Imagine, if you will, the scene.  You are lazing at home after a busy day at work, when “ping”, the Facebook notification that “Racketlon is Live”.  Your heart beats faster, as you flick open your phone and log into the app.  You are greeted by the sight of Dave Ridout, Johnny Bispham, Alex Du...

For all players playing in either the Staffordshire Open, County Championships or both events, UK Racketlon in partnership with Keele University is able to offer single rooms on the Keele University campus for the night of Saturday 22nd June.  Priced at £50 per room, they can be booked online...

It was an excellent 2019 FIR World Doubles Championships as Great Britain came second in the (unofficial*) medal table, with six British players becoming World Champions across 4 categories including two players “doubling up” to add a doubles title to their singles title from Zurich.  However, the...

Day 1 was a fast and frenetic day of Racketlon the 2019 FIR World Doubles Championships in Oudenaarde.  As we highlighted there are a stack of Brits involved and on Day 1, some of them were making the headlines.  Day 2 is of course, medal day, so lets look at who is left in the contention for a...

In less than 24 hours time the 2019 FIR World Doubles Championships begin in Oudenaarde in Belgium, before feeding into the infamous and brilliant King of Rackets tournament over the weekend.  The FIR have been have been previewing the event in different classes and their pieces on the Men’s A,...

Racketlon is returning to the south of England as entry opens for the Kent Open which will be held in Canterbury on Sunday 4th August.  Entry is, as ever, online via Tournament Software here, opening from 9am on Thursday 30th May. 

After a one-year absence from the beautiful city of Canterbury...

Strawberries & cream, warm sunshine and the ping of a sweetly struck forehand tennis shot, are images all associated with the British summer and of course Wimbledon.  However, for all Racketlon players in the UK, these things are all possible at The Northern Club in Manchester which will once...

UK Racketlon today announces a change to our selection committee.  After a number of years of service, Barbara Capper is stepping down from her role on the GB Teams selection committee.  UK Racketlon would like to take this opportunity to thank Barbara for her dedication to this role. Even when...

As the weather improves, the sun begins to shine and the UK Tour calendar starts to get busier!  In the next month we have four events open for entries with the first of those on Sunday 16th June with our return to the North East for the second Northumberland Open.  The Northumberland Club in...

This weekend saw the inaugural Cotswolds Open held at Cleeve School, at the foothills of the Cotswolds just outside Cheltenham. Featuring plenty of upsets, big wins, gumi arms and fun the day was a roaring success in its first outing, and hopefully we will be back once more in 2020.  All the...

History was made this past weekend as Hannah Boden made it a fabulous five-in-a-row in the Women’s A, in the process becoming the most successful player British Championships history.  Whilst in the Men’s A, it was sweet revenge for Dan Busby as he triumphed in a repeat of the 2016 final against...

Entry for the 2019 County Championships will launch on Wednesday 17th April at 5pm here on Tournament Software. Featuring as part of our Festival of Racketlon at Keele University, the County Championships will be played on Sunday 23rd June. The match format will once again be:

3 x Men’s singles
1 x...

**Technical issue resolved, Staffordshire Open entry is now live!**

It is with great pleasure that we can announce the launch date for two events in June, the Northumberland Open (Sunday 16th June) and the Staffordshire Open (Saturday 22nd June). The Staffordshire Open is part of our festival...

Boden Aiming for High Five, Griffiths for a Hat-trick - British Championships 2019
GB star, Hannah Boden will be aiming for her fifth consecutive British National Title at the 2019 Racketlon British Championships, while her fellow University of Nottingham student, Leon Griffiths will be aiming...

I’m afraid we received the very sad news from Scotland recently that Shawn Doney, a much loved member of the Great Britain Racketlon community, died very suddenly last week.

First and foremost, Shawn was a fantastic, kind and hugely encouraging guy who I had the pleasure of spending some great...

Here at UK Racketlon we’ve got another tournament for you to sink your teeth into, with the annual Easter Racketlon event that is the Essex Open returning on Easter Monday 22nd April. Please note, the event starts at 12 noon! Once again this will be run by Racketlon legend Dave Lazarus, with the...

Entry opens today (Wednesday 6th March) at 5pm for the inaugural Cotswolds Open.  The tournament will be held in the glorious Gloucestershire village of Bishop's Cleave on Sunday 5th May 2019.  Arriving in the picturesque landscape of the Cotswolds, this tournament breaks new ground for the UK Tour...

Despite there being over a month until the British Championships at Parklangley (Event information here), there are limited spaces left for players to enter.  As of Sunday 24th February, the remaining spaces are:

• 3 spaces in the Women's draws (A & B combined)
• 1 space in the Men's...

UK Racketlon is delighted to confirm now the dates for our Festival of Racketlon!  This new feature for the 2019 UK Tour will combine the 2019 Staffordshire Open and the 2019 County Championships into a single weekend in Keele, the 22nd and 23rd June 2019.  Saturday 22nd June will feature the...

The next event to open on the UK Tour will be the 2019 British Championships, on the 13th and 14th April.  Our flagship UK Tour event of the year, we once again return to the fabulous Parklangley Club in Beckenham, London.  With wonderful playing conditions and (at least) centre court referees for...