Correspondence with the Alberta Racquetball Association

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:50:00 PM
Subject: RE: Which logo do you like best?

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: May-30-09 10:45 PM
To: albertaracquetball@shaw.ca
Subject: RE: Which logo do you like best?

I should call Glen Boyd to dish out a couple hundred for prize money since he said to me he was going to tear out the scar in the back of my neck jokingly. He has to feel guilty. Hehe.

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: May-31-09 12:14 AM
To: albertaracquetball@shaw.ca
Subject: Idea

Frame this picture of Kane and Swain, and hang it up at the club. Just an idea.

Swain is the greatest player of all time with 6 seasons and was off for 2 seasons just like Kane was. Now Kane has 4 seasons.

http://www.bossconsulting.com/irt/

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: May-31-09 11:29 PM
To: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
Subject: Alberta Top 16 Invitational

http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=5631

It's up and running. It's lets me send an email blast. I will do that tomorrow after we meet.

I think a person can register.

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: RE: Which logo do you like best?

Hi Troy,

Please do not send an email blast until after we meet today. There are several things we need to discuss.

See you at 1 pm at the Mayfield Athletic Club.

Barbara

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: contacts

Brian Istace (istahhey@hotmail.com)

Michael Vogan – care of his mom Barb Vogan (bvogan@telusplanet.net)

Jason Pate ??? (James Brayley might know jamesbrayley@shaw.ca

Barbara May

Alberta Racquetball Association

47 Walden Crescent

St. Albert, AB T8N 3N5

(780) 918-5332

albertaracquetball@shaw.ca

www.albertaracquetball.com

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 9:29:28 PM
Subject: entry fee

Hi Troy,

I think you should reconsider the $50 entry fee. For a tournament to be successful, you need money to purchase things like lunch, souvenirs, trophies and/or prize money. According to Marc Caouette, $100-125 would be appropriate.

Barbara May

Alberta Racquetball Association

47 Walden Crescent

St. Albert, AB T8N 3N5

(780) 918-5332

albertaracquetball@shaw.ca

www.albertaracquetball.com

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June 1-09 10:40 PM
To: Alberta Racquetball
Subject: Re: entry fee

I've decided. I want to show how a racquetball tournament can be done cheaply and with prize money ($400 for first, $200 for 2nd) to show that it is about the enjoyment of playing and not all the extra hoopla. You will see. Dinging people for $100 or $125 is outrageous. In fact, the Nationals $140 could have been an entry fee of only $140-96(meals)=$44

US tournaments don't charge nearly as much as we do.

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 9:29 PM
Subject: RE: entry fee

Troy,

Okay... however I suggest that you let the players know in advance that there will not be any hoopla. Players have come to expect things like meals, souvenirs and trophies. So, to avoid disappointment I think you should explain to them when you invite them that these things will not be included. Also, if there is a financial shortfall because you did not budget for things like printing costs, logo design, doors breaking etc... you will be responsible for paying these costs.

And to clarify about Nationals, you are incorrect in assuming that they could have be done for $44. In fact, we worked very hard to procure money from sponsorship and grants. Without this money, the cost would have been much higher. Since it is only possible to receive this grant money for national and international events, local events actually need to charge more if they would like to provide things like souvenirs and awards.

Also, it is short sighted for you to assume that the players would have saved $96 in meals at Nationals. The Mayfield Inn gave us an excellent price on lunch which included the buffet, dessert, a drink, tax and tip. The athletes have to eat and it would have been difficult for them to purchase lunch every day for less than that. So, while I agree that we are in the business of running tournaments (not feeding people) I don’t agree that charging $140 to attend Nationals was outrageous.

Barbara

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June-02-09 1:51 PM
To: Alberta Racquetball
Subject: 12th & 13th.

Nope. Rick Gartel tried, but he is stuck on the 12th and 13th. So it's final. We can't do the 19th and 20th. He'll bring Bill Shepley with him.

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 2:01 PM
Subject: RE: entry fee

Please clarify. When will the tournament be held?

Barbara

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June-02-09 3:08 PM
To: mcaouette@shaw.ca
Subject: Personal

Mark,

I haven't said this to anyone, not even John Halko, and I won't repeat it again unless you say something to me about it. But I am amazed at how little Barb May knows about racquetball. Secondly, I am not inspired by her. I would rather go to the dentist. And I don't feel the love of racquetball in her. That's how I feel so I just had to say it! How long has she been in that position? I would prefer someone more inspiring to really build junior racquetball in Alberta and get them to start playing even before they get into junior high school. That's the key! I know how to do that. And someone who knows how to cut costs! We only began to touch on expenses, but I don't buy what she is selling me. I was a kid once and the only thing that made me play less racquetball growing up was I didn't start sooner. Cam came up to me and said there is something about those who played in their teens that he doesn't have (he started when he was 28); likewise, there is something about those players who started under 10 years of age that I don't have (I started when I was 14).

Anyway, I have said my peace, but there is nothing I can do about it. I'll just run the Alberta Top 16. Racquetball is informal. I am not thrilled about all the things she wants to do. They are really quite unecessary, but that so court costs are fully paid by ARA I will let her do whatever she wants.

Troy

p.s. plus I hate it when someone says you are not listening, then you tell them you were listening, and they respond showing how they were wrong; that is, they misread you. She does that all the time, it's very annoying. It's just the flesh of someone trying to usurp themselves as evident by the fact her assumption is wrong. I don't like it. Anyway got that off my chest. I feel better now, hehe.

From: bc racquetball association <bcracquetball@hotmail.com>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 5:44 PM
Subject: RE: Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational

I hear you! This month, we're hosting the World Senior Doubles. We (the BCRA) decided that over the past few years we've dumped everything into juniors, so for this tournament we are subsidizing our BC seniors' entry fee into this tournament. I think it made them very happy!

ARA is one of the best-funded provincial associations in the country, but maybe like everything else the funding can only be spent in certain pre-specified ways. If so, then the trick is to submit a request to ARA before they send in their budget/request to gaming for the year -- so you'd propose a program (the Top 16 Invitational), and include a budget, (most importantly) a description of how it will benefit the various sectors of society (youth, women, esp) and a specific request for funding ...

Let me know if you need any further emails sent out

Cheryl

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June 2-09 6:22 PM
To: Alberta Racquetball
Subject: Stuff

Questions

1. Who provides pencils and score cards?

2. How many balls are you providing?

3. You're paying for the court costs whatever the total comes to that you arrange with Jennifer instead of giving me $300.

4. There is no way to submit a request to the ARA or ERA considering you guys take in over $100,000/year, for a little prize money to attract high ranking out of province players? Besides we only have 4 tournaments a year: Alberta Closed, Edmonton Open, Calgary Open and now Alberta Invitational.

5. Do you provide draw sheets or have a color printer to print out the draw from r2sports? or do I have to go to Staples or someone like that to do it? (more costs)

6. Would ARA pay for t-shirts? (so I can advertise A Quality Sovenier).

7. Pretty simple, can't think of anything else. Glen Boyd said he is giving me some money, but that will be for more prize money. I can't think of anyone else to raise money with. I should call Wayne Davidson, but on second thought, forget that idea.

From: Alberta Racquetball <albertaracquetball@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 7:16 PM
Subject: RE: Stuff

Dear Troy,

In response to your email, I have attached the 08-09 tournament sanctioning document for you to review again. As stated in the document, if your tournament is sanctioned, ARA will provide the following: (this may change for the 09-10 season).

Advertising: ARA offers advertising assistance by promoting ARA sanctioned tournaments through e-mail blast-outs, posters and newspaper advertisements.
Court Rental Subsidy: ARA will subsidize the cost of court rental for the tournament to a maximum of $300.00.
Insurance: All athletes, coaches and officials participating in sanctioned tournaments are covered by ARA's $2,000,000 insurance policy which includes bodily injury on court.
Rankings: The competitive results from your tournament will be entered into the Racquetball Canada rankings database.
Racquetballs: ARA will provide you with 4 dozen Pro Penn Racquetballs
Website: ARA will list your tournaments on the ARA website.

