The 2008 Dennis Rosenberg Pro Am

Allentown PA – The IRT was back in Allentown for the second year at the Allentown Racquetball Club for the Dennis Rosenberg Pro Am. Title sponsor Dennis Rosenberg graciously honored the top players in the world by supporting the prize money for the event. There are a lot of supporters of the sport and the IRT and Dennis is at the top of the list. His contributions to the sport as a whole should be applauded. It is people like Dennis that make the sport what it is and keeps the IRT in the limelight.

Pennsylvania State President John Barrett took on the director duties again and all the players had a great weekend of racquetball.

The IRT draw was near double from last year and was a great tune up for the Motorola IRT Pro Nationals presented by Verizon Wireless and witnessed Ricky Carson sweep through the draw without losing a game for the second time this season. Rocky is now on an eight match win streak which is a tough accomplishment on the IRT. His victory over Jack Huczek in the finals pretty much cemented his first year end number one ranking on the IRT. Rocky would take out his nemesis Alvaro Beltran in the semi-finals and Jack would defeat a tough Jason Mannino in the other semi-final. With the pro nationals next up on the schedule the players gave it their all this weekend and it showed.

The Allentown Racquetball Club is one of the true “old school “clubs left around the country that is still privately owned. Racquetball is the primary focus here as it is with its sister club in Bethlehem PA twenty minutes away. Racquetball is still alive and well in the great state of Pennsylvania.

Once again a big thanks to Dennis Rosenberg for brining the IRT back to Allentown and we look forward to returning next season once again for the third year.

 
Dennis Rosenberg with Alvaro Beltran and Ben Croft