Hi Dom

Im not playing, but have played 3 times and its a great event and easy to get to.

Ray is driving I think.

Driving or EuroStar is pretty easy. EuroStar connection from Brussells into Oudenaarde is also quick.

Normally well supported so a good one for Brits condering a trip abroad (good beer also)

Cheers

Keith 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Dominique Ford" <dayanford@...>
To: UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com
Date: 03/04/08 19:32
Subject: [UK_RACKETLON] 17th "Win for Life" King of Rackets

Wonder if anyone is looking at playing the Belgium Open this year?

Those who have been there before - what's the best way of getting
there? Eurostar????

Dominique

The North of England Open is cancelled and will take place in October for those
who were
looking to play.

MARCH 2008
16th March South West of England Open Bristol - British Tour*
http://racketlon.i2.ca/sout08/entries.php
APRIL 2008
12th-13th April British Champs Dudley - British Tour National Champs**
http://racketlon.i2.ca/brit08/entries.php
CANCELLED - 26th-27th April North of England Open - Teesside - British Tour* TO
BE
RESCHEDULED FOR LATER IN THE YEAR
MAY 2008
17th-18th May British Open Ipswich - Challenger***
http://www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=53219

Dear All
Some pretty good news this month so hopefully this bulletin will be particularly
relevant! Read on……..
Racketlon.Co.Uk is BACK!
1. English Racketlon Kick Off Meeting
Minutes will be circulated to attendees in due course, the next meeting is
scheduled at The Cambridge event below and all players are welcome to come along
and air their views.
2. British Tour Latest
Check out www.racketlon.co.uk - 3 Events Live
Cambridge - Feb 17th - Email - Sam Scharf - samscharf@...
Bristol - March 16th - Email - Natalie Lawrence - natlawrence1979@...
British Champs - April 12th-13th - Dudley - Email - Ray Jordan -
raymond_jordan@...
Pls let us know if you can help out with these events in any way, shape or form
or if you have any questions.
3. British Open
The return of the British Open and the upgrade of the East Anglian Open in Mid
May will have World Ranking points and is due to launch shortly. This will have
"challenger" status which means it has half the world ranking points of a full
tour event like the English Open.
4. ResultReporter.Com
Register now at the players corner as the International Racketlon Federation
look to build a global database.
5. Racketlon.Co.uk - Updates - Check it out - www.racketlon.co.uk
Gareth Shaw has made some fantastic updates to the content - check it out -
updated rankings, updated 2008 event calander, downloads on the homepage for
players looking to run tournaments / suggest to local centres to run a
tournament, and An English Champs Report. More to Follow so keep posted to the
site - Racketlon.Co.Uk is BACK!
6. EnglishRacketlon.Org
We are now looking at a second Web Solution with partner Horizon Software -
while racketlon.co.uk will remain the home of UK Racketlon, englishracketlon.org
will become the homepage of the English Racketlon Association. This should be a
great project - indicative of the great website PSALIVE.TV - more to follow.
7. Carlton & Dunlop Sponsorship
Check out Carlton & Dunlop products at our retailer for the English Champs
County Sports Hagley http://www.countysportshagley.co.uk/ - you can order on the
phone with a 30% discount on products linked into the sponsorship agreement for
racketlon for this event.
8. Facebook
Check out the new Facebook Group if you are a member - its called UK RACKETLON
PORTAL and is being run by new enthusiast Gary Tovey.

Enter Tournaments Now!

http://racketlon.i2.ca/hert08 - Feb 17th - Cambridge Open

http://racketlon.i2.ca/sout08 - March 16th - Bristol - South West Open

http://racketlon.i2.ca/brit08/ - April 12th-13th - Dudley - British Champs

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Hi

Please advise what is the playing format for the singles event in the
mens category.

How many matches do we have to play combined in 4 sports. Is the
format based on knock out.

Will it be 11 point or 21 point game

is it possible to provide last years score card for the winner in all
sports.

This is the first time i am entering the tournament any information
would be helpful.

Best wishes

Dheeraj

The following UK_RACKETLON poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: What would players prefer for the Singles Tournament on Sunday
20th January?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- 21-Up (2 matches guaranteed), 1 votes, 20.00%
- 11-Up (4 matches guaranteed), 4 votes, 80.00%



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--- In UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@...>
wrote:
>
> Last weekend in Feb, who wants to come with me?
>
Hi Keith, I don't know how i'll get on in my first event at romford,
but i might be interested in hungary. If you've made any plans i'd be
interested in any research you've done on flights & staying close by
the venue...

