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
Majella Haverty (Castlebar) and Mark Murphy (Kilkenny) are the 2019 Galway Open Champions. Murphy defeated Irish teammate Johnny O’Keeney(Fermoy) 2-0, while Haverty defeated clubmate Katie Kenny (Castlebar) 2-0. Well done to all at Moycullen Racquetball Club and Galway racquetball who kicked off the 2019/2020 season of Irish racquetball! Other winners: Ken Cottrell (Kilkenny) Mens B …
During it’s annual meeting in Hamburg, the European Racquetball Federation hold it’s elections for the Executive Board. Mikan van Zanten (Netherlands) has been voted in as the new General Secretary of the ERF. He will succeed long time ERF board member Pascal Matla (also Netherlands) who was not available for re-election. “We take the opportunity …
