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Women's International Racketlon Lausanne

Dear women players,

I am pleased to invite you to the IWT Lausanne Open 2023! This racketlon singles and doubles tournament has international and national categories for less experienced to elite players. RC Léman, the organising club, of which I am lucky enough to be the Vice President, has decided to put women in the spotlight with the aim of promoting women's sports and helping people discover this sport. This is why this event is exclusively for women.

It will take place in the magnificent Green Club in Romanel, near Lausanne. This tournament will also be an opportunity to discover this stunning region of Lake Geneva and to discover the city of Lausanne, notably during the Players Party on Saturday evening. Each participant will leave with a gift and the elite international category will have a Prize Money. Shuttles will be planned between the hotels and the sports centre, as well as for foreign players on their arrival in Switzerland.

Do not hesitate and register here!

Valentin Henin
Tournament Director Women's International Racketlon Lausanne

IWT French Open

The tournament could also have taken place at the North Pole, because the temperatures in the venue were freezing. But still the Swiss players were hot for the medals. It is not easy to count all the Swiss medals that the Swiss delegation brought home from Paris at the weekend. A look at the medal table shows 9 ½ medals! 4x gold, 4½ x silver and 1x bronze.
 
Let’s get started with the titles:
 
Nicole Eisler wins her first IWT title in a few years. The women’s final was between a very experienced player, Nicole Eisler, and a quite new Racketlon player from France, Marie Jaussein. This is Jaussein’s first IWT tournament, and she can be proud of the impression she left in the Racketlon community. Eisler started strong in table tennis, winning 21-10. Jaussein then bounced back by winning badminton 21-8. She played very smart, moving Nicole around the court and wrong-footing her sometimes. Going into squash Jaussein was leading by two points. Eisler played some amazing squash, focused, and determined not making any errors. She took it 21-3. The relief after squash was noticeable for Eisler, as she only needed six more points to claim the title. It was still not over, and especially against such a strong tennis player as Jaussein. Jaussein maybe felt the pressure of Racketlon a bit, making some errors early on, giving Eisler the belief that she also makes mistakes. Eisler stayed calm and composed, it was 11-4 at the change and she knew she “only” needed two more points. A great rally and Jaussein just found the net, 6-13 to Nicole.
 
Together with her partner from France, Flore Allègre, she also managed to win the women elite doubles! Flore didn’t just pair up with a Swiss in WD, but also with table tennis specialist Nicolas Champod in the Mixed doubles. The couple brought home the gold medal as well. A sensation on his own was youngster Andreas Kotala. He won the u16 by a mile, winning all his matches +42.
 
Switzerland has also found a new successful doubles. Manfred Grab and Bruno Scherrer rocked the Men C doubles. As top seeds, they showed that they complemented each other perfectly and thus won the tournament.
 
Silver shone also around the necks of Champod, Grab and Scherrer for the 2nd time. Champod together with Nicolas Lenggenhager in the Men's Elite Doubles, Grab in the Men's +50 and Scherrer together with the Paris-based Swiss Amandine Souin in the Mixed Doubles B. Grab even doubled again in the Men's Doubles +40. Together with Beat Ladner. Thus Grab traveled home from Paris with 3 medals!
 
Eisler also won a 3rd medal. Together with Noah Mamié they also reached the podium in the Elite Mixed Doubles (bronze).
 
The other Swiss also sweated a bit in the cold, even if it was not enough for a medal. Oliver Bühler sweated against the later finalist in the quarterfinals also off court, Dara Ladner won in a placement match against the number 1 seed in the Women's Elite and Christian Schäfer sweated probably also because of a caught virus. Graham King, FIR Delegate, also had to seat a bit off court and behind the scene of helping the organisers around Joss Gadé to achieve a great tournament. Thank you. And last but not least, the Mamié brothers had a family duel in their last match in Paris. Who of them won the family tournament this time and what else happened, you can see at the results in detail. Here is the link.
 
Conclusion: Medals shine, and some eyes also shine at the sight of French waiters. This sentence should actually have been written in German, so that the person concerned can understand it.
 
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IWT RSL Finnish Open

5 Swiss players took the long way to the far north and hunted not reindeer but beautiful birch leave medals. Successfully.

With the most medals around her neck Nicole Eisler traveled back from Helsinki. She managed a perfect start in table tennis and badminton against the young finnish squash talent Viivi Paksu after the semi-final defeat in the women's A and secured bronze with 13 points won in squash. Eisler could certainly already get used to the good Finnish court conditions in doubles (with her first-time partner Stephanie Chung, US) and in mixed together with Nicolas Lenggenhager. 2x silver was the result.

The swiss mixed duo didn't really get going in the final. Of course, it was also no advantage that Lenggenhager had fought in a tough match against squash pro Henrik Mustonen just a few minutes before for a place in the semifinals in Men A. Unfortunately unsuccessfully. He found neither in squash nor in tennis a recipe to score many points. In the end it was enough for rank 7 in this strong tableau. In doubles Lenggenhager reached rank 6 together with René Lindberg, SWE.

Graham King also competed in 3 categories and was on the podium 2 times. Together with Ersoy Korer from Turkey he won silver in the men's doubles B. In the men's singles +60 he doubled with a silver medal. After successfully winning his group without ever having had the tennis racket in his hands, King was only defeated by Thomas Ostenfeld Larson from Denmark.