Actually it would be a really good idea if perhaps anyone attending
overseas events posted information about travel costs etc as it might
promote others to take up the overseas gauntlet

Cheers, Gary

Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
UK_RACKETLON group:

What would players prefer for the Singles Tournament on Sunday 20th January?

   o 21-Up (2 matches guaranteed)
   o 11-Up (4 matches guaranteed)


To vote, please visit the following web page:
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Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

A new year and a new sport.

Racketlon is set to climb to new heights in 2008 with the UK hosting the World
Championships for the first time in August (Doubles) and the British Tour going
from strength to strength attracting new players all the time.

Two events are now live for entry, the first two events on the British Racketlon
Tour! Both events look to be over subscribed so best to enter early! Also
advance payment is required and no shows will be suspended from future events
and players missing the payment deadline will face a late penalty charge. The
most recent addition is the Herts Open a one day singles event on 17th Feb.
Hatfield are also running a taster event for members which the racketlon
community is invited to on 10th Feb - 1-4pm.

At The English Championships we will have the English Racketlon Association Kick
Off Meeting, which will be an informal chat on how we can take the sport forward
in 2008 and beyond, all players are welcome and details will follow. Pls advise
if this may be of interest. It is most likely this will happen after the
presentations on Sunday 20th January EST 5pm.

ALL ENTRY DETAILS BELOW!

English Championships - JAN 19th/20th

Enter:

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

Info & Payment:

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

Herts Open - FEB 17th

Enter:

http://racketlon.i2.ca/hert08/

Info & Payment:

http://www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=49405

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

----- Original Message -----

From: Keith Lesser

To: Keith Lesser

Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:15 PM

Subject: [UK_RACKETLON] Re[2]: Racketlon - Tournaments & Breaking News

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

-----Original Message-----
From: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@racketlon.com>
To: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@racketlon.com>
Date: 12/19/07 22:06
Subject: Re: Racketlon - Tournaments & Breaking News

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

-----Original Message-----
From: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@racketlon.com>
To: "keith.lesser@racketlon.com" <keith.lesser@racketlon.com>, "keith.lesser@racketlon.com" <keith.lesser@racketlon.com>
Date: 12/19/07 22:03
Subject: Racketlon - Tournaments & Breaking News

Everyone is welcome to enter the English Champs in Jan, we say English Champs but there are categories right from novice up to handy where the A Class is still by no means anywhere near a professional level, Im merely a ping pong player with limited skills in other sports and I seem to do ok! Not to mention the Assistant General Manager wiping the floor with me at Romford last Saturday! With my vastly inflated ranking of 7 in the UK, if someone can walk in off the street as it were not having played the sport previously and give me a good pasting that just shows you what the sport is all about. It's great the interest we continue to get and we are gunning for a new web solution in early 2008. See below for web links! And a Press Release from the International Racketlon Federation. Best of luck to the England team in Rotterdam at the World Championships, a weakened outfit with mssrs Struthers & Lawrence not able to make the trip, nevertheless Lorna should do very well and well the men will do well not to finish last, but hey who organises a World Champs between Xmas & New Year. At least the International Federation came back to me this week saying that I was in fact (for once!) talking sense and that it was a silly time to hold a competition with regards to gaining top British participation. However, interestingly other countries don't seem too fussed and no less than 32 of the top 40 on the Mens World Rankings are in attendance, including 12 Swedish Players of this 32 Mens Class A draw. No doubt Ray, Stuart & Co will sort everyone out, if not on court then at the bar afterwards.

Right also Im sorry about this being in a newsletter but Ive decided to go to the Hungarian Open in Feb in Budapest (yes it is causing friction with the Mrs!) however if anyone wishes to join me we can co-ordinate flights, etc. It is the first FULL world ranking event of 2008 and is set to be a blockbuster not to mention my first event abroad for over a year! Also, have a look at www.resultreporter.com the new, innovative racketlon tournament & ranking solution for the World Tour where players will also be able to register for the 2008 ENGLISH OPEN & DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPS taking place at Redbridge next August. A bit of an Internet explosion for the sport which continues to grow online.

I wont bother with happy new year n all that, go on then, happy Chrismikkah, that's a bit different, more of a combination type event!

