Welcome to the WCRC 2007-2008 Season!

[John Bardos]

Welcome to the WCRC 2007-2008 Season!

We've been waiting to send the welcome email until we
could announce the first NorCal tourney date, but a
Berkeley home football game was rescheduled for the same
date, and, well, that means we're not going to have a
tourney on that date.

So, you get to vote! Our choices for Berkeley are:
- Saturday, October 20th
- Saturday, November 17th
Or, we could consider a Sunday, perhaps:
- Sunday, November 4th
- Sunday, November 11th
Talk to your team, and send in your vote.

The dates for the other two tourneys are, tentatively:
1) Saturday, February 2nd, 2008.
2) Saturday, March 1st, 2008
or Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Remember that Nationals is probably / typically around the
end of March to the beginning of April, so our 2008
tourneys are good warm ups, but they need to leave a
little time before Nationals.

We're also working towards SoCal WCRC tourneys, and
perhaps even a combined NorCal & SoCal tourney this year!
More news on this when there's news.

More tourneys ... ? Let's set up scrimmages and
mini-tourneys between schools. Let us know if you're
thinking of a day and let's see what we can arrange.

In case you haven't already heard, we have two celebrities
in our neck of the woods ... Aubrey O'Brien and Jose Rojas
were both in the Faces in the Crowd section of Sports
Illustrated magazine!
- Jose Rojas
http://www.usajuniorracquetball.com/JuniorNews/tabid/3426/Default.aspx
or
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2007/08/20/
- Aubrey O'Brien
http://www.usra.org/ or
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2007/10/01/
(On the shelves now!)

Vote for one of the Fall WCRC dates above, and give us
your input on the other two tourney dates.

Thanks!

-John Bardos

[Lilpin...@aol.com]

My vote would definitely have to be for November 17th, or the 11th or the 4th.  one of those three dates sounds tasty!!

 

-Brian Pineda

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[Christine O'Neil]

NOT the 17th... that is the start of thanksgiving break, so it might screw over all of the undergrads. the 11th is ok, but my vote goes to the 20th of october

Chris O'Neil

[John Holst]

My vote goes to October 20th. :D

Thanks,
John.

[Proll, Bill]

Hi John, I have 4 or 5 students from Cal Poly together and Oct 20 would
work good for us. Bye.

[Michael Ostrom]

hey john,

 

great to hear from you. i talked to the team and i think the 20th of october would be best. we have started out great this year. i took your advice and appointed alejandro ron as president and Scott Ferrell as Treasurer. im still the contact person and am very involved, but trying to get more people involved and its working out great. we just found a place to play off campus. RollingWood Racquetball Club. we play there monday and wednesday nights from 7-10. drilling with our coach on day, and playing on the other night. we have 4 courts there, and we put on a clinic once a month for using the facilities. its great. recently looking to get jerseys and getting sponsored by Racquet Solutions, and already filling out grants for the year. we're going to be ready, organized, and a powerful team this year and going to be a great contributor to the WCRC and growing racquetball.

John Bardos <jba...@ucsc.edu> wrote:

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[JVarona]

Has the final date been set yet? I might come up with some teammates
and I plan on bringing Grant Stubbins, Pres of the USC Club, along for
the ride also, if the date works for people.

On Oct 5, 1:33 pm, Michael Ostrom <sac36555jackbla...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> hey john,
>
> great to hear from you. i talked to the team and i think the 20th of october would be best. we have started out great this year. i took your advice and appointed alejandro ron as president and Scott Ferrell as Treasurer. im still the contact person and am very involved, but trying to get more people involved and its working out great. we just found a place to play off campus. RollingWood Racquetball Club. we play there monday and wednesday nights from 7-10. drilling with our coach on day, and playing on the other night. we have 4 courts there, and we put on a clinic once a month for using the facilities. its great. recently looking to get jerseys and getting sponsored by Racquet Solutions, and already filling out grants for the year. we're going to be ready, organized, and a powerful team this year and going to be a great contributor to the WCRC and growing racquetball.
>

> - Aubrey O'Brienhttp://www.usra.org/orhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2007/10/01/

> (On the shelves now!)
>
> Vote for one of the Fall WCRC dates above, and give us
> your input on the other two tourney dates.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -John Bardos
>

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[John Bardos]

Hi All!

