Good Luck to the following NJAR Players!!!
The following New Jersey Racquetball players will be traveling down to
Houston, TX next week to compete in the 2008 USAR National Singles
Championships. This is the premier singles event of the year in racquetball, and
this is the strongest NJ showing at the tournament in years. Good luck to
the following players!!! To follow along with these players as they compete,
please visit the
tournament website.
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2008 Finals on 46 Starting Times
To get your starting times for this weekend's tournament, please visit
www.jerseyshoreracquetsports.com
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2008 Finals on 46 End of Season Tournament Coming May 2-4,
2008!!!
Jersey Shore Racquet Sports will be co-hosting a tournament along with
Classic Athletic Club at Classic's facility in Fairfield, NJ May 2-4, 2008.
This will be a sanctioned USAR tournament, and should be a great end to the
official 2007-2008 season. If you are interested in this tournament,
please visit the following links, or go to
www.jerseyshoreracquetsports.com.
Enter Online /
Application
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Aimee Ruiz wins Pan Am Championships!!!!!!!!!!
Aimee Ruiz has just come home from the Pan Am Championships in Costa Rica.
She competed for the US Team in the Women's Open Doubles division along with
partner Jackie Paraiso-Rice. Aimee and Jackie dominated the field and took
home the gold medal for the United States. Big congratulations go out to
Aimee from the entire NJAR family.
While in Costa Rica, Aimee wrote a daily BLOG about her
experiences and how the team was performing. For an inside look on what
its like to compete for the US team in international competition, check out
Aimee's blog.
Tournament
Website / Aimee's BLOG
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NJAR Shop Now Open!!!
The NJAR has just opened the "NJAR Shopzone," where you can purchase NJAR
merchandise, as well as tournament shirts and giveaways from previous
tournaments. Get yours now, and show off your support of New Jersey
Racquetball!
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Get ready for the NJAR/Jersey Shore Racquet Sports/Classic
Athletic Club Summer Series of Events...
So State Singles is over now, and many people are probably going to hang up
their racquets until next season, but for those of you who want to still stay in
action for the summer months, there will be some tournaments and shootouts held
between April and August. Right now, there is scheduled to be an End of
Season Open held in May, and Saturday BBQ shootouts held this summer.
Nothing goes together better than hot dogs, hamburgers, beer and racquetball.
Keep an eye on our events calendar, and watch your email boxes for more info on
the NJAR summer series.
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New Jersey State Singles Results Now Available...
Congratulations to all the winners from this past weekend at the New Jersey
State Singles Racquetball Championships. This was our biggest and most involved
tournament to date, and it provided many challenges. A big thanks goes out to
the players who cooperated with time difficulties, matches going off late, etc.
It is the players who truly make these events a success, and we look forward to
seeing you all over the summer and back for next season.
Results /
Players Blog
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New Jersey State Singles Starting Times - 126 entrants
competing this weekend!!!!!
Starting times for the NJ State Singles Racquetball Tournament can be
obtained after 6pm, Thursday, March 6th, by clicking
here. We
tried our best to accomodate all time restrictions, however as always, this
tournament is jam packed, and some things were unavoidable. If you can not
play at your starting time, please notify us, so we can notify the other person
you are playing. No time changes will be made for this tournament, there
simply are not any open courts at all Saturday. We also tried something
new regarding the Women's Singles and Doubles matches. We have centralized
the ladies racquetball this weekend to Sunday, in response to the many females
not being able to commit to a two day tournament. Please let us know how you
like this format, and if its something we should pursue in the future. See you
all this weekend!!!
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Aimee Ruiz Brings Home Double Gold at National Doubles
NJAR VP Aimee Ruiz just returned home from Tempe, AZ and the US National
Doubles Championships with two, yes, two gold medals around her neck. The
first came in the Mixed Open Doubles, her 6th title in that division. The
second gold medal was Aimee's fourth consecutive gold in the Women's Open
Doubles, and second consecutive with partner Jackie Paraiso. Aimee and
Jackie will be traveling to compete in Costa Rica next month, and Ireland this
coming August, to represent the United States in international competition.
A huge congratulations goes out to Aimee for this tremendous accomplishment.
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Aimee Ruiz Blogs from National Doubles
NJAR VP Aimee Ruiz will be blogging daily from National Doubles in Tempe, AZ
February 13-17. Follow along as Aimee tries to repeat as National Women's
Open Champ and regain her crown as the National Mixed Open Champ! Aimee
will be competing to retain her spot on the US National Team, traveling to
Ireland later this year for World Championships. View the blog
here.
