Earlier Events Even earlier events (2001-2004)...

Swedish Open Stockholm 14-16 January 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
Previously known as "Racketlon Cup" this is a classic Peter Landberg/Lennart Eklundh event held every year since the beginning of the Nineties. The Landberg/Eklundh team probably have more experience of organising Racketlon events than all of the other event organisers taken together. So, you can count on a quality job!
Geographical Advice
See the Swedish Open home page for how to apply and all other information.
Comfortable wins for Eliasson, Druve and Carleke in The Swedish Open
- a report from the event

Canadian Open Toronto 11-13 March 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The only Tour event outside Europe and the second Canadian Open (see report from last year's success that attracted 64 players - a fantastic figures considering that this was the first Racketlon event outside Western Europe).
Cheap flights from Europe available on www.cheapflights.co.uk !
All you really need to know to book your ticket to Canadian Open.
See the tournament homepage (www.racketlon.ca) for how to apply and all other information.
Canadian Thomson has Another Go
- a report from the event

Czech Open Prague 15-17 April 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The first tour event in the Czech Republic and the real novelty on this year's World Tour. But although this is indeed a tournament for true Racketlon pioneers the risk that often comes with pioneering is very small this time since there is solid Racketlon experience behind it; Marcel Weigl, the organiser of the World Championships in Vienna (2004 and 2005) is the main tournament director.
The event takes place in Prague - one of Europe's most beautiful cities.
See Tournament homepage (available through www.racketlon.at ) for how to enter and all other details.
Reid Comes of Age
- a report from the event

Finnish Open Lahti 13-15 May 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
This is the traditional Finnish Championships. Now held for the 18th time it is the mother of all racketlon events, with origins tracing back to 1986. It all started out in Helsinki, then moved to Lahti in 1999.
See www.kortteliliiga.net/mlit1.htm for how to apply and all other information.
Convincing Victories for Druve and Kärkkäinen in Lahti
- Johan Porsborn reports from the event


Swedish Championships Stockholm 20-22 May 2005
   
A classic Peter Landberg/Lennart Eklundh event held every year since the late Eighties.
Not open to international players.
Geographical advice
See the Tournament Homepage for how to enter and all other information.
Closing the Gap?
- a report from the event
 


D'Hondt Open Oudenaarde, Belgium 3-5 June 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
This is the traditional Belgian "King of Rackets" tournament, that last year adopted the Racketlon format and joined the World Tour, thereby opening up the door between one of Europe's oldest multi racket communities and the International Racketlon community. This attracted a record 170 players (see report) out of which many (given excellent organisation and outstanding Belgian hospitality) said they would be back next year!
This will also be a warm-up for the 2006 Racketlon World Championships that have recently been awarded to Belgium.
See the Tournament Homepage for how to enter and all other information.
Adamsson and Altmann Claim First Tour Titles
- a report from the event


Karlskrona Racketvirtuoso Sweden 28 June - 1 July 2005
   
Racketlon in the evening. The best of Holiday Sweden during the days.
Since matches take place in the evenings participation in the tournament combines extremely well with tours in one of Sweden's most spectacular summer holiday resorts - Karlskrona and its archipelago.
This is the classic Karlskrona Racketlon championships, with a history of more than ten years.
Note that the Karlskrona racketlon rules deviate from the standard; 50 points are played in each discipline.
Watch out for more information on the Karlskrona Racketlon home page
 

Hukka Racketlon Oulu, Finland 8 - 10 July 2005
   
A new racketlon tournament in Finland!
Foreign competitors are warmly welcome. There is e.g. a direct flight connection to Oulu from Stockholm (see www.blue1.se).
For information on how to enter etc. see the invitation (English, Finnish)
 


Bulgarian Open Sofia 15-17 July 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The second Bulgarian Open and the eastern-most tournament on the tour. Given evidence from last year's event (see reports), this is probably the most interesting tournament on the tour.
Considering the success chances are that the attendance figure from last year (35) will double this year and many more will experience Bulgarian hospitality at the Soviet style Sofia Sports Academy.
For info on how to register, and all other info you will need, see the invitation (.doc).
Watch Out for Nicolay Angelov
- a report from the event


Västerås Racketlon 2005 Västerås, Sweden 13-14 August 2005
   
This is the first major racketlon event in Västerås and an event on the 2005 Swedish Racketlon Tour (prestige factor 1 in the Swedish ranking system).
The tournament will be held at Bellevue Stadium (see www.bellevue.se) which is one of Scandinavia's largest indoor sports facilities with 13 000 m2.
Västerås has a long tradition in racket sports with many great players and a big potential for racketlon. The demand for a racketlon event is enormous.
See Tournament Homepage (Swedish only) for how to enter and all other information.
The Old Crunch the New
- a report signed English racketlon journalist Keith Lesser.
 


