Update - 3/24/2009
This year NHRA will host the New England Regional Singles Championships on April 17 - 19 at the Nashua Athletic Club in Nashua, NH. The event will feature singles in both skill level and age level events as well as some doubles events. The cost is $55 for the first event and $20 for the second event. There are discounts for College students and juniors as well. Breakfast and Lunch are provided on Saturday and Gatorade and fruit are available all weekend long. The first 125 entrants will recieve a tournament shirt.
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With the 3rd in the NHRA Open Series completed there is a tie for first place between Joe Palazzo and Jeff Hill. The final NHRA Open Series will be held on May 2 at the Nashua Athletic Club and looks to be one of this years wildest events. This is the last event of the season so signup early or come and get a good seat for some great racquetball! The top 8 players after 3 events are as follows:
| Player |
Current Points |
| Jon Dyer |
900 |
| Fahd Abidi |
950 |
| Brian Lesieur |
1200 |
| Richard Sledik Jr. |
1400 |
| John-Craig Chisholm |
1700 |
| Matt Moccia |
1700 |
| Joe Palazzo |
2600 |
| Jeff Hill |
2600 |
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Granite State Senior Games - May 9, 2009
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The Granite State Senior Games Racquetball Event will be played at the Executive Health & Sports Center on May 9, 2009 beginning at 9am.
The cost for the event is $30.00 if registered for before April 16, 2009. All players receive a T-Shirt. Medals will be given to the winners. (The entry fee entitles players to play in any of the Senior Games events.)
Doubles are offered again this year. If registering for doubles you must play in the age bracket of the youngest participant. All matches will be 2 games to 15 with a tiebreaker to 11 if necessary.
There is a social night on Friday May 8, 2009 at 6pm at the Chateau Restaurant on Hanover Street in Manchester. There will be a $5.00 per person charge.
To register click on the icon to the left or go to www.nhseniorgames.org.
Contact Ron Bouchard ronboo@comcast.net or 603-801-2226 with any questions. |
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2009 Great Bay ChallengeThe 2009 Great Bay Challenge will be held on March 13-15, 2009 at the Great Bay Athletic Club in Newmarket, New Hampshire. The Great Bay Athletic Club racquetball team is the 2009 winners of the Granite State Challenge Cup and team captain and tournament director Jean Lerch heads a well run and fun tourament at Great Bay every year. The tournament is open to players from the Elite level through the Novice player in both singles and doubles divisions. The entry fees are $35 for the first division and $15 for the second division. Join us this weekend before Saint Patricks day were we gaurantee that at least all the racquetballs will be green!
Click here or on the link to the left for more information or to signup online.
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Update - 2/15/2009
On Saturday, February 21, 2009 The Executive Health and Sports Center will be hosting a Ladies Racquetball Social. This is open to all levels of play and will consist of both singles and doubles. (We'll match you up with a partner) Play will be from 11am until 4pm. Cost is $10 for Executive Members and $15 for non-members and will include food and drink as well. Contact Kelley Beane for more information or to signup at kbeane6@aol.com .
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The 2009 New Hampshire State Singles Championship will be held on Friday and Saturday, February 27th -28th, 2009 at The Executive Health and Sports Center. The entry fee is $40 for the first event and $20 for the second event, Juniors are 1/2 price. This tournament is open to any resident of New Hamphire or member of a New Hampshire Racquetball club. For more information click on the link on the right hand side of this web page or click the icon above. |
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Players traveling can get special NHRA rates at the Hampton Inn & Suites Manchester - Bedford. Click on the icon.
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The next NHRA Open Series will be held Saturday March 21st at Executive Health & Sports Center. |
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Update - 1/26/2009The Granite State Challenge Cup was a huge success with 140 players. Congratulations to Great Bay Athletic Club the winners of the 2009 Granite State Challenge Cup!!
