New Portable Court Ready for Action Old Geezers Are TOUGH!
APRIL 2008 Official Newsletter of the National Masters Racquetball Association (NMRA) Old Geezers are New Portable Court Ready for Action TOUGH! By Cindy Tilbury By Dick Kincade They’ve been designing, manufacturing John Prigmore and I have been playing and assembling it for many months and 75 and then 80 doubles for several years. it is finally ready for action at the USAR Although competitive, we had never won a Regional and Motorola IRT Pro Nationals at championship. the Schaumburg Tennis Plus club in April. It is the new Portable Court, created for the I was up at 6:00 a.m. for my three IRT and its commissioner, Dave Negrete, singles matches starting at 8:00 a.m. on and financed in large part by two of our Wednesday, March 5, 2008. John joined NMRA members from Chicago, Pat Taylor me at noon for three winning doubles and Leo Klimaitis. matches. A nice dinner followed that night. Louise Prigmore asked me to This is the biggest news in racquetball since check on John in the men’s room. John the introduction of the first “portable” court was coughing and frothing at the mouth; which debuted at the US Open in Memphis he couldn’t clear his throat. After several in 1996. Several improvements have been minutes, John turned to me and said, engineered into this court. The sides are all “Take me to the hospital now!” viewable plexiglass walls so it can be set up in a stadium with great seats on all sides. With Louise, the three of us found the The USAR keeper of the court, Eddie Emergency Room Entrance around 9:30 Meredith of Colorado Springs, Colorado, p.m.
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