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Sarasota, Florida – April 29th 2018 By reaching the semifinals of the last event on the 2017-2018 International Racquetball Tour (IRT), HEAD Penn’s Rocky Carson captured the top spot in the season-long rankings race. Rocky, who can now be crowned with the title of the No. 1 Player in the World, also won the Year End IRT Title in 2008. Carson didn’t win an event during the current season, however it was his consistency in reaching tournament finals that propelled him in the rankings. Of the 11 IRT tournaments he played in this season, Rocky reached finals five times and

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San Luis Potosi, Mexico – June 3, 2018 HEAD Penn’s Paola Longoria, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, won the “Campeonato Nacional Selectivo De Primera Fuerza” event to earn yet another appearance on Mexico’s National Team. Being there to coach Paola and witness her dominating performance was wonderful. Longoria won the Women’s Singles divisions at the event and has earned the right to play at the 2018 International Racquetball Federation’s (IRF) World Championships later this summer. Paola did not lose a single game at the National Selection event and allowed her opponents to score less than 10 points

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Denver, Colorado – May 6, 2018 Paola Longoria, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, won the Women’s Professional Doubles division at the inaugural World Doubles Open Championships. Held at the Denver Athletic Club in Colorado, the event featured the top professional players from around the world and offered a prize purse of more than $35,000. Longoria and her partner, Samantha Salas, in the Women’s Professional Doubles division won the first game of the Championship Final, however dropped the second game. In the tie-breaker, Paola and her partner won 11-6. Paola and Samantha have dominated the doubles scene both

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Coaching Rocky Carson & Paola Longoria as well as some Amateurs and continues to spread her philosophy at the Fran Davis “Championship Racquetball” Camps presented by HEAD/Penn Coach Fran Davis had a busy 2017/2018 season traveling the world coaching and training Paola Longoria and Rocky Carson, BOTH FINISHING #1 on the LPRT and IRT Professional Tours, but also coaching amateur racquetball players like yourselves at tournaments as well as her camps. Fran Davis Racquetball Camp The Spring Camp was held May 4-6 in Syosset, NY with the local pro and NYC guru, Dean Baer. No matter whether Fran is working

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A Training Camp with Paola Longoria, conducted 2 Camps, coached at 3 Tournaments and is presently at the Pan Am Championships in Chile coaching Paola courtside. Coach Fran Davis had a busy 1st quarter in 2018 traveling the world sharing her knowledge not only coaching Paola Longoria and Rocky Carson, two of the top professionals at tournaments, but also with amateur racquetball players like yourselves at her camps and clinics.  The Camps were held January 26-28 in Seattle, WA, January 29-February 5 in Monterrey, MX and March 9-11 in Ocala, FL. No matter whether Fran is working with Paola Longoria,

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Chihuahua, Mexico – February 25, 2018 Paola Longoria, the No. 1 ranked player in the world, has won Mexico’s National Women’s Singles Title yet again for the 12th straight year. With her win in the 20-player National Championship draw, Paola officially punched her ticket to a spot on the Mexican National Team, which she has been a part of since 2006 and has represented her country of Mexico on the adult national team since she was 17 years old. Longoria and Mexico’s National Team will compete in Pan Am Championships next month in Chile. Paola will also represent her country

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