Photos – 2007 Northwest Regionals

As luck would have it, I had a few free hours to spare the weekend of 2007 regional qualifiers for USA Racquetball. On Saturday evening of the 2007 Northwest Regional Racquetball Championships, I was able to catch one of the Men’s Open semis, as well as both of the semis for the Men’s Open Doubles.

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MS1 – Stark def. Pratt (6, (4), – This was a GREAT match between veteran Jeff Stark, and up-and-comer Charlie Pratt. Stark finished second at National Doubles in 2006, and is a member of the USA Racquetball National Team. Pratt is veteran of the Junior tour, and is a long time USA Racquetball Junior Team member. He has started to make his presence felt on the pro tour, where he had a nice win over top ranked IRT player, Jason Thoerner.

MDS1 – Westwood Rutledge def. Baida Solomon (14, 9) – These guys are all long time players in Oregon; Westwood known for winning the Men’s Open singles division in Oregon for the past three years running.

MDS2 – Pratt Knoth def. Darling Rasmussen ((7), 12, 10) – Charlie Pratt teams up with junior champion Taylor Knoth against long time veterans Dan Darling (3rd 2006 National Doubles Men’s Open), and Kelley Rasmussen. Rasmussen would injure his knee part way through game two, which forced Darling to cover the entire court for the rest of the match. While this sounded like an instant victory for Knoth and Pratt, they had to fight hard to *barely* take the tie-breaker.

June 14th, 2007 by Geoff Thomsen

Photos – 2006 NW Regionals

I’ve finally processed and posted the shots I took during the 2006 NW Regional Racquetball Championships.

PHOTO GALLERY
FINAL DRAWS

Matches covered:

Men’s A – Steve Mitchner vs. Jeff Clark
Men’s Open – Jason Samora vs. John Martin
Men’s Open – Jeff Stark vs. Dan Darling
Men’s Open Doubles – Westwood / Rutledge vs. Baida / Rudd
Men’s Open Doubles – Samora / Poppino vs. Hardy / Wilson

Jeff Stark clears the forehand lane over a kill shot by Dan Darling

7 comments May 2nd, 2006 by Geoff Thomsen

2005 Holiday Open – Beaverton, OR

Found a few free hours to head to Griffith Park YMCA in Beaverton, OR to check out the action at the 2005 Holiday Open. Number 5 seed (#5?!) Jeff Stark settled all seeding disputes after first taking out number 1 seed Jimmy Lowe in the semi’s, and then number 2 seed Dan Darling in the finals.

Just to add a little flair to the tie-breaker, Jeff hit this pretty “jumping-behind-the-back-pinch-rollout” at 10-6 to win the match.

Also included are misc. shots from some other matches going on around the time of the Men’s Open Finals.

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Double Donut 2005 Holiday Open Gallery

4 comments December 12th, 2005 by Geoff Thomsen