The (nearly finalized) date for the Fall WCRC NoCal
tourney is:
Sunday, November 4, 2007
at UC Berkeley. This date should be finalized by the end
of this week.

More news about a WCRC SoCal tourney soon, and more
details about the Berkeley tourney soon.

Thanks!

-John Bardos

[Matthew Hills]

Hey John,
it looks like Jon Varona is the right-hand man down in SoCal.
I was thinking that it may be convenient for him if he can be another
admin on the WCRC mailing list, so he can check who is
getting the emails, and add folks from socal, etc.

Should I go ahead and do it?

Matt

[John Bardos]

Yes, let's add Jon as a mailing list mgr.

thanks,

-John

[Abhi_uci]

Both Oct 20th/Nov 4th work for me.
There might be more people coming from UCI

> > - Aubrey O'Brienhttp://www.usra.org/orhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/face...

[John Bardos]

Hi All,

The scheduling challenges (beyond my control) at UC
Berkeley are continuing:
Nov 4 is _not_ going to work.

We have asked for
Sunday, Nov 11.

Hopefully this will be approved by mid this week.

Thanks,

-John Bardos

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:22:48 -0700

[JVarona]

Has the date been finalized yet?

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[John Bardos]

I'm still waiting on word from the Berkeley team coordinators for this
date to be finalized.

thanks,

-John

[John Bardos]

Hi All,

I received news today that the tourney at UC Berkeley,
Sunday, Nov 11 is 100% confirmed!

I will send out additional details later, but for now:
- We need your team roster by Monday night, Nov 5
- Please order your roster by player ability, and separate
into Div I, Div II, Div III
- Bring as many women players as possible, even beginners!
- Players arrive at 8:30am
- The tourney will start at 9:00am. We will try to have
slightly later start times based on travel distance.

Thanks!

-John Bardos
-831 335 3308

On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:10:50 -0700

[ellistyle]

What balls do you have if any?

[Abhinav]

How late can slightly later start times be? :)

[Matthew Hills]

On Nov 3, 2007, at 6:11 AM, Abhinav wrote:

> How late can slightly later start times be? :)

I just checked last-year's schedule.
It looks like the last of the first-round matches were scheduled for
10:40.

Matt

[Christine O'Neil]

hey matt, i dont really know about ranking players and whatnot. I
told the team to tell me if they want to come, but i dont know how to
sign ppl up and stuff.
christine

[Matthew Hills]

Email the final rosters to John Bardos (don't need to send to the
entire WCRC list ;-)

I can discuss individual player ratings with you.

Returning players who have played before will have some sense for
where they fit into the
existing skill levels. It's good for new players to play against the
returning players to learn where
they might fit in. For players who are at the boundaries, it is
useful to ask them where
they would like to play. There might be some adjustments to division
assignments as the
draws get done, but the overall goal is for players to have some
great matches.

Matt

[John Bardos]

Hi All - Here are "complete" details about the upcoming UC
Berkeley tourney ... Please send your rosters ASAP to:
jba...@ucsc.edu, mdh...@gmail.com

TOURNAMENT START TIME
The tournament will start promptly at 9 am, Sunday Nov.
11th. The building opens at 8 am and if you arrive early
you can start to warm up on the courts.

We will try to give later start times for teams traveling
longer distances, and we will distribute the tourney draws
and start times before Sunday.
- It will take time to "arrive", get signed in, get
situated, and get onto a court. Consequently, you need to
arrive 30 minutes in advance; e.g., a 9 am match start
means arriving by 8:30 am.