So, to answer your questions, it is up to you to run the tournament which includes providing pencils, score cards, printing, prize money and souvenirs etc... We will not pay for t-shirts or prize money.

At this point in time I would like you to know that I am becoming annoyed with the number of emails that you have sent me about this tournament. Last week when we talked I told you that I was tired from Nationals and need a few days to recover. We set up a time to meet and I asked you to wait until our meeting before making any decisions. Unfortunately, you did not wait until our meeting and went ahead and posted the event on the R2 Website.

When I met with you on Monday I asked you to give me time to discuss this tournament with the ARA Board. (Our meeting is on Monday evening and I was planning to let them know what your intentions are for the tournament and to ask for their approval to sanction the tournament.) I also expressed concerns that you were not charging enough for the entry fee and encouraged you to sit down and prepare a budget. (You are running this event not us) I also asked you if John Halko had agreed to be the Head Referee and you told me that you sent him an email but did not hear back from him. (You should have received his approval before putting his name on the R2 Site) Another concern that I expressed was about you calling the tournament Alberta Racquetball’s Top 16 Invitational.

As it stands right now, I do not have confidence in your ability to effectively run a tournament. I do not appreciate the tone of your emails and am concerned about your lack of organization. If ARA is going to sanction the event, I need to be confident that you know how to run a successful tournament. Perhaps you should do as I suggested and prepare a budget for the event. This would allow you to accurately predict your expenses and set an entry fee that will cover these expenses.

Assuming that you would like to go ahead with this tournament, I will submit your tournament sanctioning application form to the ARA Executive on Monday evening. I will contact you on Tuesday to let you know about our decision to sanction the tournament.

Sincerely,

Barbara May

Executive Assistant

Alberta Racquetball Association

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June 2-09 9:37 PM
To: Alberta Racquetball
Subject: Stuff

To all concerned:

I do not believe Barbara May you are good for racquetball, nor your impatience. You're a stumbling block, very inflexible and anal retentive. I have never met anyone as difficult to deal with as you, and I am sure others have the same sentiment. I would like to put in a request at the next ARA meeting to have you removed from your position (please...someone forward this motion) for someone who would be better suited, and no, that doesn't have to be. Though I would like to give it a shot! I think I could do things for Alberta Racquetball it hasn't seen in years. We need a more friendly and inspiring person for your job, someone that can move the sport in Alberta forward, who grew up with the sport, and really brings more youngsters into racquetball at the earliest age possible. I just don't see that happening with you Barabara! And I think a very close internal review of all expenses be examined related to the ARA as well. ARA is very well funded and Alberta racquetball is doing very poorly under your watch with just 3 tournaments a year!? How embarrassing!

My dislike for your behavior and your person, I hope will not reflect badly on sanctioning of the tournament which I assume is approved by Usher Barnoff since he set me up on the site. I have submitted the sanctioning request, the site is up, and you have the form in your possession. At this point, I would just like the $300 for court fees (which should about cover it at 32 matches x $10/court on 2 courts for 2 days) instead of you paying for all court fees with the condition of your involvement which you were suggesting with all your other ideas (like uniforms for refs, skills competition, rising superstar, refereeing competion, etc.). We just want to play racquetball. Bring more juniors in and develop them. Have a strong refereeing base of people. Your desire to charge so much for a tournament is unacceptable. Compare American tournaments what they pay and how well the B.C.R.A. handled things for their upcoming world's. Players are tired of being gouged. I have a draw of just 16 people charging on $50 per person, and I am giving away $600, plus whatever else I can raise and you want to charge more money!?

I don't feel the spirit of racquetball in you, just superficial behavior. I have a commitment from Glen Boyd for some additional money on top of the amount I have committed for prize money to bring in players from B.C. and Saskatchewan. Rick Gartel is coming he said and thinks Bill Shepley will come if enough good players enter. But of course, you seem to want to prevent all this from happening? You make people not want to get involved in helping racquetball develop. Your problem is you are lost in your petty self. That's what I sense.

I would just like to have a tournament with as many as the top 16 players that I can get out to play and from Sask. and B.C., and just enjoy the sport of racquetball, playing 4 matches over 4 days and try to move up in the rankings a bit. A racquetball person should be in your position, not you Barbara. There are many things in the basic sport of racquetball that you are totally unfamiliar with in talking to you showing you don't seem to care. And you get paid for this!? Where have you been these past few years? Who in the heck hired you anyway?

That's how I honestly feel. And I find it hard to believe people would disagree with me. I just don't get a good vibe from you at all. And this was long before we had our meeting. Now everyone knows how I feel about you. And I stand by it! I'd prefer someone in your position who loves racquetball, like James Brayley, Marc Caouette, John Halko, Shanda, Jack McBride, etc. Whether people think badly of me for saying this or not, I stand on this ground. I believe I have spoken the truth and what is best for racquetball! Amen.

By the way. I still don't know where to get the standard tournament score cards from. I can't find where I can print them off of r2sports so do I order them from Racquetball Canada?

Sincerely,

Troy

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June 2-09 10:18 PM
To: James Brayley
Subject: ARA Meeting

Let me know if you would like me at the ARA meeting to discuss the Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational, Sept. 12-13 and other matters I have brought up in my last email.

Sincerely,

Troy

From: James Brayley <jamesbrayley@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 10:40:22 PM
Subject: RE: Stuff

Hi Troy ,

I just read over your e-mail and felt I had to respond on behalf of the ARA Board.

Your personal attack on Barbara is unacceptable on many levels. Barbara does not make decisions

independently of the ARA Board. She is an employee of our Board and as such provides ideas and puts

together ways of accomplishing ARA objectives. If you wish to attack someone over lack of tournaments,

etc. talk to the elected Board members.

When I got involved with the ARA Board 3 years ago there was just about nothing going on at an Alberta level.

Since then there have been hundreds of VOLUNTEER hours put in by many people to start getting us back

on track. Rather than spread our time on many different areas we decided to focus on a few key things and

build from a solid foundation.

We have tried to put programs together that our membership will get involved in and support. Our mandate is to

build the game on many levels not just the Open level players. Based on comments from our membership over the

last 18 months it appears we are going in the right direction and Barbara is a key part of that success. We have had both

negative and positive responses to our efforts and this is good as it helps us move forward to assist our membership in

reaching their racquetball goals.

It is great that you wish to hold a tournament. However, if you want ARA support, there is a protocol in place to help you

possibly access financial support or other areas where you may need help. These protocols have been voted on by the Board

and while they may not be perfect, they are what you need to deal with to get our support.

As an ARA member you have certain rights to voice your opinions whether positive or negative. If you wish to have a Board member

or Barbara removed, there is a structure in place to attempt this. It is on file with the Alberta Government like all funded sports in the

Province. You are welcome to look into this process if you feel it necessary. Ask any Board member to get you the information.

I have 2 final comments. Number one; as you do not have ARA support yet, please remove Alberta Racquetball from the R2 Sports site.

Number 2; Barbara May has my 100 percent support. I can’t speak for the other Board members as to their support, please feel free to

discuss your concerns with them. Although I have personally not agreed with all decisions made by the Board of

which I am the President, I respect the process and democratic way in which our decisions are reached and I do my best to help

implement them across the Province.

Feel free to respond to this e-mail as an open dialog will hopefully clear some things up.

Thanks,

James Brayley,

President,

Alberta Racquetball Association.

