News
Item 12 � (27 March 2016)
North
Dakota Players,
The NDRA 2015-2016 season just came to
a close with the ending of the State tournament held at Bismarck last
weekend.� For final results, go to the NDRA
website and click on tournament results, and then the link.� For a quick view of the division champions,
go to the NDRA site and click on �Past Champions� and the 2016 link.� At the Saturday dinner, we announced the two
annual Sportsmanship winners, which were Bud Hornaday from Minot, and Paul
Rokke from Fargo.� We also announced the
Series winners, they were Brian Knowles from Minot in the Open division (for
the second straight year), Brad Gulbranson from Minot in the A division.� The intent of the tournament series was to
increase tournament participation with the winners of the board approved
divisions getting a gift from the NDRA.�
A special thank you to those tournament directors who put in plenty of
hours to make the tournament experience something special.� Lastly, if you have any thoughts to add for
future consideration on increasing tournament play, please feel free to e-mail
me at [email protected] and
I'll pass it on to the NDRA board members. Contact me for questions, and
as always, "See you on the Courts".
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 11 � (28 March 2015)
North
Dakota Players,
The NDRA 2014-2015 season just came to
a close with the ending of the State tournament held at Minot last
weekend.� For final results, go to the NDRA
website and click on tournament results, and then the link.� For a quick view of the division champions,
go to the NDRA site and click on �Past Champions� and the 2015 link.� At the Saturday dinner, we announced the two
annual Sportsmanship winners, which were Bronson Haley from Williston, and
Tanner Hopfauf from Dickinson.� We also
announced the Series winners, they were Brian Knowles from Minot in the Open
division, Bronson Haley from Williston in the Elite/A division, and Steve
Knowles in the 35+.� The intent of the
tournament series was to increase tournament participation with the winners of
the board approved divisions getting a gift from the NDRA.� We still have more work to do in this area,
but hopefully, next season will be our best ever.� A special thank you to those tournament
directors who put in plenty of hours to make the tournament experience
something special.� Lastly, if you have
any thoughts to add for future consideration on increasing tournament play,
please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] and I'll pass it on to
the NDRA board members. Contact me for questions, and as always,
"See you on the Courts".
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 10 � (3 October 2014)
North
Dakota Players,
The 2014-2015 season will get under way
starting with the Minot Open IRT Tier 4 tournament on 31 October. On the
NDRA website, you will see hyperlinks to the US Open (8-12 Oct), the Minot Open
(31 Oct-2 Nov), and the Choice Classic (14-16 Nov). Click on the
applicable JPEG to take you to the tournament main page. Also, when
checking out the NDRA tournament schedule, notice that FIVE of the tournaments
are underlined. These tournaments are part of the NEW Tournament Series.
Your NDRA board members worked hard to come up with a way to increase
tournament participation especially to get players to travel for a tournament
or two. So, we came up with the tournament series. I think this is
a good start to increasing tournament play, and we can only get better as time
goes on. If you have any thoughts to add for future consideration on
increasing tournament play, please feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] and
I'll pass it on to the NDRA board members. Contact me for questions, and
as always, "See you on the Courts".
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 9 � (20 May 2014)
North
Dakota Players,
As
the 2013-2014 season winds down, I would like to pass on a special thanks to the
Fargo YMCA players for making the 2014 North Dakota Racquetball Championships a
success.� I thought the YMCA was a
fabulous facility and the courts were awesome.�
Granted they were pretty hot, but they played fast which is how I like
it.� Also, congrats to the individual
State Champions.� For a list of
Champions, go to �Past Champions� on this website.� For all tournament results, go to �Tournament
Results� and select which tournament you are looking for.� Finally, enjoy your �short� summer and before
long, I�ll have the 2014-2015 schedule posted.�
Oh, one more thing, if you are interested in the US Open at Minneapolis,
I have a hyperlink to the tournament main page on the NDRA main page.� Just click on the US Open picture.
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 8 � (9 October 2013)
North
Dakota players,
Congrats
to those players who went to Minneapolis to participate in the US Open.
Several individuals were successful in their applicable divisions. Tom
Janke from Fargo was a huge winner, and Brian Knowles and Kyle Beck from Minot
placed second in their doubles division. Also, there are several
tournaments coming up for those geared up for further tournament play.
Grand Forks is having their Burger King Open from 8-10 November, Minot is
having their IRT Tier 4 Pro/Am 22-24 November, and finally, Grand Forks is also
having their Happy Joe's Open tournament 6-8 December. Currently, the
Burger King Open is listed in R2Sports as well as there is a hyperlink
on the NDRA website. I'll have the Minot IRT available for
registration this week. Let me know if you have any questions.
