The Ladies Professional Racquetball Tour – August Atlanta Open

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What an amazing weekend of racquetball with the LPRT!

Thank you to every one that travelled to get to this historic event, the first professional women’s tournament in Atlanta since 1995!

If you couldn’t make it out to watch and play in person, you can watch the matches that the LPRT broadcast on their Livestream.com channel.

Congratulations to all of our winners!

LPRT – Frederique Lambert
Open – Cristina Amaya
Elite – Felicia Green
A – Graciana Wargo

Doubles Open – Jordan Cooperrider and Alexandra Herrera
Doubles A – Jones Donna and Marsha Rush Johnson

Mixed Doubles Open – Cristina Amaya and Sebastian Franco
Mixed Doubles Elite – Kooper Pablo-Keita Buchanan and Sue Patterson
Mixed Doubles A – Marsha Rush Johnson and Thomas Parks

Open – Sebastian Franco
Elite – Scott Sobel
A – Kevin Wiley
B – John Wilson

Doubles Open – Bryan Titus and Jeremy Best
Doubles Elite – Robert Hemphill and Austin Cunningham
Doubles A – Eric Saghini and Kevin Wiley
Doubles B – Barry Leb / Philip Enteles

Centurion Open – Felix Akintomide and Lugene Jackson
45+ – Bryan Titus
55+ – Charles Cole

I’d like to again thank all of our sponsors who made this event possible:

Gary Clarke
Goliath Exteriors Inc.
Tony White
CME Wire and Cable / Will Costanza
The Wileys
Recreation Atl
and our primary sponsor: JT-RB.com

 

 

KSU is looking for a Racquetball Instructor

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Hi All! Kennesaw State University is looking for someone to teach a one credit Beginning Racquetball course on T/Th from 8:30-9:15pm this fall. The class has 16 students, and is taught on three courts in our incredible student rec center. It runs for 10 weeks (20 classes), but you get to choose which 20 days to go out of the 16-week semester, so there is a bit of flexibility in the schedule. The ideal candidate would have a BA or higher in a sport or teaching-related field (exercise science, sport management, physical education, education, etc.). Please email Kim Fletcher if you’re interested in getting more details! Thanks!

 

2016 Georgia Games Winners!

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The 2016 Georgia Games took place at Recreation ATL on Saturday July 9th, 2016.
Congratulations to our winners!
IRT Pro – Maurice Miller
A – Bamiki Keita
B – Russell James Scott III
C – Zach Slaney
D – Zach Slaney
45+ A – Kevin Wiley
Men’s A Doubles – Eric Saghini / Kevin Wiley
50+ A Doubles – Felix Akintomide / Lugene Jackson
25+ A Doubles – Bamiki Keita / Yacouba Keita
Thanks to Curly Karmelin and Jason Chan for their work to make this event possible and flow smoothly!
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Georgia Players Return From Junior Olympic Championships With Medals

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Marina and Emma Kernan at 2016 Junior Olympics

Two Georgia players are returning from the USA Racquetball Junior Olympic Championships with medals!

The USAR JOC took place in Fridley, Minnesota from June 22 thru June 26, 2016.  Over 200 players aged 18 and under gathered and played in Olympic format divisions in order to determine placement on the USA Racquetball Junior National Team for the next year.

Marina and Emma Kernan (left to right in the picture) took home medals in each division they entered.

The pride and respect of the Georgia racquetball community goes out to these two positive young ladies!

Girl’s Singles – G18/16/14 Friendship:  2nd place
Marina Kernan

Girl’s Singles – 16 and Under Red:  3rd place
Emma Kernan

Junior Mixed Doubles – Combined 18 & under / 16 & under Consolation:  2nd place
Emma Kernan and Nicolas Walsh

Girls Doubles – 16 and Under:  3rd place
Emma Kernan and Alanna Shea

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2016 Aloha Open – Congratulations to our Georgia Players!

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This last weekend, 14 players from Georgia represented and played at the 2016 Aloha Open held in High Point, North Carolina.  A little bit over 15% of the players in the tournament were current Georgia residents!

Congratulations to the Georgia women, taking first and second place in the Women’s Open Doubles, completely dominating their competition!

1st place – Kanesha Madison / Tara Borrero
2nd place – Felicia Green / Tami Costanza

Aloha Open Ladies Finalists

Congratulations to the Georgia mixed doubles teams, taking first and second place in the Mixed Open Doubles!

1st place – Maurice Miller / Tara Borrero
2nd place – Kanesha Madison / Danny Smith

Aloha Open Mixed Doubles Open Winners

Congratulations to our Centurion teams (combined age 100+), for taking first and second place there as well!

1st place – Brandon Bryant / Luis George Sr.
2nd place – Marcus Riggins / Wes Wesley

Congratulations to our two Open players that took second place in their divisions!

Men’s Open – Maurice Miller
Women’s Open – Robin Whitmire

Out of 32 possible 1st and 2nd place positions, Georgia players took 8, a full 25% of the possible finals slots!

Great job all!

Portions of this tournament were broadcast live on YouTube by Luis Borrero, but they don’t appear to have been archived as part of his channel.  Many hours of broadcast were delivered by Kamyron Meeks via Livestream.com, and those have been made available on YouTube.

Hope to see you all at the Georgia Games in three weekends!