From: Troy Brooks [mailto:trbrooks05@yahoo.ca]
Sent: June 3-09 12:25 AM
To: James Brayley
Subject: Re: Stuff

James,

Try to understand what is going on. Barbara said that she thinks I am not capable of running the tournament which is, of course, utterly unfounded, an attack, completely belligerent and ignorant on her part. Anybody can run a tournament. This is not brain surgery! She is behaving like this, because I was not interested in her many suggestions. So she is usurping herself unrighteously. Though I was respectful and said if she wants to do them she is free to as long as I get ALL the courts paid for (which would run over the $320 I had planned with her additions). She agreed. So that was the arrangement. I know how I want to run the tournament very simply without a bunch of expenses and is in complete compliance with ARA policy, so policy is not the issue. Why bring up policy then, for it has nothing to do with the problem before us. Nothing whatsoever! That's a red herring (something intended to divert attention from the real problem or matter at hand).

If her behavior is reflective of the board as you say in hiring her, then the board is at fault for her conduct. Take responsibility! It is a very valid attack on her conduct at all levels, for you should be supporting new people starting up sanctioned tournaments rather than being a hinderance to us. Why is it ok for her to attack me in an unjustified manner, but not ok for me to attack her when my attack is justified? She is the one causing unecessary problems and complications. This is a doublestandard. I am not the one earning $50,000 in her position and collecting $20,000 in admin. expenses on top of that. I am just a guy who wants one more tournament because there is no tournament till November.

If you want to cancel the Invitational then say so, but at that point, I believe I want nothing to do with racquetball ever again. And thereby making a statement. Your choice! Barbara told me the tournament was effectively sanctioned, so I had no problem letting Usher know who had no problem giving me the login for the r2sports site, and this being a new tournament, we need lots of lead time. You should reward me for taking initiative! But you want the site removed? Is it effectively sanctioned or not? I am getting conflicting stories. I acted according to the information I had from Barb that it was a go-ahead! Barbara never said I couldn't get the r2sports site started.

When I have questions, I shouldn't receive a response that she is annoyed. It makes me want to not speak to her when I have importan questions. I have cast down many of the ideas from her I thought were not appropriate for this tournament, and if she is annoyed by that, that is her own ego. I want a no frills tournament and tough matches for two days. If I can't have that because I have to have a frills bag with lots of goodies so I have to charge $125 as she insists instead of $50 because that is the standard of Alberta Racquetball charging exhorbitant fees, then I don't want to run a tournament, because that goes against my own conscience. You can defend her, but she is wrong. You defending what is wrong, makes you wrong!

And am I not allowed to bring up the point the ARA brings in over $100,000/year, and considering that fact, simply ask if I can put in a request to the ARA for say 16 t-shirts with the Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational logo? As soon as I talk about money she is all threatened. You guys should be bending over backwards to help me out here with this tournament instead of putting up resistance! Barb threatened me so many times if I don't do what she wants, I can't run the tournament, or I have to change the name of the tournament, or it can't be sanctioned! The things she demands are not required for ARA policy. I can simply run a low budget tournament with good prize money!

Contact Usher if you want this site removed. http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=5631. I have little tolerance for bureaucratic b.s.! Barbara said to me the tournament was effectively sanctioned so I went ahead with it. You should be pleased with initiative.

You're a board member, please get me this information to remove Barbara May. I have seen no tangible results from Barbara May. Perhaps you could list them. Where are the juniors from elementary and junior high schools? Where are the advertisements for junior leagues to the high schools to let them know. Who is contacting all the schools to let them know about the racquetball program and the leagues for juniors available? Why are you guys not doing this? It starts at a young age.

Some of us just want to play racquetball without bureaucracy! Is that too much to ask for?

By the way, I still don't know where to get the score cards from. But Barbara is too annoyed to tell me. How annoyed do you think I am now after all this ridiculous b.s.!

Curious to see what you guys do next, as I am just standing up for what is right. If I have done something wrong, I am willing to repent of it. That's what Christians do. We recognize when we do something wrong instead of rationalizing it or covering up a lie. Amen.

Sincerely,

Troy

From: Troy Brooks

To: jamesbrayley@shaw.ca

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:58 AM

Subject: The Insanity of the ARA

To show you further how ridiculous this contradictory bureaucracy is...

Barb says the tournament is effectively sanctioned, but blames me (in her petty self) for starting the site up when she never said I couldn't contact Usher to get moving on it and started.

Just tonight Brayley says to remove the site because it has not receive ARA approval yet (in defence of the the ARA group's conflicting information) even though it's been up for several days now, so what is Usher doing giving me the log-in for it as a sanctioned tournament? Then the son of Marc, who is a board member of the ARA, who knows it has not been OFFICIALLY approved (not that that should matter) has his son join.

We need to be delivered not just from the unrighteousness of the flesh but also the self-righteousness of the flesh (the noble and the ignoble, the "good self" and the petty self). I love applying these Christian principles to real life situations. The so-called "good self" is not so good as you can see. It's sorta confused. Abuse of power (Brayley requiring the site be shut down and Barb blaming me for getting it going), lust for money (protecting one's own money interest, her job, by being petty even though it is her own negligence for not telling me I couldn't start the r2sports site up), and saving face (Brayley demanding the site be cancelled and Barb's red herring of saying I am not capable of running a tournament), are the root of many kinds of evil. All of this is unethical behavior! Though you need a conscience to see it.

Advice: Next time someone wants to run a tournament, don't tell them it is effectively sanctioned, and make sure you advise them they are not allowed to start the r2sports site up until the ARA has its semi-annual meeting.

Who is running the show? Not the Holy Spirit (that is, the Spirit of Truth), obviously.

Should I be blamed for moving effectively to get the job done? Now, I have to close the site down and in doing so, I have to refund Kevin's $50 entry and my $50 entry on Jamie Brayley's orders which is $25 per person. Arggg! And then start it up all over again. Do you really think I want anything to do with racquetball ever again, if this is what happens?

I think Barb and Brayley would have been better served by not speaking, simply have their meeting on Monday and not create more work for themselves with these ridiculous email exchanges, false blaming and negligence. If I was in Barb's shoes I would have just let it alone and if I was in Brayley's shoes, I would have quieted the tongue of Barb, for she just creates more problems unnecessarily due to her own mistakes. That would be the right thing to do you would think.

Sometimes you just feel like you need a Savior! Thank God I have one in Jesus Christ. Who gives you the fruit of the Spirit of peace and long-suffering in such absurd situations! Amen.

From: Cam Bourque <cambel@telus.net>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:34:08 AM
Subject: Re: The Insanity of the ARA

Troy your losing touch my man why so bitter(do you need to get laid) its just racquetball and why bring religion into this it only makes you seem like a radical lunatic....but its a good thing I know you keep up the fight but remember you'll get more bees with honey than vinegar!

Cam

From: Troy Brooks

To: Cam Bourque

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:42 PM
Subject: The Insanity of the ARA

Cam,

I am just working the floor with truth upon truth. It's called righteous indignation. Contradictions are contradictions, and I'm dealing with a contradiction by ARA giving me mixed signals from different board members because of the behavior of Barb May, and Barb May blaming me for something she didn't warn me about (which is not true anyway according to other board members) to protect her position and her own incompetency. Cam, sex doesn't make the problem go away; it just temporarily takes it out of your unthinking mind. You still have to deal with the problem that still remains after you get laid. Should we talk about who you had sex with while still married that some of us know about? "I will be a swift witness against the adulterers" (Mal. 3.5). Or is that a religious topic?

Halko, an ARA board member, is the one who said to me contact Usher to get the r2sports site going so I did it, and Marc never said it was a problem when he showed up later at my meeting with Barb; he even got his son to register. Usher apparently doesn't think its a problem. But Brayley and Barb do? even though I was not warned I couldn't set it up? Coocoo! Now I am being blamed for doing so, Brayley says I have to shut the site down, refund the money ($25 fee per person) because of Barb May's antics, and I am apparently incompetent to run a tournament according to her even though a monkey could do it. That's a red herring. Alas, I am repeating myself and it is falling on deaf ears! Her attitude sucks the big one! I don't like it. If she was my employee I would have had her fired for her unethicalness. Someone who gets racquetball should be in her position. I suggest she gracefully resign instead of being forcefully removed! But of course, she will hold onto that $50,000 salary as long as she can.

