Oregon Racquetball

Doubles Camp comes to Oregon...

with Fran Davis and Jason Mannino

September 7 - 9, 2008 @ Sunset Athletic Club in Portland Oregon

Includes:
13+ hours of instruction, court time and 'Play the Pro'
Video Taping Analysis
Topics include Physical and Mental aspects of the game
Camp Manual
Camp T-Shirt
Penn Balls

ALL LEVELS OF DOUBLES PLAYERS WILL BENEFIT

LIMITED ENTRIES ... SIGN UP TODAY AND RESERVE YOUR SPOT!!
For more information on Fran's Davis go to her web site.

posted @ Saturday, June 21, 2008 11:01 AM by Paul Maduell

Oregon Struts It Stuff Again At Junior Nationals

31 Juniors from Oregon made the trip down to Concord, California last weekend for the 35th USA Racquetball Junior Olympic Championships.

For the 17th consecutive year, Oregon came home with a top-three finish in the team competition. Team Oregon brought back the 2nd Place Trophy in the Overall Team Competition, just a few points behind Team California.

Individually, four players from Oregon won National Championships and will represent Team USA at the World Junior Championships this December.

Girls 18 & Under Doubles
Shannon Inglesby (Portland) - National Champion

Girls 12 & Under Doubles
Hollee Hungerford (Milwaukie) - National Champion

Girls 8 & Under Singles
Kaitlyn Boyle (Beaverton) - National Champion

Boys 16 & Under Singles
Taylor Knoth (Milwaukie) - National Champion

Click Here for match results from all Oregon players.

posted @ Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:23 AM by Jeff Oliver

Oregonians bring home medals from 2008 National Singles Championships

Oregon continued to show it's teeth in this year's National Singles Championships, held in Houston, TX, May 22 - 25, 2008. Only three players entered...ALL THREE brought home medals!

Jeremy White, seeded #8 in Men's 30+ A defeated the #1 and #4 seeds on his way to a Gold Medal in that Division. He was also seeded #25 in Men's Elite and finished in third place in that division.

Photo: Jeremy White crushes a forehand on the stadium court in his Semifinal match against Bryan Shaw.

Bob Smith, seeded #10, won the Gold Medal in Men's 60+ A by defeating the #2 and the #1 seeds in that division.

Charlie Pratt, seeded #7 in Men's Open defeated #2 seed to get into finals. Charlie finished 2nd in Men's Open. Charlie also played in the Men's U.S. Team Qualifying event and lost to Rocky Carson. Rocky defeated Jack Huczek in that final.

Congratulations to all three players!

posted @ Tuesday, May 27, 2008 11:05 AM by Paul Maduell

ORA Season Wraps Up

The ORA held their last tournaement of the 2007-2008 season at Cascade Athletic Clubs April 16th-20th. 250 players competed in this 28th annual Spring Open/Regionals Championships.

Chris Barton (above) of Cascade Athletic Club defeated Chad Westwood from Lloyd Athletic Club in the Mens Open Division which had 24 players, the largest Mens Open Draw this year.

Ektelon sent out Rocky Carson from California - the number one player on the Mens Pro Tour - who gave an excellent player clinic on Saturday evening followed by the ORA year end Party for all ORA Players and tournament players. The food, beer, music was excellent but unfortunately with matches running late into the night, most players just stopped by for the free food/drinks.

The ORA Board is currently working on the State Team winners and next years schedule. Stop back soon for more information.

posted @ Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:35 PM by Jeff Oliver

2008 Kerwood Scholarship

Attention graduating high school seniors: Applications for the Kerwood Scholarship are now available. Please download the information and application packet for complete details. Completed applications are due by no later than Friday, May 16.

posted @ Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:09 PM by Jeff Oliver

Official Tournament Website for the 2008 NW Regionals

The official website for the 2008 USA Racquetball Northwest Regional Racquetball Championships is now online HERE.

- Starting Times are posted here.
- Draws will be posted beginning Wednesday, April 16th 6pm
- Entries are now CLOSED

posted @ Monday, April 14, 2008 6:25 PM by Geoff Thomsen

2008 NW Regionals

The 2008 Northwest Regionals begin Wednesday, April 16th at the Cascade Athletic Clubs in Gresham.

Along with this great event we will be holding two special events at the Tournament. A Players Clinic with Rocky Carson and the ORA End of Season Party.

See the Clinics page for details!

posted @ Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:35 PM by Geoff Thomsen

OSU WINS... 2008 USA Racquetball Intercollegiate Championships

Congratulations to: Dan Arnold, Alyssa Asay, Michael Carrington, Chelsea Donnithorne, Dale Fonken, David Laforest, Joey Lakowske, Susannah Schnabel, Amber Shaw, Grant Stalley, and Ashley Wilhite...the Oregon State University Team for winning first place Overall Team Title at the 2008 USA Racquetball Intercollegiate Championships held March 26 - 29th in Overland Park, Kansas.

posted @ Saturday, April 05, 2008 10:49 AM by Paul Maduell

Updated ORA Rankings

Updated ORA Rankings through the State Singles Tournament are now available through the "Rankings" tab above.

posted @ Wednesday, April 02, 2008 2:18 PM by Jeff Oliver

Racquetball Scholarships for College

Attention all High School students and College Undergrads!!

USA Racquetball has posted an application for racquetball scholarships!

From www.usaracquetball.com:

Graduating high school seniors and college undergraduates can apply for competitive USAR scholarships each year (by the deadline of June 15). Funding for the program is underwritten by USAR members, the National Masters Racquetball Association and the Women's Senior Masters Racquetball Association through tax deductible donations to the scholarship fund. Since the program's inception a total of 71 awards -- totalling $37,250.00 -- have been awarded to aspiring collegiate athletes. Applicants must be current USAR members at the time of applying for consideration of an award. All applications received by the deadline are reviewed by the scholarship committee, which is comprised of current members of the USAR Board of Directors. Annual awards are disbursed in the Fall of the application year. You may download the application online or contact the USAR for more information.

Download the Application HERE. The application deadline is June 15th!

posted @ Friday, March 21, 2008 4:43 PM by Geoff Thomsen