England Squash & Racketball NE Region December 2011 Newsletter
Published on: 22nd December 2011
James rises to No.1 in the World
James Willstrop made it a hat trick of World Series Event victories as he overcame GregoryGaultier in the Punj Lloyd PSA Masters in 4 sets. So after wins in Hong Kong andKuwait he will be the World No.1 on 1 January 2012. Meanwhile Nick Matthew has hadto sit out the latest event through injury, so slips back to No 2.
Buttershaw Rackets centre of excellence project
Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College in Bradford has set up a Centre of Excellencefor Racketlon. Racketlon is a sport where each player plays Table Tennis, Badminton, Squash and Tennis back to back to 21 points. The winner of each game is the playerwith the most points.
University News
Over 80 students at Leeds MetropolitanUniversity played Badminton, Mini Tennis, Squash,Tennis and Table tennis at theCarnegie Regional Tenniscentre. The event was freealthough there was a tombolastall for bone cancer researchthat raised almost £100.
New University Racketball sections
Racketball has now spread to more instituitions in the North East. Bradford, Leeds Met, Newcastle and Sheffield Hallam can now boast a number of racketball players. Many oft hese are women looking to learn a new sport that is fun and keeps them fit.
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