The British Championships Coventry 19-21 August 2005
   
The first closed British Championships!
Organized by racketlon enthusiast John O'Donnell, whose marketing skills got almost legendary when he managed to attract 70 players to the first Canadian Open in 2004 (see report).
Who will be the first British Champion? This is an event of exceptional prestige in the country, which probably has the biggest potential to see racketlon really take off!
To enter on-line go to the Tournament Homepage, which is available from www.topracket.com (click "Tournaments", then "Racketlon" and finally "British 2005").
 


German Open Weiterstadt 2-4 September 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The second tour event in Germany. Check out the report from last year's big (140 players!) breakthrough which became the first true Racketlon competition of size in Germany.
Multi racket tournaments of various formats are probably more common in Germany than in any other country. This is a tournament with potential!
Enter on-line on the Tournament Homepage - www.racketlon.de - which also contains all other information you will need.
Sweden, again!
- a report signed Raymond Jordan


Scottish Open Edinburgh 23-25 September 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The fourth(!) Scottish Open and the oldest of all non-Scandinavian tour events. It has been growing each year to reach 70 participants last year (see report) thereby, at an impressive rate, buiding the most successful of all non-Scandinavian Racketlon communities as clearly indicated by two gold medals for Scotland at the last World Championships (see report).
This year's event has the potential to cause another big leap forward for the Scottish community since the tournament is moved from little Monifieth on the Scottish countryside to the capital Edinburgh, implying a much better local marketing opportunity. In parallell with the Czech Open this is the tour novelty of the year!
If you have never been to Edinburgh this is also an opportunity to discover one of Europe's most interesting cities, culturally, historically and visually.
See Tournament Homepage for how to enter and all other information.
The Best Ever Final?
- a report from the event.

Finnish Championships Vantaa 7-9 October 2005
   
The second closed Finnish Championships. A follow-up from last year (see report)
See invitation (.pdf) for how to register etc.
Kärkkäinen and Peltola Hold On
- Martti Vottonen reports from the event.
 


English Open London 15-16 October 2005
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The fourth(!) Racketlon English Open. The only tour event this year that takes place in London (since the British Open has turned into a closed British Championship).
An inspired new team under the lead of Keith Lesser is now joining forces with Stuart Foster to take this tournament one step further in its development. Since it was first organised in 2002 Foster has continuously, year by year, managed to attract more and more participants to this tournament. Last year's event had no less than 90 entries (see report).
See the Tournament Homepage for how to enter etc.
Reid Conquers Adamsson in Tournament of Surprises
- a Ray Jordan report from the event.

Polish Championships Zgierz 15-16 October 2005
   
The second closed Polish Championships. A follow-up from last year, when e.g. a 14-year-old girl(!) - Sylwia Borek - won the ladies' open class (see report).
Information on how to enter etc. should emerge on www.racketlon.pl
See www.racketlon.at for a report from the event.
 


Gothenburg Open Sweden 4-6 November 2005
   
 
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
This is the tournament that, in effect, launched Racketlon internationally, now held for the fifth consecutive year. In 2001 it was the first international Racketlon event. In 2002 it was the first official World Championship. In 2003 it was again recognized as the official Racketlon World Championship and in addition the peak of the first Racketlon World Tour with eight tournaments in six countries (see report).
Last year (see report) showed that, although retired from World Championship status, Gothenburg Open is still an event of exceptional prestige on classic racketlon ground. It is also the last event before the World Championships in Vienna - and therefore the last chance to gain ranking points that could influence the Vienna seeding.
To register on-line in one single minute go to the Tournament Homepage.
He is back.
- a Keith Lesser report.