Congrats again to those who participated in the US Open. It is an awesome
event to not only see, but also participate in.
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 7 � (12 April 2013)
North Dakota players,
The 2012-2013 ND season came to a close with the 2013 NDRA Racquetball Championships which was held at the Choice Health & Fitness club at Grand Forks.� What a tournament!� The matches were competitive and the hospitality was outstanding.� If you didn�t make the tournament, not only did you miss out competing to see who was the best in ND, but you also missed an opportunity to check out the huge facility.� As of right now, the next NDRA/USAR sanctioned tournament will be the Mouse River Indoor/Outdoor Classic held at Minot in August.� The date has yet to be determined.� Additionally, the 2013-2014 schedule should be ready for review later this summer as well.� There are also plans to have a �Team� match between Minot and Grand Forks.� Details are being worked out, however, the initial plan is to have the matchup similar to Collegiate with singles and doubles teams.� The players would be ranked from top to bottom, not Open, A, etc.� It would be possibly a one day event with head to head matchups.� If it works out, then possibly other cities in ND (Fargo, Bismarck, Dickinson) could give it a try.� Anyway, more good things on the horizon for ND racquetball.� Talk to you soon!
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 6 � (24 February 2013)
North Dakota players,
The 2012-2013 season is winding down with only two North Dakota tournaments remaining.� On 22-24 March, the annual March Madness tournament at Fargo will be held.� Also, from 5-7 April, the 2013 North Dakota State Championships will be held at the new Grand Forks facility � Choice Health & Fitness.� Court time pending, the plan is to offer two singles divisions (skill and age), and also a doubles division (skill).� The tournament main page will take registration within the next week.� See you at those two tournaments!
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 5 � (25 July 2012)
North Dakota players,
The 2012-2013 racquetball season kicks off with the first tournament of the season at Minot, ND.� This tournament will be a little different than most as there will be both indoor and outdoor divisions.� Click on the hyperlink on the main page to take you to the tournament main page via R2Sports.com.� Also, click on the Board of Directors item on the left in the menu to see the current Board of Directors and position.� Lastly, click on the tournament schedule listed in the menu to see what ND tournaments are on tap for this season.� See you at the tournaments!
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 4 � (2 April 2012)
North Dakota players,
The 2011-2012 racquetball season has just come to a close.� To see the current State winners, click on past champions, then the specific year.� Also, check out the updated photos in the photo gallery.� Lastly, to check out tournament results, click on the applicable tournament result link which will then take you to the tournament results page.� See you next season!
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 3 � (17 January 2012)
North Dakota players,
The 2011-2012 season racquetball schedule is now in full swing with some upcoming tournaments in January, February, and March.� Check out the tournament schedule LINK on this website to see upcoming North Dakota tournaments as well as some in the surrounding area.� Also, in case you did not see the tournament schedule, the 2012 ND State tournament will be held in Bismarck from 23-25 March.� Currently, the Bismarck tournament is getting ready to start this Friday (20 January), then next will be the Deek�s Open at Grand Forks.� This will probably be the last tournament at the current facility due to a new facility being built.� So, if you have played many years at the CCFC, try to make this one.� Courts Plus will have their annual March Madness event the beginning of March, then we get ready a couple weeks later for the State tournament.� Hope to see you at the tournaments!
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 2 � (24 August 2011)
North Dakota players,
The 2011-2012 season schedule is now listed under the tournament schedule link on the left hand side on the NDRA website.� Also, I added some other tournaments (either non-sanctioned or in Minnesota and Canada).� Lastly, we are trying a new type of tournament in October.� Basically, you will be entering a skill division (either Open, A/B, or B/C), your team will have one player in each of the three divisions.� You will accumulate points depending how you do in your matches.� At the end, we will give out a Team trophy that will be used in subsequent years.� The name of the tournament is in memory of a long time great racquetball player named Donn Skadeland who died in a tragic plane crash.� We are planning on giving much of the proceeds to Williston State College in Donn Skadeland�s name.� I�ll shoot out an e-mail when the tournament is posted on R2Sports.com and our NDRA website.
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
News
Item 1 � (24 May 2011)
North Dakota players,
I�m pleased to announce the annual (2010-2011 season) Sportsmanship Award winners for the male, female, and junior categories.� The male winner was Brian Knowles from Minot, the female winner was Janessa Papke from Bismarck, and the junior winner was Logan Strand from Fargo.� Congrats to each of the winners.� Lastly, the Ben Croft clinic is confirmed for 16 July 2011.� You can find the registration form under �flyers� in the main menu.
Steve Knowles
President, NDRA
More info to follow!