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SUMMARY:Club Shootout Tournament\, The Club St Cloud\, MN Jan 16-18! Game on!
DESCRIPTION:Come one\, come all to St Cloud\, MN on Jan 16-18!  We will be having our 12th Annual Club Shootout Tournament! Sign up HERE \nThis is our Junior Fundraiser tournament.  We will have silent auctions throughout the weekend.  We hope to have a live auction as well.  I am looking for donations for these auctions.  If anyone can donate anything (all items are welcome) to these auctions\, please contact Jason directly and let me know (jason@theclubfit.com).  All proceeds from these auctions go to junior racquetball by way of sponsoring local players\, donating to other events and/or donating to USA Junior Racquetball. Thank you for your consideration. \nGet signed up now for the great competition\, delicious meals and fantastic beverages and food from The Club Pub & Grill! \nEvery participant will receive a tournament souvenir.  They will be nice as always! \nThere will be CA$H prizes in the Open Singles and Open Doubles divisions.  Junior divisions will have Special Prizes!  All other divisions will have wonderful prizes courtesy of Gus. \nWe will have a banquet on Sat night.  This will take place at The Club and after all the matches are complete.  I will schedule accordingly so everyone will have time to eat\, drink and be social! \nPlease reach out with any scheduling requests.  I can usually accommodate most requests.  The tourney is scheduled to start on Fri so please plan accordingly.  Please reach out with any questions!  We hope to see you all in St Cloud\, MN!  Please get signed up now so we can make this event a special one for everyone! \nJason Krantz \njason@theclubfit.com
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/junior-valentine-tournament-the-club-st-cloud-mn/
LOCATION:The Club\, 10081 County Road\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56301\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="The Club and Total Fitness St Cloud.":MAILTO:https://theclubfit.com/contact/
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SUMMARY:Holiday Classic\, The Club St Cloud\, MN
DESCRIPTION:Holiday Classic\, The Club St Cloud\, MN – A must enter in the racquetball tournament year! A fantastic tournament with Holiday Cheer and great camaraderie! Signs up Here! \n13th Annual Holiday Classic Tournament at The Club in St Cloud\, MN!!!\n\n\nCome up to The Club and enjoy some great racquetball\, wonderful meals and social time in The Club Pub!\n\nCASH PAYOUTS IN THE MENS OPEN!! 
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/holiday-classic-the-club-st-cloud-mn/
LOCATION:The Club\, 10081 County Road\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56301\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="The Club and Total Fitness St Cloud.":MAILTO:https://theclubfit.com/contact/
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SUMMARY:Minnesota State Doubles\, Lifetime Fridley\, MN
DESCRIPTION:Minnesota State Doubles\, Lifetime Fridley\, MN – Need not be from MN to enter! \nSign up here! \nSponsored by: \n\n763-785-9407
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/minnesota-state-doubles-lifetime-fridley-mn/
LOCATION:Lifetime Fridley\, 1200 E Moore Lake Dr\, Fridley\, 55432\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251010
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251013
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CREATED:20250903T012825Z
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SUMMARY:Fall Brawl Lifetime Fridley\, MN
DESCRIPTION:Fall Brawl MRA\nOctober Fall Brawl Tournament Sign Up Here \nLifetime Fridley\, \n1200 E Moore Lake Dr \nFridley\, MN 55432
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/fall-brawl/
LOCATION:Lifetime Fridley\, 1200 E Moore Lake Dr\, Fridley\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250906T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250906T170000
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SUMMARY:World Wide Racquetball Day also Rackets and Pickles.
