For the first time in over 15+ years we will be hosting an ALL MILITARY RACQUETBALL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP presented by Ektelon & dedicated specifically for military folks over the Veteran's Day weekend (November 14 - 16, 2008) With the support and backing of the Moral, Welfare & Recreation, and EKTELON, we will compete against other members of the armed forces in a racquetball tournament. Ektelon will be supporting this event with prizes & as the Official Ball using Premium Select. In addition, Ektelon is committed to full support of a number of exciting projects in conjunction with the military.

There will be plenty of play with Men's / Women's Singles and Double and Mixed Doubles, especially since we will be using the Round Robin / Pool Play format for all participants except in the OPEN and ELITE divisions. We have also made arrangements for lodging, where out of town players will be able to stay on base for no more than $30/night, unlike some other major tournaments where the lodging costs exceeds over $120 for a room. We really can't do anything about flight arrangements, but hopefully international players will be able to catch a MAC flight to the States, and then find a cheap flight to San Diego . Right now, all services really don't have funding to cover this event, but hopefully the costs / registration fees won't deter people from coming out and having a great time. I do highly recommend that you ask your command for NO COSTS / PERMISSIVE TAD orders, so you don't burn your leave time up for this event.

Additionally, we would be delighted to have any financial/product assistance you may feel like donating to support this effort to provide a healthy diversion for our men and women in uniform.

Please be on the look out for additional entry information in about 1-2 weeks. There will be online entry available for this event on R2 Sports.

We hope you will be able to join us for this is an event. If you are a military player or know any please let us know as we are starting a database to reach all players. If there is anything we can do to get your here, please let me know. LCDR Steven Harper (USN), out of San Diego , can be reached at:

cell: (757) 831-8458

e-mail: militaryrball@pacbell.net

Please do not hesitate to give us a call. Hope to see you in November!!