Northern Arizona Champions June 25th – June 27th in Flagstaff, Arizona will be the place to be. Put yourself in the cool part of the state and be part of some great competition. Over $2,000 in prize money including raffle prizes. The way to obtain a raffle ticket is by refereeing a match. So the more you ref a match the better your chances at winning prizes. Prize money for Men’s Open Singles and Doubles, Men’s Elite, Men’s 45+, Mixed Open Doubles and Women’s Open Singles. There will be plenty of hospitality throughout the tournament so if you leave hungry then you weren’t at the tournament!! Be sure to check back to get the latest updates. This tournament will be cutoff at 120 participants. Once that number has been reached, the tournament will be closed, so be sure to enter early.

Hotel accommodations
Unfortunately, the Marriott  Springhill Suites deal has expired, thank you for those who took advantage of the smoking deal for $89 per night special.  Hopefully next year we can get more rooms at the same rate.  If you are still looking for a hotel in the area, be sure to check out Hotels.com.   With the Fat Tire’s Beer Festival going for this weekend, rooms will be hard to find, so be sure to get your room reservations in.

Marriott Spring hill Suites is offering 20 rooms per night at $89/night (Friday and Saturday). WOW!! A smoking deal!! Don’t wait to long because after June 12th, the special rate will then go to the normal rate ($149/night). The address of the hotel is 2455 South Beulah Boulevard Flagstaff, AZ 86001. To book your reservation for the hotel please call (928) 774-8042, be sure to mention the Racquetball Tournament event when making your reservation.

Raffle Prizes
The only way to get raffle tickets for the raffle prizes is to referee a match. This is a “WINNERS MUST REFEREE OR FORFEIT” event. Be sure to keep your a hold of your raffle ticket when collecting them. The more you referee the chances at winning prizes increase. List of raffle prizes will be up shortly. Trust me the prizes be given away are well worth getting a raffle ticket for!!!  We will be giving away prizes like a TV, Autographed Tennis racquet by one of the top pros in the world,  Gym Memberships, Teeth whitening, Aerial photos, $50 gift cards for notable areas in the valley, Gift cards for Restaurants in the northern Arizona area… the list of prizes continues!  We encourage volunteer referees, they will also receive a raffle ticket and be eligible for the raffle drawing!!

Tournament agenda
All participants!! Tournament will be starting on Friday at 2pm. The reason for the early start time is so everyone can enjoy the BBQ out on the poolside Friday night. The motto for this tournament… Enjoy the nice weather Flagstaff has to offer, socialize with new and old friends and play the best racquetball you can!  Remember this is not only a racquetball tournament but an event to have fun and socialize with everyone at the tournament.

Hospitality
Friday night: BBQ Party: Poolside at the East Club. Plenty of food and drinks!
Saturday Morning: Bagels, fruits and various breakfast items. (Both clubs)
Saturday Lunch: Speciality lunch prepared by our famous chef (Both clubs)
Saturday Dinner: Collins Irish Pub: Free Appetizers from 7pm -10pm with Happy Hour drink specials throughout the night (more info to come)
Sunday Morning: Bagels, Fruits and various breakfast items. (Both clubs)
Sunday Lunch:  Sandwich wraps, chips and Ice Cream with optional toppings

No exceptions:
All money prize events must play their FINALS in order to receive your prize money. Tournament is expected to end by 4pm on Sunday, so please plan accordingly.

More information or to enter online please click here

Any questions about this tournament, please contact Bobby Ferreira (602) 620-0149.

Matt Koop and Tim Burke capturing 3rd Place at the GCSG 2010

The Grand Canyon games was another successful event!!   With over 70 people in attendance, the action was competitive and very cordial among the players.   Mike Lubbers was the double gold winner in the Men’s Open Singles and Doubles.  His partner, Shane Pinkston, both put on an attack on the top seed Charlie Stalder and Michael Franks (15-13, 15-13).  Lubbers finished off last year’s finalist, Damian Zamorano in a hard fought match.  Lubbers looked to have the more stamina between the two hard fighting warriors as he took the tie-breaker  and win the match on an ace, 11-5.   Steve Deason continues his dominance in the A division as he took out a up and coming player, Craig Beiferman.  Beirferman displayed amazing getting ability and hard fought rallies.  Tim King who lost first round in Men’s A, finished off a great tournament by taking the Men’s B division over Greg Gallese.  The two warriors fought it out and battled to the end, as Tim won the tiebreaker 11-10.  Garland Watson was the man who appears to have multiple sports down, but is now taking on racquetball as an extreme challenge.  Garland fought off two big time warriors, Paul Deal and Matthew Bond.  His finals opponent, Michael Whetten.  Neither one of them was just happy making it to the finals as again the two battled to the end going to a tie-breaker! The victorious one, Garland Watson, 11-9 tie-breaker.  John Bashshort Jr. probably one of the most improved players in the state in the last year, had a very successful tournament, winning the 30+ open/A division.  He also made it to the Semifinals of the Men’s Open singles,  only to lose to Reid Percivalle for 3rd place.   Reid who just got back from being deployed is back and playing the sport again, welcome back Reid and thank you for fighting for our country!!!  Reid who is a very strong player, plays at a very competitive level.  Look for Reid to be back at the up and coming tournaments.  When you see him be sure to say “thank you” and we are behind you Reid!!

Other notables….Steve Deason/Dan Dryden Men’s A Doubles Champion over John Reiss and Gary Wells.   Bobby Morales and Bruce Homsay winning Men’s B Doubles over Ed Pardo and Rick Anderson.  Jeff Laforcarde and Mike Brown winning Men’s C Doubles over the Colluci brothers.    Gary Wells and Nancy Green winning Mixed Open/A doubles in a close round robin tie-breaker.

Hope everyone that came out had a great time and hope to see everyone back at the Grand Canyon Winter Games (tentatively in the month of January).

To find out the results please click on the 2010 GRAND CANYON STATE GAMES.