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

http://racketlon.i2.ca/engc08/entries.php
http://www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=48993

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

RACKETLON ENTRY ENGINE

or www.activeeurope.com

ACTIVE EUROPE (select Racketlon from the Sport Menu)

http://www.racketlon.net/content.php?lang=en&p=75

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/UK_RACKETLON/

YAHOO GROUPS

www.facebook.com - FACEBOOK RACKETLON NETWORK

RESULT REPORTER

www.resultreporter.com

http://www.freebok.net/books/Racketlon_News/view.html

FIR is proud to announce that the 1st version of the new events registration system around the Result Reporter by swedish company Procensor is now online and working. Players can now register for the 1st FIR World Tour Event 2008, Hungarian Open (22-24 Feb). What is new is that all players must sign up in the players corner once before they enter their first tournament. All further instructions can be found on www.resultreporter.com. Everyone please sign up now. As the Result Reporter will also be directly connected with the World Ranking System, Ranking Officer Phil Reid would like to remind all players of the upcoming changes and there slight changes in the FIR World Tour shedule.

Last weekend in Feb, who wants to come with me?

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

-----Original Message-----
From: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@...>
To: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@...>
Date: 12/19/07 22:06
Subject: Re: Racketlon - Tournaments & Breaking News

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

-----Original Message-----
From: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@...>
To: "keith.lesser@..." <keith.lesser@...>,
"keith.lesser@..." <keith.lesser@...>
Date: 12/19/07 22:03
Subject: Racketlon - Tournaments & Breaking News

Everyone is welcome to enter the English Champs in Jan, we say English Champs
but there are categories right from novice up to handy where the A Class is
still by no means anywhere near a professional level, Im merely a ping pong
player with limited skills in other sports and I seem to do ok! Not to mention
the Assistant General Manager wiping the floor with me at Romford last Saturday!
With my vastly inflated ranking of 7 in the UK, if someone can walk in off the
street as it were not having played the sport previously and give me a good
pasting that just shows you what the sport is all about. It's great the interest
we continue to get and we are gunning for a new web solution in early 2008. See
below for web links! And a Press Release from the International Racketlon
Federation. Best of luck to the England team in Rotterdam at the World
Championships, a weakened outfit with mssrs Struthers & Lawrence not able to
make the trip, nevertheless Lorna should do very well and well the men will do
well not to finish last, but hey who organises a World Champs between Xmas & New
Year. At least the International Federation came back to me this week saying
that I was in fact (for once!) talking sense and that it was a silly time to
hold a competition with regards to gaining top British participation. However,
interestingly other countries don't seem too fussed and no less than 32 of the
top 40 on the Mens World Rankings are in attendance, including 12 Swedish
Players of this 32 Mens Class A draw. No doubt Ray, Stuart & Co will sort
everyone out, if not on court then at the bar afterwards.

Right also Im sorry about this being in a newsletter but Ive decided to go to
the Hungarian Open in Feb in Budapest (yes it is causing friction with the Mrs!)
however if anyone wishes to join me we can co-ordinate flights, etc. It is the
first FULL world ranking event of 2008 and is set to be a blockbuster not to
mention my first event abroad for over a year! Also, have a look at
www.resultreporter.com the new, innovative racketlon tournament & ranking
solution for the World Tour where players will also be able to register for the
2008 ENGLISH OPEN & DOUBLES WORLD CHAMPS taking place at Redbridge next August.
A bit of an Internet explosion for the sport which continues to grow online.

I wont bother with happy new year n all that, go on then, happy Chrismikkah,
that's a bit different, more of a combination type event!

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

http://racketlon.i2.ca/engc08/entries.php
http://www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=48993

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

RACKETLON ENTRY ENGINE

or www.activeeurope.com

ACTIVE EUROPE (select Racketlon from the Sport Menu)

http://www.racketlon.net/content.php?lang=en&p=75

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/UK_RACKETLON/

YAHOO GROUPS

www.facebook.com - FACEBOOK RACKETLON NETWORK

RESULT REPORTER

www.resultreporter.com

http://www.freebok.net/books/Racketlon_News/view.html

FIR is proud to announce that the 1st version of the new events registration
system around the Result Reporter by swedish company Procensor is now online and
working. Players can now register for the 1st FIR World Tour Event 2008,
Hungarian Open (22-24 Feb). What is new is that all players must sign up in the
players corner once before they enter their first tournament. All further
instructions can be found on www.resultreporter.com. Everyone please sign up
now. As the Result Reporter will also be directly connected with the World
Ranking System, Ranking Officer Phil Reid would like to remind all players of
the upcoming changes and there slight changes in the FIR World Tour shedule.

