New Racketball League posted, ends Saturday 14th June 2025

Dear [[firstname]],
I have just posted the new Racketball league which starts from today and will end at Midnight on Saturday 14th June 2025.

I welcome back Lucy Barnes and Tony Flint to the Leagues, following injuries. Unfortunately three other players have dropped out hopefully for just one month before returning back.

Scoring is to PAR 15.

To assist any new players I have copied and pasted the rules for the serve in racketball below. Basicially if you serve out of court then that is the rally OVER, a second serve only applies if a fault serve (hitting back wall directly or bouncing short of the receiving quarter of the court) is served and the receiver of the serve chooses not to play it.

Rules of the Serve.
The server at the start of the game decides which side to begin service from. They will continue to serve until they lose a rally. At this point their opponent has won the serve and will continue to serve until they lose a rally and with it the serve.

For a “good” serve

You must have one foot inside the service box with no part of that foot touching the red line.

You must bounce the ball before you strike it. After the ball has bounced on the floor it must be struck before it bounces twice or touches a wall.

The ball must hit the front wall before striking any other walls

The ball must hit the front wall above the tin and not hit any wall above the out of court line.

Second Serve/a fault if…
At the time of striking the ball the server fails to have at least one foot in contact with the floor within the service box. No part of this foot can touch the service box line.
The ball is not bounced on the floor before serving
The ball hits the back wall before hitting the floor. Please note that if the ball strikes the floor and back wall simultaneously it is a good serve.
The ball on it’s first bounce lands outside of the line delimiting the back quarter of the court.
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NOTE TO ALL SQUASH PLAYERS.
Racketball particularly in winter allows for longer rallies than squash giving a good aerobic workout, but with the ball bouncing more the body's joints and muscles have an easier time, in my opinion. So, should anyone who can play squash like to also join the Racketball Leagues please e-mail me at horshamracketballleagues@gmail.com and I will include you in the next league starting 14th June 2025.
Should any Squash player like to try Racketball, please contact me by email or Mobile/SMS and I can arrange to give you a trial game lending you a racquet to do so.

Good luck to everyone

Russell Cooper
League Organiser
07542 976879