Dear All


As you are probably aware the English Open was a resounding success, various
reports are available via www.racketlon.com and www.racketlon.net,
www.racketlon.co.uk is still enduring a facelift and hopefully the makeover
will be worthwhile. Ipswich was a big success and The Scottish Open is coming
up, if you were thinking about a last minute entry check out the entry engine on
racketlon.com or the Scottish Open Website -
http://www.racketlon.co.uk/ScottishOpen2007/Home.htm. On the English Open Report
on www.racketlon.com - http://www.racketlon.co.uk/ScottishOpen2007/Home.htm -
there is a 2008 Tour Draft, pls also find attached at the bottom of this message
the document "how to run a racketlon tournament" - pls let me know if you would
like to run an event in your local area in 2008.



The main reason for this message is to formally launch our Table Tennis
Equipment Range. UK Racketlon players can now get discounts of 20% or more on
Butterfly branded Teessport equipment as advertised on www.tees-sport.co.uk -
also we have some special deals set-up for racketlon players only. Below is a
detailed description of these deals.



Pls email your order to keith.lesser@... (details of equipment
required, payment advice (IE cheque in the post), address, email, phone and then
pls send a cheque for the relevant amount to



170 Coleriodge Way

Borehamwood

Herts

WD6 2AT

Made Payable to "English Racketlon"



This will secure your equipment and we will settle the bill on your behalf
(this acts as a control tool so the deals are only available to racketlon
players). The equipment will then be sent directly to your doorstep. We cannot
make orders until payment has been received.



Also, feel free to email keith.lesser@... for any table tennis
equipment advice. And remember table tennis is different, the bat is very
important and the quality of shot that proper equipment enables is worth at
least 15 points in a match. Some players may not believe this but it has often
been proved, racketlon players often have good technique but the equipment
limits their ability to get points.



In addition as a one off offer - additional English Open T-shirts are now
available to order. Any payment received before the end of September will be
actioned. Place your orders using the mechanism above (cheque in the post) and
remember to email your size. If the funds are not received by the end of
September your t-shirt order will be cancelled. Bat & Butterfly equipment orders
are ongoing. Pls let me know if you have any questions. English Open T-shirts
are £13 each with full printing and delivery.



Rgds



Keith



TEESSPORT TABLE TENNIS



DESCRIPTION



Bats with normal rubber –



A) Grubba blade with Soft D 13 2.1 both sides, including Pro Case Round



For players new to table tennis.



RETAIL - £78.47

DISCOUNT - £28.47

RACKETLON OFFER - £50.00

CODE - A



B) Primorac blade with Sriver FX 2.1 both sides including Pro Case Round



For players new to table tennis, looking to generate more speed.



RETAIL - £87.47

DISCOUNT - £27.47

RACKETLON OFFER - £60.00

CODE - B



Combination Bats -



For players new to table tennis, looking to gain more points easily without
improving their game or practicing using “funny” rubbers.



C) Bats with normal rubber on one side and long pimples on the other (with bat
case £5 more) - Grubba blade with Soft D13 L and Feint Long III



RETAIL - £77.97

DISCOUNT - £12.97

RACKETLON OFFER - £65.00

CODE - C



D) Bats with normal rubber on one side and short pimples on the other (with bat
case £5 more) - Grubba blade with Soft D13 L and Challenger Attack.



RETAIL - £72.97

DISCOUNT - £12.97

RACKETLON OFFER - £60.00

CODE - D



E) Bats with normal rubber on one side and Anti Spin on the other (with bat case
£5 more) - Grubba blade with Soft D13 L and Anti Spin.



RETAIL - £67.97

DISCOUNT - £12.97

RACKETLON OFFER - £55.00

CODE - E

https://www.tees-sport.co.uk/



Steps Involved in Running a Racketlon Event

1. Secure the facility

a) Courts

A minimum of 2 courts in each sport must be available in order to start 2
matches parallel every 15 min (21up) or 5-10 minutes (11up).

Tennis courts should be indoors. Tournaments in the summer months could
potentially use outdoor tennis courts, but this is a risk.