The only reason I have to shut the site down, according to Brayley is because he is defending the negligence of Barb May who never said I couldn't get the r2sports site going, for she said the tournament was effectively sanctioned. They can't wait 5 days for their semi-annual ARA meeting? Talk about stiff asses! But that is what really crawls under my skin when she says I am not competent to run the tournament and emails everyone saying this (sinning bearing false witness), simply in backlash to the fact that I didn't like any of her ideas for the tournament.

"He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness" (Matt. 19.18). See how He despises bearing false witness right up there with the worst of sins? This is a really bad sin, because it is purposefully orchestrated to deceive which is abusive behavior!

Asking some questions about where all the money is going to (ARA is very well funded with over $100,000/year coming in) really set her off. She is not a cordial and friendly person. People don't know what she is like one on one when she starts to get nasty and belligerent. I really wonder why she in that job and not someone else who has the spirit of racquetball in them. Let me guess, Brayley hired her. She doesn't have the love for racquetball which is why she has so many ideas that are quite foreign: vests for refs, refereeing competing, skill comp., single elimination or pool play (not Olympic for the Invitational?), superstar something or other (I still don't know what that is), try another club than Mayfield (though none suitable in Edmonton), she said she wouldn't let me know which names of the top 16 she will be unable to contact (difficult to deal with), coaching competition, wants to charge $125 when $50 is fine, and she didn't want me to use the name Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational because it infringes on the name Alberta Racquetball, even after I told her the name, she didn't say anything, and then I got the logo done. Whatever! There is nothing wrong with suggesting ideas, I am all for that. There are no dumb ideas. But she has to learn to accept that all her ideas suck, live with it, instead of coming back and saying I am incompetent to run the tournament and being so uncordial by not answering simple questions like where do I get score cards for the tournament. I still don't know where to get score cards for the tournament. I even said she could do all those things she was suggesting as long as I don't have to pay more for the extra court time she is using.

I am not bitter Cam. Cam you have expressed your hostility to Christ on countess occasions. I have Christ, nothing is better. And if you are not saved, you will most assuredly end up in Hell according to the Scriptures. Jesus Christ who spoke on Hell more than anyone else makes Himself quite clear to you Cam, so you are without excuse. "The hour is coming...unto the resurrection of life" and separated by a thousand years, some "unto the resurrection of damnation" (John 5.28-29). "He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" (John 3.36).

I think you call Christ a liar because you are bitter against God in some way, so that is why you are unwilling to come to the cross as a helpless sinner to receive the Jesus as your Lord and Savior. God has fully proven Himself, for the universe can't just cause itself, but the uncreated Creator intelligently designed. Your selfish center is the root cause of being unwilling to give it up for the Lord, and that's why you always accuse of religion (quite a vague term don't you think?). It is the same independency and disobedience to your Creator of Adam and Eve at the fall which you were born into, but refuse the salvation God offers. God is not going to coerce you into salvation; if you want to bring yourself to Hell that is your choice. You have nobody to blame but you!

Don't you know you need religion? Though not the religion of your being antichrist. "Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time" (1 John 2.18). "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son" (1 John 2.22). "And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world" (1 John 4.3). "For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist" (2 John 1.7).

I will pray for you.

You don't like me mentioning Christ, but the purpose of bringing Him up is to ask the question, Would Christ behave like Barbara May? Of course not. He would not try to circumvent the problem and deflect. Cam you have shown your hostility against Christ in increasing amounts this past year, more and more in fact, so I understand your reply. You call Jesus a liar even though you can't disprove His claim He is God by the multiple attestation of His resurrection. Remember when you and Dan and I were talking and you literally agreed with everything I said and disagreed with everything Dan said (his spiritism and channelling spirits and dead people)? How quickly you fall back into your self-life! The flesh is utterly corruptible and unsalvageable. It's only verdict is death on the cross with Christ, whosoever is willing.

So all the Apostles are liars when they said they saw Jesus resurrected? And people go to their deaths as martyrs believing something they know is a lie? You need to round out your argument and theory when you call Jesus a liar with some naturalistic evidence, but you don't do that; you just remain hostile, accusing and shutting your mind down with cares of the world. That is the nature of someone going to Hell. You know what they say, Satan is the great accuser and he likes his vagaries like accusing of "religion." I think calling Jesus a liar is being a radical lunatic and so is getting conflicting stories from various different board members of the ARA for the r2sports site and not fessing up to their misbehavior. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. It feels like am a pinball bounced around by people who can't agree with each other. Sometimes you got to use righteous indignation and other times grace and mercy. This is one of those times righteous indignation is required because of the unethical behavior of Barbara May and now James Brayley trying to cover for her.

Cam, the Bible already said what you said so you are just fulfilling prophecy being antichrist, ""We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise...we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised." (1 Cor. 4.10).

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness." (1 Cor. 3.19)

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Cor. 1.18)

"For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe." (1 Cor. 1.21)

Jesus created you and you accuse those in him of being religious. Cam, you need religion, but not the religion of your wife's Roman Catholicism which teaches you can lose salvation after being born-again, that Mary was without sin (for the Bible says all that is born of the flesh is flesh), regeneration in infant baptism, amillennialism and other such non-Christian teachings by religious Rome or judaized Christianity-salvation by works.

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Eph. 2.8-10).

Always love the opportunity to share the Good News! Praise the Lord!

Amen.

Troy

From: James Brayley <jamesbrayley@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2009 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: The Insanity of the ARA

Hi Troy ,

I did not ask you to remove the site, only the Alberta Racquetball logo until we get this figured out. I am all

for supporting new tournaments and initiatives, however, it is best to have this overseen my our governing body

so that our membership knows what to expect. We as a Board are trying to rebuild the sport in the Province in

a sustainable and open method.

We will discuss your event at our conference call on Monday, June 8/2009. I do not want to get into a personal

attack mode with you. However, there were a number of inaccuracies in your e-mail regarding Barbara.

What I would like to suggest to you is to stop the e-mail campaign immediately and let the Board discuss the situation

on Monday evening. Let me know how you would like to be presented with our ideas, support (or not) next week. I can

personally call you or you can discuss things with an Edmonton rep face to face.

It is great that you wish to start a new event and I’m sure we can support it in some way. However, we do not have carte

blanche to do whatever we wish with our Government funds. They have some fairly tight restrictions we must deal with.

Had you tried this before we hired Barbara the chance of funding for such a restrictive (to our membership in general)

event would have been very slim. Barbara has done huge amounts of work to find new ways to help support our overall

membership with funding for events such as this.

Obviously you and Barbara have not started out in a positive manner as sometimes happens between people. Lets take the rest of the

week to cool down and we will proceed next week in a way you feel comfortable with. If the Board can support your event within

our guidelines we will vote on it and Democracy shall be the order of the day. Either way we will discuss the results of the

vote with you.

Hopefully this is a scenario you can live with and we can look at things again next week.

Thanks,

James B

From: Troy Brooks
To: jamesbrayley@shaw.ca
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 7:00 PM
Subject: Specifics

Specifics.

Barb May said, "Unfortunately, you did not wait until our meeting and went ahead and posted the event on the R2 Website."

You didn't say I couldn't start up the r2sports site. You said don't do a mass email to everyone yet. We agreed you would do the mass email (to the top 16 in Alberta) on Tuesday. You said the tournament is effectively sanctioned. I didn't mass email anyone just like I promised. I talked to a few people about it. Is that a sin? Or are you misrepresenting your position and our arrangement?