Simon sent the below to his local tennis club, I have done the same, so feel free also if you have similar club links..........

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

Anyone for Racketlon......?

Do you enjoy racket sports.....?

Do you enjoy friendly and inclusive competitions...?

Would you like to burn off all that Turkey and Mince Pies you'll be consuming over the festive period...?

Then why not enter the English Racketlon Championships on Saturday 19th (doubles) and Sunday 20th (singles) of January 2008

What is Racketlon....?

Racketlon is the sport in which you challenge your opponent in each of the four racket sports table tennis, squash, badminton and tennis. A racketlon match contains four sets, one in each sport. Each set is played to 21 points, much like in table tennis, but the total winner of a racketlon match is not the one that wins most sets but the one that scores the most points in total. The winner is the best all round racket player.

For details and to enter the event sign into the following and register:

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

For a list of entrants and access to the Racketlon website:

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

Venue: Next Generation club in Gidea Park (Romford, Essex), only an hour or so from Berkhamsted.

Closing date: Monday 14th January (entries limited to 100)

Sounds good Selwyn, can see how many points I get off you at squash?

As far as I know just turn up!

Cheers

Keith Lesser
English Racketlon

Hi

Mark Burman and myself are planning on going to the
Racketlon practice on Saturday.

Do we need to let anyone know, or do we just turn up?

Cheers

Selwyn Walmsley


----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Lesser" <keith.lesser@...>
To: UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [UK_RACKETLON] Re: English Championships -
Information / Practice Session
Date: 13-Dec-2007 20:02:53 GMT

> There are quite a few people going on Saturday just in
> case anyone was thinking about  it..........
>
> My xmas gut is already starting to pile on so cant miss
> this opportunity!
>
> --- In UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com, WILLIAM FORD
> <dayanford@...> wrote: >
> >   Hi
> >   Just to let you know that Courts are booked from 1pm -
> 3pm on Saturday 15  December 2007 at Next Generation Clubs
> , Squirrels Heath Lane, Gidea Park, Romford,  Essex, RM11
> 2DY - venue for the first event of the British Tour 2008 -
> English  Championships.
> >
> >   Guest fee is £10 - so please come along if you want
to
> >    get some racketlon practice.
> >   Entries are coming in for the Tournament - please
> >   enter on the racketlon.com engine
> >    http://racketlon.i2.ca/engc08/entries.php
> >   and pay via activeeurope
> >
>
www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=48
> >    993
> >   If you wish to pay by cheque, please send cheque -
> payable to "English Racketlon" for  full amount  to me at
> >    the following address.
> >   25 Sumner Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4BX.
> >
> >   Any queries, please get back to me.
> >
> >   Cheers
> >   Dominique
> >
>
>
>

There are quite a few people going on Saturday just in case anyone was thinking
about
it..........

My xmas gut is already starting to pile on so cant miss this opportunity!

--- In UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com, WILLIAM FORD <dayanford@...> wrote:
>
>   Hi
>   Just to let you know that Courts are booked from 1pm - 3pm on Saturday 15
December 2007 at Next Generation Clubs , Squirrels Heath Lane, Gidea Park,
Romford,
Essex, RM11 2DY - venue for the first event of the British Tour 2008 - English
Championships.
>
>   Guest fee is £10 - so please come along if you want to get some racketlon
practice.
>
>   Entries are coming in for the Tournament - please enter on the racketlon.com
engine
>   http://racketlon.i2.ca/engc08/entries.php
>
>   and pay via activeeurope
>   www.activeeurope.com/Events/index.cfm?AC=EventDetails&E=48993
>
>   If you wish to pay by cheque, please send cheque - payable to "English
Racketlon" for
full amount  to me at the following address.
>
>   25 Sumner Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4BX.
>
>   Any queries, please get back to me.
>
>   Cheers
>   Dominique
>

Its a map showing where your nearest TT facilities are....

http://www.englishtabletennis.org.uk/nlstory.cfm?ID=26631&NLID=3153

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Dear All

Pls find latest Racketlon Bulletin

Let me know if you wish to unsubscribe or more importantly if you have friends
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
www.yahoogroups.com and give feedback on the sport, in a friendly forum which
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

(apologies if you received this message twice)

I've looked at the up and coming tournament in Romford.

