ERSA International

European Racquet Stringers Association

ERSA Symposium 2022

Meet stringers from around the world, USA, Brazil, UK Europe, South Africa, Taiwan and Singapore so far. Discuss product development with the Brands. Learn and have a lot of fun!

 

Included:

  1. Goodie Bag for all participants with samples for all members
  2. Raffle with Prizes
  3. Private stringing lessons in tennis, badminton and squash

 

Short facts

 

  • When: 7. – 10. October

 

  • Costs:
    ERSA Member 49€
    Non-Member 149€

 

  • Virtual Symposium:
    Costs: ERSA Member FREE
    Non-Member 65€ (including 1 year e-Membership)

 

Registration to mark@ersa-stringers.com

Short Schedule

Friday:

  • 20:00 – Welcome Cocktail

 

Saturday:

  • 09:00 – 17:00 – Presentations, Workshops, Racquet and String Testing

 

Sunday:

  • 09:00 – 17:00 – Presentations, Workshops, Racquet and String Testing

 

Monday:

  • 09:00 – 12:00 Racquet Testing, Workshop
  • 12:00 – Certification Testing

 

 

Presentations:

  • Customizing a Stringing Machine (Mathew Mathew)
  • Tournament Stringing (Mark Maslowski)
  • Squash stringing with difficult patterns (Kasper Kofoed, Peter Dickson)
  • Badminton stringing, badminton tournament stringing (Tim Willis)
  • Technical Question and Answer Session (Gabriele Medri, Mark Maslowski)
  • 3D grip moulding (Unstrung Customs)
  • Setting up a shop business (Kasper Kofoed)
  • Stringing with Natural Gut and Tips and Tricks (TBD)
Brand presentations:

  • Yonex – New products and Precision 9 and Precision Scan presentation and to test (Carsten Neuhaus)
  • Dunlop – New Products and New 3.0 stringing machines to test (Florian Straehle)
  • MSV – News new products (Carl-Philipp Mauve)
  • Diadem – company intro and products (Christian Singer)
  • RacketPedia – presentation and how to use it (Giancarlo Sparla)
  • Stringlab – news and new products (Luigi Bortoni)
Attending brands:

  • Dunlop
  • Diadem
  • MSV
  • Kimony (you can buy tools at discount prices)
  • Pro-t-one
  • StringingPedia
  • Yonex

 

Schedule

Friday:

  • 20:00 Meet & Greet
Saturday:

  • 9:00 Opening and giving out Goodie Bags, intro sponsors (Mark Maslowski)
  • 9:45 Dunlop – New Dunlop 3.0 Stringing Machine (Florian Strahle)
  • 10:30 Badminton tournament stringing (Tim Willis)
  • 11:15 Break
  • 11:45 MSV products and company info (Carl-Philipp Mauve)
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 Setting up a shop (Kasper Kofoed)
  • 14:15 Natural Gut (Mark Maslowski)
  • 15:00 Stringingpedia – how to use and Q&A (Gabrielle Medri)
  • 15:45 Yonex – stringing machines and products (Carsten Neuhaus)
  • 16:30 Squash Stringing (Peter Dickson)
  • 16:30-18:00 racquet & string testing outside clay courts
  • 17:00- Private lessons from the top stringers in the world
Sunday:

  • 9:00 Customizing a string machine (Mathew Mathew)
  • 9:45 Dunlop products (Florian Strahle)
  • 10:30 Master Pro Tour Stringer- Badminton – stringing demo – Yonex methode (Tim Willis)
  • 11:15 Break
  • 11:45 Diadem (Christian Singer)
  • 12:30 Lunch
  • 13:30 Stringing Cloud (Giancarlo Sparla, Gabriele Medri)
  • 14:15 RAFFLE PRIZES
  • 15:45 Tips and Tricks (Mark Maslowski)
  • 16:00 Open Question Session and Discussion (Gabriele Medri, Mark Maslowski)
  • 16:30 Racquet testing outside
  • 16:30-18:00 mini-course badminton with stringing legend Tim Willis
  • 17:00 Private lessons from the top stringers in the world
Monday:

  • 9:00 Certification Testing – Private Lessons – Racquet Testing