.Racketlon Swiss Open on 13th/14th September 2008

National Championships Belgium

Last weekend we had our Belgian Championships Racketlon... Winner was a very impressive Peter Duyck, who beat Gert Peersman in the final. Third was Serge Delesalle....

Dream final in the Finnish Open?

The Finnish Open audience may once again look forward to a dream final between the two giants of racketlon, Magnus Eliasson and Mikko Kärkkäinen. This is the first appearance in the World Tour this year for both of them. The lack of tough tournament matches was clearly to be seen in their early round matches, even if they got through quite convicingly. Before the possible dream final Magnus has to beat Pekka Kainulainen and Mikko Stefan Adamsson in the semis. In the veterans +45 class Anders Lundström looks strong enough to take the title and in the all Finnish +55 class Sten Lindström must be cosiderd the favorite. The big question in the men’s B-class is, if Michaela Björnström, in the absence of a womens’s class, can make it all the way to a victory. In the quarters Michaela beat the number one seed Lloyd Pettiford by 19 points. The ”national” C-class is an open affair with only one seeded player, Mikko Nissinen got through to the semis. The Finnish national coach sami Parikka meets ”first timer” Sami Orakoski and Nissinen has to take on Ville Sippala who beat second seed Mika Näykki. For full results go to www.racketlon.fi/FinnishOpen

Finnish Open

The draws for the Finnish Open are now on-line at www.racketlon.fi/FinnishOpen

King Of Rackets - Belgium

Only a couple of days till closure of the entries.... Where are you Austrian, Polish, German, Swedish ...... players ??? visit www.racketlon.be and enter this World Tour Event...

Dutch Champions

Bart Beks beat Onno Quik (21-9,4-21,21-8,14-3). Paul Twisterling 3rd, Jacob de Vries 4th...................... Karin Geertsema beat Milja Dorenbos (21-13, 21-14,15-21,13-21 : +1) Milja had two matchpoints !! Joyce Crouse 3rd, Anita van Dijk 4th.

King of Rackets - Belgium

King of Rackets 2008 in Belgium from 30/05 till 01/06, Super World Tour Event,... Come on people...... Fill out your entry form !!!!! Go to www.racketlon.be (click on King of Rackets logo).. See you in Oudenaarde ....

World Champions in Finnish Open

The Finnish Racketlon Federation proudly presents Mikko Kärkkäinen and Magnus Eliasson in the Finnish Open 13-15.6 in Esport Center, Europe’s best arena. The two and only world champions, Mikko and Magnus, have confirmed their participation to the Finnish Open in the huge Esport Center Arena. It’s a great pleasure to once again have the world’s two best players in our World Tour event. Among the challengers Rickard Persson and Elmar Schaub have already registered. Finnish contenders for the semifinals are the U21 world champion Antti Tyyskä, Pekka Kainulainen and Ismo Rönkkö, who still is one of the best tennis players in Finland. For the information of our foreign players we will have a schuttle taking you from and to the airport between noon thursday and monday.

Dunlop / David Lloyd Dutch Open 18-20 July

The tournament website is life : http://www.racket4s.com ------ Players can register now via the resultreporter.com ------ Dunlop, David Lloyd Healthclubs and Vroco Sport are the main sponsors ----- We all hope to see you in Eindhoven

Great work Marcel, When do you think its realistic for us to be aiming for the Olmypics, as i here that squash is almost certain to be place in as a new sport after 2012, maybe around 2020 for racketlon

Dutch Championships 2 and 3 May

Is Bart Beks going to win his first title? Is Jacob de Vries defending his title succesfully? Will Paul Twisterling get revenge over his loss in the final last year? What is the progress of Alwin Krist and Onno Quick? Any anonymous candidates for the title? Marielle is injured, who will be her successor? Karin Geertsema, Joyce Crouse or Milja Dorenbos? Have a look at the participants list : http://www.racket4s.nl/subscription.asp?EventID=51

youtube

Estonian racketlon. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJgMFuSSIg Next tournament 3-4 may. www.racketlon.ee

youtube

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhx2mQkcosk

Mr President wrote: \

This is of course correct and has now been updated. Calum is the one and only number one and my doubles partner....

This is of course correct and has now been updated. Calum is the one and only number one and my doubles partner....

Mr President, does not Calum Reed have titles in both singles, doubles and mixed??

