2008 Florida Senior Games  -  Racquetball included at selected locations for the 2008 Florida Sports Foundation Senior Games.    downloaded Information  here
2007 Florida Senior Games Racquetball at Club Boom
(see photos)  
Racquetball is a qualifying event for those that want to participate in this years "Florida Sports Foundation Senior Games". This year there were eight locations where you could qualify for "Racquetball". Once again Racquetball was one of the 27 sports offered by the Ormond Beach Senior Games.   This year we had 21 people participate in singles and 30 in doubles.  The singles event was run on Wednesday afternoon and doubles on Thursday morning allowing people from other cities to participate in both with limited hotel expenses.  This year the racquetball event attracted people from others areas such as Lady Lake (the Villages), Melbourne, Ocala, Orlando and Tampa.  My thanks to all the participants who supported this Racquetball event and our other sports.  A special thanks to Club Boom for their contribution in hosting this event.    In total we had nearly 300 people register for nearly 800 events contained within our 27 named sports, some of which will surely compete in the Florida Sports Foundation Games State on December 1-9, 2007.   

Detailed information regarding this years State Senior Games can be found on the FLASports web site at: http://www.flasports.com/page_seniorgames_localsites.shtml

The Ormond Beach qualifying event was a fun and friendly competition event. FYI This years  application/venues/locations form can be downloaded here or you can contact Andy Pawlowski (386-679-8368) andypaw@attglobal.net for more info.
AmPro certification course come to Florida. 
 Touring racquetbal professional Jo Shattuck and AmPro/IPRO Clinician is offering a Instuictor Certification course on Saturday May 19 - 10am-6pm and Sunday May 20 - 9am-2pm  2007 at  the Bath & Racquet Club, 2170 Robinhood St in Sarasota, Florida. see details 

 

Florida Racquetball Association Presents:  Women’s Racquetball Day
9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday June 9, 2007 - Orlando Fitness & Racquet Club
see details & entry form
Vote Now for Players of the year:

The FRA is now accepting votes for the categories listed below. Vote now for any/all categories, and it would help to include a sentence or two as to the reason for your choices.  Questions and /or submissions should be sent to Frank Diapenza at; sponge3000@aol.com 

Votes will be accepted until Jan. 20, 2007 with all awards to be presented at State Singles in Feb. 

Categories are:
Open man 
Open Woman
Age Man
Age Women
Skill man
Skill woman
junior boy
junior girl
sportsmanship
most improved

Thanks for your participation.
Fran Davis Camp September 22-24, 2006
Location: Orlando Fitness & Racquet Club 825 Courtland St. Orlando, FL 32804
407-645-3550 (club) Contact Person: Mike Mojer
Fran Davis, the #1, Hall of Fame Coach/Clinician teams up with Jason Mannino, top 5 world ranked player for the past 6 years, to share with you over the course of an intensive 3 day weekend their 30+ years of racquetball knowledge and experience (selected camps may include other professional players).
Sign up using the attached form and receive a $25.00 (State C) discount off the advertised price.
Entry Form

 

2006 qualifying events for Florida Senior Games 
Racquetball is a qualifying event for those that want to participate in this years "Florida Sports Foundation Senior Games". This year there were eight locations where you could qualify for "Racquetball" There are still three chances remaining to qualify as noted below. To qualify for racquetball in the state games you only need to show up at one of the qualifying sites and play either singles or doubles which would qualify you for either of both at the state games. In addition, qualified players from the state games will be eligible to compete in the national event early next year.

Remaining Senior Games Locations that offer Racquetball:
* Jacksonville Senior Games - October 2-8, 2006
* Ormond Beach Senior Games - October 28-November 5, 2006
* Sarasota County Games for Life - November 11-18, 2006

Detailed information regarding this years State Senior Games can be found on the FLASports web site at: http://www.flasports.com/page_seniorgames_localsites.shtml

The Ormond Beach qualifying event will be a fun and friendly competition event. The application and schedule of all events will be available on the Ormond Beach web site at:
 http://www.ormondbeach.org/leisure/seniorgames2006.htm
The racquetball in Ormond Beach will be held at Club Boom and run as follows:
Singles on Wednesday, Oct 25th at 1:00 PM
Doubles on Thursday, Oct 26th at 9:30 AM. - The doubles will be a partner scramble (no named partner required)  pictures from 2005 event
Questions regarding Ormond Beach or other Locations may be sent to Andy Pawlowski (mobile 386-679-8368)

 

Women's Racquetball Day -  recap by Jean Trimble.  see the pictures
 The Orlando Fitness and Racquet Club played host to the 2006 Women’s Racquetball Weekend Friday and Saturday, May 5th and 6th.  The event again proved to be a huge success bringing 30 women from all over the state of Florida. The event had players from the open level, novice level, and every division in between. 

The Florida Racquetball Association again made it possible for the veteran players and AmPro Certified Instructors to once again provide a day of instruction, playing, video analysis, social ,and great fun activities for the women. The instructors were Laura Brandt, Susan Pfahler, Jean Trimble, Kassi Herr, Vivian Gomez, and Sue Hann. 

A special thanks to Ektelon and Wilson who provided the participates with great gifts, balls, and other necessary items needed for the event. Every participant learned a great deal about racquetball, had a great time, and went home with new racquetball products.
 
A special thanks to Mike Mojer, the Racquetball Director at the Orlando Fitness and Racquet Club. Mike is very supportive of our events and works with us to provide a great time for all the women. 
We plan to have the event again next year in May. Hope to see you there.  

 


2006 "Big D" Roadshow Recap:  see the pictures

Derek Robinson recently toured and conducted free clinics in three Florida cities.  The concept of these tours is to support racquetball at the grass roots level.  On Tuesday, March 7th he was hosted by Andy Pawlowski at Club Boom (formerly Omega 40 ) in Ormond Beach. Approximately 25 people attended the clinic with another 10 - 15 spectators.  There were many positive comments both during and following the clinic.  On Wednesday, March 8th, Derek was hosted by Paul Owens at the Cape Canaveral Recreation Center.  The weather was perfect at this outdoor event and it was well attended.  On Thursday, Joe Canuel hosted the Melbourne event at Pro-Health where he also had a good crowd.  Additionally the Canaveral and Melbourne events were supported by fellow team players Manny Shaw and Rick Ferrin.  
(submitted by Andy Pawlowski)

 

Advertise your Event here:  
Your event does not have to be a major one, and can advertise it here or in the local activities section.  The new web site is designed to be a vehicle of 2 way communications to help all FRA members and racquetball players.  Contact Andy Pawlowski to have you event posted here or in the local activities section.