I Basque Country Racquetball Championships Singles 2023
On April 22, the Basque Racquetball Association organized the I Basque Country Racquetball Championship Singles 2023. Eight players participated: Samuel Otero, Daniel Barrientos, Anthony Burgos, Joseba Zubiaurre, Andi Erromo, Jon Ander Gil, Luis Getxo and Egoitz Campo, the organizer. The competition was held at the Polideportivo Municipal de San Ignacio in Bilbao. Three rounds of […]
PARC 2023 – Games Qualification
At the XXXIV Pan American Racquetball Championship, held in Guatemala City between April 1 and 8, 2023, the countries of the continent competed for the medals and trophies of the tournament but also for the qualification to the XXIV Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador 2023 and the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023. […]
WADA publishes Webinar schedule for May 2023
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to outline below its webinar schedule for May 2023. Date / Time Session Title(Language) Speakers Target audience To register 10 May08:00 EDT / 21:00 Tokyo Time Managing Athlete profiles and user accounts in ADAMS(In English) Emmanuel Gomes, Senior Product Specialist (ADAMS), IT, Data & Digital Development, WADAKenny Lee, […]
News from PARC and IRF in the Americas
March 17, 2023 Dear Worldwide Racquetball Family: During January and February, IRF President Osvaldo Maggi traveled to several countries of the Americas to meet with national racquetball leaders. Positive meetings took place that brought the following results: – Santiago de Chile, Chile: The construction of the racquetball venue to hold the XIX Pan American Games […]
Andres Acuña selected as IWGA Athlete Representative
IWGA ATHLETES’ COMMITTEE: MAKING THE ATHLETE’S VOICE HEARD https://www.theworldgames.org/news/The-World-Games-17/IWGA-Athletes-Committee-Making-the-athlete-s-voice-heard-2432 At its board meeting in January, the board of the International World Games Association (IWGA) agreed on the composition of the Interim IWGA Athletes’ Committee. As already announced, the Chair of this committee will be the Spanish karateka Sandra Sanchez. The six other members of this committee […]
ITA Webinar Series 2022
Our October monthly webinar is dedicated to “Supplements & Informed Decision-Making Part 2”. This is the second in a series of two webinars designed to support informed decision-making around supplement use. The session will cover topics such as batch-testing and methods that can be used to select the safest supplements, seeking out expert advice and […]
ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE DATES OF THE XXXIII IRF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022
Colorado Springs, CO-USA, August 04, 2022. Dear Players, Teams, and the Worldwide Racquetball Family, For reasons of hotel availability in Guatemala City, the host city of the XXXIII IRF World Junior Championships, we are forced to change the dates of the event to December 2 to 10, 2022. We apologize for any inconvenience this might […]
IRF Announcement Regarding Scoring for Upcoming Tournaments
Dear Racquetball Family, The IRF sends greetings to everyone and would like to clarify scoring for the remainder of 2022. Rally scoring (in other words a point scored on every rally won) applies in all of the below: For the World Games in Birmingham, USA (16 men and 16 women, singles only): The same scoring […]
RON BROWN HONOURED BY INDIGENOUS SPORTS HALLS OF FAME
Ron Brown, member of Canada Racquetball and PARC’s Vice President North America, has been inducted as a member of the Indigenous Sports Hall Of Fame. Congratulations Ron and all the Canadian racquetball community! Information from https://racquetballcanada.ca/ron-brown-honoured-by-indigenous-sports-halls-of-fame/ WINNIPEG (April 28, 2022) – Racquetball Canada would like to congratulate Ron Brown who was inducted to the Manitoba Indigenous […]
International Racquetball Federation [IRF] Officially Sanctions Racket:Next
March 15, 2022 For Immediate Release International Racquetball Federation [IRF] Officially Sanctions Racket:Next Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA: In a decisive vote of the IRF Board of Directors, Virtual Reality racquet sport game Racket:Next [aka Racket: Nx] has become a fully sanctioned sports discipline of an IOC-Recognized global sports federation, effective April 1, 2022. With […]