WorldWide Racquetball Day: Event #3 Coming Soon! September 6, 2025
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by Cindy Tilbury
The folks associated with USA Racquetball (staff, volunteers, players, and social media posters) had a great time putting together the WorldWide Racquetball Days in September 2023 and 2024. The new tradition will continue into 2025 and we want YOU to be a part of it! Were you able to participate and feel the support and love from all over the racquetball world? I know I certainly did. We believe we found many new players who had never tried an organized event before. Fingers crossed they will be ready to play again in September 2025, because we are planning our THIRD WorldWide Racquetball Day September 6 (and September 7, to round out the weekend). Washington, California, Illinois—these are the first several participation sites committed.
Don’t miss out. If you can’t find a 2025 WorldWide Racquetball Day scheduled event near you, create one! There is plenty of time, and we can send some resources your way should you need anything at all.
What is WorldWide Racquetball Day?
Globally, we are asking as many tournament directors as are available to host a round robin, self-refereed, no-frills tournament. Indoor and outdoor participants are all welcome to join in the fun! A small number of players is more than okay! If you can host an event that is a little different than that, that’s good, too.
If you already have an event planned for the weekend of September 6-7, no matter the event format, have the tournament director add it to our list of WorldWide events! Just email Jonathan Greenberg at the USA Racquetball office (jonathan@usaracquetball.com).
What is the Goal?
Well, we are the USA Racquetball Membership Committee, so one important goal is to find some new members in every U.S. state and to encourage new members in other countries’ racquetball associations. Equally significant is to create a feeling of worldwide unity of all the players and leaders in our sport. Many times we get asked the question, “Whatever happened to racquetball?” It is crystal clear to hardcore involved players that racquetball is alive but struggling since the 2020 lockdowns. But we ALSO know that we are one of the most hardy and steadfast groups who could never give up our passion for any reason. We see membership numbers holding steady since about 2023, and we hope to find non-member enthusiasts and get them connected to our community.
Reserve the Date!
If you are able, consider hosting a tournament at your local courts. Play if you don’t feel experienced enough to run one. If you are willing to learn and give it a chance, we have a whole set of tournament director tools available to help you run a local round-robin, with lots of suggestions and R2 Sports assistance with round robin formats. Start with the Planning Tips document. Our group of coordinators have combined centuries of experience and ideas to make your event great. Call us!
Why Participate?
With the help of regional coordinators, we will be creating incentives for tournament directors and players. September 6/7 is the weekend of the IRT and LPRT combined Pro Stop in Denver. Since most racquetball players will be joining the IRT/LPRT pro stop via live streaming, we know local events will be well-attended. Tournament Directors will have their laptops out, showing pro matches. Live streaming is an excellent tool to bring the world’s racquetball community together.
Who is Planning to Participate?
Everyone worldwide is invited to participate. We want to know who is hosting a tournament that day, and we will add you to the 2025 World map. We want to publicize every 2025 Worldwide Racquetball Day event across the globe and one way we will do this is by adding your event to our map. Fill out the information via a spreadsheet in the tournament kit and send it to jonathan@usaracquetball.com. Check here to make sure your event is listed. The USA Racquetball website page for 2025 WorldWide Racquetball Day is up and running: https://www.usaracquetball.com/2025-worldwide-racquetball-day
The map is displayed on USA Racquetball’s and other countries’ websites. Any player anywhere will be able to find an event that day just by looking at the map and signing up using the instructions for that location.
PARC (North/Central/South America) is on board again. The original idea was presented at the General Assembly at the Pan American Racquetball Championships in Guatemala City on April 4,, 2023. Marie Gomar translated the plan into Spanish, and the whole room started buzzing with ideas to get started. Marie organized a huge event in Guatemala City in 2023 and it has grown from there in the last two years.
The Asia Racquetball Federation (ARF) also welcomed the plan and hosted an event in South Korea. China participated in 2024, too.
In Europe, Ireland and Germany held events for the European Racquetball Federation (ERF). Look for a few more locations there this year.
Special ToolKit for Directors
Just in case you want to put on a 2025 WorldWide Racquetball Day party and don’t know where to start, we have created a special Tournament Director ToolKit for you. Find it here—and start creating some buzz right away! Use the logo on your social media posts and videos.
Racquetball Travel?
Consider looking for a WorldWide Racquetball Day gathering anywhere in the world on September 6 and 7. In 2023 and 2024, countries included: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland, Japan, South Korea and, of course, many cities across the USA. Where do you want to go? Bring your racquet.
And What About 2026?
We plan to have our racquets-across-the-world event again in September of 2026. Dates may change based on other big events in each part of the globe.
Volunteers Needed
If you have ideas or want to get involved with our WorldWide Racquetball Day team, we want to hear from you. Contact Jonathan Greenberg (jonathan@usaracquetball.com) or talk to Cindy Tilbury at 303.888.4461 or cindy.tilbury@att.net.
Japan Racquetball Association
Utah Racquetball
Jamie Frost
Bolivia Open Racquetball Tournament (Karen Grisz & Aimee Roehler)
Jason Duffecy
