With the coming of Fall the racquetball season is in full swing!  I hope you are enjoying great Fall weather and finding time for racquetball.  I have a few items of interest for you.

21st Annual Women's Senior/Masters Racquetball National Championships set for Jan 15-17, 2010 (doubles Jan 14)

Our Women's Senior/Masters Racquetball National Championships will be January 15-17, 2010 at the Lake Forest Sport and Health Club in Gaitherburg, MD.  As usual, fun doubles to benefit Breast Cancer Research will be held on Jan 14.  The tournament  directors are Brenda Loube and Kafren Denu.  Check out our web site www.wsmra.com for tournament information, a flyer to post, the entry form. Enter online at http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=6067.   It is hard to believe we are starting our 3rd decade of this great tournament. Plan to come and bring some friends.  We are excited to be back on the East Coast, and the site is near Washington, DC, which will give you lots of opportunities for touring.

Seniors and Masters  featured in Racquetball Magazine

I hope you all had a chance to check out the Summer issue of Racquetball Magazine, devoted in part to  Seniors and Masters.  Our Board member and past tournament director Debbie Tisinger was featured on the cover!  The WSMRA was featured along with the other organizations (NMRA, World Seniors and Classic Tour) devoted to the "older"player.  There are many great articles for the Senior Players.  You can preview it at http://www.usra.org/Portals/18/docs/magazinepreview/rballmagsummer2009preview.pdf.  I submitted an article with first-person accounts from some of our players on how they learned to play and why the love racquetball.  The article was too long for the magazine, so it is on our web site at www.wsmra.com under (see the link to Stories.pdf).  It is a real "living history" of racquetball development and I again thank everyone who wrote up their experiences.

Information on other tournaments of interest:

1. It is not too late to enter the US Open In Memphis Oct 21-25.  You can enter online at http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=4359.  Online deadline is Wed, Oct 7.

2. The NMRA is holding a doubles only tournament for aged 40 and over men, women and mixed, November 12 – 14, 2009 in Pleasanton, CA.  Players can enter two events--the second of which must be Mixed.  The club and hotel are in the same building, and it's in the San Francisco area, so stay a few extra days.  More information is at www.nmra.info.  If you need a partner, contact Cindy Tilbury at cindy.tilbury@att.net.

3. The 2010 USARacquetball National Doubles Championships will be Feb 10-14, 2010 in Tempe, AZ. See www.usaracquetball.com for more information

4. The NMRA National Championships will be March 17-20, 2010 in Tucson.  Singles, doubles and mixed for players 45+.  More information is at www.nmra.info. 

Finally, I would appreciate your help in updating links to the WSMRA that may be on your State Association or club web site.  If you can check, and tell your state webmaster that it is www.wsmra.com

Thanks!