The Washington Junior Racquetball Association (WJRA) is determined to make tournaments more affordable for juniors and their families. Currently, the WJRA pays half of the entry fee for sanctioned junior events. For Junior State Singles and Regionals, the WJRA will pay for the first event fee ($30 at State Singles). Read more…
Eleven players from Washington State traveled to Tempe, Arizona to participate in this year’s national doubles event from Feb. 11-15, 2009. Those attending were Dan Baharav, Wanda Collins, JoAnn Johnson, Alan Lawson, Jessica Munoz, Steve Nearants, Beth Neff, Vicki Panzeri, Vivian Rodriguez and Tammarrian Rogers. The Washington team picture includes Read more…
The 2009 Northwest Open saw a lot of new faces, from Mens Open to Mens 60+ C/D to Women’s D! It was a busy time in a small space. Thanks to everyone who participated – both in the tournament and in our fundraising efforts for the Washington Junior players. Big Read more…
CALLING ALL JUNIORS! WE NEED YOUR ENTRY FOR THE JUNIOR RACQUETS WITHOUT BORDER CHALLENGE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, DEC. 6 NOW! CONTACT WANDA COLLINS AT racquetball@bellinghamathleticclub.com or 360-676-1800 or fax Wanda at 360-734-2289 by Monday, Dec. 1. Help us to get back the perpetual trophy on US soil!
Juniors – Mark Your Calendars! The annual Racquets Without Borders Challenge matches with the junior players in British Columbia are scheduled. The first will take place in British Columbia on Saturday, November 1st. We need a large contingency of Washington players to get up to Surrey and score points for Read more…
The US Open in Memphis, TN will be tracking the number of players from each state this year. The competition will be to see which state has the largest increase in number of participants from 2007. There will be special recognition in the daily racquetball magazine publication at the tourney, and a special recognition Read more…
Fourteen players from Washington State joined approximately 230 juniors from across the U.S. in some great competition at Nationals in Concord, California June 25-29. Our state juniors made all of us proud – not only with their level of play, but their sportsmanship and conduct. What a great group! Nineteen Read more…