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Pros Hit MonaVie Salt Lake City ProAm It seems fitting that the tour returns to the MonaVie Salt Lake City ProAm, where #1 Kane Waselenchuk logged his 100th win in a row. #2 Rocky Carson’s bittersweet victory in January’s Cactus Salon NYC ProAm came as the result of Waselenchuk's injury forfeit. Carson, along with other top tour professionals, will bid to bring home a championship win in the best three out of five games, not one. Waselenchuk has the added incentive to prove that he meant what he’d said, “The old Kane will be back.”   Read the Full Story
2011-12 IRT Schedule Date Tier Event Location Link AUG 12 - 14 T5 IRT Florida Satellite Series Florida
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AUG 12 - 14 T4 South Texas Racquetball Pro/Am Corpus Christi, TX
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AUG 25 - 28 T4 San Diego Racquet House Pro/Am National City, CA
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SEPT 9 - 11 T5 HEAD Penn IRT Pro/Am Series #1 Scottsdale, AZ
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SEPT 15 - 18 T1 Novasors Kansas City Open Overland Park, KS
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SEPT 21 - 25 T3 World 3 Wall Ball Championships Las Vegas, NV
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SEPT 23 - 25 T4 Pereira Open Pereira, Columbia   SEPT 30 - OCT 2 T5 Southern Arizona Championships Tucson, AZ View Draw
OCT 5 - 9 GS US Open Minneapolis, MN
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OCT 21 - 23 T5 Tournament of Terror Canoga Park, CA
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OCT 21 - 23 T5 IRT Florida Satellite Series Bradenton, FL
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OCT 27 - 30 T1 Red Swain Shootout Davison, MI
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Seattle, WA View Draw NOV 4 - 6 T4 Pomona Valley Open Pomona, CA
View Draw NOV 4 - 6 T4 Long Island Open Long Island, NY
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NOV 8 - 12 T4 Torneo Satélite IRT TABICEL San Luis Potosi, MX
NOV 11 - 13 T5 10th Annual Greensfelder St. Louis Open St. Louis, MO
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NOV 18 - 20 T5 Turkey Shoot Lombard, IL
View Draw NOV 30 - DEC 4 T4 Barranquilla Open IRT Satellite Barranquilla, Columbia   DEC 1 - 4 T3 21st Annual Turkey Shoot Garden City, KS View Draw DEC 2 - 4 T3 Lou Bradley Memorial Pro/Am Sun Prairie, WI
DEC 9 - 11 T5 IRT Florida Satellite Series Port Richey, FL
View Draw DEC 9 - 11 T5 HEAD Penn IRT Pro/Am Series #2 Tempe, AZ
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DEC 9 - 11 T4 North Dakota Minot Open Minot, ND
View Draw DEC 9 - 11 T4 South TX Racquetball Holiday Pro/Am Corpus Christi, TX
View Draw JAN 5 - 8 T1 Coast to Coast California Open Canoga Park, CA
View Draw JAN 12 - 15 T1 Cactus Salon NYC Pro/Am Long Island, NY
View Draw JAN 13 - 15 T5 Longhorn Open Austin, TX
View Draw JAN 13 - 15 T5 Orange & Blue Shootout Gainseville, FL
View Draw JAN 13 - 15 T5 Racquetball Blizzard St. Louis, MO
View Draw JAN 27 - 29 T2 Lewis Drug Pro Am Sioux Falls, SD
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JAN 27 - 29 T5 Wichita Open Wichita, KS
Enter Online JAN 27 - 29 T4 Winter Pro Splat Modesto, CA Enter Online JAN 27 - 29 T4 West Michigan Open Grand Rapids, MI Enter Online FEB 1 - 4 T1 MonaVie Salt Lake City Pro/Am Salt Lake City, UT
Enter Online FEB 3 - 5 T5 Pinchshot.com Championships St. Louis, MO
  FEB 9 - 12 T4 Keystone Classic Winnipeg Canada
Enter Online FEB 17 - 19 T4 Winter Classic Overland Park, KS
Enter Online FEB 22 - 26 T1 San Diego Open Sorrento Valley, CA
FEB 24 - 26 T5 HEAD Penn IRT Pro/Am Series #3 Phoenix, AZ
Enter Online FEB 24 - 26 T5 2012 Comfort Inn Sandusky, OH
FEB 29 - MAR 4 T4 Cali Open Satellite Cali, Columbia   MAR 1 - 4 T2 Carl Myers Memorial Garden City, KS
MAR 2 - 4 T4 Leamington Racquetball Classic Ontario, Canada
MAR 7 - 11 T1 Florida Spring Break Pro/Am Florida Enter Online
MAR 15 - 18 T5 Shamrock Shootout Lombard, IL
MAR 15-18
T1 Party With The Pros St. Louis, MO
Enter Online MAR 29 - APR 1 T5 American Door and Glass Pro/Am Roanoke, VA
MAR 30 - APR 1 T5 IRT Florida Satellite Series Florida
MAR 30 - APR 1 T5 Topeka Open Topeka, KS
APR 12 - 15 T1 Mexico Open Tijuana, Mexico
APR 19 - 22 T1 Stockton Pro/Am Presented by Ektelon
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APR 20 - 22 T5 Kansas State Open Overland Park, KS
APR 20 - 22 T4 2012 Miller Lite Open York, PA
APR 25 - 29 T1 Terre Haute Indiana IRT Pro/Am Terre Haute, IN APR 26 - 29 T4 Aliso Viejo Pro/Am Aliso Viejo, CA MAY 3 - 6 T3 WOR Mexico Cup Rosarito Beach, MX
MAY 4 - 6 T4 Cinco De Mayo Pueblo, CO
MAY 4 - 6 T5 HEAD Penn IRT Pro/Am Series #4 Scottsdale, AZ
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T2 Costa Rica Open San Jose, Costa Rica
MAY 23 - 27 GS Ektelon Nationals, Presented by Penn Fullerton, CA
Event Flyer JUN 8 - 10 T5 Maryland Open Championships Laurel, MD
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2011 Coast to Coast Open Watch the 2011 California Open live on IRT Network.
Broadcast starts Friday, January 6th. Click here to view the pro draw.
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Welcome to the New IRT The International Racquetball Tour (IRT) kicks off the 2010-11 season the second weekend in September. This season offers unprecedented opportunities for fan participation and excitement. The schedule so far has twenty Tier One and three Grand Slam events planned. Read the Full Story

