Revelstoke Racquet Den
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The Revelstoke Racquet Den is a registered, non-profit society organized to promote the continued existence of racquet sports (squash in particular) in Revelstoke by encouraging and promoting ongoing opportunities for a wide range of friendly competition for players at all skill and fitness levels.
The executive of the Revelstoke Racquet Den strongly encourages all players to wear eye protection while participating in racquet sports due to the potential for significant eye injury.
The Revelstoke Racquet Den reserves the court(s) each Tuesday night from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for a free skill building session for new players or those players interested in fine-tuning their techniques or receiving a bit of coaching. Come on out on Tuesday night and benefit from our having hosted coaching and officiating clinics.
Yes, it is true. Drop-In Night has been replaced by League Night. The Revelstoke Racquet Den reserves the courts each Thursday night from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm for the new Revelstoke Racquet Den league play. We have teams of five players and a number of spare players interested in coming out to the Racquet Den to play in our new league. All skill levels are represented and there ought to be some great squash matches. Come on out to watch and cheer for your favourite team! Follow this link to see the team rosters and schedules.
The Revelstoke Racquet Den hosted an officiating clinic (Level 1 certification) here in Revelstoke on Saturday, September 13, 2008 to help members become a bit more familiar with the rules of the game and the various calls.
The Revelstoke Racquet Den also hosted a second coaching clinic (Level 1 certification) here in Revelstoke from Friday, January 29th to Sunday, January 31st, 2010. Participants learned coaching techniques to help introduce new players to the fundamentals of the game. These coaches will participate in the club's ongoing junior squash program.
Revelstoke Racquet Den players ten strong, up from three last year, competed in the Vernon Winter Carnival from February 12th to 14th, 2010, with strong results. Three players - Scott Waddingham (Men’s B+ Division), Rico Petrucci (Men’s C Division) and Karen McColl (Ladies C Division) played for first place while players Angus Woodman, Norm Tennant, Sean Tennant, Kim Wright, Sabrina Lin, Kevin Dorrius, and Norm Lazarrato played well and stole some games from their competition. In the words of Kevin Dorrius after a beer or three Saturday night “I am so proud of you guys.”
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Revelstoke Racquet Den players Kevin Dorrius, Norm Tennant, and Sean Tennant travelled to Vernon for the Vernon Winter Carnival Open tournament on February 13th to 15th, 2009. Congratulations to Norm who won third place in the Men's D division finishing with a 2 - 1 record. Kevin finished with a 1 - 1 record in the Men's C division while Sean had a few really good games and finished with a hard fought 0 - 2 record in the Men's C division. Lots of fun and lots of great squash!
Congratulations to all three players who are now looking forward to the Nelson Banana Cake Open from March 13th to 15th, 2009 in Nelson.
Another great tournament!
The second Bear's Den Classic is over for this season and it would appear by all accounts that it was a succesful tournament and very enjoyable weekend for all. We had 29 players in A, B, C/D, and Womens divisions come to Revelstoke from Kamloops, Vernon, Nelson, Kelowna, and Calgary for a great weekend of squash and camaraderie. The picture below is of some of the contestants and there are more pictures of the divisional winners on the tournament page (click on the above link or on the graphic above). A huge thank you to all those who travelled to Revelstoke to support our tournament. We missed the lads from Nakusp and hope to see them next year. A big shout out to Kev and his gang for doing such a great job of putting on the tournament.
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Hope to see you all again next year!
We learned a lot! That is the best way to sum up the adventures of Kevin Dorrius, Angus Woodman, Rusty Berarducci, and Greg Louttit as they return from having traveled to Nakusp to participate in their invitational tournament on February 22nd to 24th, 2008. The four categories of competition were combined into two groups of 8 players each (A and B together and C and D together) in a triple knockout tournament. Players from Nelson, Nakusp, and Revelstoke enjoyed the friendly competition, cheering, and side bets as well as the exhibition games between Brooke Sivers and David Langevin. Each of us played at least three matches and while we didn't lose all our games as we went on to lose almost all our matches (thanks Kevin), we did learn a huge amount about how to run a successful tournament. The Nakusp folks were extremely helpful in giving us many insights into running a successful tournament and our tournament will benefit from their helpful advice. Thanks go out in particular to Bill and Rod of the Nakusp Squash Club. Thanks to Rod for the pictures below.
The fee structure for membership in the Revelstoke Racquet Den is available on line here. Currently membership fees can be paid to the City of Revelstoke Parks and Recreation Department.
New players interested in joining the Racquet Den should contact membership@racquetden.com for details.
Minutes of the various meetings of the Revelstoke Racquet Den are available in a variety of formats (web page (html), MS Word document (doc), and Portable Document Format (pdf)).
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Revelstoke Racquet Den Society
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| March 26, 2007 (html, doc, pdf) | June 06, 2007 (html, doc, pdf) |
| September 13, 2007 (html, doc, pdf) | October 22, 2007 (html, doc, pdf) |
| November 19, 2007 (html, doc, pdf) | June 09, 2008 (html, doc, pdf) |
| September 23, 2008 (html, doc, pdf) | June 08, 2009 (html, doc, pdf) |
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