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1998 IRF Junior World -
Racquetball Championships -
Fountain Valley, Ca - Dec 18-22 -
This Years IRF Junior World Championships held at Los Caballeros in sunny California were by far the best ever for Alaska.. Of the 9 Alaskan Kids who participated, 6 managed to bring home Medals to include 1 World Title, In this very Prestigious Tournament. This year there were Teams from 11 Countries including 14 Kids from Ireland.

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2000 Hilton 5th U.S. OPEN
Racquetball Championships
Memphis, Tennessee - November 15-19
We had 9 players at the US Open this year, We even managed to bring home a few medals along with viewing some great Pro matches.

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Tesoro Ride N' Shine
Fearsome Four Doubles
The Alaska Club - Midtown - Jan 31 - Feb 4, 2001
This was a doubles only tournament in the Men's Open Jesse Keaveny & Jon Munger defeated Tony Piper & Christer Linden 15-8, 2-15, 11-1 while Robby Gunther & Mike Phillps defeated Felix Martinez & Brandon Cuaresma 15-14, 15-10 to take 3rd place.

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2001 Joyce Melchert Memorial Racquetball Tournament
The Alaska Club - Midtown - Anchorage, Alaska
Oct 31 - Nov. 4, 2001 ...
We say goodbye and honor the spirit of one of our long time "Racquetball Family Member's "Joyce Melchert". After a year long battle with breast cancer, and with Family members surrounding her, Joyce passed on July 14, 2001. The Alaska Club in Anchorage has decided to honor Joyce's life and commitment to racquetball by naming this tournament "The Joyce Melchert Memorial Racquetball Tournament".

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2001 Military Appreciation Racquetball Tournament
The Alaska Club - East - Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 28 - Dec. 2, 2001
The Alaska Club, along with the Alaska Amateur Racquetball Association, Wanted to let our Military Neighbors know that we appreciate them! Therefore, all military players received FREE entry into the tournament, along with a FREE one year USRA annual membership.

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2001 Wilson National High School
Racquetball Championships
March 1-4, 2001 - St. Louis, Mo
Once again Alaska was very well represented at the US National High Schools, Ryan Kofoid of Dimond High went 5 tough rounds in the Boys Gold Singles to equal the best preformance by an Alaskan player in Singles (Round of 16). Ryan teamed up with his long time partner Ross Amundson to claim the Bronze Medal in Boys Doubles. Cliff Caldwell, Justin Nordine, and first timer Brittany Peck all played some very tough racquetball matches.

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2001 Alaska State Doubles Championships
The Alaska Club - Midtown
Anchorage, Alaska - March 14-18, 2001
#2 seed Jesse Keaveny & Jon Munger took the Men's Open with an 11-9 tiebreaker over #1 Dave Sivigliano & Jeff Oathout of Fairbanks. Jonathan also teamed up with his Sister Stephanie to win the Mixed Open over Michelle Poage & Keith Boice.

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2001 Alaska State High School & Junior Jam
The Alaska Club - East
Anchorage, Alaska - Feb. 21-24, 2001
Kastle Arturo (Chugiak) & Matt Howell (North Pole)are the High School champions for 1981 both players won all three events they entered. The overall team winner was Service High School.

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2001 Alaska State Singles
The Alaska Club - Midtown
Anchorage, Alaska - April 4-8, 2001
The Women's Open Champion was Stephanie Munger with her win over Michelle Poage 15-11, 15-14. While Ellis Walthour took the Men's Open title by defeating Shane McAfee of Fairbanks in an 11-10 tiebreaker.

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2001 US Open Racquetball Championships
Memphis,Tennessee - Nov. 14-18, 2001
Nine Alaska racquetball players made the trip to Memphis for this years US Open Nick Arturo, Linda Bateman, Jesse & Tim Keaveny, Debra Kinn, Ryan Kofoid, Leo Kouremetis, And Jon & Stephanie Munger. Nick Arturo also played in the ProAm mixed doubles for St Jude, He was teamed up with #5 ranked Womens Pro Rhonda Rajsich from Phoenix, Az. together they won three rounds and lost in the semis to #15 Javier Moreno and his partner 15-13. Both players were awarded bronze medals for their great efforts.

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2001 Great Alaska Rollout
The Alaska Club - Midtown
Anchorage, Alaska - Sept. 5-9, 2001
#1 seed Jimmy Lowe took the Men's Open over fellow Fairbanks player Justin Campbell 15-6, 15-4. Both players met again in the Open Doubles final with the same results.

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2002 Four Wall Turkey Brawl
The Alaska Club - Midtown
Anchorage, Alaska - November 20-24, 2002
Amy Carpenter took the win over Leda Evans in the Women's Open and Jimmy Lowe defeated Brandon Cuaresma in the Men's Open Finals.

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2002 Bouncing Off The Bay Racquetball Tournament
The Bay Club - Homer, Alaska
September 26-29, 2002
Jim Derks defeated Jesse Keaveny to claim the Men's Open title in the battle of the Bay.. Ly Abbott along with the Bay Club put on a great show and we look forward to returning next year.

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2002 Crack, Splat, & Roll Racquetball Tournament
The Alaska Club - East
Anchorage, Alaska - October 16-20, 2002
Michelle Poage defeated Amy Carpenter to claim the Women's Open title and Justin Campbell of Fairbanks takes the Men's Open crown with a win over Steve Deaton.

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2002 Alaska Club Junior League
These are a few of the younger players at Saturday morning practice at the Alaska Club midtown. This was the last day of practice a we were having cake and Ice Cream.

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2002 Military Appreciation Racquetball Tournament
The Alaska Club - Midtown
Anchorage, Alaska - September 18-22, 2002
Michelle Poage defeatef Amy Carpenter in a 11-4 tiebreaker to take the Women's Open title while Jesse Keaveny defeated Justin Campbell of Fairbanks 11-10 in there tiebreaker to win the Men's Open.

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