Wednesday, March 26, 2008

The 2008 Motorola Pro National Racquetball Championships and USA Racquetball Adult Regional presented by Verizon Wireless are set for April 23-27, 2008. After a very successful event last year, Motorola and Verizon Wireless have renewed their sponsorship for the 2008 event. The event will be held at Schaumburg Tennis Plus, which is owned and operated by the Schaumburg Park District. Forest View Racquet Club will be the secondary site located in Arlington Hts. Schaumburg and Arlington Hts.. are northwest suburbs about 20 minutes from O'Hare International airport and 45 minutes from downtown Chicago.

Men's Pro Qualifying will begin on Wednesday and Regional amateur matches will begin Thursday. The new all Lucite court will be present creating the sports most exciting grand slam event in history. The event will be broadcast on ESPN and streamed live on ESPN360.com and details on other networks are being negotiated at this time. International players will be able to play in all divisions offered. The event will feature a Rock-n Roll theme and promises to be cutting edge. This year we will be adding an IRT Pro Doubles to the event as well as a Classic Pro Racquetball Tour division.

The event will offer a charity doubles event with the top 16 professionals on Wednesday evening. Cost of playing with a professional will be $500.00 with the funds going to a local chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Last year the event rose over $8000.00 and hopes to better that amount this year. The event will also benefit Prevent Child Abuse America and The Hopeline. You may contact Dave Negrete for details at negretz@comcast.net

VIP box seats are available for purchase by contacting Dave Negrete at negretz@comcast.net. Space is limited so reserve you box now. There will be a huge party on Friday night featuring local live rock n roll entertainment as well as the Party with the Pros on Saturday evening.

Look for information about the event in the next racquetball magazine here or here, or you can call 800-234-5396. You can enter online here. A $20 discount for early registration discount ends April 1st.

I look forward to seeing you all in Chicago at the 2008 Motorola IRT Pro National and USAR Adult Regional Racquetball Championships presented by Verizon Wireless.

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