DESCRIPTION:Racquets and Pickles Tournament to celebrate World Wide Racquetball Day!  \nRacquets and Pickles!! \nSaturday September 6\, 2025 \nLife Time – Fridley \n8 am – ??? last person standing \n\nLIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE: * FIRST COME FIRST SERVED *\nSIGN UP TODAY SO YOU DON’T MISS OUT\nBLIND DRAW for partner: Racquetball and Pickleball FUNFEST\nPool Play to Determine who makes Playoffs\, number of pools is based on entries.\nSome Groups start out in Racquetball and play each team in their pool\nSome Groups start out in Pickles and play each team in their pool\nSWITCH Sports after each team in your pool is played\n\n*Play 2 games to 11 and track TOTAL POINTS* \nTop Teams in points in each pool will FACE OFF in a playoff system to determine \nTHE GRAND CHAMPION \n*Play 2 games of Racquets and 2 Games of Pickles* \nIn the event of a tie\, the winner will be determined by the flip of a coin. If there are more than 2 teams tied\, we will simply draw straws to determine winner. \nPRIZE MONEY!!!!! \nGrand Champion Team = $100 each \n2nd Place Finisher = $70 each \n 2nd Place in Pool Play = $20 each \nSign Up by emailing:mnrballtourney@gmail.com\nCOST: $40 each \nThere will be some light snacks but… You had better be prepared to play all day by bringing extra snacks and plenty of hydration options.
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/1793/
LOCATION:Lifetime Fridley\, 1200 E Moore Lake Dr\, Fridley\, 55432\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="USA Racquetball":MAILTO:BriDix@Gmail.com
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SUMMARY:USA Racquetball Junior National Festival and Championships in Minneapolis Minnesota
DESCRIPTION:JUNIOR NATIONALS! Kids Stuff! June 25th-29th\, 2025 \n\n\nParents of Racquetball kids! USA Racquetball Junior National Festival and Championships in Minneapolis Minnesota this June!\nUSA Racquetball is throwing money at you…. it’s FREE to try and catch it! Apply today! See below link for terms and other info!\n$500 Award Deadline Extended to April 11\nUSA Racquetball is providing 5 $500 awards to assist in attending the USA Racquetball Junior National Festival and Championships.\n\n\nTo apply for one of Five $500 Awards\, visit: https://bit.ly/USAR-2025-Festival-Awards\n\n\nOther important links:\n\n\nYou can learn more about the event at: https://bit.ly/USAR-Jrs-2025-Links\n\n\nShare the info by placing a Poster at your Gym: https://bit.ly/USAR-Jrs-Flyer-poster\n\n\nWe are looking for Sponsors. Here is the Sponsor info: https://bit.ly/USAR-Jr-Festival-Sponsors\n\n\nWe hope to see you in Minneapolis this June! Please share the information with all of your racquetball friends!\n\n\nBrian Dixon\nUSA Racquetball Junior Committee\, Chairman\nBriDix@Gmail.com; (415) 258-5452
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/usa-racquetball-junior-national-festival-and-championships-in-minneapolis-minnesota/
LOCATION:University Of Minnesota\, 123 SE Harvard St.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:USAR
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250411
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250414
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SUMMARY:MN State Singles Tournament
DESCRIPTION:Regarding Cancellation of State Singles\nWith the MRA Board being a complete volunteer organization\, we try our best to serve the racquetball community. There have been some concerns with the canceling of the State Singles Tournament which I would like to address here. \nState Singles Overview \nThere were 44 registered entrants in the State Singles Tournament. If you take out 5 juniors and 7 women entered\, that leaves us with 32 players. The women were only signed up because they sent a separate communication amongst themselves and presented the board with the idea of women’s doubles due to the fact that none of them wanted to play singles. \nOf that 32\, there were 2 divisions that had the same 6 people in each. We sent out a questionnaire and one of the many suggestions that we took from it was that fact that people complained about having to play the same people all of the time. The survey also indicated that the community didn’t want to pay money for a tournament to play the same person they get to play at their home club. There were only a couple divisions that even had enough players to complete a draw. Bottom line is that we felt that with 32 players\, our community would be better served to follow the lead of a couple other states and the national governing body and combine the event with our states double’s tournament in the 2026 season. \nTournament Threshold \nThere are many factors that go into running a tournament.  Such as\, that we as a board try to make each event special. In addition\, somewhere in the list of factors is revenue. Revenue helps pay our overhead\, including court time\, giveaways\, food\, and supporting Juniors to help grow the sport. Note that everyone on the board volunteers their time\, gas mileage and personal dollars above and beyond any reasonable ask. \nThe MRA has implemented a minimum player threshold to host a tournament to ensure we have enough funds to cover our tournament and overhead costs. That number is 50 entrants. With 32 entrants\, the MRA Board felt that we could not host a tournament with such low numbers. The truth of the matter is that we cannot force people to sign up. We tried to promote it and recruit but the numbers are just not there. \nAs I am sure you will all agree\, at some point you need to make a business decision to proceed with an event and we felt that 32 players were not enough to have the kind of event we would like. \nOur hope is that combining the Doubles and Singles events will allow all participants to get the most out of the weekend and have a weekend full of competition. It also will address the players that want to play singles but as the numbers have shown it is not enough to stand on its own. With entrants allowed to play 3 events in this format\, our belief is that it will be a great event offering something for everyone. \n  \nSurvey POV \nThrough the survey\, we did listen to some of the suggestions regarding player give-a-ways and we tried some new ideas. Some people liked them and others did not. The overwhelming response in the survey was that they don’t need another T-shirt. We tried and will continue to try and improve the player experience.  \nAnother area in the survey that we tried to improve upon is in regards to food. We believe that this was the one of the best years for food and food options. We not only had the obligatory pizza but there were by far the most in terms of alternative healthy and nutritious options. We had everything from protein shakes to fruit and vegetables. Again\, this is an area that we will continue to tweak to make it enjoyable for all. \nCosts \nPrices were raised\, unfortunately that is a fact of life. We had a major price increase from the facilities and were forced to raise our prices as well. Historically\, we have also received balls from sponsors to help keep our costs down. Next season\, each ball sponsor will be charging to supply balls for tournaments. We are working with sponsors to help keep the costs at a minimum. \nThe money raised by the MRA is used to improve the experience in many ways. It affords use the ability to award scholarships and provide funding to various players for national and international events.  \nThank you for Fans \nTo those that had parents coming in town we ask that they please accept our apologies for the rescheduling and hope that they will be able to attend an event next season. \nThe MRA Board appreciates each and every participant as we strive to grow racquetball here in Minnesota. As always\, we welcome any one in the community who would like to join the board and help grow the sport. \nThank you \nMRA Board of Directors \nFelipe Sosa\, Nick Arntz\, Vallana Perrault\, Dave Burns\, Jake Bredenbeck\, Matt Miller\, Kelly Johnson\, Andy Wiegand
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/mn-state-singles-tournament/
LOCATION:Lifetime Bloomington\, 1001 W 98th St\, Bloomington\, MN\, 55431\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:King and Queen of the Hill Shootout! 2025
DESCRIPTION:When:             Saturday\, March 22\, 2025 \nWhere:             LifeTime Fitness\, 1200 East Moore Lake Drive\, Fridley\, MN 55432 \nGeneral Info:   Trophy for Division Winner and light food (Fruits: Oranges\, Bananas\, grapes) \nEntry Fees:      $30 per division \nDivisions:         Doubles: Men’s Open/A\, Men’s B/C\, Mixed Doubles \nFormat:           One game to 21\, Double Elimination\, Random Seeding\, Self-Ref\, Play all matches back-to-back \nStart Times:     Men’s Open/A –          9AM – 12AM \n                        Men’s B/C –                  12AM – 3PM \n                        Mixed Doubles –           3PM – 6PM \nEntry Deadline: All entries\, including fee must be received by Tuesday\, March 18\, 2025 5PM CST. \nLook for more info at www.mnracquetball.org
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/king-and-queen-of-the-hill-shootout-2025/
LOCATION:Lifetime Fridley\, 1200 E Moore Lake Dr\, Fridley\, 55432\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250310
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Racquetball Hall of Fame Event – IRT - March 6-9 2025
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 36th annual Hall of Fame event! \nMinnesota Racquetball Hall of Fame – IRT 700 \n(Men\, Women\, Junior\, and Collegiate divisions offered) \nUniversity of Minnesota (Rec Center) \nMarch 6th – 9th\, 2025 \nHistory \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe first Hall of Fame event was held in 1988\, created and hosted by Bob McNamara at the Greenway Health Club in Minneapolis. Bob noticed there were many championship players from our state and thought they should be recognized. He also acknowledged that you didn’t need to be a champion on the court. These individuals have all contributed to the sport in the way of enthusiasm\, sportsmanship\, and helping new players learn the sport of racquetball. Bob did not only wish to bring people together to play racquetball\, but he also used these celebrations to fundraise for the sport that was near and dear to his heart. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Hall of Fame was established to unite the community annually through a tournament and a banquet. This event not only fosters social interaction and honors both past and present inductees but also supports junior programs\, recognizing that they represent the future of racquetball. Thanks to generous sponsors and donations\, items are auctioned to raise funds that promote grassroots racquetball.  Because we made a promise to continue the tradition\, Bob’s legacy of giving continues. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Minnesota Racquetball Legacy Group and the Minnesota Racquetball Association proudly continue to host the Upper Midwest’s largest racquetball fundraiser. This year marks our 36th annual event\, taking place from March 6th to 9th at the University of Minnesota. \n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you all to the Minnesota Racquetball Hall of Fame event! \nPlease join us for healthy competition\, watch and socialize and help celebrate our rich tradition of racquetball and raising funds for grassroot programs.