 
On Saturday, January 31st, The Executive Health and Sports Center will be hosting a Men's Doubles Racquetball Mixer. This is open to all Open, A, and B level players. You can sign up as an individual and will be matched up with a partner or come as a team. Play starts at 9:00am and will last aproximately 4 hours, round robin style. You will play plenty of matches! Signups will be limited to the first 32 players. Cost is $15.00, and will include food and drink as well. Click here to download the PDF. Contact Kelley Beane at kbeane6@aol.com to sign up.
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Don't forget the NHRA Open Series event is coming up on Saturday, February 7. Click
on the icon to the right for more information.
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2009 Granite State Challenge Cup!!!!NHRA will host the 2009 Granite State Challenge Cup on January 23-24 at Nashua Athletic Club in Nashua, New Hampshire. This annual event draws upwards of 100 players from racquetball clubs around New Hampshire. Instead of individual awards the only award is the Cup which is presented to the winning club team to hold until the next year. This event is open to all residents of New Hampshire or members of New Hampshire Racquetball Clubs.
In light of the recent price increase in USAR membership fees and the low turnout for New Hampshire tournaments NHRA has decided that ALL players entered in this event will get a FREE 1-YEAR USAR MEMBERSHIP. If you already have a membership your current membership will be increased by 1-year. The cost of the tournament is $25 for the first event and $15 for the seond event with a 2-event limit. (Juniors are a flat rate of $10) With lunch and dinner provided and a social in the NAC bar afterword where can you get this much for so little a cost?
To join this event please enter through your local club Team Captains. If your club does not have a Team Captain we still encourage you to join in the fun (and the free USAR membership), we will assign you to one of the other teams. Please contact the following Team Captains:
Executive Health & Sports Center Ron Bouchard ronboo@comcast.com
Great Bay Athletic Club Jean Lerch lerchjean@hotmail.com
Nashua Athletic Club Greg LaBrie glabrie@vicr.com
Racquet Club of Concord Tom Christy rqtball2@comcast.net
Salem Athletic Club Lee Monks lmonks@monksmfg.com
The Works Pat Sims patelites1@aol.com
All others Greg LaBrie glabrie@vicr.com
Download the tournament flyer for more information from this link.....Tournament Flyer
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USA Racquetball increases annual membership feesThe USAR has decided that on 2/12009 the annual membership fees will be increased. The increases in membership rates are as follows:
Adult 1-year increases from $35 to $50
Adult 3-year increases from $100 to $125
Junior 1-year increases from $20 to $25
You can read more about this increase on the USA Racquetball website in President Cheryl Kirks Letter to Racquetball Players of America.
Players have a chance to up their membership for 3-years until 2/1/2009 at the current rates. NHRA Members can look forward to events like the Granite State Challenge Cup where by playing in that event you can get a 1-year USAR membership for free. Look on this website for information about the Granite State Challenge Cup.
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NHRA Introduces new Event - NHRA Open SeriesThe NHRA is introducing a new event to the schedule this season. The NHRA Open series will be a series of (4) 1-day shoot-out type tournaments. Each event will be independent with its own prize money and winners but the players that earn the most series points after all 4 events will win the series prize. You can enter just 1 event or all 4. Each player will be guarunteed a minimum of 3 matches and it will take 5 or 6 matches to win. Be prepared for a full day of hard racquetball!!!
All players will start out in the Gold Division. If a player loses in the first round of the Gold Division, the players is moved down to the Silver Division. If a player loses in the second round of the Gold Division or the first round of the Silver Division that player will move down to the Bronze division. If a player loses in any division after that they are done for the day. Prize money will be offered to the first and second place players in all three divisions. The cost of each event is $40 and includes Gatoraid, oranges and bananas all day and pizza for lunch.
As this is our first doing this event it will be limited to the first 32 players entering the tournament so that we can make sure that this can be completed on time in one day.
We invite all levels of players that may not play in the event to come to the event to see the best players in the state compete against each other.
Click on the NHRA OPen Series icon for more information and to register online.
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