Eight in a Row for Denver's Founding RFTC Event
Denver Athletic Club: February 8-11
by Linda Mojer

The 8th Annual Racquet for the Cure Benefit Tournament in the Mile-High City has come to a close with another successful fundraiser and renewal of commitment on the part of Colorado players, sponsors and volunteers. [ view lists ]

This year's benefit fundraiser returns to the Denver Athletic Club and has even more to offer, with the addition of a full Women's Professional Racquetball Organization tour stop, Pro-Am and plain-Am mixed doubles divisions, plus a regular lineup of divisions for sanctioned competition before and after the Saturday team play.

The standard all-day-Saturday "women's only" team championship remains the centerpiece of this long-running event, and you can enter for the single day of competition, and get an incredible day of fun, friendship, food and fundraising for your favorite cause. All Racquet for the Cure events benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation, to fund the search for a cure to breast cancer.

Everybody Wins! Players end a long Saturday of play with an event banquet and prize drawing, selecting from a wide range of donated merchandise and services like: racquets, bags, gloves, clothing, accessories, hotel and spa packages, plus much, much MORE!

Here's what's in store ...
More Mixed Doubles Benefit mixed doubles events have grown so popular that they've been expanded to both PRO and AM divisions, with finals on Sunday!

Open Men! For a premium fee, you'll have a chance to pair up with a top pro to compete for CASH winnings in the Pro-Am Mixed Doubles. Half of the collected entry fees will be awarded to the winning team, the remainder will be donated to the cure. The draw will be limited to the first 12 open-level men to sign up for the blind pro pick, so sign up early!

Skill Division Teams! Amateur A & B mixed doubles will be fielded in separate full draws, with all proceeds to the cure. All mixed doubles play will begin at 5:00 pm ('til ?) on Friday, and local women may sign up for mixed doubles with or without Saturday team play, for the first event fee.

Women's Pro Stop! This WPRO tour stop will offer the best women's pros in the sport, competing for tour ranking points and winnings, plus cash in the full-tilt pro-am mixed doubles. Don't miss this rare chance to see pro racquetball competition at its best! Denver's own Jo Shattuck is currently ranked No.11 on the WPRO tour, and is the club teaching pro at the Denver Athletic Club.

Women's Only Saturday ... Colorado Women! Your amateur entry will include all-day Saturday team play, plus ... a souvenir t-shirt on check-in, all day hospitality (snacks, beverages, breakfast, lunch & dinner), non-stop competition, coaching, clinics, pro viewing and instruction, banquet, awards, guest speakers, plus the feel-good knowledge that your racquet IS at work "for the cure." Join us! [ see last year's photos ]

Before & After ... This year we'll start early, to accomodate a regular lineup of competition, scheduled around the Saturday women-only team format.