ROSTERS
We need your team rosters ASAP! Your team can be composed
of up to 8 men and 8 women. Please order your roster by
player ability, and separate into Div I, Div II, Div III.

TOURNAMENT COSTS & FOOD
The tournament costs $10. You must be a USRA member -
membership will cost $30 if purchased on-site at the
tournament. TEAM CAPTAINS MUST COLLECT MONEY IN ADVANCE
FOR THEIR TEAM. The team captain needs to have money -
cash or check - for the entire team collected and ready to
submit at the start of the tournament. Let me know if you
need help in determining if someone is a USRA member, and
we will have USRA membership forms that people can fill
out at the tournament.

PARKING
Since it's Sunday, most street parking is free! BE
CAREFUL where you park: Do not park in the garage at the
RSF, and several other UC Berkeley specific parking lots
will not be free.

TOURNAMENT RULES
Due to space limitations, the following rules will be in
affect:
- Matches are 2 out of 3 games.
- The first 2 games are to 11 points, and
- The 3rd game, if necessary, is to 9 points.
- All games are decided by 1 point - first player to 11,
or 9, points wins.
- Use the 10-second rule - 10 seconds between recovering
the ball and serving.
- 5 minutes of warm up time before a match.
- Matches are self-refereed.
- All other USRA rules apply.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The Women's division will likely be round-robin - lots of
racquetball! There are 3 Men's Divisions, each run using
the "olympic format" ...

Within each division, there will be four sub-divisions.
Players who loose a match will drop down into the lower
sub-divisions to continue playing. The specific structure
is:
Division #
Gold
Blue
Red
White

All players start in the Gold sub-division. A loss in
first round (of Gold) will put you in the Red division. A
loss in second round of Gold puts you in the Blue
division. A loss in first round of Red puts you in the
White division. Winning players continue to play within
their sub-division. Consequently, each player will play
at least 3 matches. This same structure is used for
Division 2 and Division 3.

NOTES:
- Points are awarded based on your final standing at the
end of the tournament and are NOT accumulated over the
course of the tournament.

Points will be totaled for a team, and the team with the
most points wins.

FACILITIES
Lockers - People can use day lockers on a first come first
served basis and should bring their own lock as locks
often run out.

Towels - Towels are provided in the locker rooms, workout
towels are also available in the lobby - all no fee. You
should bring at least one towel of your own.

Address -
RECREATIONAL SERVICES FACILITY
2301 BANCROFT, BERKELEY
PHONE - (510) 643-8038

Directions -
- From 80 - Exit University Avenue, go till it ends
(Oxford), make a right on oxford, make a left on Durant,
make a left on telegraph, go till telegraph ends
(Bancroft), make a left on Bancroft, building will be on
the right side after one stoplight - (recreational
services Facility).
- From 24 west (from Sacramento/San Jose/Concord etc.) -
Exit Telegraph Ave. make a right, go till it ends
(Bancroft), make a left on Bancroft. The building will be
on right after one stoplight - (recreational services
facility).

[John Holst]

Hi John!

My name's John as well and I am interested in the tournament, but I
have a few questions. I don't really have a team to join so would I be
able to enter into this tournament, or is that a no? Could I bring
some local players I know to the tournament, and create a team of our
own? Those are really my only questions. I attend a community college,
Las Positas, which is why we don't have any sort of racquetball league
or group here in the tri-valley, so if you have any additional
information, that would be awesome.

Thank you!
John Holst

[RacquetBaller]

So what is the final count for this Sunday? Just curious what kind of
draw we're gettin here. How many in each division? Where's everyone
coming from?

[Adrian Ventura Villalba]

your best estimate would come from Steve Young.

"Stephen Y.T. Young" <youn...@earthlink.net>

Adrian Ventura Villalba

[John Bardos]

Hi Adrian,

I think you're confusing tourneys ... We'll talk tonight
...

-John