Alaska Racquetball : By Tim & Sharon Keaveny

2009 Alaska State Singles Racquetball Championships @ The Alaska Club - Midtown

2009 Alaska State Singles Racquetball Championships

The 2008 Alaska State Singles Racquetball Championships will take place April 2-5 at The Alaska Club - Midtown. Entry Fees: $50 members and $60 nonmembers for the first event; $15 for second event; $25 for Juniors (18 yrs & under) for first event. Juniors must play in a Junior division as their first event. All faxed entries must have credit card information or member number to be accepted. Fax entry to: (907) 561-2946. Players may enter in 1 skill level only and 2 events total. All players are required to be AARA Members and a $15 annual fee will collected at the tournament desk for all non members, Your membership will allow you to attend the AARA "End of Year" party Saturday night at La Cabana Mexican Restaurant (Downtown) where along with GREAT FOOD & DRINK we will be inducting 4 individuals to the Alaska Racquetball "Hall of Fame", present 2 Adults & 1 Junior Sportsmanship award, and give away a lot of door prizes. We are expecting players from Juneau, Kodiak, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, and the Valley so if at all possible we are asking players from out of town to try to make it to Anchorage by Thursday and be ready to play, This will make things a lot easier if you are planning to competing in 2 events.

1st round losers in the Men's Open will drop down to "Elite" division and 2nd round losers drop the consolation round this will give all Open players a minimum of 3 matches.

** Download an entry form HERE**

DRAWSHEETS FOR TOURNAMENT

We ended up with 81 players competing in 12 different divisions, Starting on Thursday made things VERY TIGHT we did our very best to accommodate all time conflicts that were requested on the entry forms, If you did not list a conflict PLEASE don't ask now. We have matches starting as early as 8am on both Saturday and Sunday and with our out of towners coming in to play we may play a little late Friday night, To help the tournament run as smoothly as possible please show up 30 minutes prior to scheduled time ready to play, Thank You for your cooperation and GOOD LUCK to everyone.

Drawsheets current through all Finals

** Women's Open/A ** Women's B/C ** Women's All Age **

* Men's Open ** Men's Open Consolation ** Men's Elite ** Men's A ** Men's A Consolation *

** Men's B ** Men's C ** Juniors 14 & Under **

** Men's 25+ ** Men's 40+ ** Men's 50+ **

** For complete results CLICK on the "Read More" link below **

2009 Alaska State "Open" Champions

Jesse Keaveny & Janice Vosika

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After winning the 2009 Alaska State Doubles Tournament together as a team Jesse Keaveny defeated his partner Brandon Cuaresma 9-15, 15-13, 11-5 to win the Alaska Men's Open Singles Championship for the Second straight year. After losing game one Jesse had to fight back in game two to set up yet another tie-breaker by these two players who have competed numerous times against each other since their day's as Junior players some twenty years ago. The Women's open title went to Janice Vosika with a 15-11, 15-5 win over Robin Rodriguez. The tournament was held at the Alaska Club midtown and had players from Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Homer, Wasilla and Anchorage competing in twelve different divisions for the title of "Alaska State Champion". This was the end of another Alaska Racquetball season which means once again we won't be seeing as much of each other during the Spring and Summer season so until "Fall" rolls around everyone take care of yourself and enjoy the off season, Congratulations to all the new Alaska State Champions.

Women's "Open/A" Singles

1st Place: Janice Vosika

2nd Place: Robin Rodriguez

3rd Place: Kelly Inama (Homer)

Consolation: Ly Abbott (Homer)

Women's "B/C" Singles

1st Place: Lisa Hacker (Wasilla)

2nd Place: Danielle Smith (Wasilla)

3rd Place: Gina Strawn

Consolation: Barbara Bernier

Women's "All Age" Singles

1st Place: Kelly Inama (Homer)

2nd Place: Robin Rodriguez

3rd Place: Lisa Hacker (Wasilla)

Consolation: Danielle Smith (Wasilla)

Men's "Open" Singles

1st Place: Jesse Keaveny

2nd Place: Brandon Cuaresma

3rd Place: Ryan Kofoid

Consolation: Jim Hage (Fairbanks)

Men's "Elite" Singles

1st Place: Tom Hood

2nd Place: Keith Graham

3rd Place: Jed Kimber

Consolation: Harold Patterson

Men's "A" Singles

1st Place: Scott Babos

2nd Place: Scott Pillans (Kodiak)

3rd Place: Jed Kimber

Consolation: Rob Hegner

Men's "B" Singles

1st Place: Jason Olson (Wasilla)

2nd Place: Talwar Sunjay

3rd Place: Mike MarcAurele

Consolation: Prithuiraj Chavan

Men's "C" Singles

1st Place: Steve Letourneau

2nd Place: Chris Taylor

3rd Place: Corey Rogers

Consolation: Randy O'Connor

Men's "Open"25+ Singles

1st Place: Brandon Cuaresma

2nd Place: Ryan Kofoid

3rd Place: Jesse Keaveny

Consolation: Leon Ruotsalainen (Kodiak)

Men's "Open"40+ Singles

1st Place: David Sivigliano (Fairbanks)

2nd Place: Harold Patterson

3rd Place: Christer Linden

Consolation: Larry Duran

Men's "Open"50+ Singles

1st Place: Jim Hage (Fairbanks)

2nd Place: Christer Linden

3rd Place: Warren Bailey

Consolation: Mike Stassen

Men's "Juniors 14 & Under" Singles (Round Robin)

1st Place: Devon Olson (Wasilla)

2nd Place: Barbara Bernier

3rd Place: Ray Eiley III

4th Place: Gunnar Raich

5th Place: Sterling Doner

6th Place: Jackson Brockway