About

The English Racketlon Association (ERA) was incorporated in the summer of 2008, an encouragement from the International Racketlon Federation (FIR) as it seeks to gain greater recognition for the worlds fastest growing sport. E Racketlon Association Ltd is a Ltd Company, it's objectives and mission are non-profit making.

The objectives of the organisation are to to promote Racketlon, a sport in which you play your opponent at table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis. A racketlon match contains 4 sets, one in each sport.  The order of the sports is table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis (from smallest to largest racket).

The newly elected English Racketlon Executive Board was elected in October 2011.

This page is under construction.

English Racketlon Association – Executive Board and Sub-Committees

President – Stuart Foster

Chairman – Ray Jordan

Vice Chairman – Richard Lawrence

Treasurer – Keith Lesser

Events Officer – Dominique Ford, Sub-Committee & Event Organisers - Richard Lawrence, Keith Lesser, Rakesh Gupta, Duncan Marlow, Andrew Hopwood, Siraz Natha, Phil Todd, John Garland (Herts Open & National Teams), Stuart Hobden (Sussex Open), Daniel Woodley (Eastbourne Open), Dianne Baker (Cambridgeshire Open) and Peter Bridgeman (Welsh Open).

IT & Operations Officer – Richard Lawrence. Deputy – Hassan Kayani

Rankings Officer – Stuart Hobden. Deputy – Richard Boreham

North of England Development Officers – Siraz Natha & Phil Todd

Community Funding Officers – Siraz Natha & Laurel Bennett

Marketing Officers – Darren Vickery & Duncan Stahl

Sponsorship Officers – Stuart Foster & Rakesh Gupta

Sport England & Recognition Officer – Julian Kashdan-Brown

Clubs & Counties Officer – John Garland

FIR Council Representation – Gary Tovey

Mission Statement
Vision and mission statements

"As governing body, the objective of the ERA is to promote racketlon in England, making racketlon and multi-racket sports (table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis as one concept) accessible to as many groups and individuals within England as possible, excluding no one.
To achieve this aim the ERA commits to
1. implement development programmes for beginner to elite players and education programmes for coaches and referees.
2. liaise with national government bodies of the constituent sports, partner racketlon associations and other relevant organisations.
3. offer advice and support to all racket sports venues and players using those venues either for social or competitive racketlon and
4. promote good codes of practice for coaches, parents, players and volunteers

Racketlon is fun, clean and healthy. England has excellent facilities for people of all ages and abilities to enjoy racketlon and the ERA is committed to facilitate and encourage that enjoyment.

English Racketlon Association Executive Board (the below section is under construction)

 

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ERA President Tennis Specialist

Stuart has been a pivotal figure in English Racketlon since it's inception in the UK since 2002, having also served on the International Racketlon Federation / Council from 2002-08. England Team Captain since 2002. Co-founded the English Racketlon Association (ERA) in 2008 and served as Chairman until 2011, now been elected ERA President

 

Ray Jordan ERA Chairman Table Tennis Specialist

Served on the International Racketlon Council from 2004-2011 & was originally, at 22, the youngest member. Ray & Keith Lesser have been joint Tournament Directors of the English Open from 2005 onwards. Chris Evans famously quizzed Ray on racketlon in front of 5 million radio listeners. Ray holds the world record for gumi-arm losses, ten in a row! (see the 'rules & tips' page for more information). Ray served as Vice Chairman from 2008 & 2011 and was elected in Chairman in 2011.


 

K This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ERA Treasurer Table Tennis Specialist

Keith has been at the forefront of racketlon development since 2005. Partnering with "racketlon" venues has ensured the expansion & success of the sport. Keith started the official UK Racketlon Tour in 2006, steadily growing each year to a staggering 24 ranking & non-ranking events, in 2009. Since 2008, Keith has been the Treasurer and also been an integral part of the events committee. Be sure to follow Keith on both Twitter and subscribe to his YouTube channel (both accounts are named "keithracketlon".


 

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Domestic Tour Co-ordinator Officer All-rounder

Dominique was the Tournament Director of the English Championships from 2007 until 2010. Dominique switched to British Championships Director in 2011. A pivotal member of the English Racketlon Events Team co-ordinating the British Tour. From 2008 onwards, Dominique has taken the leading role in formulating the overall tour & driving new events around the country. Great successes in 2011 included new events in Cambridge & Lancashire as the tour has gradually increased over time with 2012 set to be the biggest year yet.


 

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Domestic Rankings Officer Table Tennis & Tennis Specialist

Stuart compiles the ranking processes & outputs on a regular basis. Stuart has also recently put together a roll of honour document listing all event winners since the start of UK Racketlon Tour in 2006. Stuart is always keen to improve the ranking mechanism and welcome new members to the sport.


Rakesh Gupta

Event Organiser & Sponsorship

Badminton & Table Tennis Specialists

Rakesh & Selwyn have recently launched the Surrey Open. A new racketlon event in 2010, which has exceeded all expectations with great local support.


Andrew Hopwood

Nottingham Open Organiser

Squash Specialist

Andrew organises Nottingham Open which started in the summer of 2009 and is an annual event. The event is always full to capacity and is run with only one badminton court (as one of the smaller events on the tour).


This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it FIR Council Representative All-rounder

The founder of the UK Racketlon Portal & Racketlon 'fan' page on Facebook has enabled a rapid expansion of racketlon through social networking. Gary has driven 3 previous media initiatives with the BBC (sportsround, BBC Breakfast and Chris Evans radio show). Gary also helped launch the 1st Welsh Open in 2009. Elected to the FIR Council in 2011.


 

John Garland

Tournament Referee

John is an excellent tennis referee and we have been honoured to have brought John's skills into a racketlon environment. John has organised several events at Letchworth Squash & Tennis club including the Hertfordshire Open and the 1st ever County Team Championships in September 2009.


David Lazarus

Tournament Referee

David has revelutionised racketlon at a local level. Organising several events at Redbridge Sports Centre, David encourages the fun aspect of the sport. Dave's events truely cater for all levels of ability and are great fun, mostly taking place on bank holidays. David has created a way that racketlon can be played quickly and efficiently. Players typically play "11-up" and start on all sports, utilising the   centre's full capacity.

Simon Williams

Racketlon Blogger

Tennis Specialist


 


Mick Strode

Tournament Referee

Mick Strode is an international table tennis referee and has umpired the world table tennis championships final. We have been priviliged to have Mick referee the last five English Opens (2005-2009) and Mick is set to referee the 2010 English Open for the sixth time. Mick also refereed with distinction at the 2010 English Championships.