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2008 NJ State Singles Racquetball Championships Only 5 Weeks
Away...
The next NJAR tournament will be the marquee event on the season, the State
Singles championships. This event will be held March 7-9, 2008, at Classic
Athletic Club in Fairfield, NJ. The application and tournament website are
now available at our tournament schedule. This event will include raffles,
silent auctions, tons of goodies and giveaways, and all the normal great
racquetball and hospitality you have come to know from the NJAR.
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Garden State Open Results
The results of the Garden State Open can be found here.
Congratulations to all the winners!
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Volume One of the NJAR Newsletter Available Now
Download it
here.
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2008 Garden State Games - January 25-27, 2008
Please visit our tournament schedule and download
the app for the 2008 Garden State Games (once again, you can also enter online
via R2 sports). This event has been sanctioned as a Tier 4 IRT Men's Satellite
Pro Stop, and marks the return of professional racquetball to New Jersey.
The NJAR would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday's, and we all look forward
to seeing you in January, for what looks to be another great tournament!
NOTE TO ALL PLAYERS: Due to recent tournament entry volume (as everyone saw
at the NJO), we are limiting entrants to 2 divisions only. Players may
ONLY play a third division if that division is Mixed Doubles. If you would
like to enter a third division, please do so by email, and not through the
online software. Thank you!
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2007 New Jersey Open Results
Thanks to everyone who came out for the 2007 New Jersey Open this past
weekend. One of the biggest NJ tournaments in years, 135 people competed in 17
divisions. For the full results, click HERE.
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The US National Racquetball Team Needs Your Help!!!
The United States Racquetball Team will be traveling to Costa Rica next
March to compete in the Pan American Championships. They do not receive
any funding, and need sponsors help so they can compete on one of the largest
stages in the sport of racquetball. Please take a look at the letter from Dave
Ellis, US Team Coach, as well as the flyer showing what players will be
competing for the team, and if have the ability, please help them achieve their
goals.
Letter from Dave Ellis /
Pan American
Games US Team Flyer
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2007 New Jersey Open - YOU CAN ENTER ONLINE!!!
The NJAR will be using the brand new R2 Sports tournament software for the
2007 NJO, to be held December 7-9th at the Club at Woodbridge. This
software allows players the option to enter online and pay with a credit card.
It will also ensure that starting times, results, and draws will be released to
players as efficiently as possible. To enter online please visit the
NJO Tournament Homepage. If you have any questions, please email
tournaments@njracquetball.com.
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Blog Section Open
The NJAR Blog section is now open. Look for periodic blogs from board members,
players, and other friends of the NJAR. Also, keep your eye out for the
NJAR's own Aimee Ruiz who will keep a blog when traveling to national and
international tournaments all around the US and the world! Find out first hand
what its like to represent your country as a racquetball player through the
words and pictures of the NJAR Vice President, and one of the top female players
in the world.
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Jersey Brings Home the Gold at USA National Doubles in Tempe, AZ!
Congratulations to Aimee Ruiz, NJAR Vice President, for winning the USA
National Doubles US Team Qualifier event last week in Tempe, AZ. Aimee
will now be representing New Jersey and the United States on the Adult National
Team for the third time. This is Aimee's third straight national doubles
title, a feat accomplished by only two other players in the history of the
event, male or female. We could not be prouder of Aimee, and wish her luck
in international competition.
Jonathan Clay also took home the silver medal for the second consecutive year
in the Men's A division, and Fred Letter took home the gold in the Mens 65+
division. Great job by NJ in national doubles. Three players competing,
and bringing home a total of 5 medals.
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Tournament Schedule Completed!!!
After the last NJAR meeting, the tournament schedule for the entire season
has been completed and is up on the tournament schedule
section of the website. We hope to see everyone out at all these events,
supporting the NJAR, racquetball, and having a good time!
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July 27-29, 2007 - Fran Davis Racquetball Camp Coming to NEW JERSEY!
One of the top racquetball instructors in the world, Fran Davis, is bringing
her camp to the Club at Woodbridge, in Woodbridge, NJ, the end of next month.
For more information on this camp, check out
www.frandavisracquetball.com,
or click here for the
flyer on the event. For further information, you can reach Fran through her
website, or email Jonathan Clay.
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2006-07 Classic's End of Season Tournament
Results have been posted from Classic's End of
Season Tournament. Special congratulations to Open Singles Champion, Dave
Berman, and all the other winners from that tournament. (6/25/07)
