I’m Back!
February 14th, 2007 by Geoff Thomsen
Sorry for the lack of updates over the past week or so, but I’ve been out of town on a little trip to the East Coast. Of course I happened to pick the weekend where both the IRT and WPRO were back in action. A big thanks goes out to Adam Katz, who was onsite at the WPRO Racquet for the Cure in Denver. He’s got quite an email list that he sends his excellent event recaps to, and I’m lucky to be on it (and lucky he approves me posting the emails to my site).
IRT - The IRT was in Sioux Falls, SD this past weekend, hosting a Tier 2 event. And by Tier 2, it pretty much meant that only Jason Mannino was absent from the regular top eight. He had a camp that weekend, or this might have been a full blown draw regardless of the prize money. I didn’t get a chance to follow any of the action online, but by looking at the scores on the draws, things seemed a little ho-hum. The top seeds advanced their way along, and Jack Huczek captured the crown without losing a single game the entire event. As a matter of fact, there were very few matches that went beyond three games. The men are back in action this weekend in Seattle, for a full Tier 1 event. More info as it happens.
WPRO - The ladies spent the weekend in Denver, at the Racquet for the Cure. As earlier mentioned, Adam Katz did a great job of sending detailed updates each day of the event. There was also the standard WPRO live video streaming all weekend courtesy of www.racquetballonline.tv. The biggest news of this event seems to be “Rhonda’s baaaaack!”. Christie Van Hees shook the draw up once again as the sixth seed, and took out Cheryl Gudinas in the semifinals. Rhonda was on a mission however, and defeated Christie in three straight games in the finals. The next Tier 1 event for the ladies happens to be a Grand Slam - the Great Canadian Challenge in Toronto. Does Rhonda have what it takes to beat Christie on her own turf?
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