Pan American Championships Underway
March 31st, 2007 by Geoff Thomsen
The 20th IRF Pan American Racquetball Championships started this weekend in Santiago de Chile, Chile. The event officially started March 30th, and runs through April 7th. I seem to remember this event traditionally featured a playoff (one “open” division) for Men’s and Women’s singles and doubles, but this year, there are actually some age divisions, as well as juniors. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like Team USA has any competitors in these “new” divisions.
The competition starts with “pool play”, where competitors are divided into small groups to play round-robin qualifying matches. The results of the round-robin matches determine placements in the main draws.
LIVE STREAMING - If you’d like to see how your country is is progressing through the competition, you can watch LIVE VIDEO of MATCHES being played! Check out www.racquetballonline.tv for complete details!
DRAWS - http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/display/tourney.asp?TID=2133
Representing Team USA, we have:
Singles
Chris Crowther
Woody Clouse
Rhonda Rajsich
Kristen Walsh
Doubles
Andy Hawthorne / Jason Samora
Janel Tisinger / Rhonda Rajsich
Gary Mazaroff / Luke St. Onge (M35+)
I’m not sure why Rhonda Rajsich is the only USA National Champion playing this event (Rocky Carson for singles, Laura Fenton and Aimee Ruiz for doubles, etc?) .. I’m guessing there were either scheduling conflicts or money issues (as the US Team has had to traditionally fund their own way to the events in recent years).
Whatever the case, GO USA! 
Schedule:
Pool Play - Saturday through Monday
Bracket Play - Wednesday through Saturday
Entries per Country:
ARG (13)
BOL (17)
BRA (2)
CAN (10)
CHI (24)
CRI (7)
DOM (6)
ECU (11)
GUA (8)
HON (11)
MEX (17)
PUR (2)
USA (9)
VEN (9)
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