World Championships Vienna, Austria 24-27 November 2005
   
 
The prestigious peak of the IRF Racketlon World Tour. (Prestige Factor 2 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
After last year's Vienna World Championships (see report), which broke all records for tour events with 234 players from 15 countries in a venue exceptionally well suited for both audience and players, tournament director Marcel Weigl and his fantastic team have been given the opportunity to take the game of racketlon one step further (before Belgium takes over in 2006, see newsitem). No racketlete should miss out on the racketlon event of the year!

See the Tournament Homepage for information on how to enter etc.

Kärkkäinen Reaches New Racketlon High!
- a report from the event

Swedish Open Stockholm 13-15 January 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
Previously known as "Racketlon Cup" this is a classic Peter Landberg/Lennart Eklundh event held every year since the beginning of the Nineties. The Landberg/Eklundh team probably have more experience of organising Racketlon events than all of the other event organisers taken together. So, you can count on a quality job!
Geographical Advice
See the Swedish Open home page for how to apply and all other information.
Tournament Preview.
Tournament Report.

Hungarian Open Pécs 10-12 February 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
A new country on the tour! Hungary, the quickest growing racketlon community at present (from virtually nothing to 27 players on the world ranking after the 2005 World Championships) is joining the tour!
The sport center is described as "the first sports and leisure center of the 2000 years" on their homepage. It is located a few minutes away from the historical city center in Pécs in southern Hungary close to the Croatian boarder.
Further information is available through www.racketlon.hu.
Next Stop Hungary! - an early tournament preview.
Racketlon Breakthrough in Hungary - a report from the event.

Canadian Open Toronto 10-12 March 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The only Tour event outside Europe and the third Canadian Open (see reports - 2004, 2005 - from last years' events). This year's event promises to beat previous records as regards size and prize money as Canadian racketlon gears up. (Of all countries outside Europe, Canada is the one that has so-far indicated the biggest potential for Racketlon - as shown by interest emerging from several regions within the country. For a good example, see the Pacific Rim Open below, coming up in the beginning of October.)
Cheap flights from Europe available on www.cheapflights.co.uk ! It does not have to be as expensive as you might think to cross the Atlantic. Prices have been known to get down to almost £200 return!
See the tournament homepage (www.canadianracketlon.ca) for how to apply and all other information.
Tournament Preview: All Set for Thomson?
Report: A Canadian Veterans World Champion?

Czech Open Prague 24-26 March 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The second Czech Open. Organized at the same venue ( "Club Hotel Praha - Pruhonice") as last year's inaugural event (see report), a sport center that proved very popular with the players - for good reasons; 3 tt, 3 ba, 2sq, 4 te + swimmingpool, sauna and a 4 star hotel at an affordable price.
Take care to notice that the event takes place in Prague - one of Europe's most beautiful cities.
Further information soon to emerge on www.czechracketlon.cz . Meanwhile, see this Word document.
Tournament Preview: Can Anyone Stop the Swedes
Report: Linda Jansson Returned to Win
Complete Results

British Championships Birmingham 1-2 April 2006
   
The first closed British Championships!
Who will be the first British Champion? Calum Reid (WR4)? John O'Donnell (WR8)? Douglas Struthers (WR12)? (World Rankings as of December 2005.) Or someone completely different?? This is a national event that will attract international interest since the UK (England + Scotland) is a huge racket nation, on the track of becoming a dominant racketlon power.
The venue is the same as the one that will be used for the English Open in October and the idea is that this tournament will serve as a pilot to try out the sport center.
See tournament homepage for how to enter and all further information!
Tournament Preview
Report: Invinsible!
 

Dutch Championships Zoetermeer 18 April 2006
   
The first Dutch racketlon tournament! (But the Netherlands have a long tradition in multi-racket sport - see news-item.)
Not open to international players. There will be two draws for 32 men and 16 women. The strongest players from the last three years of the traditional "Racket4s" events will be invited and, in addition, the four individual national racket sports federations will actively scout for the best all-round players in their respective communities.
This is a one-day event with matches to 11.
Part of the Dutch National Week of Sport in co-operation with the Dutch Olympic Committee and all the four individual Dutch racket federations.
See tournament homepage (www.racketlon.nl; Dutch only) for further details.
Report: Van der Woerdt and Hilpert Dutch Champions
 