One table tennis table is potentially ok, as the table tennis part of racketlon
is very quick.

Practice Courts is a nice extra, but not a necessity.

b) Timing

One day tournaments 11-up/21-up is recommended. Perhaps with a taster/doubles
warm up the day before or the week before the tournament.

International events like the English & Scottish Opens usually run over 3 days.

c) Cost

i) English Racketlon can organise the competition (the committee will
oversee/co-organise with other volunteers on a local ad-hoc basis)

English Racketlon offers sports centre’s £10 per player or a fixed hire charge
(preferred as there is less uncertainty around no shows/default payees)

ii) Sports Centre’s’ or other organisations can organise local tournaments and
take financial responsibility for gaining entrants and managing the tournament
budget. To be a part of The British Tour and have the tournament gain UK ranking
points, a £3 a head affiliation fee will be paid to English Racketlon plus a
list of new players to be added to the UK mailing list (optional).

2. Equipment

3 star table tennis balls, feather shuttles, double dot yellow squash balls,
ITF-approved tennis balls

It is a recommendation that players use protective glasses in squash

3. Tournament Information

Via Racketlon.Com Engine & Active Europe – preferred method

www.racketlon.com/engine.start.htm
www.activeeurope.com

Active Europe will provide training to any potential event directors.
Racketlon.Com Entry Engine is provided for at a charge of one euro per player by
racketlon.com, as an entry list/sort able entry list mechanism. Active Europe
take 10% of all entry fees, however publicise racketlon to their own database
and provide space for a webpage. Active Europe also has a host of attractive
features, like download, registration reports and payment information.

Other methods: Website/Word Doc & Cheque/PayPal

4. Getting Entries in, Promotion & Media

a) Contact with local media
b) Contact with individual sporting (TT, BA, SQ, TE) bodies (regional, national)
c) Write email for racketlon.co.uk mailing list
d) Publicise on Internet Discussion forums – racketlon chat/breaking news,
YahooGroups, FaceBook.Com
e) Publish tournament information on racketlon.com / racketlon.co.uk

5. Decide the Playing System

Options: Group, Knockout or Monrad.

Monrad means play for your place (progressive knockout). Even if you lose you
carry on playing, playing against opponents who mirror your results in your
section of the draw. Winning means you proceed like a normal knockout draw.
Monrad is good for racketlon because even if new players get knocked out early,
they can carry on playing and get a good feeling for the sport. Also, walkovers
and byes have less impact because everyone gets plenty of games.

Deciding the playing system according to number of entries is a good idea.

Players should be asked to play no more than 3 21up matches in one day or 5 11up
matches in one day. As a guide players are generally satisfied with either two
21up matches a day or 3/4 11up matches. 11up gives the advantage of more
opponents and variety.

6. Draw & Schedule Spreadsheets

The 2006 English Open and 2007 English Championship templates can be used
(Monrad draws).

7. Rankings & Seedings

The UK Rankings should be used. The World Ranking should be used in parallel
with some common sense. Class A players should be known to the organizers
through the ranking system, however since racketlon is a new sport, a limited
number of wildcards can be offered.

The Ranking matrix spreadsheet should be used to update British ranking points
(this will be done centrally).

8. Draw Publishing

Publishing the draw, schedule and results online is ideal. However, distributing
via email in an excel/word document is also ok.

9. On the Day

Ensure enough people are at the tournament desk to sign in players and keep
matches moving and as a point of contact for competitors.

10. Results at the centre

Ideally results can be displayed in the sports centre so players and spectators
can follow the tournament.

11. Referees

Referees are not compulsory, but where the tournament budget allows give a
professional feel. Certainly, players can be asked to volunteer to umpire a
couple of games (finals).

12. Doubles

Most important for Squash:
The player with the highest singles ranking in the pair will play as the No1
player against the other pairs No1 up to 11 (21up) points first then the No2
players take over to finish the set etc. In Mixed Doubles the women play each
other first and then men take over to finish the set.

13. Other Rules & Regulations

See www.racketlon.com and www.racketlon.co.uk – as a guide the individual rules
of each sport should be adhered to with the racketlon scoring system in place.