Huge comeback for Oliver Bertels at the 39th German Nationals in Hamburg. The winner from 2016 defeated defending and current European Champion Marcel Czempisz in straight two games 15-2, 15-8 to celebrate a surprising comeback after not playing any official events for more than a year (except team at the EURO 2019). No surprises on …
Dear all, the year 2019 is coming to an end, we will be celebrating Christmas over the next few days. I would like to thank each one of you for your work and your love for our great sport in the past 12 months. This year, we had the European Championships in Hamburg, Germany with …
Congratulations to Ireland’s own Noel O’Callaghan for taking the Mens Open Singles title at the 37th Irish & 16th Ballinrobe Open, Ballinrobe, defeating Mark Murphy from Kilkenny in a three game thriller. It is believed to be O’Callaghans 14th Irish Open title. He also claimed the Mens 40+ title over the weekend defeating Ken Cottrell. …
It’s been a while since the last time tournament results have been reported from France, especially from Anglet, in the southwest of the country. The “tournoi de Racquetball”has been held on November 7th with David Hugues being the winner and Baptiste Lataillade ending on the 2nd place. It seemd to be a successful event and …
Congratulations to Daniel Hanrahan & Keelan O’Gorman for a well deserved silver medal at the IRF Junior Worlds in Costa Rica° Both reached the Boys U14 Doubles World Final and faced a strong Team Mexico who took gold in the final. Hanrahan & O’Gorman didn’t have an easy route to the final ranked the second …
European Champion Marcel Czempisz continues to play high level racquetball. At the Hamburg Open 2019 he defeated 7-time champion Martin Klippel 15-13, 15-9 in the mens open singles final. This was Klippel’s first defeat in an Open tournament since the German Open 2012. He was however successful in doubles, together with Sergio Acuna (Costa Rica) …
Robert Guise (USA) is the winner of the Westvliet Open 2019 racquetball tournament in The Hague. Rob won the final against Mikan van Zanten (Netherlands). By being the best Dutchman, Mikan took his first national titel. Edwin Schipper (netherlands) won the bronze medal against John Frederick (USA). For more on Dutch Racquetball check out www.racquetball.nl. …
A tournament wiill be held in Anglet, France on Novemeber 17th. The “tournoi de Racquetball” will be held on 2 courts. is a French commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. For more information contact Julien at sportballanglet64@gmail.com
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