Barb May said, "So, to answer your questions, it is up to you to run the tournament which includes providing pencils, score cards, printing, prize money and souvenirs etc... We will not pay for t-shirts or prize money.:

I never asked if these were my responsibilities. Geez! You are a ignorant! Now I know why you accuse of not listening to you, for after you did that in person several times, I responded showing you I was listening and did understand you, and you quited up after that. Often people project their own accusations which is actually their own problem. You are not a good listen Barb May. I asked where do I get the score cards from and if you have a colour printer, because I don't have one. I still don't know where to get the score cards from. I was just doubly confirming the number of balls and that you promised to pay for ALL the court costs (instead of just giving me the $300). Remember that discussion you had with Marc where you guys weren't certain whether you could give me the $300 as well as pay for the courts completely, because you were introducing your ideas which would require more court time? Marc initially thought I could get the $300 and you would pay for all the court costs, so I could have $900 for prize money instead of $600. I told you I was going to contact Glen Boyd and was informing you I got a commitment from him. But you are annoyed? You are a very bitchy person. Perhaps you need to take Cam's advice and get laid but don't be adulterous like Cam.

Moreover, Jamie said, "there is a protocol in place to help you possibly access financial support or other areas where you may need help." Hence, why I asked if I could get, simply, 16 t-shirts with the logo on it paid for by the ARA? But Barb's annoyed. Barb May says there is no such protocol in place for "other areas." She said "We will not pay for t-shirts." So which is it? What "other areas"? Why did Barb not tell me about these "other areas"? And I am concerned with the fact that the ARA is the most well funded province in Canada bringing in over $100,000/year yet they are so stiff with starting up another tournament. It's like the US Open DVD sales in USA and not recording US IRT Pro events because they sell more US Open DVD's that way. Is this simple 16 player Invitational such a threat to your three established tournaments - Edmonton Open, Calgary Open, Alberta Closed?

Barb May said: "At this point in time I would like you to know that I am becoming annoyed with the number of emails that you have sent me about this tournament. Last week when we talked I told you that I was tired from Nationals and need a few days to recover. We set up a time to meet and I asked you to wait until our meeting before making any decisions. Unfortunately, you did not wait until our meeting and went ahead and posted the event on the R2 Website."

I am annoyed with Barb's lack of professionalism, and no, there were not that many emails. She is lying. She is just bitchy. Someone is more well suited for her job who is not so bitchy, who is more tolerant, especially of Christians and whom you can feel the love of racquetball in them. To repeat Barb did not say I couldn't do the r2sports site. I actually told her I was preceding with it to see whom to get it set up with. She should have told me at that time not to do. Now she is just trying to cover her ass for her own negligence for not telling me not to contact Usher Barnoff Halko said to contact. Barb said she has no idea how to get the r2sports site working, so I took initiative. She simply said don't email everyone yet, for we didn't know which group of people to contact. Actually I did know who to contact, but I waited. Halko, Usher, Marc, Kevin had no problem with starting the site up, just Barb in her anal retentiveness after the fact, positioning herself to seemingly project her job, and now James Brayley defending her unrighteously. If you think I am pissed off by how I have been treated you would be right!

If you don't allow this tournament after saying it is effectively sanctioned, that speaks volumes of both the President, what you teach Barb May to say, or whoever else votes to not allow it be sanctioned

Barb May said, "When I met with you on Monday I asked you to give me time to discuss this tournament with the ARA Board. (Our meeting is on Monday evening and I was planning to let them know what your intentions are for the tournament and to ask for their approval to sanction the tournament.) I also expressed concerns that you were not charging enough for the entry fee and encouraged you to sit down and prepare a budget. (You are running this event not us) I also asked you if John Halko had agreed to be the Head Referee and you told me that you sent him an email but did not hear back from him. (You should have received his approval before putting his name on the R2 Site) Another concern that I expressed was about you calling the tournament Alberta Racquetball’s Top 16 Invitational."

You said the tournament was effectively sanctioned. No problem! But you would charge too much! There is no reason to charge more than $50. $125 is ridiculous. Stop gouging people. We don't need $2000 in entry fees. That's ridiculous. This is just one more of your ideas that I don't like. Live with it. The tournament is exceedingly simple to run. It's more difficult when you get in the way Barb. Halko has not called me or emailed me back, but since he is the only ref around, I am sure it won't be a problem for him, so chill out and stop being petty. If John doesn't want to be the head ref, of course, I will promptly remove it. There is enough time. I like the name of the tournament. You gave no valid reason why you want the name changed. How silly and nonsensical. It seems to me you are just trying to usurp yourself unrighteously and make it very difficult to get things happening. I am very sensitive to people like that, and they are a big turn off to me. You are clearly one of those people who is a bureaucratic nightmare! But not just that, you are dishonest. I have caught you in a lie, and of course, you would never admit it. You are not a humble person.

Barb May said, "As it stands right now, I do not have confidence in your ability to effectively run a tournament. I do not appreciate the tone of your emails and am concerned about your lack of organization. If ARA is going to sanction the event, I need to be confident that you know how to run a successful tournament. Perhaps you should do as I suggested and prepare a budget for the event. This would allow you to accurately predict your expenses and set an entry fee that will cover these expenses."

As it stands right now, I think we need someone who is intuitively more appropriate for your position, someone who is not a roadblock to running a tournament. No wonder why we are not getting new tournaments. They have to go through you first. I am completely organized. I know exactly what I am doing. That is not the issue. The issue is your behavior towards me. You never expressed any concern for lack of organization. Please be specific with your vague and mindless accusations. I already know what my expenses are and we covered them together, so what's the problem?. I have at least $600 left over for prize money. That's $50x16=$800 less $200 in expenses. And if I don't get 16 players, I will come up with the short fall myself and not take it out of your salary. No big deal! Try to run the Edmonton Open or Alberta Closed that cheaply. God forbid that would happen. Bet you can't do it! Do you ever feel like the person you are talking to is not listening to you? That's how I feel with your email. She sends this email to everyone with a new story? Barb you are unethical.

Barb May said, "Assuming that you would like to go ahead with this tournament, I will submit your tournament sanctioning application form to the ARA Executive on Monday evening. I will contact you on Tuesday to let you know about our decision to sanction the tournament."

Assuming? What makes you think I wouldn't want to run the tournament just because you are a massive stumbling block to progress for racquetball in Alberta? You are so ignorant.

You promised on Tuesday you would mass email the top 16 players in Alberta. That is all I actually need plus the $300, 48 balls, where I can get the score cards from, whether Jamie can pay for 16 shirts with my logo (since protocol allows to put in this request according to Jamie). Plus, I think an internal review of your expenses and where all this money is going that makes you so unwilling to support new tournaments. The president of the B.C.R.A. doesn't have your tight-ass mentality and said as much.

Barb you don't listen very well. I am not confident you can do your job properly. I really thought it strange when you recommended single elimination knockout, uniforms for refs, a refereeing competition and a skills competition. Mark said there is not even enough refs to consider doing that. But if you want to do it, go ahead, but I need the courts paid for completely then.

I am the one who negotiated a better deal than Jack McBride got, from $15 down to $10, but we won't get that cheaper rate since you want to use more courts. You are wasteful.

Speaking the truth always makes me feel better in face of obstacles. I know I am probably not going to get justice here, because ARA board members naturally have to come the rescue of their closely knit group, but I think enough people have heard what I have to say to give some serious thought, Barbara May is a problem.

Sincerely,

Troy

p.s. I think I have said what needed to be said enough times so at least someone feels the frustration one experiences in dealing with Barb May to get something as simple as racquetball tournament going.

From: Cam Bourque <cambel@telus.net>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: Specifics

Troy call me you slanderous asshole and proof to me about my adultry...

Cam

From: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
To: James Brayley <jamesbrayley@shaw.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: The Insanity of the ARA

James,

What is so pressing that you have to remove the logo? In just 5 days from now, I'll remove it when you refuse to sanction the tournament. You didn't specifically say "logo," and we were talking about the site, not the logo. OMG! The name is ok, but not the logo? You're killing me. Do you ever feel like you are just trying to usurp yourself because you are the ARA? I told Barb I had a logo and sent her the .jpg for the site, and put it up, and she never said I couldn't put it up. She is too busy being annoyed, not doing her job! Maybe she is not getting paid enough from where she came from. In the private sector if an employee acted like, her boss would reprimand her. I would fire her. Why is it ok to have the name Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational and not the logo? Barb even wants the name changed. OMG!!! Wouldn't you be better served just to not speak, have your meeting on Monday, officially sanction the effectively sanctioned tournament and stop making a big deal about everything? You're killing my brain cells!