Finnish Open Lahti 12-14 May 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
This is the traditional Finnish Championships. Now held for the 19th time it is the mother of all racketlon events, with origins tracing back to 1986. It all started out in Helsinki, then moved to Lahti in 1999.
See report from last year's event.
For details on how to enter etc, see Tournament Homepage (www.racketlon.fi/FinnishOpen; Finnish/English).
Pre-view: Lahti Geers Up
Report: An Estonian(!) Champion

Swedish Championships Stockholm 19-21 May 2006
   
A classic Peter Landberg/Lennart Eklundh event held every year since the late Eighties.
Not open to international players.
Geographical advice
See Tournament Homepage for all further details.
 

CUHK Racketlon Championships Hong Kong 20-21 May 2006
   
The first Racketlon tournament in Asia!
Open to staff and students at the CUHK (Chinese University of Hong Kong)..
See article for more information on this historical Racketlon milestone.
Report: Chan in the Lead
 

World Championships Oudenaarde, Belgium 1-4 June 2006
(LQ 25, 27-28 May)
   
The prestigious peak of the IRF Racketlon World Tour. (Prestige Factor 2 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
After three World Championships in Gothenburg (2001-2003) and two in Vienna (2004-2005) it is now time for Belgium to host the racketlon highlight of the year.
This tournament has its origins in the traditional Belgian "King of Rackets" tournament, that in 2004 adopted the Racketlon format and joined the World Tour, thereby opening up the door between one of Europe's oldest multi racket communities and the International Racketlon community. This attracted a record 170 players (see report), which was followed by another record (over 260 players) event in 2005 (see report).
Local qualification rounds wil be organised a week in advance of the main event (i.e. Thu 25 and Sat-Sun 27-28 May.
Details on how to enter etc. will appear through the homepage of the Belgian Racketlon Federation, www.racketlon.be in due course.
Report: The Greatest Ever Racketlon Festival.

Dunlop INTI Racketlon Challenge Nilai, Malaysia 8-11 June 2006
   
The first racketlon tournament in Malaysia! A pilot pending a likely Malaysian Open later this year. See newsitem "First Racketlon Tournament in Asia!" (written before the announcement of a tournament in Hong Kong that instead became the first in Asia.)
This is a 6 day event (qualification rounds Mo-Wed and main event Fri-Sun) estimated to attract around 60 participants. The venue will be INTI college in the town of Nilai, 30 minutes from Kuala Lumpur in the state of Negeri Sembilan. The event will be targeted mainly at students.
Details on how to enter will appear on www.malaysiaracketlon.com in due course.
Report: Marking the Arrival of a New Sport
 


Karlskrona Racketvirtuoso Karlskrona, Sweden 26-30 June 2006
   
Racketlon in the evening. The best of Holiday Sweden during the days.
This is the classic Karlskrona Racketlon championships, organised every year since 1991! - and therefore one of the oldest racketlon tournaments in the world. See webpage (look under "Finalists") for a list of all champions from previous years.
Since matches take place in the evenings participation in the tournament combines extremely well with tours in one of Sweden's most spectacular summer holiday resorts - Karlskrona and its archipelago.
Note that the Karlskrona racketlon rules deviate from the standard; 40 points are played in each discipline.
Watch out for more information on the Karlskrona Racketlon home page
 

Bulgarian Open - EVENT CANCELLED Sofia 21-23 July 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The third Bulgarian Open, and still one of the most interesting tournaments on the tour - as shown by reports (2004, 2005) from the previous events.
Bulgarian Open Postponed by One Week!
For more information, see the invitation.
Supported by The Racketlon.com Entry Engine.
This event has been cancelled! See newsitem Sad News from Sofia


Västerås Open Västerås, Sweden 18-20 August 2006
   
An official event on the 2006 Swedish Racketlon Tour (prestige factor 1 in the Swedish ranking system) - and a follow-up of last year's inaugural event.
The tournament will be held at Bellevue Stadium (see www.bellevue.se) which is one of Scandinavia's largest indoor sports facilities with 13 000 m2 and often referred to as a potential host for a future Racketlon World Championship.
Västerås has a long tradition in racket sports with many great players and a big potential for racketlon.
See Tournament Homepage for more information.
Supported by The Racketlon.com Entry Engine.
 

