Alaska Racquetball : By Tim & Sharon Keaveny

2012 Alaska Open

2012 Alaska Open - January 19-22

The next Racquetball tournament of 2011/12 season will be The "Alaska Open" and will take place January 19-22 at The Alaska Club Midtown, deadline to enter is SATURDAY January 14 (the draw will be done by Sunday night). Once again both Singles (Skill & Age) and Doubles (Mens, Womens, & Mixed) divisions will be offered along with Junior events. Players are permitted to compete in only 1 skill (A,B, C ect) and 1 age event or doubles. Mixed doubles can be played as a 3rd event so long as you have "NO TIME CONFLICTS" for scheduling purposes.
Juniors MUST compete in a JUNIOR'S division 1st in order to receive the discounted price of $15. Just as a reminder, 1st round matches can start as early as 5:30pm Thursday, You may list a one time conflict on your entry form and we will do our best to accommodate. If we cannot schedule around your conflict, you will be notified prior to draw completion. NO TIME changes will be made after the draw has been posted. The tournament may end on Saturday depending on the number of entries.

Download an entry form (Pdf Format)

** Drawsheets for Tournament **
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(Current through all Finals)

** Men's Open ** Men's Elite ** Men's A/B ** Men's 40+ **

** Men's Open Doubles ** Mixed Open Doubles **

** Junior's **

2011 Christmas Classic

** 2011 Christmas Classic **

The next tournament is the 2011 Christmas Classic which will take place at The Alaska Club - Midtown Thursday - December 15 through Sunday - December 18. ENTRY Fees: $25 members and $30 nonmembers for the first event; $8 for second/ third (3rd must be mixed with no conflicts) $15 for Juniors (18 yrs & under) for first event.

All tournament participants will be required to pay a $15 AARA membership fee. If you are a current USA Racquetball (USAR) member, then you will not need to pay another membership fee. Juniors must play in a Junior division as their first event (ONLY to receive the Special Price).

Entry deadline is Saturday December 10 @ 6pm. Completed Entry forms can be turned in to The Alaska Club Midtown or East locations. Just as a reminder, 1st round matches can start as early as 5:30pm Thursday, You may list ONE time conflict on your entry form and we will do our best to accommodate. If we cannot schedule around your conflict, you will be notified prior to draw completion. If you DO-NOT list a conflict (1st round matches only) on the application, no changes will be made after the draw has been posted.

There will be tournament shirts for the first 55 PAID entries received.

Download an entry Form HERE

(PDF Format)

** Drawsheets for Tournament **

(Current as of Wednesday 8pm)
(Men's Open Doubles changed)

** Men's Open ** Men's Elite/A ** Men's B **

** Men's Open Doubles ** Women's Open Doubles **

** Mixed Open Doubles ** Junior's **

2011 4 Wall Turkey Brawl

2011 Four Wall Turkey Brawl

The next Anchorage tournament will be the 2011 Four Wall Turkey Brawl November 17-20 at The Alaska Club - Midtown. Once again both Singles and Doubles divisions will be offered along with Junior divisions. Players may compete in 3 events total but only 1 "Skill Level" and the 3rd event MUST be MIXED Doubles. Women players are allowed to compete in a Men's division one level below their current Women's division only after entering their Women's division first. Entry Deadline is Saturday November 12 @ 6pm. All tournament participants are required to be current AARA members. If you are a current US Racquetball (USAR) member, then you will not need to pay the $15 AARA membership fee. Entry fee includes Court Time, Balls, Lunch on Saturday, Refreshments throughout the tournament.

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The AARA will be hosting the Saturday (12 Noon) luncheon and will be serving a Thanksgiving feast to include Turkey, Potatoes, Gravy, vegetables, Rolls, and Pies.. If you would like to bring a dish to share Please have it at the tournament about 11:30 Saturday afternoon..

We are trying to get all the Women players to come out for this event, So we will be offering a "Blind Draw" Women's Doubles along with mixed Doubles at this tournament, If you need a Mixed partner drop me an e-mail and we'll find you one.

Drawshets for Tournament - Current as of 9pm Wednesday
(Men's Open & Juniors have changed)

** Men's Open ** Men's Elite/A ** Men's B **

** Men's Open Doubles ** Mixed Open Doubles **

** Junior's **

2011 Great Alaska Rollout tournament

Great Alaska Rollout - October 13-16, 2011

The 2011/2012 Alaska Racquetball season will kick off with "The Great Alaska Rollout" to be held at The Alaska Club - Midtown. October 13-16. Both Singles and Doubles will be offered, players will be limited to 3 events. Entry deadline is Saturday October 8 at 6pm. Entry fee is $25 for 1st event and $8 2nd and 3rd event (3rd event must be mixed doubles only). This is the AARA Membership drive tournament and a $15 annual fee will be collected. For more info feel free to drop me an e-mail.

