Brings home a Silver Medal from the XIX World Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica
Laurel, Maryland – September 16th, 2018
Last spring, HEAD Penn’s Rocky Carson finished the season on the International Racquetball Tour (IRT) as the No. 1 ranked player in the World. As he opened the current 2018-2019 IRT Season in Maryland, Rocky was looking to place a firm grip on the title of “Best Player in the World”.
Rocky won four matches en route to his 26th career tournament title in winning the Men’s Professional Singles Division at the Maryland & Washington D.C. Season Opener Pro / Am. Rocky needed to sneak past his opponent in the Quarterfinals with a 11-10 tie-breaker win before dominating his Semifinal and Final matches.
Rocky now has a career match record on the IRT of 546 wins to just 216 losses. The current season is Carson’s 20th consecutive where he has been ranked inside the Top 10 on the tour’s ranking list. Rocky finished last season at the top of that ranking list and also held the top spot in 2007- 2008.
 Rocky Carson fist pumps after hitting a winning shot..he’s psyched |
 Standing room only crowd |
 Rocky Carson congratulates Samuel Murray for making his 1st finals |
 Rocky Carson puts up his finger signifying winning and finishing first |
 Rocky Carson celebrating winning |
 Rocky Carson Champion with runner-up Samuel Murray |
Carson will next play at the UnitedHealthcare US OPEN Racquetball Championships October 3-7 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The US OPEN is racquetball’s premier event of the season and boasts the largest prize purse in the sport. Rocky won the US OPEN in 2007 and has been a runner-up on seven occasions. Come see Rocky play and Coach Fran Davis in Minneapolis or check Rocky out live on the http://www.irt-tour.com or international racquetball tour us open finals 2018, https://www.irtnetwork.com/watch-live/, or on International Racquetball Tour’s Facebook
 Rocky Carson court side with Coach Fran Davis and discussing adjustments |
 Rocky Carson after the finals of the 2017 US Open |
 Rocky Carson surrounded by LOVE…Coach Fran Davis, sparring partner and best friend, Don Richardson, and Laura Edmonson, Team HEAD Services manager |
 Rocky Carson in action serving up an ace on the portable court |
Costa Rica, San Jose – August 18, 2018
Rocky Carson from HEAD Penn’s Professional Playing Team represented his country of USA at the XIX World Championships this past summer. The World Championships featured over 200 competitors from 18 countries and was hosted at the beautiful San Jose Racquet Club.
Rocky made it to the finals of the Men’s Doubles Division of the World Championships with partner Sudsy Monchik. They earned a Silver medal after losing a tough disappointing tie-breaker to the Mexican Men’s Doubles Team of Daniel De LaRosa & Alvaro Beltran, who played well.
What is so impressive is on the International Racquetball Federation’s (IRF) international stage, Rocky has won five consecutive World Singles Championships from 2008-2016 and brought home five Gold medals for Team USA.
 Rocky Carson and Coach Fran Davis at Opening Ceremonies |
 Rocky Carson, Sudsy Monchik and Coach Fran Davis unite |
 Coach Fran Davis, Sudsy Monchik, Rocky Carson, Paola Longoria, Rhonda Rasjich . . . The Legends |
 Coach Fran Davis has her own cup at Starbucks |
 Rocky Carson and Coach Fran Davis did our morning walk to Starbucks |
 Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik in action |
 Rocky Carson with Coach Fran Davis hanging loose |
 Rocky Carson and Sudsy Monchik take 2 Silver Medals in Men’s Doubles and Men’s Team |
 Rocky Carson and Coach Fran Davis share a moment at the Closing Ceremonies |
All I can say to you Rocky is, “As your Coach for eight years all the hard work we have been doing together has really paid off…Rocky I am PROUD OF YOU”.
A special thanks to Rocky’s sparring partner in CA, Don Richardson, for all the support he gives to me/Rocky.
To follow Rocky Carson, Coach Fran Davis and the rest of the HEAD Penn professional players, visit: www.facebook.com/headpennracquetball
To watch live and archived matches of the tournaments for Rocky, visit the International Racquetball Tour, IRT Facebook Page and Enet Live, as they are well worth it.
Check out my coaching tips on my website, www.FranDavisRacquetball.com
