What is Racketlon?
Racketlon (see Wikipedia) is a racquet-sport cousin of the triathlon and decathlon. It combines the four popular racquet sports in a single match against the same opponent:
- table-tennis (commonly known as ping-pong);
- badminton;
- squash;
- tennis.
What is the CRA : Canadian Racketlon Association (Racketlon Canada)
In september, the CRA was formed. It's mission is to develop racketlon in Canada. Anyone who takes part in a tournament (or contact us) becomes a member of the CRA by inscription fees. The CRA is governed by the executive board.
Here's a list of the CRA executive board and their respective province:
- President: Rodrigue Bedard (Montreal, president@racketlon.ca)
- Vice-President Technical : Horatio Pintea (Ottawa)
- Vice-President Administrative: Danny Shannon (Calgary)
- Tournament Chairman: Dean Gillis (Vancouver)
- Ranking Chairman: Jamie Herman (Toronto, jamie.herman@racketlon.ca)
- Treasurer: Steve Mikovich (Ottawa)
- Athletes Representative: Stephane Cadieux (Toronto)
- Marketing Director and webmaster: Jeremy Easterbrook (Montreal)
*Will be updated: contact and role definiton