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/mcnamara-racquetball-hall-of-fame-irt/
LOCATION:University Of Minnesota\, 123 SE Harvard St.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250224
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SUMMARY:The Lyle Group - Allstate Insurance Club Shootout Feb 21-23 2025
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URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/junior-valentine-tournament/
LOCATION:The Club\, 10081 County Road\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56301\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250113
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SUMMARY:MRA Winter Chiller
DESCRIPTION:Saturday – DOUBLES\nSunday – SINGLES
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/mra-winter-carnival/
LOCATION:Lifetime Bloomington\, 1001 W 98th St\, Bloomington\, MN\, 55431\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241206
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241209
DTSTAMP:20260427T203803
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SUMMARY:Holiday Classic
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URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/holiday-classic/
LOCATION:The Club\, 10081 County Road\, St. Cloud\, MN\, 56301\, United States
CATEGORIES:MRA Tournaments
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ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241111
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SUMMARY:MRA Minnesota State Dubs
DESCRIPTION:November 8th – 10th\, 2024 \n\n\n2024-2025 Season Incentives \nMinnesota Racquetball Association wants YOU to play our tournaments! To that end\, we are offering two incentives this tournament season. \nRefer a New MRA Player and you both get 50% off your entry fee!\n\nNew USAR Player (with no referral) can get annual USAR membership fee waived and 50% off first tournament entry fee!\nPlease see the MRA website for details\n\n\n\nThe Minnesota Racquetball Association is very proud to announce the continuation of free tournament entry for junior players (under 18)!\n\n\nFor the 2024-2025 tournament season\, pricing for Juniors (under 18) is FREE!\n\nIn addition to the FREE entries for juniors\, the MRA will also pay for a juniors first year membership to USAR. (A $30 value.) For the juniors first tournament\, select “First Time Event” for a USAR membership when registering so there’s no membership fee. For the second tournament\, contact the tournament director to register your junior. It’s at this tournament that the MRA will pay for the annual junior USAR membership.\n\nOpen Division ONLY will have a drop down to Elite.\nFirst round winners stay in Open Division\, first round losers play for the Elite title.\n\n\n\n\n\nEntry Fee & Deadlines \nRegular Divisions – First Event: $55 / Second Event: $25 \nUSRA Membership Required: Yearly $65 / Single Event $20 / First Time Event: $0 \n(Some time conflicts may be honored on Friday ONLY!)\n\n\nEntry Deadline: Monday\, November 4th (10:00 PM) \nLate Entry Deadline: Tuesday\, November 5th (12:00 PM) \nLate Fee: $10 (Not Negotiable\, no exceptions) \nThe racquetball for MRA tournaments are Penn Purple Ball. \n*note: for nationally sanctioned tournaments\, the ball is subject to change.\nStart Times Available \nThursday\, November 7th after 6:00PM \nEntry Fee Includes \nTournament Souvenir\nSnacks throughout tournament \nLunch and Dinner on Saturday\, Lunch on Sunday
URL:https://mnracquetball.org/event/mra-minnesota-state-doubles-tournament/
LOCATION:Lifetime Fridley\, 1200 E Moore Lake Dr\, Fridley\, 55432\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Minnesota Racquetball Association":MAILTO:mralivemn@gmail.com
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