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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

Pour la première fois sous la direction d'André Mamié, le tournoi Night Tour organisé par le président Karim Hanna s'est déroulé dans d'excellentes conditions au Centre de Tennis de Bulle. Plus de 30 participants ont trouvé le chemin de la salle et se sont véritablement battus pour chaque point.

Catégorie A: Un petit mais prestigieux tableau A s'est livré à Bulle à un duel passionnant, dans lequel trois des six matchs se sont décidés pour trois points ou moins. Dès le premier tour, seul le Gummiarm a pu faire la décision, Christian Schäfer faisant preuve de ses nerfs d'acier au tennis et résistant à l'assaut du jeune Léon Mamié. Le duel entre les frères Mamié s'est également révélé être un match passionnant, comme on pouvait s'y attendre, Noah s'imposant de justesse grâce à un solide sprint final. La différence de trois points reflète les résultats serrés du passé et l'équilibre entre les quatre disciplines sportives. La finale finale n'a pas été une affaire ennuyeuse et s'est déroulée sur toute la distance. Alors que Noah avait réussi à prendre une avance de +21 points dans les deux premiers sports, Christian a réussi à renverser la vapeur grâce à une superbe performance en squash. Les dix points nécessaires étaient tout sauf faciles à obtenir contre le crack du tennis, surtout après avoir été mené 2:11 à la pause. C'est pourquoi le résultat final de 10:19 et la victoire étriquée de Noah Mamie étaient sans doute un peu surprenants, mais promettent en tout cas beaucoup pour les futurs duels. Il convient également de mentionner la performance de Julien Meister qui, malgré sa position d'outsider, a défié ses adversaires jusqu'au dernier tour et a une nouvelle fois démontré ses capacités.

Catégories B et C: dans la deuxième catégorie, Bruno Scherrer a prouvé qu'il ferait définitivement partie du peloton A à l'avenir et s'est assuré la victoire grâce à une performance impressionnante. En outre, il a apporté son soutien à l'organisation du tournoi grâce à ses compétences en comptabilité et a évité un petit accident. Il convient également de mentionner les performances des jeunes talents Kotala, Caneel et von Däniken, qui laissent présager un bel avenir pour le racketlon suisse. Le jeune badiste Mathéo Grandchamp a également prouvé son talent et est un joueur intéressant pour l'avenir.

Catégorie 045: Andreas Stoos a dominé la catégorie des jeunes seniors, qui a montré une lutte passionnante pour la deuxième place. Dans l'ensemble, cela prouve que la densité de performance du Swiss Racketlon est très élevée dans toutes les disciplines et catégories d'âge. Le nombre de participants est également un peu plus positif et, nous l'espérons, marque la fin de la période creuse du Corona. C'est pourquoi nous nous réjouissons tous de pouvoir ressortir les raquettes dès le 25 février à Burgdorf.

Enfin, il convient de mentionner que tous les participants et le directeur du tournoi, André Mamié, se sont bien amusés et que ce dernier, pour sa première activité en tant que directeur, a mené le tournoi à la perfection, tant en termes d'efficacité que de temps. Un grand merci également à Riccardo Raimo qui, en plus de son esprit combatif sur le terrain, représente dignement la présence médiatique de Swiss Racketlon.

Voici, les résultats !

À bientôt à Burgdorf !

NM

RNT Altstätten

Die diesjährige Racketlon Night Tour Serie wurde vergangenen Samstag im Vitalis Sports in Altstätten eröffnet. Sehr erfreulich, dass 24 SpielerInnen den Weg ins Rheintal gefunden hatten, um sich in 3 Tableaux zu messen. Darunter «alte» Bekannte und neue Gesichter.

Bei den Herren A zeigte Patrick Casanova-Lorenz sein gutes Händchen. Oder lag es am Heimvorteil, den er nutzte und während des ganzen Turniers nur 6 Punkte im Tennis holen musste? Michael Strässle musste sich mit dem 2. Platz geschlagen geben. Das Spiel um Bronze ging an Thomas Wegmann: Er brillierte mit einem makellosen Tischtennis Spiel gegen Nicole Eisler.

 
Im Herren-B-Tableau überragte Tischtennisspezialist Samir von Däniken. Er vermöchte jeweils seinen grossen Vorsprung in der Startdisziplin mit einer soliden Leistung in den anderen Disziplinen nach Hause zu spielen. Silber ging verdient an das aufstrebende Talent und Youngster Andreas Kotala. Ein Marathon Spiel lieferten sich Lukas Aepli und Christoph Szedlak im Bronzematch; mit dem besseren Ende für Aepli.
 
Auch bei den Herren C waren einige Tischtennisspieler am Start. Wie auch schon bei den Herren B stand am Ende des Tages mit Dominik Moser ein Tischtennis Crack zuoberst auf dem Treppchen. Sandro Gubser holte sich den 2. Rang und Moreno Zulian glückte sein Racketlon Comeback gegen den ebenfalls vielversprechenden Racketlon-Neuling Noah Caneel. Zulian holte sich Bronze.
 