Dutch Racketlon Association

The Dutch Racketlon Association was founded in November last year, after some unclearance about which documents were needed for the official regognition we are now waiting for the official announcement of this recognition. President : Marc Veldkamp Secretary : Arjen Jilsink Treasurer : Erik van der Spek Member : Paul Twisterling

17th win for lIfe king Of rackets

You can now enter the 17th King Of Rackets, the second \

1st Racketlon Tournament at Sport Centre *Open Air* in Altdorf/Bavaria

Thorsten Mueller (WR 110) was the winner in the field of 16 players. In the final he has beaten doubles partner Sebastian Bueschel (WR 81) with +11 (TT 21-18, Bad 19-21, Sq 21-12, Te 12-11). Sebastian has had two close fights getting to the final. In the quarters against 6th placed Uwe Topf and later in the semi against Werner Seel. 3rd Place went to Volker Metz (WR 38) beating Werner Seel (WR52) by +16 (TT 24-22, Bad 21-6, Sq 10-21, Te 17-7). Semi final Results: Volker Metz - Thorsten Mueller -14 (TT 21-8, Bad 10-21, Sq 7-21, Te 19-21) Sebastian Bueschel - Werner Seel +1 (TT 6-21, Bad 21-4, Sq 17-21, Te 21-18) Quarter final Results: Volker Metz - Florian Kroier +19 (TT 21-8, Bad 21-16, Sq 21-19, Te 2-3) Thorsten Rust - Thorsten Mueller -13 (TT 21-4, Bad 3-21, Sq 5-21, Te 21-17) Sebastian Bueschel - Uwe Topf + 5 (TT 10-21, Bad 21-2, Sq 7-21, Te 21-10) Daniel Franz - Werner Seel -24 (TT 4-21, Bad 21-15, Sq 8-21) Next Racketlon meeting at www.sportzentrum-openair.de will be on Sunday 20st, April from 10 am.

Latvia goming

New federation goming,this is Latvia!!!

Canadian Open

Canadian Open Results (March 7th - 9th, 2008) Men\'s A Finals Richard Thomson CAN beat Johan Pornsborn SWE +32 (tt 21-18, bad 21-8, squ 21-5) Semi-finals Johan Pornsborn SWE beat Stephane Cadieux CAN +6 (21-9, 12-21, 15-21, 21-12) Richard Thomson CAN beat Horatio Pintea CAN +16 (3-21, 21-12, 21-2, 10-4) Quarter-finals Johan Pornsborn SWE beat Rod Bedard CAN +30 (10-21, 21-5, 21-4, 21-13) Stephane Cadieux CAN beat Andrew Kim GER +27 (13-21, 21-4, 21-3) Horatio Pintea CAN beat Gert Persman BEL +8 (21-3, 15-21, 17-21, 14-16) Richard Thomson CAN beat Henrik Hakansson SWE + 9 (5-21, 21-12, 21-3, 11-13) Women\'s A Finals Allison Marr CAN beat Lenore Hodgson CAN (default) Semi-finals Lenore Hodgson CAN beat Mary Hal CAN + 23 (21-16, 21-5, 13-21, 21-12) Allison Marr CAN beat Jenny Kue CAN + 16 (17-21, 14-21, 21-9, 21-6) Quarter-finals Lenore Hodgson CAN beat Leah Desbarres CAN + 3 (20-22, 21-10, 2-21, 21-8) Mary Hall CAN beat Alex Bruce CAN + 6 (21-19, 2-21, 21-12, 21-7) Jenny Kue CAN beat Chantal Gastonguay + 19 (12-21, 21-5, 21-11, 18-21) Allison Marr CAN beat Liz Fedryk CAN + 35 (21-12, 21-16, 21-14, 21-7)

I agree - Not really a good move

I completely see the need of a licence with all the benefits for the FIR and also for players who reguarly take part in FIR tournaments! For all players who want to get to know racketlon, participate for the first time in a racketlon tournament or might only join one FIR tournament per year, it is just an additional cost of 10 Euro which they need to pay (for nothing!). I think at the stage of development this sport is at the moment it is the wrong way. It might be time for this in a few years but not now. I am sure this will discourage some players in joining a tournament, which then is a boomerang for racketlon development. So FIR, change this rule again....! Cheers

