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  Ground Hog Open
The next MRA event is the Ground Hog Open February 5-7, 2010.   Application
  MRA Newsletter
  The August MRA newsletter is now available online: MRA Newsletter (pdf)
MRA 2009/2010 Tournament Schedule (flyer)
  Metro South Athletic Club Junior Racquetball Program - Brockton, MA
  Looking to get rid of some of your old racquetball equipment? Have you recently upgraded   your racquet and would like to donate your old one to a good cause? You can donate extra or old equipment to the future of Massachusetts Racquetball. Email Ralph Grillone (rcgrillonejr@statestreet.com) or Rob VanSchalkwyk (vanschalkwykr@hotmail.com) for information on donating equipment to Junior Racquetball in Massachusetts or send your racquetball equipment to the Metro South Junior Program directly:
        Metro Fitness Club
        c/o Ralph Grillone
        85 Liberty Street
        Brockton, MA 02301
 
The Junior program started by Metro South has been a big hit, with as many as 23 juniors at the first clinic. More are signing up and some have never played before. Equipment is needed to help this program out, from racquets to eye guards, and anything will be appreciated. Hopefully, we can give each junior a chance to step on the court and develop the passion for the sport that I see at every tournament in Massachusetts. If you do not have any equipment, but would still like to help this program out, please email Ralph or Rob in how you can help out Junior Racquetball. - Rob VanSchalkwyk, Vice-President (MRA)

  Courtney Chisholm
With one day of play left at Arizona State University in Tempe, Courtney Chisolm has claimed one title of World Champion in Girl's 14 & Under Doubles.
 
Courtney and her partner Devon Pementelli claimed the title winning all four of their matches in the round robin format. They closed it out with a convincing victory over Mexico.
 
Today Courtney plays in the Girls 14 & Under Finals for Singles against Mexico's Maria Jose Vargas. She advanced to the finals with a win over Bolivai's Paulina Estrada 15-8, 15-10.
 
Hopefully she will play on Court #1 at 3:45 ET (12:45 in AZ), in which case you can watch her go for her second World Championship Title in as many days.
 
Go to www.globall.tv
 
Also, the USA is in tight competition for the title of World Champions in the Mens and Overall scoring. The USA has six head-to-head matches with Mexico throughout the final day of competition.
 
Word from the team is that this is the best position the team has been to claim a World Championship in the past (6) years.

  MRA Volunteers Wanted
If you are interested in volunteering your time to promote racquetball in Massachusetts, or you are interested in being on the MRA Board of Directors, please contact the MRA.
  MRA Goals for the 2008-2009 Season
Well, all of you players out there, it’s getting to be that time again. Hope you all had a good summer. But now it’s time to get serious! Time to come in out of the sun and into the fluorescent beauty of the racquetball court.
 
And do we have an exciting year in store for you. The MRA board held its first meeting in August to discuss some things to make the upcoming season a great one for all. And what did we come up with?
  1. More play… of course. Yes we are looking to increase our tournament schedule this year by more than 100%. So, what does that mean for you? It means 5 tournaments this year as well as a junior event.
  2. More female players…Yes, that’s right. Let’s get more of you ladies on the courts at tournament time.
  3. A bi-monthly newsletter to keep you all up-to-date on the latest and greatest in our state.
  4. And let’s get our results posted. For those of you with rankings, that means a bigger commitment inmonitoring the USAR tm make sure your results are recognized..
So what d’ya say? Who’s with us... ? Let’s make this our strongest season yet.
 
See ya on the court!
Shane Wood
Rob Vanschalkwyk
Karen Adamski
Derek Heartquist
Stan Shaw


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