New Hampshire Racquetball Association

New Hampshire Juniors working to get to Junior Nationals

Local junior racquetball players are doing whatever it takes to earn money to get themselves to the 2008 Junior Nationals in Concord, California from June 25-29, 2008. They recently held a raffle for Red Sox tickets donated by Mike Nader of Coors.

Pictured here is the raffle winner Dave Breton. Presenting the winning ticket to Dave is Tucker Gettel and Ryan & Chris Francis.

Their next fundraising event will be a car wash held on May 17 (raindate May 24) in the parking lot of the Executive Health & Sports Center in Manchester.

End of the 2007-1008 Racquetball Season

Unfortunately the Granite State Challenge Cup has been cancelled due to a lack of interested players. NHRA would like to thank everyone for a great racquetball season.

Because the Granite Sate Challenge Cup was cancelled the Juniors did not get a chance to raffle off their donated Red Sox tickets. You can purchase raffle tickets by contacting Kaz Francis at kaz_taz@comcast.net. The raffle will help local juniors attend the Junior National tournament in June. Thanks to Mike Nader of Coors for donating the Red Sox Tickets!! The Red Sox tickets are for the June 3 game verus the Tampa Bay Rays and are in section 9 row B. For a look at the tickets click here....

NHRA recently completed the New England Regional Qualifier and you can view the results by clicking on the icon on the left-hand side of this webpage.

2008 New England Regional Singles Championships

NHRA will once again this year host the New England Regional Singles Championships at the Nashua Athletic club in Nahusa. The event is expected to draw over 150 of the areas top racquetball players. This years event will allow players to play in 3 events including some doubles divisions as well as the full complement of singles skill level and age level divisions. Join us for a full weekend of racquetball good food and a good time with racquetball players from all the New England States.

The Regional is a qualifying event for the National Singles Championships which is will be held at the YMCA in Houston, Texas May 21 - 26.

For more information click on the link to the right or to register online you can click on the graphic to the left.

Mitch Nathanson Classic Racquetball Tournament Returns!!!

The 2008 Mitch Nathanson Classic Racquetball Tournament returns to Executive Health & Sports Center in Manchester on January 25 through 27. This years tournament offers over $7,000 in cash and prizes. In the past this event has helped raise over $30,000 to help promote racquetball to juniors throughout the New England area. Also, in the past years the tournament has had 350 players and over 1000 spectators throughout the weekend.

For those new to this tournament the Mitch Nathanson Classic was named after Mitch Nathanson who died in 1991 in a tragic car accident. Mitch was an accomplished racquetball player and devoted countless hours to helping kids learn how to play. The Mitch Nathanson Foundation, a 510(c)(3) non-profit organization, is dedicated to help encourage the develpment and improvement of junior racquetball and to teach children the qualities that Mitch represented: Friendship, Sportsmanship and Selflessness.

If you are interested in participating in this tournament please enter online on this website on the links provided.

If you are interested in donating to the Mitch Nathanson Foundation or being a sponsor of this tournament you can contact Kelley Beane at kbeane6@aol.com. All donations are tax deductible.

2007 - 2008 Tournament and Events Schedule Announced

We know you all have been asking and patiently waiting for a complete season schedule and we are finally able to have one for you. You will notice by the schedule the return of the Mitch Nathanson Classic!! You will also notice that there are some new and different events this year that we believe will make for a fun season and better racquetball. We have several Ladies Nights scheduled as well as Demo Nights. This year the State Singles and State Doubles will be combined into the same tournament as well as Regional Doubles and Regional Singles. And finally there are more tournaments that do not take up the whole weekend and run either saturday only or friday night - saturday.

For a complete list of events, the dates and locations simply click on Tournaments in the menu and scroll down to NH Schedule. You can also click on the title of this article to see the schedule and you can also leave us feedback and comments by clicking on the title of this article as well.

We hope everyone join some of these events and experience some of the best competive racquetball in the country as well as a good time.

2007 - 2008 New Hampshire Racquetball Season is Open

Welcome to the 2007 - 2008 Season. We hope you had a great summer and are ready for a great tournament season. This season is starting off with a Ladies night Friday September 14 at Executive Health & Sports club in Manchester. The tourament is open to any ladies that are interested at any level of play and from inside or outside New Hampshire. These events have been very successful in the past and the food and people are great!

Contact Kelley Beane, kbeane6@aol.com or Sharon Shapiro, sharon.sharpio@comcast.net if you are interested and for more information click the link to the right had side of this webpage.

The first tournament of the year will also be held at Executive Health & Sports Club is on September 28-30. This tournament will once again offer cash prizes up to $300 for first place for both Men's and Women's Open.

Click on the touranment at the right hand side of this website for more details and to enter or you can click here...

The Justin Open tournament will follow on October 19 - 21 at Nashua Athletic Club. Look to the right hand side for a link to the website or simply Click here...

Also stay up to date and visit the website as the NHRA has a full tournament schedule for the year. A schedule will be coming out shortly.