Ok so what's next? Christmas has come and gone, we have bid goodbye to 2011 and embraced the arrival of 2012.  With a little over 4 months remaining in the current season, there is still a lot of racquetball to be played.  Next up for the AERA is the Wiesbaden Valentine’s Tournament.  This is the first year for this event, and the second event overall in Wiesbaden. We are expecting big turnout for this tournament, with players coming all racquetball clubs and communities across central Europe.   Registration is open for the event, as normal we are using the R2Sports system for the event.  If you missed the Splat Attack Tournament, you will not want to miss this tournament.  If you have any questions reference this event, feel free to contact the tournament directors Bobby Breese and Sean Troyer to address any concerns you may have about this tournament.  We look forward to seeing you in Wiesbaden!

     The 2011 Heidelberg Angel Tree Rollout Racquetball Tournament brought together players from across Germany for a fun filled weekend of racquetball!  As always, this event is put on to raise toys and donations for the Army Community Service Angel Tree Program.  The Angel Tree Program was established to help to families of deployed soldiers, single parent homes, and large families who may be experiencing financial difficulties, by providing gifts for children during the holidays.  Each year, the AERA hosts the Angel Tree Rollout tournament to support the ACS Program.  This year we were able to donate more than thirty (30) toys to the program.  We would like to thank everyone who came out to participate in the tournament and/or came out to show support by making a donation!  

     This year's event showcased 28 players from across our host nation of Germany playing over 50 matches during the 2 day event.  As with many of the AERA events, we like to promote the B, C, and Novice divisions in effort to to continue to grow the sport in our communities.  Over half of this years participants participated in Novice through B divisions.  A juniors division was offered however we had to have our junior players participate in the Men's Novice division which lead to so very entertaing matches.  We would like to congratulate each of our division winners of the 2011 Angel Tree Rollout Racquetball Tournament:

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Men's Open

Champion:  Jan Lysakowski (Hamburg)

Runner-up:  Sean Troyer (Wiesbaden)

Men's A

Champion:  James Johnson (Mannheim)

Runner-up:  Bobbie Breese (Wiesbaden)

Men's B

Champion:  Bobby Roberson (Heidelberg)

Runner-up:  Nate Guerrero (Stuttgart)

Consolation Winner:  Joey Gibbons (Heidelberg)

Men's C

Champion:  Tony Villamil (Heidelberg)

Runner-up:  Hung Nguyen (Heidelberg)

Consolation Winner:  Anthony James (Heidelberg)

Men's Novice

Champion:  Anthony James (Heidelberg)

Runner-up:  Deandre Favors (Bamberg)

Consolation Winner:  Marcel Henny (Bretten)

Women's B/C

Champion:  Rosi Wahl

Runner-up:  Maria Rippstine

Men's 19+

Champion:  Jan Lysakowski (Hamburg)

Runner-up:  Peter Rakowski (Hamburg)

Men's 35+

Champion:  Sean Troyer (Wiesbaden)

Runner-up:  Todd Elias (Pirmasens)

Men's 50+

Champion:  James Johnson (Mannheim)

Runner-up:  Bobby Roberson (Heidelberg)

Note:  Select the division titles to see the full division draw.

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