Drawsheets are current through all Final matches

** Men's Open ** Men's Elite ** Men's A ** Men's B/C **

** Men's All Age ** Men's Open Doubles **

** Juniors **

Singles Shootout Saturday October 1 2011

Singles Shootout Saturday October 1

The Alaska Club Midtown will be hosting a "Racquetball Singles Shootout" on Saturday October 1, There will be two sessions, The first for Open/A players from 12-3:00pm and the B/C players from 3:30-5:30.

Players are required to show up 1 half hour prior to start time 11:30am for Open/A & 3:00pm for B/C players. At 11:45 and 3:15 reserved spots will be given away to stand by players.

The Shootout is limited to 14 players per session who will compete in a 1 Game to 15 round robin with a possible 13 games total, Winners will be determined by total number of Game WINS. Cost of the shootout is $10 and will be collected at signup. If your interested in playing send me an e-mail ASAP or call me 242-7470.

Players signed up as of Thursday September 29..

Open/A

Jasper Jackson
Tony Fischer
Jeff Sandys
Scott Pillians
Nick Walker

B/C

2011 Fall Kickoff

2011 Fall Kickoff

While here we go again!.. The 2011/12 Alaska Racquetball season gets under way with the 2011 Fall Kick-Off September 15-18 at The Alaska Club Midtown, This is the first of eight tournaments to be held at The Alaska Club Midtown and we are looking forward to another GREAT season. Both Singles and Doubles events will be offered for both Adults and Juniors at this event, Players are allowed to enter 1 Skill & 1 Age or Doubles event (2 Total) Players can enter MIXED DOUBLES as a 3rd event (ONLY). Entry Fees: $30 members, $35 nonmembers for the first event; $8 for second/third event. Juniors $15 for first event. Juniors must play in a Junior division as their first event to receive this special price. Entry deadline is Saturday September 10.

Download entry form HERE

Due to the low number of entries the Fall Kickoff has been canceled, everyone who turned in an entry form will be refunded their fees. The Alaska Club will be hosting a 1 day shootout Saturday September 18th at 10am for a $10 fee, individuals will be play a Singles draw in their division from start to finish all in 1 day, Early round matches may have to be played in fewer games then normal (Such as 1 game to 21) all finals will be regular matches. Check in time is 10am play starts at 10:30. Refreshments will be provided by The Alaska Club along with Door Prizes.

2011-2012 Alaska Racquetball Schedule

OK Folks here is the 2011/12 Alaska Racquetball Schedule, were looking forward to another GREAT Year and hope to see you all again real soon.

Fall Kick Off
September 15 – 18, 2011

The Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

Great Alaska Rollout (AARA Membership Drive)

October 13 – 16, 2011

The Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

4 Wall Turkey Brawl

November 17 – 20, 2011

The Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

Christmas Classic

December 15 – 18, 2011

The Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

The Alaska Open
January 19 – 22, 2012
Alaska Club - Midtown
Anchorage, Alaska

2011 AlaskaRacquetball.com - Alaska State Doubles

February 16 – 19, 2012

Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

March Madness

March 15 – 18, 2012

The Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

2011 Alaska State Singles

April 25-28, 2012 (Wednesday - Saturday)

The Alaska Club - Midtown

Anchorage, Alaska

2011 Doubles Trouble - Seward

2011 Double Trouble - Seward, Alaska

Seward's Doubles Trouble mixed doubles racquetball tournament April 30-May 1, 2011 Deadline to enter is April 22 (no exceptions) cost is $50 per team for more info contact Melanie Hauze 224-4054 or by e-mail @ mhauze@cityofseward.net ..

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Thank you to our title sponsor Ms. Gene’s Place and Hotel Seward For graciously sponsoring this event please take advantage of these great rates, eats & drinks this tourney weekend! The tournament will be held in honor of Ms. Gene Bradley who sadly passed away this week. Thank you to our other sponsors Alaska Sealife Center, GearBox & AARA for your generous donations.

With Ms. Gene’s Place Victorian
Restaurant & Lounge

~ Sponsors ~ April 30 – May 1 just $50 per teams of 2! Seward Parks & Recreation Double’s Trouble Mixed Double’s Racquetball Tournament

Hotel Seward would like to offer you a warm welcome to Seward! We are extending our Best discounts for ourSeward Parks & Recreation Double’s Trouble Mixed Double’s Racquetball tournament this April 30 – May 1. We hope you can join us at our Alaskan family owned and operated Boutique Hotel, Lounge and Restaurant~

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Standard room $59 -1 queen bed with bath

Economy room $49 - 2 single beds Euro style shared bath in hall

Enjoy Ms. Gene’s Place Fine Dining Restaurant and Lounge serving Breakfast and Dinner Daily!

Singles Shuttle - April 2, 2011

Singles Shuttle Saturday April 2

The Alaska Club Midtown will be hosting a "Racquetball Singles Shuttle" on Saturday April 2, There will be two sessions, The first for Open/A players from 12-2:00pm and the B/C players from 2:30-4:30. This is the last chance to get in some practice along with testing your endurance level before the upcoming Alaska State Singles tournament. Players are required to show up 1 half hour prior to start time 11:30pm for Open/A & 2:00pm for B/C players. At 11:45 and 2:15 reserved spots will be given away to stand by players.

