Dear All

Pls find latest Racketlon Bulletin

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who wish to be added to the list, an early xmas present? Also, importantly to
air your views pls subscribe to our UK Racketlon Discussion Group on
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can then lead to discussion.

Having got 20 or so friends into racketlon playing tournaments, i'd urge all the
core players to do the same, no better way to grow the sport after all, everyone
is keen to have a friend to banter with in between matches ;-0

1. World Tour

Check out the innovative www.resultreporter.se for the latest results. Magnus
winning again this weekend in Austria! Doug takes 3rd.

While what looks like a fantastic event, the only downfall seems to be the
amount of singles matches people outside the top places have played. Imagine
travelling to Vienna and not getting more than 1/2 matches? The key with the
game in Britain and why most tournaments are very successful is the racketlon
formula means everyone gets plenty of games at every event they play in. Not
satisfied with the amount of racket time, money back!

2. English Champs

Website links at the end of this message

Come and join us for the 1st stop of the 2008 British Tour, in its momentus 3rd
year, becoming more and more established.

3. British Tour

DRAFT attached below:

We will try and keep this calander. Events are yet to be 100% confirmed with the
exception of English Champs, British Champs, English Open & Scottish Open, these
are 100% confirmed. The regional events are TBC but we are confident of most of
these and if the venues fall through we wil strive to find an alternative on the
same date so block out your diaries today!!!!! Not to mention the English Open
and Scottish Opens, plus a potential 2nd world ranking event in Ipswich in May
plus the Doubles World Championships (tagged onto the English Open in August).

A more in depth tournament schedule is at the bottom of this message:

3 19th-20th January English Champs
7 16th-17th February Herts Open
11 15th-16th March South West of England Open
14 12th-13th April British Champs
16 26st-27th April North of England Open
20 17th-18th May East Anglian Open
25 21st-22nd June Letchworth Open
28 12th-13th July South of England Open
30 26th July London Open
33 15th-17th August English Open + Doubles WORLD CHAMPS
39 26th-28th September Scottish Open
45 9th November Hampshire Open
48 27th-30th November World Championships - GERMANY
50 13th-14th December Hull Open

4. Table Tennis News

Lovely double page spread in this month's magazine.

ENGLISH CHAMPS

Entry Engine:

http://racketlon.i2.ca/engc08/entries.php

Active Europe:

http://www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=48993

5. Rankings

Latest Domestic Rankings also available for download from Active Europe (above
link), alternatively I can send you a copy if that works.

Mens Singles

1 Calum Reid Scotland 12,951
2 John O'Donnell England 12,430
3 Raymond Jordan England 6,350
4 Douglas Struthers England 5,892
5 Jonathan Foulds England 5,240
6 James Greenhead England 4,769
7 Keith Lesser England 4,176
8 Mark Jackson England 4,084
9 Darren Kerins England 3,577
10 Simon Lucas England 3,576
11 Steffan Morgan England 3,485
12 Stuart Hobden England 3,298
13 Richard Macbride England 3,196
14 Stuart Foster England 2,943
15 Dan Carpenter England 2,531
16 Simon May England 2,312
17 Steve Thomson Scotland 2,300
18 Marc Thornley England 2,184
19 David Maynard England 2,147
20 Tom Whitehouse England 2,143

Ladies Singles

1 Natalie Lawrence England 12,251
2 Susan Woods Wales 6,391
3 Katy Buchanan Scotland 5,597
4 Lorna See England 4,666
5 Fiona Sime England 4,363
6 Pernille Thomson Scotland 4,070
7 Shona Kerr England 3,726
8 Jane Cook England 3,446
9 Dominique Ford England 3,131
10 Rachel Hood Scotland 2,825

6. In Depth Tournament Diary


Key: Format - Week of Year, Date, Tournament Name, City/Town, Rating (further
details below)
Number of Stars - BritishTour Regional Event * (ONE), British Tour
National Champs ** (TWO),World Tour Challenger *** (THREE), World Tour
Proper **** (FOUR),Super World Tour ***** (FIVE), World Champs ****** (SIX)
December 2007
50 15th December Training Camp & Mini AGM
Gidea Park
52 27th-30th December World Championships
Rotterdam - World Champs ******
January 2008
2 11th-13th January Swedish Open
Malmo - Challenger***
3 19th-20th January English Champs
Gidea Park - British Tour National Champs**
February 2008
5 2nd-3rd February Waregem Cars Open Racketlon
Waregem - Challenger***
7 16th-17th February Herts Open
Hatfield - British Tour*
8 22nd-24th February Hungarian Open
Budapest - World Tour****
March 2008
10 7th-9th March Canadian Open
Toronto - Super World Tour*****
11 15th-16th March South West of England Open
Bristol - British Tour*
14 21st-22nd March Eastercup Nationalteam Challenger
Vienna - Challenger***
Cambridge?
April: 2008
13 4th-6th April Czech Open
Prague - World Tour****
14 12th-13th April British Champs
Dudley - British Tour National Champs**
16 26st-27th April North of England Open
Teesside - British Tour*
May 2008
20 17th-18th May East Anglian Open
Ipswich - Challenger***
22 30th May-1st June WIN FOR LIFE King of Rackets
Oudenaarde - Super World Tour*****
June 2008
24 13th-15th June Finnish Open
Helsinki - World Tour****
25 21st-22nd June Letchworth Open
Letchworth - British Tour*
July 2008
27 4th-6th July Dutch Open
Rotterdam - World Tour****
28 12th-13th July South of England Open
Eastbourne - British Tour*
30 26th July London Open
Wimbledon - British Tour*
August: 2008
33 15th-17th August English Open
London - World Tour****+ Doubles World Champs
September: 2008
37 6th-7th September Swiss Open
Zuerich - World Tour****
39 26th-28th September Scottish Open
Edinburgh - World Tour****
October 2008
44 31st October-2nd November Gothenburg Open
Gothenburg - World Tour****
November: 2008
45 9th November Hampshire Open
Eastleigh - British Tour*
46 14th-16th November NOVOMATIC Austrian Open
Wr.Neudorf - Super World Tour*****
48 27th-30th November World Championships
Fuerth, Germany - World Champs******
December: 2008
50 13th-14th December Hull Open
Hull - British Tour*
Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

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