Winter Blast Tournament

Team-  REMINDER that entries are due by Friday 12/30/11, for this tournament that takes place Jan 5-8.
Make check out to "Oregon Racquetball Promotions", and mail check & entry form to:

Oregon Racquetball Promotions
11005 SW Polsky Rd
Beaverton, OR 97005

League Match #3 - Saturday December 17th

Here are the club locations and times for this Saturday's December 17 League Match #3.  Attached is the complete schedule, and list of players on each team, in case you've forgotten which team you are on.  Players need to show up at the times listed, so coaches can get you checked in at the tournament desk.

Although most clubs have a snack bar, I encourage players to bring some health snacks such as protein bars.  Also would be good to bring water.

There is also some downtime between matches, so there is opportunity to get some homework or reading in.

How does the league match work?  First, all boys singles and girls singles matches are played.  This will take approx. 3 - 3.5 hours, then boys doubles, girls doubles, and mixed doubles play will take place.  Each team can only have one boys doubles, one girls doubles, and one mixed doubles team (so we usually take turns on each team so that everyone gets a chance to play doubles).  Doubles takes about 1.5 hours depending on the site.

Please make arrangements with friends / teammates on your team, to coordinate carpooling to/from the match.  If you have problems finding a ride, let me know and I'll help connect you with someone.

Team	Location	Coach	Arrive	Match Start
Lincoln Red	Cascade Athletic Club (Gresham)	Scott Cohn	11:00AM	Noon
Lincoln White	Lloyd Athletic Club	Vic Moser	11:00AM	Noon
Lincoln Black	Cascade Athletic Club (Gresham)	Lee Doss	11:00AM	Noon
Lincoln Blue	Sunset Athletic Club	David Szafranski	11:00AM	Noon
Lincoln Gold	Courthouse South (Salem)	Bruce Reid	9:00AM	10:00AM

DIRECTIONS

Multnomah Athletic Club

1849 SW Salmon St

Portland, OR  97205

Sunset Athletic Club

13939 NW Cornell Rd

Portland, OR   97229

Cascasde Athletic Club

19201 SE Division St

Gresham, OR   97030

Lloyd Athletic Club

815 NE Halsey

Portland, OR   97232

Courthouse South

2975 River Road South

Salem, OR   97302

League Match #2 - Results

Team-

Attached are the updated Boys, Girls and Team Rankings after League Match #2.

Special congratulations to the following players who improved their ranking by more than 5% between LM#1 and LM#2, which is tremendous!! I've listed players in order of highest % change in ranking:

Ben Ritt
William Selbie
Danny Brillhart
Alex Kiriazis
Weston Fassiotto
Walker Stewart
Billy Dougherty
Olivia Lanaras
Daniel Kirsch
Stacey Abrams
Taylor Roemelt

New Players – DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED IF YOU WENT BACKWARDS IN YOUR RANKINGS AFTER LM#1.  This is normal, part of the learning curve.  You are playing lots of new players, and you are still figuring out the gaem. With practice, you will improve.

Second year players and beyond – DO BE CONCERNED IF YOU WENT BACKWARDS IN YOUR RANKING. This means that you are not practicing enough, or not practicing with focus.  Talk to one of the coaches and we will help you with this.

The team standings have also been updated.  Lincoln’s Black (5th place) and Gold (10th place) teams are among the leaders out of 42 teams.  Go Cards!

	Rank	Points
Black	5	135
Gold	10	114
Red	15	76
White	22	68
Blue	32	42

Bruce Reid