Not next year

Nico - next year everyone pays at the first tournament. Not a good move in my opinion, what do you think? Keith

Tournament Registration

By the way: Very good idea that you don\'t have to pay the registration fee if you only participate in one world tour tournament per year. As tournament organiser this helps to attract people who want to get to know racketlon.. Cheers

Beks claims first title Bart Beks, the semi-professional tennis player from Eindhoven claimed his first tour title last weekend as he won the 4th Volvo Waregem Cars Open – the first time this tournament had been granted challenger status. In the end Bart won the event without facing too many close matches – his closest match actually came in the second round against local badminton star Lieven Plouy +10. The key for Bart was that he reached each tennis set almost level – not a bad position for arguably the best regular tennis player on the tour! The final against fellow countryman Paul Twisterling was a repeat of their encounter at the recent World Championships – with the same result. Bart, with his worst sport as badminton, has the worst possible profile for Paul and as they were level heading into the tennis it was game over. Bart had been equally impressive in the semi-final, defeating number 1 seed Gert Peersman +23 after a particularly impressive badminton win. In the bottom half Paul had beaten Geert Blomme at the semi-final stage; a 21-11 squash win for Paul against a tired looking Geert was the killer blow. Paul had previously defeated German hope Heinz Nowicki. Geert went on to beat Gert in a very close (+4) battle for 3rd position. One other particularly good result in the A category came as tournament director and hotelier Serge Delesalle beat Andrew Kim +20! It is never easy organising and playing and an excellent 6th position for Serge was a good reward. Lloyd Pettiford will also be pleased as the Welsh Dragon ended in 7th – a great day for Wales as their rugby heroes also triumphed against the English. Sebastien Vandenabeele had a couple of close matches before snatching victory in Mens B against Tony Nightingale, Stefaan Dossche triumphed in Mens C and Koenraad Theunissen had an extremely narrow (+1) victory in Mens D. The women\'s results are unfortunately inconclusive from the website so well done to all! One other exciting development was the presence of two English players currently living in Luxemburg with talk of a possible Luxemburg Federation being created soon, and talk of various suitable venues for a potential tournament over a Carlsberg or 4. (Don\'t worry Marcel, I\'m on the case) Bart Beks will be present in Budapest next year as he increases his participation in racketlon; although he is unable to play as much in the summer due to his tennis commitments. But with a little more improvement in his first three sports, coupled with an already existent professional attitude, the PSV fan has the potential to go a long way.

English Champs

English Championship results! Mens final James Greenhead bt Simon May 16-21, 21-11, 21-7, 3-? 3rd Gareth Shaw 4th Stuart Hobden Ladies final Fiona Sime bt Dominique Ford (scores to follow) Doubles Jackson/Jordan bt Whitehouse x2 Fuller report to follow!

Prize Money Worlds

Total 2500 euro Men and Women the same 1. 500 2. 350 3. 250 4. 150 We will open a category under tournaments where all the prize money distribution can be seen into for all tournaments shortly.

prize money

what was the prize money for the world open elite mens?

prize money

what was the prize money for the world open elite mens?

World championships

Looks like the world champs was yet another great event, and rightly had the two best players in the world taking part. Again well done to Marcel for taking racketlon to new heights as president, good with the further devolpment of racketlon, as ive decided to step back with injuires and also new interests ,so won\'t be around as much,so good luck with all thats racketlon. Cheers JOD

The best event I look forward to is World Champs Doubles in London with tournament director Keith Lesser!

Nice 2008 World Tour - any comments from anyone?

http://www.sportpark-online.de/racketlon.php

SILKE ALTMANN and HORATIO PINTEA have allready registered for 2nd WILSON Bavarian Open!!! Now it's time for the challengers to put there names on the entry list. There are also lot's of racketlon newcomers. Check it out now. Looking forward meeting you at Sport:Park Fürth. Cheers, Volker

results challenger Zevenaar (NL)

Hi all, for anyone who's interested; the full results of the Challenger last weekend in Zevenaar has been published on www.racket4s.com (schedule). Groeten Paul

Stories on www.racketlon.net

I players and organisers are reminded to send any news or stories for www.racketlon.net to weigl@racketlon.at. Let the Racketlon world be part of Racketlon action around the world!