I'll just leave up the site until you guys decide on Monday, and the logo, the name of the site and John's name (unless he wants it off) as the head ref., and unless you can get Usher Barnoff to remove it and prevent it from happening. I am not giving into your petty self because Barb May never advised me any of this was a problem initially and never said I couldn't do it by the time it was done! I told her I was doing it. She should have told me then and there not to do it. I think I need a lawyer and a recording device with me next time I talk to Barb May, because she changes her story. She's too unethical for me. Personally, I think she will be a much happier person if she gave her life to Christ and find a new job. How did it come about Barb was hired for that job anyway?

You should have gotten Barb May to say to me, specifically, not to put it up on the r2sports site first before telling me to take it down and getting your facts straight with the other ARA board members, Halko and Marc about the logo, the site and the name, who never said anything to me either about it. I guess you don't have the protocols in place for this because there hasn't been a new tournament in over a decade, but you have cancelled the Klondike and other tournaments.

To the best of my knowledge, there are no inaccuracies that I am consciously aware, so please don't be coy with me. If I have said anything inaccurate about Barb, I certainly would want to repent of it. She is not being honest as I have clearly shown!

I feel like I am talking to a person from another planet. I am not asking for prize money. I am simply putting in a request for 16 shirts with the logo on it. I am allowed to submit this question to the ARA according to you, but Barb says, no. Again, conflicting stories. I simply want to know where do I get the score cards from.

I want to know what the ARA is doing towards contacting schools to get kids in elementary and junior high picking up racquetball racquets. Since Barb gets paid for this, that's her job, but she is not doing it. She is too busy being annoyed doing her job! She doesn't like her job very much.

Troy

From: Troy Brooks

To: Cam Bourque

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 8:16 PM
Subject: Cam's Adultery

Cam,

You're suppose to respond with saying, you sinned, and admit you were wrong. That's what a Christian would do. I haven't told your wife, so don't worry. I would never do that. That's your responsibility as a loving husband. You yourself told me you had sex with Michelle, Dan told me you had sex with Michelle, and Michelle told me she had sex with you. Dan might lie for you, but if you want I could contact Michelle and have her email blast everyone for you. She said it wasn't very good and you said it wasn't very good with her either.

I am getting a lick sick of certain people lying to me lately. You are such a liar, lying to my face and others, trying to cover it up against all these emails. You did it to yourself when you call people "radical lunatic" and showing how much you hate Jesus Christ. That is not very proper of you to call people asshole. I hope you don't punch me in the face like Dan did, physically attack me like Wayne Davidson did, or push me up against the wall in fierce anger, because I don't lend you $100 at the Casino like Cliff Hendrickson did. Your true colours are showing. I forgive you. You know not what you do. You know what the they say. It is not that the truth is unreasonable, but it is unloved.

"You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" (Matt. 7.16) "For every tree is known by his own fruit" (Luke 6.44). Be "not doubletongued" (1 Tim. 3.8). "Thou shalt not bear false witness against" (Ex. 20.16; see Deut. 19.16, Prov. 19.5, Matt. 26.59, Luke 18.20). "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you" (Luke 6.31). I would never call you an asshole Cam, nor a radical lunatic, unless I was using your words to bring it back on you.

By the way everyone, the Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational has been switched to Sept. 19-20th, if the ARA sanctions it (which I am starting to doubt more and more), because Gartel just emailed just now and said there is a tournament the same weekend as ours. You just can't win!

Troy

From: James Brayley <jamesbrayley@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 9:50:34 PM
Subject: rball stuff

Hi Troy ,

I am sending this only to you so we can try and settle this in a more reasonable manner.

I was not even aware of your event until the e-mail you sent me on Monday. Is this a big deal? No.

It would have been added to our agenda for our call on Monday.

I understand you and Barbara not getting along. It happens! However, let’s stop with the personal attacks

before this gets out of control.

I have told you we would discuss this at our next Board meeting. If the Board agrees to sanction and support

this event, great! This is a democracy afterall.

You can’t expect us to just do everything you want. We do have some restrictions on our expenditures. For example,

to do uniforms for the Junior Nationals requires separate funding as we cannot use gaming monies. To use gaming

monies for this tourney I believe the shirts have to remain ARA property ( I may be wrong). Not an ideal setup right?

We are not trying to hinder your initiative but don’t expect us to jump when you say so as this won’t happen.

We can support events such as this, however, it’s not an open and shut case. We have to be careful sanctioning

an event that is not open to all our membership. Again this is Government regulations. We can probably help, but

let us do so without risking our funding. We do get audited yearly by the Government and they can get very cranky.

Based on your cc list for your e-mails it looks like you are trashing all of us that have been trying to rebuild this sport

in Alberta . We may not be doing it the way you agree with, but we are trying. Your comment about tournaments in

Alberta was wrong as the ARA only runs the Provincials. All other tournies are run by the local Associations. We will

be adding events for this season.

Once again, I will ask you to stop the e-mail campaign until next week. If after our Board meeting and follow up talks

with you, it will be your decision which course of action you wish to persue. As an aside it does seem odd to attack the

very people you are asking for support from.

Feel free to e-mail me further concerns. I have been trying to extend an olive branch to settle this hostility down. I am not

trying to avoid the issue.

As for the logo, we can’t say anything about the logo but the use of Alberta Racquetball is something we do have a say over.

Leave it up for now and we’ll see what happens on Monday.

Thanks,

James B

From: Troy Brooks

To: jamesbrayley@shaw.ca

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:53 PM

Subject: rball stuff

James,

You got to be more careful with your choice of words. Have I not been verbose and explanatory enough? Yet you still err. You said, "You can't expect us to just do everything you want" and "don't expect us to jump when this won't happen." Where did I even elude, saying I expect you to do everything I want or jump when I say something won't happen? As best as I can tell, I am really only asking for one thing. Can you guys do 16 t-shirts with the Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational logo on it? Barb says absolutely no way, but from what you said, you might be able to do it. That's something I would like specifically addressed at your Monday meeting.

That's all I am asking for on top of the $300 for court fees and 48 balls promised. I know how to run the r2sports program, I have a laptop and my head referee John Halko, hopefully, if he ever calls me to confirm. Try not to get anal retentive on the tournament name; we have to have this name, because it works well. I am taking care of everything else. I just need to know where to get score cards from, seriously, lol. I don't want to use just blank paper, haha! Do you know? And if there is anything I am overlooking, by all means suggest it, but as far as I am concerned, it's a very simple thing to run this tournament, so where does your Barbara May get off saying I am incompetent to do so? Do you see how ignorant that comment is? That is no way for her to talk! I'd like an apology.

I didn't start the CC: list, as you know, but Barbara May did. I just added a few more names to it out of disgust. I am just responding in kind to the the b.s. from her that I can't run the tournament and her insistence we should gouge the players $2000 for entry fees instead of what I have already decided which is $50 per player. James, you need to get your people to be more careful what they say. Barb May's ideas are not appropriate. Marc didn't like her ideas either I noticed at our meeting (though Barb later told me, he likes higher entry fees, presumably because Kevin will likely win). Please don't have her misrepresent me just because her ideas don't work. That's just her unethical ego talking.

Can you believe she actually suggested single elimination knockout, uniforms for referees, and proper attire for players? a refereeing competion? and a skills competition for the Open players? How silly. She couldn't quite understand racquetball is informal and her suggestions are superficial, vain nonsense. Marc said for the most part these things are not feasible. We just want 4 tough matches over 2 days! That's all! She is lashing out because she is really not very intuitively in touch with racquetball, and I brought that out in our meeting. Though I was considerate and said if she wants to do these things she can, but I need the courts COMPLETELY PAID FOR for the hastle. I would rather have t-shirts than all her other stuff she wanted to implement. That's the truth. How do you expect me to respond after she trashed me? Come on now man! Wake up! Stop the doublestandard! Treat others as you would like to be treated. Do you think she should treat people like that? Be honest.

