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Summer Slam 2016 at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany

The annual Summer Slam will be held on 24th-26th June at the South Side Fitness Center on Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. All information as well as the possibilitly to sign in online can be found here: https://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=17540. In addition tournament director Bobbie Breese will be happy to answer further questions.

Pat Hanley and Majella Haverty win Arklow Irish Open

Patrick Hanley (Fermoy) and Majella Haverty (Castlebar) are the Irish & Arklow Open Singles Champions at the 35th Irish & 32nd Arklow Open held at the the Coral Leisure Centre in Arklow. Hanley defeated current All Ireland Singles Champion Noel O`Callaghan by 2-0 while Haverty defeated Susan Farrell of Arklow in the Women’s Final. Full …

Arne Schmitz defends title at German Open

Hamburg’s own Arne Schmitz successfully defended his singles title at the 35th German Open 2016.  In a re-match of the 2015 final, Arne defeated Oliver Bertels in a tight and entertaining match 15-7, 5-15, 11-8 to claim his second title at the German Open. Lara Ludwig defeated Renate Hartmann in the ladies final. Together Bertels …

Noel for the 23rd time at the 2016 All Ireland’s

Congratulations to Noel O Callaghan for winning an impressive 23rd time the Singles Open at the All Irelands Championships 2016 that were held in Kilkenny last weekend. Hw defeated Mark Murphy in the final. On the ladies side, another win for Aisling Hickey. It is already her 6th singles title and it seems there is …

Germany’s Arne Schmitz tops ERT Rankings in Singles and Doubles

Congrats to Germany’s Arne Schmitz who is Europe’s top ranked player in singles and doubles on the current ERF/ERT rankings that have been recently published on the ERF website. Arne is also current no. 1 player in singles and doubles on the latest German rankings. However with the upcoimg German Open the first weekend of …

First Open Singles title for Stevie Quinn at Castlebar Open

Congrats to Stevie Quinn (Cork IT) for winning his very first Open Singles with a 2 games to 1 victory over Patrick Hanley(Fermoy) in a superb Men’s Open Singles Final at the 25th Castlebar Open for 2016. Donna Ryder (Newport) is the Women’s Singles Champion with a 2 nil victory over Katie Kenny(Castlebar). Full results …

Lara Ludwig and Oliver Bertels win German Nationals

Lara Ludwig and Oliver Bertels (both Hamburg) are the winners of the 35th German National Championships. With Lara Ludwig defeating Renate Hartmann in the ladies singles final and claiming her 4th title in a row, it is Oliver first national singles after winning over Jan Lysakowski in the mens singles final with 15-6, 15-4. Oliver …

Another Successful Vicenza Winter Shootout 2016

The Vicenza Racquetball Club and Racquetball Italia hosted the Vicenza Winter Shootout at the fitness center on Caserma Ederle, this past weekend. The U.S Army Garrison Italy Sports, Fitness and Aquatics staff supported the sport event which is one of the few Italian tournaments on the European Racquetball Tour. Players from Italy, Germany, Bolivia (living …

Trevor Meyer wins classic final at Dutch Open

Germany’s Trevor Meyer is the winner of the 29th Dutch Open 2016 that were held last weekend in The Hague after an 8 years hiatus. In a classic final match that has been seen in so many racquetball competitions over the past 25 years, he defeated his country mate and former European Champion Joachim Loof …

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