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    Rackets (sport) (redirect from Racquets)
    Rackets or racquets is an indoor racket sport played in the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. It is infrequently called "hard rackets" to distinguish...
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    Badminton (section Racquets)
    Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms...
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  • Look up racket in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Racket may refer to: Racket (crime), a systematised element of organized crime Protection racket, a...
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    Racquet and Tennis Club (category Racquets venues in the United States)
    The Racquet Court Club opened in 1876 at 55 West 26th Street. It had two racquets courts, an indoor running track and two bowling alleys, but it did not...
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  • The Phoenix Racquets were a charter franchise of World Team Tennis (WTT). The team was founded as the Denver Racquets and won the 1974 WTT championship...
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    The Bath & Racquets Club is a private members gym and squash club at 49 Brook's Mews in London's Mayfair district. The club has 300 members and is the...
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    media related to Racquets. Tennis racket design by Howard Head; (1974) Smithsonian Institution Libraries The History of Tennis Racquets — Evolution of the...
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  • focuses on racquets and water sports, more specifically tennis, swimming, squash, padel and badminton. Products by Dunlop Sport include racquets, strings...
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  • The North American Racquets Association is the governing body for the sport of racquets in the United States and Canada. Tennis and Racquet Club (Boston)...
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  • generation of Wilson Sporting Goods tennis racquets that incorporate the "K-Factor" technology. These racquets were first revealed in 2007 and are still...
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    1909 book Games for the Playground involves a tethered tennis ball hit by racquets, with similar rules of the game. This variant is known as swingball, which...
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  • squash in the United States. Previously called The United States Squash Racquets Association, it is headquartered in New York City and is a member of the...
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    originated in France. It was an indoor precursor of tennis played without racquets, and so "game of the hand", though these were eventually introduced. It...
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  • The Squash Rackets Federation of India aka SRFI is the Indian governing body for the game of squash. It conducts the National Squash Championship, promotes...
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    Squash tennis is an American variant of squash, one played with a ball and racquets that are more similar to the equipment used for lawn tennis, and with somewhat...
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  • technological advancements. In 1957, Yoneyama began to make badminton racquets for other brands. By 1961, the first Yoneyama-branded racquet was introduced...
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    Reach Final in Squash Racquets". The New York Times. 7 March 1971. Retrieved 13 October 2021. "Hashim Khan and Nephew in Squash Racquets Final". The New York...
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  • The Lisburn Racquets Club is a sports club in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. The club was formed in 1932 by the members of Lisburn Cricket Club to keep their...
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    players launch the projectile over a net which is supported by two posts. Racquets are used for racquet sports such as tennis, squash and badminton, and are...
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    surgery. Natural gut is still used as a high-performance string in tennis racquets, although it had more popularity in the past and is being displaced by...
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    (1978) Dallas (1979 expansion franchise – never played) Denver Racquets (1974) / Phoenix Racquets (1975–1978) Detroit Loves (1974) / Indiana Loves (1975–1978)...
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    British army, with the first competition being held in 1939. The Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia was created on 25 June 1972. The men's national...
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  • Babolat (section Racquets)
    company, headquartered in Lyon, best known for its strings and tennis racquets which are used by professional and recreational players worldwide. The...
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    Eton College (category Racquets venues)
    Eton College (/ˈiːtən/ EE-tən) is a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England. It is noted for having...
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    Paume de Paris also known as the Société Sportive du Jeu de Paume et de Racquets is a real tennis and squash private members' club on Rue Lauriston in the...
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    blades, or paddles, in order to increase bounce and reduce weight. Tennis racquets are sometimes strung with Kevlar. It is used in sails for high performance...
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    Peter Latham (tennis) (category English racquets players)
    Peter Walker Latham (1865–1953) was a British racquets and real tennis player. Peter Latham was born in Manchester on 10 May 1865. He married Annie Sarah...
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    as real tennis declined, three other racquet sports emerged: racquets, squash racquets and lawn tennis (the modern game). The lawyer and memoirist William...
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    Early in her career, Graf used the Dunlop Maxpower Pro and Maxpower Kevlar racquets and then played with the Max 200G racquet from 1984 to 1993 before switching...
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    and his friend Augurio Perera developed a game that combined elements of racquets and the Basque ball game pelota, which they played on Perera's croquet...
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