Whether the Edmonton Open or Calgary Open or Alberta Provincials, under 3 associations makes no difference, the principle remains the same. And it is even more embarrassing for you since the ARA brings in over $100,000/year, and you only have one tournament per year? Really! I don't mind attacking the people who are in error because they deserve it, and I don't want sanctioning if I have to be abused and mistreated and lied about in the process by Barbara May. Put aside your ego, and realize what I am saying is really reasonable. Just get your Barbara May to conduct herself a little more conscientiously, and we won't have a problem. She can even keep her job and I won't try to petition her out, but I really think she needs to start contacting elementary and junior high schools to get kids into junior racquetball leagues and involved in more tournaments. You guys need more than 1 tournament a year, for racquetball is about tournaments. Leagues are rather dull and don't even compare to sanctioned tournaments. Say free entry for juniors and that sort of thing. Starting young is the key to everything!

I can't help but think you agree with everything you say, you are just defending a bad apple in your group who really was being ignorant!

Sincerely,

Troy

From: Troy Brooks

To: jamesbrayley@shaw.ca

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:05 PM

Subject: Score Cards

I just went on to the r2sports site to learn a little more about it, and just noticed I can print out the score cards myself. Barb didn't know that apparently.

Troy

From: Troy Brooks

To: Cam Bourque

Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 11:15 PM

Subject: Hey

Cam,

I thought I'd email you and ask you, since you were so good at raising money in the past for tournaments, if you would be interested in raising a couple hundred bucks for prize money, so I can give out say $100 for 3rd place, $100 for the winner of the AA, $100 for the winner of Blue and $100 for winner of the Red. So I would like to raise $400 more on top of the $600 I am already committed to giving out from entry fees.

Do you have any people I can contact that might give up a couple hundred bucks for the love of racquetball?

Troy

From: Cam Bourque <cambel@telus.net>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 7:03:03 AM
Subject: Re: Hey

Troy I have no problem cooperating with you or anyone in fundraising but right now I'm quite upset with you for casting such disparaging remarks about me in front of my rb peers. I would really appreciate it if you would retract those damaging remarks back. I only emailed you to ease your tension and anguish over this whole affair and you come back at me with such venom, why would you want to damage my relationship with others, this is not there concern or frankly yours. Whatever you've heard you don't have a right to judge only god does...

Sincerely,

Cam

From: Troy Brooks

To: Cam Bourque

Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2009 2:54 PM

Subject: Hey

Cam,

Why would I retract the truth? Why would I lie for your sin? Sin only begets sin. My sin would increase by begetting more sin. How can you ask me to sin for you? What a selfish thing of you to ask of me! How can you even ask me to retract that which you told me, Michelle told me, Dan told me? You said it was "bad sex" but it was still infidelity. Do you realize how unethical you are being when you ask me to lie for you? Is your conscience so dead it can't appreciate what I am saying?

If you had the Holy Spirit in you, you would repent, take your medicine and live with the consequence, realizing all sin gets punished. And God will forgive you came if you bring your sin in repentance to the cross. If your wife is a true Christian, she will forgive you too, for she would know man is fleshly and is weak.

Accept your punishment however embarrassing it may seem to you. Don't hide your anguish but embrace it. When you embrace the truth and stop covering up stuff and lying to yourself and others you will feel better. The truth sets you free no matter how hard it is to stomach. Your venom will quell and there will be release in your own heart. You ought not to blame others for your own sin. A loving wife who found out about your infidelity will be forgiving if she is a Christian and you can move on.

Look how deceitful you words are, "Whatever I heard out"? You told me you had sex with Michelle you lying little immature man. Do you realize how disrespectful you are being to me to lie straight to my face like you are doing? God judges through people. He enjoys using people to do His work. He loves His personal interaction with us and getting us to see the light! I quoted you what God said in many verses. It didn't come from me. Cam, stop your bullshit and be a man about it! You brought this all on yourself when you call Christians "radical lunatics". Can't you see all your antics make you the very thing you accuse of? Look at the radical measures you are taking trying to get people to lie for you. You lunatic! The sin of omission is no less a sin the sin of commission.

God knows every hair on your head. Do you really think there is something you can put past Him? Everything gets punished in one way or another. There is no escaping it. It is undeniable and inevitable. Thank God for Jesus taking the sins of the world upon Himself so we are forgiven who are in Him and for what we have done.

"Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother" (Mark 10.29).

The right thing for you to do is go to your wife and confess your sin and give her this verse and tell her you are sorry, repent and don't make excuses for yourself. This is God's will for you. Even better tell her, you have given your life to Christ and tell her God is showing you that you are a sinner hiding this from her and that is what brought you to Christ to show sin begets sin and only Jesus can get you to do the right thing by the Holy Spirit. Of course you need Christ first, so you must truly be born-again.

Don't make it worse with the sin of lying. Don't be a coward Cam! If you love your wife, do the right thing!

"But cowards who turn away from me, and unbelievers, and the corrupt, and murderers, and the immoral, and those who practice magic arts, and idol worshipers, and all liars--their doom is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death [which is Hell]" (Rev. 21.8).

Your problem is you hang around Dan who corrupts your morals with his "magic arts" and his "idol worship" of Seth, channelling spirits, necromancy, etc. warned against in Scripture. Dan is a deceitful man, he deceives himself and others. He knows not what he does. He is delusional! He is doing the very things the Bible warns against that corrupts spirit, soul and body. May the Holy Spirit shed light on you to see man's manipulations!

"Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son" (1 John 2.22). The Bible calls “a roaring lion” who seeks “whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5.8), who is Satan.

"Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron" (1 Tim. 4.1-2) in "anguish"!

If you wonder why you are so far away from God, look no further than your own antics.

Jesus Himself declared: "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God." (Matt. 5.8)

Praise the Lord!

Amen.

Troy

p.s. I hope you will still try to raise some bucks. I would like to see Al Loughlin win $100, or more, or Bob Bear, etc. As soon as I get extra monies, I will post on the site the amount of prize money for the other drop down divisions.

From: Troy Brooks

To: James Brayley

Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2009 6:34 PM

Subject: A sqush court?

Why do you have Brian Istace (he's out) and a picture of squash courts on the ARA site? You're not going to grab any squash players over to racquetball, that's for sure.

You should have a picture of Jamie Slamko, Kevin Caouette, Logan and Iwasso's playing doubles or something like that in a group, to appeal to kids and showing how much fun it is with big smiles on their faces, laughing, etc.

Troy

From: Bob Bear <bobbear@shaw.ca>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 3:33:30 PM
Subject: Re:innuendos

Being a devout pacifist, I am not in favor of assassination in any form ... including character assassination.

I am not interested in innuendos. Please exclude me from further emails.

Thank you, Bob Bear

From: Troy Brooks

To: Bob Bear

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 10:22 PM

Subject: What innuendos?

Bob,

An innuendo is an indirect intimation. I don't think I have been indirect in any way whatsoever, but quite to the point. So why accuse falsely? I thought you were a pacifist. When a person is sinned against, I think they have a right to retort and make the case. My purpose is not to assassinate Cam or Barb, but simply tell you the truth after they misrepresented me. It looks like their character is being assassinated. I guess it is. And I think yours is too. Jeremiah preached 40 years and nobody listened to him so it is doubtful you will hear what I am saying. But here goes, again!

