Finnish Open 2007
Marraskuu 26th, 2007 by 
admin
Thank you!
Kesäkuu 29th, 2007 by admin
The Racketlon Finnish Open organizing committee would like to thank the competitors, audience and all volunteers for making the Finnish Open the success it was. We got more publicity than ever before both on national TV and national press.
A big thank you goes also to Henry K C Wu for the exellent pictures.
We wish you all a very good summer and hope to see you back in Finland for the next edition of the Finnish Open.
Martti Vottonen, Poku Salo and Markku Merta
Finnish Open pictures
Kesäkuu 21st, 2007 by admin
Lots of excellent pictures by Henry K C Wu added.
Kärkkäinen Finnish Open champion
Kesäkuu 17th, 2007 by admin
Mikko Kärkkäinen is the new Finnish Open champion by beating defendin champion Magnus Eliasson in the final on Sunday. In the semis Mikko had a 21 points lead ovar Elmar Schaub before tennis, and Elmar decided not to try for a 21-0 win. Magnus took on John O’Donnell and got a comfortable +20 win. In the bronze match Schaub beat O’Donnell by 8 points.
The women’s champion is Sweden’s Linda Jansson who beat world number 1 Susanna Lautala-Näykki by 11 poins. In the bronze match Hanna Rusila controlled her nerves a little bit better than Michaela Björnström and took a +5 win over the up and coming young contender from Finland.
The men’s B-class was won by Swedens Hans Gustafsson when Portugal’s João Couto had to retire with a knee injury. Estonian Taavi Himmist took a +1 victory over Kari Hukkanen in the C-class final.
Englands Richard Whitehouse dominated the men’s over 45 class and beat Harri Peltola by 16 points in the final. Men’s over 55 attracted 9 competitors and the strongest was Finland’s Sten Lindström. Boys u 21 went quite comfortably to Finland’s Antti Tyyskä.
The first edition of the Finnish Open in the Helsinki region was a success and the organizers are confident, that it will be improved for next year.
Full results now on-line.
The Finnish Open is geting closer
Toukokuu 9th, 2007 by admin
Esport Center is waiting for racketlon players from all over the world. The venue is situated in Espoo, 10 kilometers from the center of Helsinki. The court floors and lights are of top quality and the numbers are 8 squash, 23 badminton and 16 tenniscourts. There is a top standard restaurant with reasonable prices for good food and refreshments. The championship hotel is Sodexho Matinkylä some 4 km from the venue. There will be a shuttle between the hotel and the venue throughout the event. We are also prepared to take care of transports from and to the airport.
The organizers are expecting over 120 participants. Entrants for the men’s class are already Eliasson, Schaub, Kärkkäinen, Kainulainen, O’Donnell and Kemppinen. We are still expecting some strong oppsition for Susanna Lautala-Näykki and Hanna Rusila from Linda Jansson , Jutta Schaub and other top ladies.
The Finnish TV4 channel interviewed Mikko Kärkkäinen and Martti Vottonen in a live broadcast for 15 minutes. The Finnish Open was well adverticed and it wouldn’t be a surprise if the event got some time in the national sports news.
Entries close in four weeks time so there is still plenty of time to enter.
Welcome to Finland!
Original Racketlon Country
Poku Salo and Martti Vottonen