IRF Rules Changes Announcement
Dear International Racquetball Family, As many of you have probably already heard, we at the IRF have approved some significant changes to Racquetball competition on the international level. We would like to take this opportunity to describe these changes and the rationale behind them. Keep in mind that these changes will become effective 1 February […]
IRF ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN 2021 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PLANS
August 28, 2021 – In an effort to be able offer both an IRF World Championships (Adult) and an IRF World Junior Championships, as well as to be mindful of and concerned for the pandemic-related health and safety of country delegations as well as the host countries themselves, the IRF today announces changes in plans […]
PARC Announces Suspension of XXXIII Pan American Racquetball Championships
For Immediate Release 20 August 2021 Pan American Racquetball Confederation Announces Suspension of XXXIII Pan American Racquetball Championships COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Pan American Racquetball Confederation (PARC) and the Bolivian Racquetball Federation (FEBORA) announce the suspension of the XXXIII Pan American Racquetball Championships. The event was scheduled for 3-11 September in the city […]
INTERNATIONAL RACQUETBALL FEDERATION SIGNS PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE HAMSA AND VIRTUAL SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR VR-BASED OLYMPIC SPORT
The IOC-recognized International Racquetball Federation (IRF), based in Colorado Springs, USA, has followed the IOC’s announcement of their Virtual Sports Series with a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in developing Tel Aviv-based One Hamsa’s immersive virtual reality (VR) game Racket:Nx as a potential full Olympic Virtual Sport and an eventual candidate for the Olympic Games. […]
The International Racquetball Federation, through its participation in ARISF, is pleased to announce that the International Testing Agency (ITA) is making available to International Federations a number of resources including anti-doping experts, educational tools, controls, and monitoring programs to support compliance with WADA-requested standards in the fight against doping in sport. More information here […]
European Racquetball Federation Congress 2020
The European Racquetball Federation Congress 2020 will be held in The Hague, Netherlands on Saturday 21st November 2020. More information and agenda: ERF Congress 2020 – Information and agenda.
International and European Federations Meeting
Yesterday in Hamburg, Germany. A positive meeting among IRF President Osvaldo Maggi, ERF President Mike Mesecke and DRBV President Jörg Ludwig. Looking for the definitive approach of the federations.
ACODEPA Meeting
The Association of Pan American Sports Confederations (ACODEPA) Board met for the first time separate from the PASO GENERAL ASSEMBLY in Miami to discuss the future of the sport in the Americas. Luke St. Onge, Secretary General of Pan American Racquetball Confederation is a member of the ACODEPA Board of Directors. Topics included: Future Pan Am […]
FROM THE AZTEC TO THE INCA – THE PAN AMERICAN FLAME BEGINS HISTORIC JOURNEY TO PERU www.panamsports.org The Pan American Flame is ignited in the Plaza of the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico in a beautiful and traditional ceremony celebrating the ancient Aztec culture. The Pan American Flame has left the ruins of one ancient […]