DOWNtheLINEnews Maryland Washington Racquetball Association Newsletter • www.mwraweb.com Deep breath…there we go. It’s been a The USRA Mid-Atlantic Regionals will busy couple of months with the State once again be held at the Tysons Sport & Games, Wintergreen Classic, the Singles Health Club in McLean, Virginia the Championships, and the Make A Wish weekend of April 19-21. In addition to Shootout. All were great successes, even singles play, Tournament with the season’s only snowfall occur- Director Ed Willis will be ring the weekend of the State offering doubles play as a third President’s Message • 1 Games. Wintergreen was yet event for those who are again a great hit, as well as the interested. Also, for the first About MWRA • 2 Singles where it (to me time, New York will be anyways) felt like hosting their own Regionals For Your Information • 3 a huge racquetball tournament the following Make a Wish Shootout party than a state weekend, April 26-28. So if for A Huge Success • 4 championship! some reason you can’t make it But I think it’s safe down to Tysons, or you just want USRA Member Application • 8 to say that a good time was had to play in another Regional event, Tournament Results • 10 by all. Lastly, a special thanks to Ralph head on up to Jackson Heights, DiFelice, Frank Finach, Ben Wong, New York for a more northern Executive Committee Val Rogolino, Larry Seidl, and Dr. experience. Elections • Back Cover Laurence Block for putting on a great tournament at the Merritt See ya at the next tourney! USRA Maryland/DC Sanctioned Athletic Club in Towson. Look - Steve Tournaments • Back Cover inside for a summary of the weekend’s activities. Over the years, the MWRA has made ex- sages and end up changing the draw and Please folks, we want to continue to tensive efforts to accommodate player’s starting time list once we find out that bring you the best tournament experience scheduling requests at all State Champi- someone wasn’t entered into the tourna- in the area, and by having all participants onship events. Recently it seems that ment. Please be conscious of sending in follow the guidelines above, we are con- scheduling requests (i.e. no Friday your applications on time, either through fident we will be able to do so. Thanks evening play) have dramatically in- the mail or through the internet. In addi- for your cooperation. creased, and it is becoming progressively tion, it is becoming more imperative that more difficult to schedule matches effi- we collect fees before the tournament so ciently. If you absolutely and positively we can deposit checks ahead of time in cannot play on Friday evenings, then we order to pay the tournament’s bills in a ask that you only play in one division. timely manner. If we have to collect your Also, we will no longer be taking tour- fees at the tournament, there will be an nament applications over the phone. Re- additional $5 fee added to your entry fee. cently we had several instances where No exceptions. folks have called the club where the tour- Lastly, bank fees are on the rise and nament was being held and left messages we are now forced to charge a $25 fee for containing entry information. Too many any returned checks. times we have not received these mes- Andrews AFB: Jeff Elder Merritt Eldersburg: Kathy Cornell Aspen Hill Club: Will Ferguson Merritt Salisbury: Carolyn Payne Fitness Club of Gaithersburg: Ed Parra Merritt Security: Butch Harris Bally’s Greenbelt: Tom Miller Merritt Towson: Frank Finach Bally’s Rockville: Ocean City: Paul Conway Bel Air: Severna Park: Val Rogolino Jr. Bolling AFB: Willie Sutton Skill Shot Racquetball Club: Chesapeake: Program Director Sport Fit Bowie: Evelyn Specht Columbia Athletic Club: Dave Bleyer Sport Fit Laurel: Ron Hines Frederick YMCA: Sport & Health Bethesda: Bev Supanick Fairland: Warren Riecke Sport & Health Rio: Steve Myers Fort Meade: Sport & Health Rockville: Mel Goldstein Steve Graham Hagerstown YMCA: Sport & Health White Oak: Chad Joyce Editor JCC, Baltimore: Supreme Sports Club: Eric Robinson Leisure: Talbot County YMCA: John Mautz Sr. Sterling Spangler Merritt Annapolis: Larry Seidl The Players Club: Design Merritt Downtown Athletic Club: University of Maryland: Chris Wilmoth Alan Golombek The opinions voiced in any article or column are those of the particular author and are not an official position of the MWRA You will notice that there are several clubs that do not have names associated with them. or the USRA. Newsletter This is due to the fact that those people who were listed ARE NOT currently USRA advertising rates: members as reported on the latest membership list from Colorado Springs. Anyone from these clubs who is a USRA member and wishes to become a Board of •Business Cards: $25 Governors representative, please contact Larry Seidl at 410-269-1976. •Tournament Ad: $35-full page • 1/4 Page: $45 • 1/2 Page: $60 •Full Page: $100 • 10% discount for placing your ad in four consecutive issues Hmmm? Chairman: Tye Brown, Severna Park Ideas? Opinions? Larry Seidl, Merritt Annapolis Ralph DiFelice, Merritt Towson Comments? Matt Gehling, Merritt Annapolis USRA Representative: Steve Graham, Sport Fit Laurel Give us a call Val Rogolino Jr., Severna Park Tom Miller, Bally’s Greenbelt and speak Warren Riecke, Fairland your mind... Kevin Sterling, Severna Park Larry Seidl: 410•269•1976 Val Rogolino Jr.: 410•987•0980 The Maryland Washington Racquetball Association (MWRA) is an independent, non- profit racquetball player group and is not affiliated in any way with any vendor or equip- ment manufacturer. Dues are renewable every year and includes membership in both the MWRA and the United States Racquetball Association (USRA). Down the Line News is the official publication of the MWRA. We welcome your com- ments and views! Send your letters to the editor, advertisements, and other correspon- dence to us at: MWRA 106 Groh Lane Annapolis, MD 21403 2 Down the Line News Spring 2002 www.mwraweb.com ★ ★ ★ ONLY AT HOLABIRD ★ ★ ★ YOUR FACTORY AUTHORIZED DEALER FACTORY WARRANTIES • 48-HOUR SHIPPING HOLABIRD MON.-FRI. 9-5 • SAT. 9-3:30 • 24-HR. 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