Results

Hi there - sorry for the delay but the full results of the German Open are now online - whenever there ist a mistake (which we hope is not) please shout - see you next year back again best regards and lets play balls

updated draws

Hi there as of Thursday morning you will find the latest updated draws online - there are some minor changes in the time schedule and some late entries - so please check your games once again and make sure you will be at the venue in time looking forward welcoming you all to a fantastic racketlon weekend in Rüsselsheim lets play balls

draws and time schedules

Hi there for all participants in the Löwen German Open 2007 - the draws and time schedules will be online as of Sunday July 8th on our homepage - please plan to be there in time on Friday 13 of Juli as the schedule is tight and we will start as of 1200 pm with Men B and C cheers and looking forward to a fantastic tournament

German Open Entry deadline

Hi there this is a last reminder of the upcoming Loewen German Open in Rüsselsheim mit Juli. Due to having the Online Result reporter in place for the Elite our entry deadline is already this Sunday (1st of July). Therefore make your entry now and book cheap flilght and the outstanding hotel offer inlcuding half board. Already more than 150 entries means only 50 slots available - We are looking forward welcoming you in Rüsselsheim hopefully offering a fantstic Racketlon Weekend - best regards and lets play balls

Doubles in Germany Open

Hi! Anyone interested in playing doubles in Germany? My sports are badminton and squash. World ranking 62 on the moment. Looking forward to hear from you, Toomas Vallikivi toomas@finnfani.ee +372 502 7019

I read the good news that the first ever racketlon tournament in Slovakia was held in Brno last weekend. But I´m sure that Brno is a town in Czech republic.

Article

Here is an article form a local Newspaper located in Grass Valley about the first ever Racketlon tournament in the USA "Battle of the Rackets 2007" http://www.theunion.com/article/20070613/NEWS/106130159

1st BATTLE OF THE RACKETS 2007

I am glad to announce on the following weekend (Sunday June 10th) the 1st US Open called "Battle of the Rackets 2007" will take place on the courts of the Ridge Raquet Club in Grass Valley, Northern California. It will be organized by the 2006 u16 World Champion Joey Schubert and the club owner, Nick Bodley. "The goal is simply to have a fun day and to introduce local members of the club and friends to Racketlon," announced Nick Bodley. Truely, the goal is not to attract international playes, more to just prepare the USA for Racketlon. "There are many talented people in this club and a lot of them challenged me a while ago, including Nick!" Watch for futher information and results!

Thanks, Marcel!

Thank you, Marcel for giving us players such a nice national and international environment to play Racketlon! Manuel

Racketlon is getting more exposure in Quebec

In our effort to introduce Racketlon to the Quebec province (French part of Canada), we were pleased to see an article in the national newspaper, people are getting more aware of this new sport. Some are event planning to travel to tour events. Now that the venue is ready for the Challenger on May 5-6, we are planning to run a monthly Racketlon league next season. This website looks good. See you in Laval. Rod Bedard Tournament Director

Racketlon for kids

Just had a great Racketlon day with 240 kids in the age of 10 - 12. They all practiced every single racket sport for 30 minutes under the guidance of professional coaches and were entertained during the lunch by a TV sports reporter an actor, Trinko Keen (Dutch Champion Table Tennis) and Robin Ammerlaan (World Champion Wheelchair Tennis). They played Tennis and a Table Tennis Doubles. Also some schools organised a racketlon day instead of a traditional sports day. If you want more information about these kind of activities, please contact me.

Great Work!

The website looks great and it puts Racketlon that extra step further into becoming an even more popular sport. We can even see our fruits of labour are paying off as the rate of new entrants in tournaments is alarmingly high and the word is spreading like wildfire. You have my full support from Canada.

Congratulation on the new site, Marcel! I am looking forward to a fruitful companionship between Racketlon.net and Racketlon.com for the good of Racketlon. Good luck! Hans Mullamaa - head of Racketlon.com

Rankings

Thanks John for your comments. Concerning the rankings please read Czech Open Story on the main page.No money, no rankings update. Thanks Marcel

Great site

Just to say great website, keep driving the sport to the very top Marcel, we are all behind you. I'm not knocking Kate Buchanan on the rankings , but wouldnt it make more sense to have them updated , say one week after a event, than at the end of the month , as the case show's , that now two events the Hungarian and the Canadian are still to be updated, again its difficult because of the time factor, and how much time people want to spend putting names on rankings?

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