Also watch this space - new venues and tournaments join the British Racketlon Tour in 2012!!
2 current World Champions live in the UK - Calum Reid (Scotland) & David Lazarus (England). Calum became only the 4th Mens World Champion ever and David won the O45's title. Both players train at English Open venue, Redbridge Sports Centre, Essex.
If you are new to the sport, check out the 'Rules & Tips' page, with information for those looking to get started. The 'Rankings' page will shortly contain the "who's who" of Racketlon. For those lucky enough to know what the sport is all about, enjoy the 'News', 'Rankings' and 'Events' updates. To get instructions on how to enter an event click 'here'.
It's been an exciting few years for the sport best exemplified by the 250 entry 2008 Doubles World Championships. The event attracted BBC TV coverage and former world squash number one player Peter Nicol, who took part in an exhibition with a top Swedish racketlon player. The Chris Evans drive time show on BBC Radio 2 also hosted ERA Vice-Chairman Ray Jordan for a 5-minute chat about Racketlon in November 2008.
2009 was a bumper year for events (24), as greater publicity, including the first Welsh language coverage, produced an upsurge in interest & record attendances. Successes included the inaugural Welsh Racketlon Open in Cardiff, the 170 entries of the 8th English Open, & a record attendance at the 8th Scottish Open in Edinburgh. 2010 saw a further strengthening, with 12 tour events, 16 non-tour events & 4 further Scottish tour events, a total of 32 events.
2011 - Best English Open Ever
The 2011 English Open was arguably the best ever in terms of organisation, player experience, and standard of play with British winners in the majority of events (even with a large overseas travelling contingent). 2011 has also delivered a geographic expansion of the tour to new regions like Cambridgeshire and Lancashire and a return to the Midlands. England Juniors achieved another bronze medal at the World Team Championships and with development gold is possible in 2012. Racketlon also reached out further into social networking with greater YouTube and Twitter presence.
2012 Beginnings
More tournaments, more organisers and more players, the sport is growing every year. For details of the provisional 2012 tour, visit the 'Events' page, or for tournaments open to entry, visit the 'Tournament Entry' page. This will be available in due course...