In terms of the 4 sports i play tennis for my uni team and am training
with the badminton team too, and can put up a fight in squash and table
tennis too.

Is there specific ratings that people have to be before participating.
It's just this sport actually looks like my dream sport where i get to
play all four :D

Is it worth me entering???

Thanks, Alex Wall.

It is with great regret that we have to advise that Paul Davies has
sadly lost his battle against cancer. He died on 5 November and in
tribute we will be dedicating a Player of the Tournament trophy at the
English Championships to Paul.

Condolences to all of Pauls family and friends from the Racketlon
Community.

FINALLY, after several months of inactivity on the domestic front,
Racketlon is back for the first event of the 2008 British Racketlon
Tour.

The English Championships will be held on the weekend 19/20 January
2008 at Next Generation Club, Gidea Park, Romford.

There will be nine categories. Mens Classes A, B, C & D, Ladies A (B
may be added depending on entries) and doubles categories - Mens (A,
B & C) and Mixed.

The tournament is open to UK Residents. Doubles events will be held
on Saturday 19 January (11am-7pm), and Singles on Sunday 20 January
(9am-5pm). Presentations to all winners at 5pm.

So get promoting this in your home towns/clubs and lets see if we can
make this tournament even bigger than last year when we had an
excellent turnout. Hope to see you all there....

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Please enter on the Racketlon.Com Entry Engine

Link - http://racketlon.i2.ca/engc08/entries.php
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Tournament Homepage (where you can pay and find other information
about the
tournament)

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

or click from www.activeeurope.com -> sport menu -> racketlon ->
click on event

The closing date is midnight Monday 14 January 2008.
Any further queries, please contact Dominique on
dayanford@...

Thanks Rod

Whats the system in Scotland Squash and how does it work in terms of how much
you pay and the discount you get?

My knowledge is limited to English Table Tennis, which is as Gary Jackson
mentioned a bit cheeky and players perceive it as a premium, which is not what
we want to do............

-----Original message-----
From: Rod Robinson aikendrum62@...
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 09:30:10 +0200
To: UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [UK_RACKETLON] Re: Few Questions for Players - Discussion /
Feedback /