German Open Weiterstadt 25-27 August 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The third tour event in Germany. Check out the reports from the previous years (2004, 2005) to find out that this is a big tournament in a country with huge potential for racketlon. In 2005 Germany delivered at least two sensational new players through Elmar Schaub (who beat John O'Donnell in Prague) and Oliver Kudicke (who beat Rickard Persson in Weiterstadt). Will new German racketlon stars continue to emerge this year? Probably. Because this country has tradition. Multi racket tournaments of various formats are probably more common in Germany than in any other country.
For further information see the tournament homepage on www.racketlon.de
Supported by The Racketlon.com Entry Engine.
Preview: Who's Next?
Report: Tartan Army Dominate in Germany!

Ottawa RA Racketlon Challenge Ottawa 27 August 2006
   
The first racketlon tournament in the capital of Canada! To be held in the RA sport centre.
See flyer for more information.
Sign up through The Racketlon.com Entry Engine!
Report: Racketlon Reaches the Canadian Capital
 

Scottish Open Edinburgh 22-24 September 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The fifth(!) Scottish Open and the oldest of all non-Scandinavian tour events. It has been growing each year to reach 87 participants last year (see report) thereby, at an impressive rate, buiding one of the most successful Racketlon communities in the world.
Last year the event was moved from little Monifieth on the Scottish countryside to the capital Edinburgh, implying a much better marketing opportunity. In addition, participants at last year's tournament could verify that the new venue was one of the best on the tour.
If you have never been to Edinburgh this is also an opportunity to discover one of Europe's most interesting cities, culturally, historically and visually.
Visit the Tournament Homepage for more information.
Supported by The Racketlon.com Entry Engine.
Preview: Titles up for Grabs as Tour Moves to Scotland
Report: Home Favourite Waltzes Away with Title.

The Pacific Rim Open Victoria, BC, Canada 5-9 October 2006
   
 
An IRF Challenger Event. (Prestige Factor 0,5 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
A new racketlon event in Canada! - pushing the frontiers of racketlon big time. Although still Canada this is far away from racketlon stronghold Toronto by a distance comparable to that from London to Jerusalem!
Victoria, British Colombia, is a city of 400 000 people on beautiful Vancouver island off the west coast of Canada.
This is a 5 day! (Thu-Mon; Monday is a Thanksgiving holiday in Canada) event with huge potential given the vicinity to two of the bigger cities in North America;
Vancouver (3 million people) is 1.5 hours away by ferry (20 minutes by plane-pop)
Seattle (5 million people) is 2 hours away by ferry (20 minutes by plane-pop)
Both Victoria itself and Vancouver have strong Asian badminton and table tennis communities...
The venue - Cedar Hill Recreation Centre - has 6 table tennis, 3 badminton, 4 squash and 4 indoor tennis courts. Experienced tournament director Dean Gillis is their racket sports coordinator.
For more information, see the tournament homepage at www.pacificrimopen.com
Supported by The Racketlon.com Entry Engine.
Report: "The Wayne Gretzky of Racketlon"

English Open Birmingham 19-22 October 2006
   
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)
The fifth(!) Racketlon English Open and therefore one of the oldest tournaments on the tour. But racketlon development is faster than ever in England so a lot is new.
Last year's tournament (see report) broke British Racketlon records by about 50% with an entry of around 140 players. And this year, inspired Tournament Director Keith Lesser with team is hoping to move the British frontiers of Racketlon further by switching to a new venue - making for the first tour event in Birmingham! (still reasonably close to the Stansted airport!)
This is a four day(!) event with Thursday earmarked for doubles only. If you think this indicates high ambitions you are quite right! Lesser is also the creator of the British and Irish Racketlon Tour currently running through its first year - and a potential applicant for organising the Racketlon World Championships in the near future.
Further details are available through the tournament homepage and through www.racketlon.co.uk (the homepage of the British Racketlon Federation).
Supported by The Racketlon.com Entry Engine.
Preview: The 5th Annual English Open Graces the West Midlands.
Report: Foreign Talent Clean-up in Birmingham.


Gothenburg Open Sweden 3-5 November 2006
   
 
An official IRF Racketlon World Tour event. (Prestige Factor 1 in the IRF World Ranking System.)