How do shuttles work?: Players will be ranked according to the Alaska State Rankings with the highest ranked Player starting on the HIGHER NUMBERED COURTS and working down to the LOWER SEEDED PLAYERS on the LOWER NUMBERED COURTS. Play begins when the Whistle is blown, players will play until the whistle is blown once again to stop play (7 Minutes Later), Winners will move UP 1 court toward the LOWER NUMBERED COURTS while Losers will move DOWN 1 court toward the HIGHER NUMBERED COURTS and both shall be ready to start the new game within 30 SECONDS. Play will continue for 2 Hours with the winners being determined by total number of MATCH WINS.

The cost of the Shuttle is $10 PER PERSON and is open to the first 16 individuals to signup. We will payout to the top 4 players. If your interested in playing send me an e-mail ASAP or call me 242-7470.

List of Players & Finish

Open through A

Tom Hood - 1st Place Open - $40
Tyler Scott - 2nd place Open - $30
Sid Ferguson - 1st Place Elite - $40
Tony Fischer - 2nd Place Elite - $30
Jeff Sandys
Jasper Jackson
Jed Kimber
Steve Deaton
Tony Piper
Scott Pillans
Ellis Walthour
Wayne Oxford
Charlie Pannone
Chris Smole
Kelly Leaseman
Gina Strawn

Men's B/C & Women

Jason Seagul - 1st Place $40
Corey Rogers - 2nd Place $25
Chris Taylor - 3rd Place - $15
Ryan Thibault - 4th Place - $10
Carolyn Knowles
Al Trbovich
Kevin Maher
Cecilia Hopper
Theresa McSherry
Rich Mauer

We ended up with 26 players who competed in 11 - 7 minute rounds of tough play on this past Saturday afternoon, In the Open/A group 16 players went at it with Tom Hood coming out in first place with the same number of wins as 2nd place finisher Tyler Scott but Tom gave up 2 points fewer to take the Win. In the Elite division it came down to points again with Sid Ferguson (28 Points) taking the win over Tony Fischer (35 Points).
In the B/C all the top finishers were separated by 1 game in the win column with Jason Seagul taking the $40 for the Win. Thanks for coming out and Thank You to all that donated some of their winnings to the Website; Charlie Pannone $20, Tom Hood $10, Jeff Sandys $10, and Corey Rogers $5.

2011 Alaska State Racquetball Singles Championships

2011 Alaska State Singles Racquetball Championships

The 2011 Alaska State Singles Racquetball Championships will take place April 6-9 (Wednesday - Saturday) at The Alaska Club - Midtown Out of town players MUST be able to play on THURSDAY NIGHT. Entry Fees: $50 members and $60 nonmembers for the first event; $15 for second event; $25 for Juniors (18 yrs & under) for first event. Juniors must play in a Junior division as their first event. All faxed entries must have credit card information or member number to be accepted. Fax entry to: (907) 561-2946. Players may enter in 1 skill level only and 2 events total. All players are required to be AARA Members and a $15 annual fee will collected at the tournament desk for all non members, Your membership will allow you to attend the AARA "End of Year" party Saturday night at Flori D'Italia Restaurant where along with GREAT FOOD & DRINK we will be inducting 2 individuals to the Alaska Racquetball "Hall of Fame", present both Adult and Junior Sportsmanship awards, and give away a lot of door prizes.

** Download an entry form HERE**

We have 60 players competing in 11 different divisions at this years Alaska State singles tournament, Remember play starts WEDNESDAY NIGHT and the tournament will finish on Saturday the last match is at 4pm. Most folks are playing in 2 events so that is going to make for a lot of matches, Please show up ready to play 30 minutes prior to your scheduled playing time this will help things move along smoothly. To insure you get your proper size sweatshirt be sure to get checked in as early as possible.

DRAWSHEETS FOR TOURNAMENT

** Women's Open ** Women's All Age **

** Juniors Advance ** Juniors Intermediate **

** Men's Open ** Men's Elite ** Men's A ** Men's B **

** Men's C ** Men's 25+ ** Men's Men's 45+ **

Brandon Cuaresma leaps into the air as Jesse Keaveny shoots a backhand shot during their Mens Open Semi Final match. (Photo by Micah Weggel)

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Alaska Racquetball : By Tim & Sharon Keaveny

2012 Alaska Open

** 2012 Alaska Open - January 19-22 **

2011 Christmas Classic

2011 4 Wall Turkey Brawl

2011 Four Wall Turkey Brawl

2011 Great Alaska Rollout tournament

Great Alaska Rollout - October 13-16, 2011

Singles Shootout Saturday October 1 2011

Singles Shootout Saturday October 1

2011 Fall Kickoff

2011 Fall Kickoff

2011-2012 Alaska Racquetball Schedule

2011 Doubles Trouble - Seward

2011 Double Trouble - Seward, Alaska

Singles Shuttle - April 2, 2011

Singles Shuttle Saturday April 2

2011 Alaska State Racquetball Singles Championships

2011 Alaska State Singles Racquetball Championships

2012 Alaska Open - January 19-22