> Hi
>
> I much prefere 21 up as well, and as I normally have to travel quite a bit >
to get to events would prefere more 2 day events.
> The team events on Sat followed by singles on Sun would also interest me.
> As to payments, in Scottish squash we can pay a yearly membership fee which> 
then gives us reduced fees to tournaments, this encourages people to play > in
more tournaments to get their money back !
> Training camp would be good but again a lot of travel for me.
>
> Rod Robinson
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: swalmsley <swalmsley@...>
> To: UK_RACKETLON@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, 11 October, 2007 8:49:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [UK_RACKETLON] Re: Few Questions for Players - Discussion / Fe>
edback /
>
> I also think games to 21 are much better for the reasons Ray
> and Marc have mentioned. Also luck, something Marc knows a
> lot about!!! can have much more of an effect in games up to
> 11.
>
> Cheers
>
> Selwyn Walmsley
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rayjordan81" <raymond_jordan@ hotmail.com>
> To: UK_RACKETLON@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: [UK_RACKETLON] Re: Few Questions for Players -
> Discussion / Feedback /
> Date: 10-Oct-2007 20:35:55 +0100
>
> > I detest 11-up with a passion; you may as well turn up in
> > a suit, dinner jacket and bow tie, hiot for 3 seconds and
> > then move to the next sport with the amount of playing
> > time it sometimes gives you.
> >
> > Because knocking up, finding your opponent, moving between
> > sports grabbing a quick drink of water and looking for
> > your next racket takes up so much match time (I'd like to
> > do some research into this -
> > in fact I will) compared to perhaps what it should do,
> > increasing the length of games from 11 to 21 certainly
> > doesn't double the time. Because of course all the
> > preparation bits (mentioned above) will remain the same
> > in duration, but you will play twice as many points -
> > this will make matches much more efficient if you look at
> > the "time spent playing points vs the time spent faffing
> > about" ratio.
> >
> > I have now decided to prove myself right and write a
> > questionnaire for everyone at the next event to fill out.
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In UK_RACKETLON@ yahoogroups. com, Marc Burman
> > <marcburman@ ...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi guys just thoguht I would mention
> > >
> > > That I much prefer the up to 21 system, the 11 system
> > is too short.
> > >
> > > In particular table tennis suffers from up to 11 as
> > the match can be over in literally minutes, having made
> > you feel you almost havnt played.
> > >
> > > also up to 21 makes you feel as though you are getting
> > value for money, in essence you are playing, 84 points,
> > and you have the chance to get involved in a real meaty
> > match, that equates to a real battle between you and your
> > > opponent.
> > > if you down in up to 11 its very hard to come back.
> > >
> > > Thats my personal opinion.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > Marc
> > >
> > > WILLIAM FORD <dayanford@. ..> wrote:
> > > Personally prefer 21 up or maybe 15. I find
> > 11 too short. However, it will depend on whether
> > tournament is 1 or 2 days. Sundays is preferable to
> > Saturdays if one day only - some people have to work on
> > > Saturdays or have other commitments!
> > > Cost seems ok. It's often dependent on how much we
> > have to pay the venue so finding sympathetic venues is
> > key. What about a discount if you play a certain number
> > of tournaments during the year? Play 6 get 1 half price!!
> > Sorry, Keith, don't know if we can afford that.....
> > >
> > > License not a bad idea. Again gives incentive to play
> > more often. And to help that, 1 day tournaments (or
> > doubles on Sat/singles on Sun) is probably the way
> > forward for the majority of the tour.
> > >
> > > We need more venues - if anyone has any good ideas for
> > where a tournament can be played - pls advise.
> > >
> > > Dominique
> > >
> > >
> > > Keith Lesser <keith.lesser@ ...> wrote:
> > > come on guys - I know we do a good job, but this
> > is your chance to have your input and shape 2008 and
> > > beyond...... ....!
> > > My twopence for what its worth:
> > >
> > > 1. I prefer 11 up and shorter events (more attractive as
> > only take a day rather than a whole weekend)
> > > 2. Training Camp I'm up for whenever
> > > 3. I'd like to introduce a season license for British
> > Events so that once you have played 4 events you get the
> > value of that license back. So the season license would
> > cost £10 and a per event license would be £2.50.
> > > Something along those lines....... ..
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Keith
> > >
> > > -----Original message-----
> > > From: "Keith Lesser" keith.lesser@ ...
> > > Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:23:09 +0200
> > > To: "UK Racketlon Discussion Group"
> > > UK_Racketlon@ yahoogroups. com Subject: [UK_RACKETLON] Few
> > Questions for Players - Discussion / Feedback /
> > >
> > > > Right firstly, Id like to apologise for the
> > "inappropriate" emails you may have received from this
> > > > group.
> > > > Ive changed the membership settings so new members
> > need to be approved. So should put a stop to this!
> > > >
> > > > I've got a few questions for discussions/ feedback
> > amongst players:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Proposed Training Camp for 2008 - Centre Parcs and
> > Norwich Sports Village are being tabled as potential
> > venues. Any thoughts on dates? Would a summer camp suit,
> > or a spring or winter camp? When would be best? Loads of
> > > > players, loads of practice, winning formula?
> > > > 2. Pricing - Were the 2007 Tournament charges for
> > players good value for money / should we charge more/less
> > in 2008 / how does this compare to other sports, people
> > participate in? Do you think a racketlon membership fee
> > is a good idea and how much should be charged for this,
> > what could/should it include? Would a per tournament
> > > > license fee work v a season license fee?
> > > > 3. 11 or 21, structure/categorie s of events? Hard to
> > have age and band as players tend to enter both creating
> > a difficult schedule and sometimes too tough on stamina?
> > Whats the optimum - one day 11 tournaments? Say 8 a year?
> > Two day 21 tournaments, 4 a year? Stick to one scoring
> > > > system? Is 15 ok? Whats best?
> > > > 4. Anything else……..?
> > > >
> > > > In the interim period between now and January we are
> > identifying which of these ideas are best. 2 Main
> > Priorities continue to be the set-up of the English
> > Racketlon association (imminent) - a letter of approval
> > is with Sports England, Companies House have the
> > documentation. And up to date content on racketlon.co. uk -
> > which is still being worked on.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Keith
> > > >
> > > > Thks,
> > > >
> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ------
> > > > Keith Lesser
> > > > UK Tour Director
> > > > Mixed Doubles Specialist
> > > >
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> > > >
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