Then there was our junior Andreas Kotala. He competed in 2 categories. Men B he could use to get used to the playing conditions for the Juniors U21. Unfortunately, the U16 category was not played and so it was for the 14 year old to test against the older ones. Thereby he missed the podium only by a hair. Only by one point. Fortunately, Kotala has a few more years to compete in the U21 and hopefully win.

Many thanks to the finish organization team around Poku Salo. The tournament ran smoothly, the playing conditions were good and with the fast fall to weekend was also provided for the right Nordic atmosphere next to the court.

Also a big thanks to the new social media boss Sanne Veldkamp. The tournament was excitingly documented and presented on the social media channels of the FIR.

Results

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Racketlon Night Tour Bulle

Erstmals unter der Leitung von André Mamié wurde das von Präsident Karim Hanna organisierte Night Tour Turnier im Centre de Tennis in Bulle unter hervorragenden Bedingungen durchgeführt. Über 30 Teilnehmer fanden den Weg in die Halle und kämpften wahrlich um jeden Punkt.

Kategorie A: Ein kleines aber hochkarätiges A-Feld lieferte sich in Bulle ein spannendes Duell, bei welchem drei von sechs Partien um drei Punkte oder weniger entschieden wurden. Bereits in der ersten Runde konnte erst der Gummiarm die Entscheidung bringen, wobei Christian Schäfer seine stahlharten Nerven im Tennis unter Beweis stellte und dem Ansturm von Youngster Léon Mamié standhalten konnte. Das Duell Zwischen den Mamié Brüdern stellte sich ebenfalls, wie im Vorfeld erwartet, als spannende Partie heraus, wobei Noah sich durch einen soliden Endspurt knapp behaupten konnte. Die Differenz von drei Punkten wiederspiegelte dabei die knappen Ergebnisse der Vergangenheit und die Ausgeglichenheit über vier Sportarten. Das abschliessende Finale war wiederum keineswegs eine langweilige Angelegenheit und ging über die volle Distanz. Nachdem Noah aus den ersten beiden Sportarten eine +21 Punkte Führung mitnehmen konnte, gelang Christian die Wende mit einer tollen Squashleistung. Die zehn benötigten Punkten waren gegen Tenniscrack Schäfer alles andere als einfach zu erzielen, speziell nach einem 2:11 Pausenrückstand. Deshalb war das Endresultat von 10:19 und der knappe Sieg von Noah Mamie wohl etwas überraschend, verspricht aber auf jeden Fall viel für zukünftige Duelle. Erwähnenswert ist ebenfalls die Leistung von Julien Meister, welcher trotz seiner Ausgangslage als Underdog seine Gegner bis in die letzte Runde forderte und dabei sein Können wiederum unter Beweis stellte.

Kategorien B und C: In der zweithöchsten Kategorie bewies Bruno Scherrer, dass er in Zukunft definitiv zum A-Feld dazugehört und sicherte sich mit einer beeindruckenden Leistung den Sieg. Darüberhinaus stand er der Turniereitung mit seinen buchhalterischen Fähigkeiten zur Seite und verhinderte dabei ein kleines Malheur. Zusätzlich zu erwähnen sind die Leistungen der Jungtalente Kotala, Caneel und von Däniken, welche die Zukunft des Schweizer Racketlon positiv stimmen. Auch der junge Badmintonkünstler Mathéo Grandchamp bewies sein Talent und ist ein interessanter Spieler für die Zukunft.

Kategorie 045: Andreas Stoos dominierte die Jungseniorenkategorie, welche einen spannenden Kampf um den zweiten Platz zeigte. Insgesamt beweist dies, dass die Leistungsdichte im Schweizer Racketlon in allen Disziplinen und Altersklassen sehr hoch ist. Auch die Teilnehmerzahl stimmt wieder etwas positiver und wirkt hoffentlich dem Ende der Coronaflaute entgegen. Deshalb freuen wir uns alle bereits am 25. Februar in Burgdorf die Rackets wieder auspacken zu dürfen.

Zu guter Letzt soll noch erwähnt werden, dass alle Teilnehmer und auch der Turnierleiter André Mamié Spass hatten und letzterer bei seiner ersten Tätigkeit als Leiter das Turnier sowohl effizient als auch zeitlich perfekt führte. Ausserdem auch noch ein Dankeschön an Riccardo Raimo, welcher nebst seinem Kampfgeist auf dem Platz auch die Medienpräsenz von Swiss Racketlon würdig vertritt.

Hier der Link zu den Resultaten.

Auf bald in Burgdorf!

NM

Swiss Racketlon Partner

Swiss Racketlon Night Tour 2024

SRNT 2024 Plakat

Aktuelle Rankings (1. März 2024)

Herren Einzel
1. Christian Schäfer
2. Cédric Junillon
3. Noah Mamié
4. Oliver Bühler
5. Nico Hobi
6. Nicolas Lenggenhager
7. Léon Mamié
8. Patrick Casanova
9. Yannic Andrey
10. Magnus Ekstrand

Damen Einzel
1. Nathalie Vogel
2. Nicole Eisler
3. Adeline Kilchenmann
4. Fabienne Dony
5. Gaëlle Wavre

Die gesamten Rankings findet ihr hier.