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E.S.C. RASTA Open 
Updated date – Match Day 6 November 2nd – RASTA Racketball Saltire Tour @ E.S.C. – Edinburgh
Results for Match Day 5 Oct. 12th – RASTA Racketball Saltire Tour @ Whitecraigs LT&SC – Glasgow Sponsored by Chartermarque (Pension Consultants & Chartered Financial Planners)
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Match Day 5 October 12th – RASTA Racketball Saltire Tour @ Whitecraigs LT&SC in Glasgow
Results for Match Day 4 September 7th – RASTA Racketball Saltire Tour @ Abercorn – Edinburgh
It was another great RASTA tournament yesterday in sunny Abercorn and we now have 65 different players who have competed in the 2013 Saltire Tour. Everyone has a ranking based on their results at the 4 tournaments so far and you can see the updated ranking list by clicking here.
Thanks to Harrow for their continued sponsorship of the tour and I’m looking forward to the next tournament at Whitecraigs LT&SC for Match Day 5 on October 12th (which is where the 1st ever RASTA tournament was held). To see or download the Poster click here
Photo montage of the day is available by clicking here.
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Results of RASTA’s Match Day 3 at Dumfries
If you’d like to see the photos of Match Day 3 of RASTA’s Saltire Tour please click here
To see a bigger picture of the results please click on the images to the left or just click here
It was another great day for Racketball at Dumfries and what a final between Neil Bennett (Dalgety Bay and Nick Bond (up from Chappel Allerton in Yorkshire) in the Premier Division
The standard is certainly hotting up in the RASTA tournaments and it’s fabulous to see the sport develop and also to see so many new faces to the sport via Division 2.
If you’d like to see the Ranking list after 3 tournaments then click here
Next stop on the tour is Edinburgh where a brand new club to the Racketball tour will be hosting RASTA’s finest, as we go to Abercorn on September 7th – look forward to seeing you there.
Match Day 2 July 6th – RASTA Racketball Saltire Tour @ Dalgety Bay
Specialist Squash Court Lighting & Controls “Durable Technologies”
www.durabletechnologies.com are the proud sponsors of Match Day 2 of Racketball Around Scotland’s Saltire Tour.
Dalgety Bay will be the host club on Saturday 6th July and Stuart Black (Sales & Marketing Director for Durable Technologies) said “It’s great to support racketball as it grows in Scotland and the RASTA tour has really helped establish the new sport in many clubs.”
Thanks very much to Stuart and Durable Technologies; and if your squash courts (or offices) are looking a bit dingy I’m sure Stuart will be able to illuminate you!
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Results of the 1st RASTA Racketball Tournament of the Season @ Glasgow’s David Lloyd West End Club
It was a fantastic start to the Racketball season at David Lloyd in Glasgow’s West End as a 30 strong field lined up to produce the 2013’s 1st Ranking List of this year’s Saltire Tour.
The Premier Division saw the top two from last year’s Ranking List compete for top spot. The winner was Richard McBride from Colinton Castle in Edinburgh who won 2-1 in a tightly contested final.
Scottish Racketball Open 2013 – Results
The ‘2013 Scottish Racketball Open’ took place at Dumfries this weekend and there was another excellent turnout including new players coming up from south of the border.
To see the full results click here
The Open was won by Nick Bond of ‘The Chapel Allerton Club’ in Leeds and his team-mate John Round also made it to the final.
Other winners came from as far north as Kirkwall and as far south as Cheshire, showing how Racketball is spreading around Scotland and the North of England.
Many thanks to Dumfries Squash & Racketball Club (!) for hosting the competition and especially Keith Gristwood for not only organising everything, but also winning the Over 55s National Open Title.
To see some pictures of the event please click here
Optical Express Sponsors Racketball Around Scotland’s Masters Tournament – Feb 23 @ Whitecraigs LT&SC in Glasgow
I’m delighted to announce that ‘Optical Express’ have partnered with Racketball Around Scotland to sponsor the inaugural Masters Competition on 23 February at Whitecraigs LT&SC in Newton Mearns, Glasgow.
Optical Express is the UK’s No.1 provider of laser eye surgery and they could be inundated with bookings if some of the player’s requests to the ref were to be taken seriously! But whether it’s glasses, sunglasses, contact lenses or eye tests you may need to improve your refereeing or racketball skills, Optical Express will help you out wherever you play.
If you’d like to play in the tournament then please e-mail me at j.broadberry@virgin.net or download the attached entry form.
Jason Broadberry
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