The 9th Polish National Racketlon Tournament was held over the weekend. More than 40 male and female competitors from across Poland gathered at the Szczecin Tennis Centre. Two residents of Bolesławiec also took part in the tournament: badminton player Krystyna Szwajkowska and table tennis player Norbert Stolicki. Krystyna Szwajkowska won gold in the women’s singles event. In the qualifying rounds, she defeated two competitors from Szczecin. In the semi-final, she faced Marta Jankowska, a decorated tennis player from Szczecin. The Bolesławiec competitor won the match 49–36. In the final, our player comfortably defeated Magda Kamińska from Bogatynia, a bronze medallist at the Polish Racketlon Championships, by 23 points.

Norbert Stolicki also put in a successful performance. The Bolesławiec resident won two silver medals. Our tennis player defeated all his opponents in the qualifying rounds and in the singles semi-final. Only in the final did he have to acknowledge the superiority of Robert Wyszyński from Choszczno. The match ended with a victory for the player from Choszczno by an 11-point margin. In the doubles event, Norbert Stolicki played alongside Piotr Seweryn from Wrocław. The two players won four matches. Only in the final did they lose to the pair of Leszek Borys and Robert Wyszyński from Choszczno (the 2004 and 2005 Polish Racketlon champions).

Racketlon

Racketlon is a competition in three sports that use rackets: table tennis, badminton and tennis. Opponents compete head-to-head simultaneously in each of these disciplines, rather than in separate tournaments. The member of the opposing pair who scores more individual points after the results from all three disciplines are added together advances to the next round.