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Dates: Friday 31 Oct - Sunday 2 Nov 2008
Entry Deadline: Sunday 12 October
Known as "The Home of International Racketlon" Gothenburg
Open hosted Racketlon's three first World Championships 2001-2003
(check out our history!) and is still
an event of exceptional prestige on classic Racketlon ground. In
2008 it is also the last World Tour event before the Racketlon World
Championships - to be held in Germany 4 weeks later.
But you do not have to be an elite player to take part. Anyone,
even beginners, are welcome! And everyone will get a position
on the Racketlon
World Ranking!
Registration is easy. In fact, your name could be
on the entry list within one single minute! Just visit our
Entry Engine and fill in the on-line registration form. Admittance
is limited so register early to avoid disappointment! The
first entrants will be automatically and instantly admitted. And
there is no reason to wait; Entries can easily be updated or cancelled
on-line all the way up until deadline.
But what is Racketlon? Read all about it on www.racketlon.com,
the original homepage for international Racketlon.
2008-10-31 The Games Have Begun
The first day is over and the first winners have been appointed.
Stay tuned to the Racketlon.com "Breaking News" section
(available from the Racketlon.com
startpage) for some electric updates during the weekend. We
will also aim to update our Excel document with results every night
(see the results page).
Seedings note:
We have received questions from some participants about the seedings
and would therefore like to draw attention to the note about this
that is already included in the draw (Excel) document; "In
the Men's Elite and Ladies' Elite classes the seedings strictly
follow the world rankings. In other classes deviations from the
world rankings might exist at the discretion of Tournament Management."
This approach is in accordance with FIR tour requirements. Our general
philosophy is - and has always been - to aim to seed the best
players so that they do not face each other in the early rounds.
2008-10-25 The Draws are On Line
See the Racketlon.com preview
of the tournament.
2008-10-22 The Draws are in the Pipe
Tournament management are currently working hard on the draws and
the timeplan. It's all expected to be available here
on Sunday.
Meanwhile we should inform that we are - for the first time - obliged
to follow the new FIR requirements as regards participation in the
Elite class; The world ranking is to be followed strictly in the
sense that no-one on or above the "cut-off" ranking position
is allowed to take part in a lower class and (for a 32 draw) only
4 wildcards can be awarded (to players ranked lower than cut-off).
The cut-off has been left to us to define and in order to make sure
most Elite players (and Sweden has many, out of which many have
low world rankings) were incorporated in the Elite Class this will
be as low as 279. (To illustrate this you could sort the Entry
List in ranking order.) In practice this means that many players
that have registered for the B (or in one case even C) Class will
be forced to step up to the Elite Class because of a world ranking
better or equal to 279.
The overall consequence is that, this year, the Elite Class will
contain players of very varying standard; ranging from C level to
world top 10.
2008-09-15 Accommodation Update
The official tournament hostel (Kviberg) is a popular place not
just among Racketletes - and it seems that it is already very booked
out for the Gothenburg Open weekend. All that is remaining at the
moment are a couple of five bed cabins. Therefore we are working
on an alternative official offer and a special "Accommodation
Officer" has been appointed, whose job it will be to co-ordinate
the area. His name is Peter Söderström and he is also
one of Gothenburg's most committed Racketletes at present - after
having been introduced to Racketlon only in the beginning of this
year.
So, if you need help finding accommodation in a place that is certain
to be shuttle-connected please turn directly to Peter at:
info <<at>> gbgsolskydd.com
(For questions not related to accomodation look for our other contact
details under "Contact" in the menue above.)
2008-08-31 Paypal ready!
Our on-line credit card payment function (Paypal) is now functional.
Take a look under "Enter!". Welcome with your payments!
2008-08-13 Web Page Launch.
We proudly present the homepage of the 2008 Gothenburg Racketlon
Open. Some novelties this year:
- Saturday evening players dinner to be served in the sport centre
(included in the entry fee).
- Ladies pay half price.
- Two classes in the Men's Doubles (A+B)
- After registering for the tournament it is important that everyone
also signs up at www.resultreporter.com/player.
Only those who have done this before entry deadline will enter the
draw. (This is an FIR requirement in order for the new world ranking
system to work.)
For more details on the above see under the corresponding heading
on this site.
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