Danke an das Team vom Vitalis Sports für die Gastfreundschaft und dass wir im Anschluss den Abend mit den bestellten Pizzas gesellig ausklingen lassen durften.
 
Hier noch der Link zu den Resultaten.
 
Next Stop: Centre de Tennis, Bulle

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IWT La Santa Open

Besides France and Great Britain, Switzerland was represented with the largest delegation in Lanzarote. A large part of the players has already arrived during the week to get used to the windy tennis and the other conditions in final training sessions or to prepare themselves optimally for the start of the tournament on Saturday with sauna sessions and osteophathy appointments.

Thanks to the mild temperatures and the sporting environment at the resort, the atmosphere was excellent. Or was it because of the participation record?

Although the international top elite was mostly missing, the tableaux were strong and balanced and offered some spectacle. Thanks to the exceptional location at Club La Santa, also some new faces found their way to Racketlon - for example the Swiss Alexander Kobler, who actually stayed in Lanzarote for marathon preparations.

The doubles and mixed categories started on Saturday with still a little bit wet outdoor tennis courts. Mixed B: Two of the three mixed teams with Swiss participation had to admit defeat already in the first round. Nicolas Champod (CH) and Flore Allègre (FR) won in their first round against an all Swiss team, but with their victory they won the first title with Swiss participation.

In the Senior Doubles category, the two table tennis giants Giovanni Gentile and Manfred Grab also secured the gold medal in the final against the French Matthieu Beurel-Diamant and Emeric Lardet (thanxs to a loud Swiss support?).

In the Women's Doubles category, both teams with Swiss participation had to admit defeat in the first round. Esther Dübendorfer (CH) with Laureline Tschanz as well as Amandine Souin (CH) with Aurélie Haurant could win the following placement matches.

In Men's Doubles B, none of the four teams could fight their way to the final. Giovanni and Manfred advanced to the quarterfinals, but then were defeated by the strong Swedes by 7 points.

In Mixed A there was another title to cheer for Switzerland: Nicolas Lenggenhager (CH) and Kirsten I. Kaptein won both their matches.

Animated by the good mood at the tournament, Sunday showed sunny from the beginning with the matches of the individual categories.

While the elite category of the ladies took place without Swiss participation and was won by the strong newcomer Flore Allègre (wildcard), in the ladies B both Esther Dübendorfer and Amandine Souin were able to play their way into the semi-finals. Due to injury, Esther unfortunately had to give the Swiss internal match for 3rd place w/o - but the third place for Amandine Souin and thus the next medal for Switzerland provided encouragement.

In the men's Elie A Nicolas Lenggenhager started the tournament as number 2 seed. With a win before tennis against the British Luke Barnes, he worked his way into the semi-finals, where he was defeated by Luke Griffiths. In the match for 3rd place, Nicolas and Sylvain Ternon played a top class game of badminton - unfortunately, this time the match went narrowly to the French friend. In the elite final the two favorites & brothers Leon and Luke Griffiths faced each other - and went already after squash in favor of Leon.

Also as the only Swiss Nicolas Champod competed in the 16-player tableaux of the men B. Motivated by his victory with partner Flore Allègre in the mixed, the table tennis specialist won the quarter singles final against number 1 seed David Bennet 21-3 / 21-19 / 11-21 / 12:18, proving that he is also at the top in the other disciplines.

The individual categories, which were briefly "interrupted" on Sunday because of the football World Championship final, entered the final phase on Sunday. While the mood of the French players was briefly subdued, the atmosphere at the Racketlon games of Sunday evening and Monday was unstoppably good. However, the good results of the previous days provided loud support especially for the Swiss games.

The biggest Swiss participation was in the men's C field: with Marc-André Rauber, Mounir Benheddi, Riccardo Raimo, Aswinn Yellepeddi, Alexander Kobler, Anthony Levasseurder (who this time competed under the French flag), Bruno Scherrer and the veteran Graham King, Switzerland provided 8 of the 23 players. In the Swiss quarter-final between Riccardo Raimo and Aswin Yellepeddi, Riccardo prevailed and entered his first men's C semi-final, but was then defeated by Isak Enström from Sweden. In the upper half of the tableau, Bruno Scherrer was able to fight his way to the final with close results. In an extremely windy tennis and under loud support he finally got his first tournament victory in the final against Isak Enström with 19 to 20 points in tennis.

Congratulations to all the Swiss medal winners! Time to relax and come back strong(er) again in 2023!

BS

 

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Simple Hommes

1. Christian Schäfer
2. Noah Mamié
3. Oliver Bühler
4. Yannic Andrey
5. Raphael Paglia
6. Nicolas Lenggenhager
7. Léon Mamié
8. Cyril Hohl
9. Bruno Scherrer
10. Andreas Kotala

Simple Dames

1. Nathalie Vogel
2. Nicole Eisler
3. Linda Rohrer
4. Fabienne Dony
5. Claire Musso

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