Results
Men’s Singles
Taylor Knoth defeated Jeff Stark in Open
Rocco Vega defeated John Chow in Elite
Jorge Valadez won A & B
Tyler Burns won C
Matt Purcell won 35+ A
Daniel Millar won 45+ B

Washington State Doubles Championship had 100 players playing for the state doubles title.  Jeff Stark and Lon Bergstrom won the Mens Doubles Championship.  Jeff also won the Mens 35+ Doubles with Mike Akerman.  David Morton and Bill Cumming won the Mens A Doubles, Bill Spencer and Kenny Brown won the Mens B/C Doubles, while Grace Hughes and Jessica Munoz not only won the Mens Elite Doubles but the Womens Open Doubles.  Lori Turley and Rowena Birnel won the Womens Elite Doubles.  Billy Johnson and Jeannie Buntjet won the Mixed Opens …

The Puget Sound Challenge was a great sucess, having 145 players participating in the tournament and with 22 female players playing in the LPRT division. Everyone was so excited to see our own Grace Hughes make it to the Semi Final against Paola Longoria, unfortunately she lost in a tough match.  Another exciting moment was watching Adrienne Fisher made it to her very first final in Seattle.

The Wilson Hope Racquetball Tournament was a great success for the local Bellingham Cancer Center! Olivia Nicholes and Wanda Collins put together a fundraiser that netted a little over $900 for the new center. Thanks go out to Lori and Keith Turley for their volunteer time to help run the desk and record scores. And a big thanks to Wilson Racquetball for donating a lot of great door prizes that were given out during the event.

Players from British Columbia and the Seattle area joined BAC players in a full day …

The Everett YMCA hosted one of the two Membership Renewal tournaments on September 14th – 16th. This was the second year this tournament was hosted in Everett, and this year it drew 35 players. The event was very relaxed, owing largely to the hour long match time slots, the comfortable start and end times during each day, and the self-reffed matches. This was a no-frills event, meaning no meals were provided and there was no souvenir for the participants. There were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, muffins, bananas, and trail mix …

“Tomorrow is the Rusty Pollock Memorial Racquetball Tourney here in Friday Harbor. It’s always an honor and privilege to commemorate the life of our dear friend, who passed so suddenly that we could hardly respond, except to hold life more delicately than ever, and enjoy precious moments with good friends who came from all over the region to play. See you tomorrow!” Winnie Brunsickle

“Thank you all for celebrating in my dads honor! Your sweet and loving comments have touched my heart so much! I know how much he loved playing …

Big thanks to everyone who participated in the Rollout for Cystic Fibrosis. An excellent time was had by all, but most importantly, over $5,000 was raised for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the cause. Every bit helps! Big thanks to some larger contributors: On Hold Concepts, John Avendano, Troy Gessel and Steve Jensen.

Along with great competition, there was a lot of great door prizes (provided by Robert Brown of Max Technologies). A flat screen TV, a hotel …

Pictures from the last weekends tournament, Woodstock Media Group, have been added. Please go to the Galleries section to view them and other tournament pictures. Go to the Rankings page to see the current points totals after that tournament.

The 41st Annual Northwest Open hosted 143 participants. Players traveled from all over Washington, Oregon, Canada and Jimmy Lowe from Hawaii! Players continue to support this tournament in its cramped quarters and the directors continue to make it great fun, making sure that all divisions are represented in both Women’s and Men’s categories. Thanks to all that participated to make it another successful event! Thanks also go out to our faithful sponsors who make this an outstanding with their support: Tim Goering of Waddell and Reed, …