Latest IRT News

Is your Most Important Piece of Equipment Underfoot?

What's the most important piece of equipment you need to compete? A lot of people say a racquet, glove, string, or even grip. I rarely hear shoes as an answer and it baffles me. Having a high performance shoe can not only benefit your game, but benefit the way you feel, too. That's why we're offering the chance to win a pair with the latest styling and technology. Click for more information and how to enter. 

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The Kane Train Stops in New York City

With two top-tier pro stops starting the second half of the season, there wasn’t a break after the Coast to Coast California Open as the Cactus Salon NYC ProAm immediately followed January 12-15. Last year it was Jack Huczek over Rocky Carson in a five-game final after Kane forfeited in the semi-finals due to illness. Would there be any surprises this year?

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Back to the Grind in Canoga Park

Racquetball Junkies Get Their Fix – The Drought is Over!

It had been about two months since the last tier one event, and racquetball fans everywhere were starved for some high-powered action. All the regulars were back in the draw, including Alvaro Beltran after he missed the last couple of tier one events.

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Fear of Failure and How to Overcome Fear ...Part 1

I decided to write about "Fear of Failure" and how to "Overcome Fear" as it is something that all my athletes have had to face on their way to becoming a CHAMPION. Both Rocky and Paola had to face it at the 2011 US Open Championships as well as the 2011 Pan American Championships...both times they made it to the finals playing against their rivals.

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MonaVie Announced as Title Sponsor for the 2012 Salt Lake City Pro/Am Racquetball Tournament

[Salt Lake City, UT] – January 13, 2012 – MonaVie (www.monavie.com), a leading product innovator in the health and wellness category, has been named the title sponsor of the 2012 MonaVie Salt Lake City Pro/Am racquetball tournament, to take place February 1–4 at the Sports Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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The Cactus Salon NYC Pro/Am: Kane Forfeits in Final

6-time #1-ranked World Racquetball Champion, Kane Waselenchuk ended his 137-match unbeaten streak spanning three years, one of the longest active winning streaks in professional sports history, when he forfeited due to injury during the first game of the Championship match against the #2 ranked player, Rocky Carson at the Cactus Salon NYC Pro/Am January 15, 2012 at Synergy Fitness North, Syosset, NY.

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Five-Time #1 Sudsy Monchik Returns to Pro Racquetball

Bordentown, NJ – Ektelon announced today that five-time #1 player in the world Sudsy Monchik, will return to play the IRT tour in 2012. Monchik, a native of New York, will kick-off his return “in his own backyard” during the Cactus Salon NYC Pro/Am, an IRT Tier 1 event in Syosset, New York on Thursday, January 12th.

 

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Wilson Promotes Derek Robinson

Former World Racquetball Champion, Derek Robinson, has been promoted to National Account Manager of Golf & Racquet Sports at Wilson Sporting Goods. In this new title, Derek will be responsible for growing our business at key retail accounts.

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Waselenchuk takes the Coast to Coast CA Open

Carson took Waselenchuk to a 4-game final, reaching an early lead in the 4th before Waslenchuk drew three quick points to tie. The players exchanged heart-pounding rallies and diving gets for points until Waselenchuk put it away for the match, taking his 134th win on the court where he last lost three years ago.   

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Save the Date 5/23-5/27: Ektelon Nationals presented by Penn

Don't miss the second annual Ektelon Nationals presented by Penn, the one and only grand slam where indoor racquetball is played OUTSIDE on the clear court-under the California sunshine. Multiple divisions will be offered, including age, skill, military, a (NEW!) doubles division along with the men's and women's professional tour. Check back to the IRT and USA Racquetball websites (www.usaracquetball.com) for more information and to enter online.

 

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