05/17/12 Warren Lim Takes First in B/C!

Both guys were working hard and I only caught a couple of minutes. I didn't want to spook anyone and One Lee was already kind of watching. Think both guys left everything on the court. Warren inched the victory: 6, (13), and 9.

Kicked both guys out of B/C and up to A's for next League, think the have worked hard and deserve the upgrade. Warren's power has increased dramatically this League and can rifle shots on his forehand close to 100 MPH. Claudio's signature "W" shot did some damage and his endurance on the court is one of the best this League.

Keep working hard guys over the Summer. Claudio also said I lost weight, hopefully I can keep it going.

05/17/12 Ronny Choy Takes Third in Elites

Regretfully didn't catch any of the games between Abe and Ronny, but seemed pretty intense and some how Abe was pelted a couple of times. With Ronny's shots...I would not want to be pelted once let a lone a couple of times. Ronny finished third with 12, (11), and 3. Think I was very lucky to make it past him in our match.

Ronny and I have been playing some Doubles whenever we get a chance. He's plays a good doubles game and his forehand is near 100 MPH and over also. Earning first seed in League play is a great accomplishment and running a half-marathon is another. Abe has been in my Leagues for a number of years and I have a lot of respect for him as a player. Think he was caught not practicing a couple of times and wasn't prepared for some of the competition. Think he'll return with a vengenace next league. The reason there's an Elites this league is because of him.

05/10/12 Congratulations to Vinny Liguori (Left) in Elites

I've known Vinny for a couple of years already and his dedication to training and working out is pretty impressive. He did a Tough Mudder and who knows what else. On the racquetball court he's equally aggressive and dives and goes after every shot. So when I saw that I was facing him in the finals my game plan was to keep it simple. I posted on Twitter that it's going to be the Textbook vs. the Manimal and it was pretty much true.

It's been about nine years since I was in a Singles final, so I think nerves got the better of me in the last game. Anyway was a great match and personally it was a privilege to face someone that wanted to win as badly as I did. Vinny won 12, (5), and 4. I'm looking forward to the next time we meet on the court.

12/23/11 New King of the ELO Rankings. Abe Pollak

With a League win over Ben Gleb (1 and 2) Abe Pollak passed long time rival Nick Holerca.

10/07/11 Do you know what time it is?

It's time to play the Game!! We just started the sign-up for our ninth Racquetball League and Tournament, we play over at Rutgers Cook/Douglas in New Brunswick New Jersey. Our goal is to bring more people to Racquetball and have a good time. If that sounds for you then check out our League News for sign-up and other information.

06/16/11 Color Scheme Improvement

I have two monitors and the font and colors in one looked horrible. So lightened up the gray a bit and used Typesetter to improve some of my CSS. The whole site needs to be stripped down and rebuilt, problem is the site is pretty big and still has some even older pages. I really need to work on some infrastructure changes.

06/02/11 Congratulations to Frank Cai (Right) in B's

Frank Cai (right) won B's in a three game nail-bitter against Robert Muldowney (8), 1, and 10. Both Frank and Robert are new to the League and did a great job. Now all this is left is third place trophies. Ben vs. Warren in B's and Frank Cai vs. Joseph Delgado in A's. I haven't seen Ben and Warren on the courts in a while, so expect they need to tool-up before playing.

I'm always in a constant need to tool-up and expect to play Frank on Tuesday or next week. Rob and I are starting a plan to beat Abe and Dave next League. More about that and updated drawsheets.

05/15/11 Congratulations to Abe Pollak in A's

Abe (left) defeated Dave Pollak in straight games 11 and 6 to win the 8th EQP Racquetball League and Tournament (A Division). He went undefeated in League play and straight through the Tournament draw to rack up eleven consecutive wins and putting a lot of pressure on the top two ranked ELO Players of all time. More...

Revised this on 5/19/11 when Abe and Dave showed up to play. Abe told me that Dave had the trophies with him. I pulled out the iPhone and said let's go.

03/19/11 Cook/Douglas League Tournament Draws Posted

It's time to really play the game! Check out the tournament draws for A's and B-C's in the League News. In the first round of A's, we get right to it with Joe Delgado fighting to hold his 3rd seed against Rob Muldowney. Also Frank Cai against Warren Lim, where Frank needs a repeat performance to advance. Wonder if Lim made some additions to his "House" in time.

In B-C, things slow down a bit with Rob Muldowney vs. Ed Lorne. But in the mix, there's John Marron vs. Benjamin Gelb. Can John deliver vengeance against Ben and face Frank Cai (who he took a game from) again in the semi's? Maybe John should borrow the Gearbox GB 75 Racquet again.

Hope you can follow along. It's our Championships and something we have all worked about six months for.

02/26/11 NJAR Ladies Day at Woodbridge

Hope you can join the NJAR Ladies Day at Woodbridge on Sunday, March 6. Can download the flyer and hope all the ladies can come out and play some racquetball to grow the sport.

01/13/11 New RSS Feed

Changing the way RSS Feeds are built on my site. Instead of adding entries by hand working on classes to do the heavy lifting for me from different sources be it comments, news, or just links I want to share. Also wanted to have one site wide feed, so moved things to the company RSS feed. Please update your bookmarks and feed readers.

01/07/11 Happy New Year...a week late.

Starting off the year with a new blog entry. We'll be restarting the League once Cook/Douglas reopens on the 17th. My company published ELO Calculator for Mac. Still plenty to fix around here and been adding cards to my box to get them cooking.