Mike Green Announces Retirement from National Team Competition
WINNIPEG, MB, May 1, 2019 – Mike Green of Hamilton has announced his retirement from national team competition, ending his 23 year career as a member of Racquetball Canada’s national team. He joins other sport legends such as Hayley Wickenheiser in an elite group of Canadian athletes with a national team career of that duration. […]
Canadian Junior Racquetball Championships Set for Valleyfield
Winnipeg, MB, 24 April 2019 – Racquetball Canada’s 2019 Canadian Junior Championships is set to begin today in Valleyfield, Québec. The event runs from April 24 to 28, 2019 at the Club de Racquetball Edouard Boyer. Athletes from across Canada will compete in the annual event, which features boy’s and girl’s singles and doubles events in several age categories […]
Team Canada on Podium at Pan Am Championships
WINNIPEG, MB, April 21, 2019 – Team Canada is coming home from the Pan American Racquetball Championships with silver and bronze medal wins in doubles. The championships were held in Barranquilla, Colombia from April 13 to 20, 2019. Coby Iwaasa of Lethbridge and Samuel Murray from Baie-Comeau won silver in the Men’s Doubles event. In […]
Canada Advances to Semi-Finals in Doubles at Pan Am Championships
WINNIPEG, MB, April19, 2019 – Canada has advanced to the semi-finals in both Women’s and Men’s Doubles at the Pan American Racquetball Championships being held in Barranquilla, Colombia. The tournament runs from April 13 to 20, 2019. Danielle Drury of Saskatoon and Jennifer Saunders of Winnipeg were ranked 11th coming out of the preliminary round […]
Competition Underway for Team Canada at Pan Am Championships
WINNIPEG, MB, April 14, 2019 – Play is underway at the Pan American Racquetball championships taking place in Barranquilla, Colombia from April 13 to 20, 2019. Jennifer Saunders of Winnipeg, who will compete in doubles, brings the most experience to the team. She has represented Canada on twenty-nine occasions internationally, winning more than twenty medals […]
Saunders & Murray Finish in Top Spots at National Team Selection Event
Winnipeg, February 4, 2019 – Jennifer Saunders of Winnipeg and Samuel Murray of Baie-Comeau won their respective events at Racquetball Canada’s National Team Selection Event this past weekend. Canada’s top athletes competed in the tournament, which ran February 1 and 2 at the Eastlink Centre in Grand Prairie, AB. Jennifer Saunders and fellow Winnipeg athlete Christine […]
Lambert & Murray Finish First at National Team Selection Event
Winnipeg, November 28, 2018 – Samuel Murray of Baie-Comeau and Frédérique Lambert of Montréal have finished on top of the podium at Racquetball Canada’s National Team Selection Event held this weekend in Valleyfield, QC. Thirty-one of Canada’s top athletes competed in the tournament held at Kitchener YMCA from February 2 to 4. Samuel Murray defeated Coby Iwaasa of Lethbridge […]
Canada Wins Four Medals at World Junior Racquetball Championships
Winnipeg, November 12, 2018 – Canadian athletes are bringing home four medals from the 2018 International Racquetball Federation World Junior Championships held in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Juliette Parent of Saint-Jacques de Montcalm, QC and Cassie Prentice of Macrorie, SK won silver in the U16 Girl’s Doubles event, defeating several strong teams along the way. […]
First Pro-Tour Final for Canada’s Samuel Murray
WINNIPEG, MB, September 16, 2018 – Samuel Murray of Baie-Comeau advanced to his first major pro-tour final at the MWRA International Racquetball Tour (IRT) Pro-Am in Laurel, Maryland on Saturday, The tournament ran from September 13 to 15 and was the first IRT event of the season. Murray faced Rocky Carson of USA in Saturday’s […]
Canadians Medal at World Senior Championships
WINNIPEG, MB, September 5, 2018 – Canadian Masters athletes have returned home from the International Racquetball Federation World Senior Championships with podium results. Jack and Marion McBride of St. Albert and Reg Atkins of Calgary medaled at the tournament which was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from August 28 to September 3, 2018. Jack McBride […]
