The Hamburg Open will once again kick off the Euroean Racquetball Season, the event will be held October 13-14. Entries are already coming and and registration is open until October 11. Check out www.hamburgopen.racquetball.de for more information.
Heated games were seen at the 1st Worms Open 2018 last weekend. Not because there were some intense fights and battles on the court, rather because of temperatures of 37C outside the courts and over 40C inside the one court in Worms, Germany. Despite these extreme conditions, players from the US, Netherlands and of course …
On this day 10 years ago, on August 1 2008, the opening ceremony of the 2008 IRF World Racquetball Championships took place in Kingscourt, Ireland. This was (is) only the second time the Worlds were held in Europe, after 1988 in Hamburg, Germany. 27 countries from around the world competed in the event. We would …
With the 2017/2918 European Racquetball Tour (ERT) coming to an end last weekend in Brembate, Italy, we would like to thank everyone who competed in one of the ERT events this season. Thanks also to those who competed in European events that are not sanctioned (yet). We would like to congratulate the following Open Singles …
Italy’s own Consuelo del Prato and Marcel Czempisz from Germany are the winners of the 2018 Italian Open that were held on the last weekend in May in Brembate, Italy. Former Italian Open champion Consuelo del Prato claimed another win at her home tournament by defeating Caroline Parola from France with 15-5, 15-11 while Marcel …
Italian Open around the corner! Next weekend the Italian Open will start and they have a pretty strong field. In the Men’s Open we will see top European players such as Marcel Czempisz (Germany) and Padraic Ryder (Ireland). However, a win in the singles could be a stretch for these players, since IRT #25 Justus …
An open tournament has just been anounced in the German city of Worms. The Worms Open 2018 will be held August 3rd-5th. Competition will be held for Mens Open, Mens and Doubles. The city of Worms is situated about 60 kilometers south-southwest of Frankfurt/Main. It will be the first time ever that an open tournament …
Mark Murphy will relish the 2018 All Ireland Championships when he won his first Open Singles National title. Having been runner-up on four occasions he finally overcame the No.1 player Noel O’Callaghan (Fermoy) the same player who defeated him in those four finals. The Kilkenny athlete beat O’Callaghan this time round by 2 games to …
Yvonne Mesecke and Oliver Bertels are the 2018 German Open champions that were held for the 37th time this year. Yvonne defeated Renate Hartmann 15-9, 13-15, 11-10 while Oliver Bertels succeeded over defending champion and current German National Champion Marcel Czempisz 15-14, 6-15, 11-3 to claim his second German Open title after 2010. In doubles, …