Barb lied. She lied by saying I couldn't put up the r2sports, claiming I did anyway. I received no such warning I couldn't put it up. She said the tournament was effectively sanctioned, and I told her I was seeking to get the site set up. She had no problem with that. But then she changed her story in that email to everyone. Can you see why I am responding to her deceitfulness? I don't like liars especially liars who lie straight to your face like that. I also don't like how she is very uncordial and unhelpful to basic questions which as it turns out, apparently there is an avenue to put in a request to the ARA for 16 t-shirts (when she said there wasn't). I can't even trust what she says. No wonder why I needed to doubly confirm things with her. I don't have a problem with anyone else, except maybe Cam, because over the last year he is getting a little crazy over Christ, taking issue with my faith at every turn. It's really getting to him. Often when people come to Christ there is a big blow up before the calm, and then they give up control of self and place their trust in Christ. Darryl Thomas thinks Cam is getting lose, because he is questioning things; whereas most people don't and carry on in the world under the god of this world who is Satan, and so they don't come to God with an honest heart. It can be scary to give up that control of self you have had all your life. It's like bungie jumping or jumping out of plane. You know the evidence is there so all you need do then is take that leap of trust.

If Barb had said to me I couldn't put the r2sports site up, I wouldn't have done it. Marc, John and Usher (who did it for me) had no issue. Barb is playing bureaucratic b.s. games, and if this tournament is miraculously allowed, I would rather not deal with her anymore, because she is too pompous for me and she has clearly shown me her colours. I can't ask a leopard to change her spots. I forgive her, but she is still the same person.

I truly believe she is not appropriate for that job, because her ideas are totally foreign to racquetball. I'm like, what in the heck? to some of her ideas. Wholly molly! I just don't see her working very hard (she is too annoyed all the time, like she doesn't like her job or something) to contact all the elementary and junior high schools to introduce the sport of racquetball to them, doing a juniors poster, and getting a racquet in their hands. Barb has never told me she believes in Christ, but I know she doesn't believe in Him. Isn't that amazing? She doesn't have a conscience in Christ and I can pick that up! The Holy Spirit is very sensitive in the spirit of believers. Spirit makes contact with spirit, and she does not have the Holy Spirit.

What I said about Cam was absolutely true in his infidelity that he lied about which was brought on in defence of my faith in Christ when he accused of being a "radical lunatic." So let's compare what a radical lunatic really is. To spend your life lying to your wife and to others covering it up sounds radical! For example, his wife may ask, "Have you ever had sex with another woman while we were married?" What love is this?

Is it not also radical to call Jesus and the eyewitness Apostles liars, when Cam can find no naturalistic explanation to explain away the evidence for the multiple attestation for the resurrection of Jesus and what almost all skpetical scholars on the resurrection concede about Jesus Christ? In a court of law we go with the preponderance of evidence, but with Christ the evidence is absolute! Modern psychology says group hallucinations are impossible! People don't die for something they know is a lie. The early church fathers Polycarp and Clement of Rome who knew John and Peter were told by them that they saw Jesus resurrected. Bob, now I know you don't believe in Christ, and almost nobody ever does at your age because if they were going to they would have done so by now, so you will certainly come in defence of individuals who are antichrist and who sin such sins as we have seen here. That may give you comfort, but what gives me comfort are these words...

Jesus said, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John 3.16,18).

Do you see how you are condemned already Bob? But why? The reason is simple:

Again He said, "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God" (John 3.19-21).

If your character is assassinated by these words, you are not really attacking me, but Jesus Christ who created you, because he said these words are why you call Him a liar. He spoke on Hell more than anyone else! Why would your Creator do that if it was not so important? What's going on there? Pray on this.

That was another great opportunity to share the gospel. Praise the Lord!

Troy

p.s. you're not mad are you because you're not in the top 16? If I am short people, you can still enter. But we might need a miracle to get the Invitational going after all this kerfuffle.

From: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca >
To: Bob Bear <bobbear@shaw.ca>
Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 10:28 PM

Subject: Compare

Sounds like a religion of self with you at the center, being a devout pacifist. I don't remember Jesus ever talking about that being the guiding principle. His way was that of the cross unto resurrection of life. Remember how Jesus character assinated the Pharisees! Call me crazy, but I am on team Jesus, not team Bob Bear's devout pacifists! They ended up killing our Lord and Savior.

Wow!

From: Troy Brooks

To: Bob Bear

Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:19 PM

Subject: Remember the Wayne Davidson attack!

Bob,

I have a story to impart to you Bob, so understand what I am having to put up with!

Remember when Wayne Davidson physically attacked me at Body Quest with several witnesses, and people suggested I press charges against him, but I didn't? Then some days later, he smashed my driver's side door in on my car at the courts at those yellow apartment complexes on Whitemud. As I was entering the building, I saw Wayne off in the distance in the club then he starting chasing after me as soon as he saw me. I just barely got back into my car and locked the door when he smashed my door with his fist which had a sizable dent.

All Wayne needed to do was sit on me like he did at Body Quest after kicking me in the back as I fell to the ground, then jumped on me, with fist ready to go to smash me in the face when he asked me to punch him as I was laying on my back. If only I would have punched back, he could have laid one into me.

Anyway, the point of the story is this. I heard people telling me that I called him and threatened him and his family? Of course, absurd!

I never called him, and why in God's name would I call him? I never called him at all, and he chased me down again with no damage but a dent car door. I thought I handled the whole thing quite well by avoiding the issue and just forgiving him. Who the hell knows what was going on his crazy brain. I heard of some other individuals he physically attacked as well, which some of you know about.

All I know is up to that point in all the games we played, he had never beaten me at racquetball ever, and he seemed frustrated. Why doesn't he try to beat up people his own size? He is a coward. All I know with certainty is what he did was wrong. He never apologized. Forced apologies in forced situations don't count. It must be from the heart of their own accord.

Do you see how twisted people are to cover their own sin? Sin begets sin. They are trying to save face. Like Barb lied straight to my face in emails to protect her job and Cam did the same thing. It's ugly. You try to bear false witness against me, I will respond with powerful words!

Now the peanut gallery, Bob Bear, interjects with accusations of innuendos when nothing I have said is an innuendo. I am quite direct. I meant what said and retract nothing! With a clear conscience. That is at the very least the minimum standard God has set for us.

Troy

Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 22:19:49 -0700
From: trbrooks05@yahoo.ca
Subject: Re: Remember the Wayne Davidson attack!
To: Gloria Ferguson

Gloria,

It's a lesson on on how people will lie to cover their asses like Barb May, Cam Borque and Wayne Davidson did to save face. That is the nature of the flesh. These are some real life examples.

"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death" (Rev. 21.8).

You may think you have fooled man, but you can't fool God. "Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered" (Luke 21.7).

No sin goes unpunished. We may think we escaped it for awhile, but it always comes back to haunt us.

That's the lesson!

It applies to you too. Those who minimize this only show their conscience is seared. People in racquetball need to be more honest with each other and respectful. Bob Bear shouldn't blame people for breaking the glass door and then have everyone else pay for it. No wonder why he doesn't like character assassination. It's like the tax payers giving out 29 trillion to help the failed banks and investment firms when racquetball players are paying for Bob's mistake.

You know what they say. It's not that the truth is unreasonable, but it is unloved.

Troy

From: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
To: Steve Campbell <stephenfcampbell@shaw.ca>
Sent: Wed Jun 10 12:54:46 2009
Subject: Alberta Racquetball Association and Barbara May

Racqueballers,

To the best of my knowledge and sincere examination, the reason why the ARA Board (for the record, notice they are non-Christians) disallowed the sanctioning of this tournament (2009 Alberta Racquetball Top 16 Invitational) was because I am a Christian who stood up for the truth in the face of being lied about (see below), and I was not allowed to stand up for those rights (in emails) to speak against such sinning bearing false witness (most of you have a copy of all the emails to know the details). If I did, I would not be allowed to run the tournament. I realized this, but I was unwilling to run a tournament under abusive and unethical mistreatment.

Lying and defending lies DO NOT “encourage and promote the enjoyment in the sport of racquetball; and to work with individuals while respecting their individual rights, roles and commitment to pursue the ARA objectives.” What it does do is lower conscience and morality. I would not want to be a part of that ensemble.

“The Board has concluded upon a review of several emails sent from you to Barbara May, Cam Borque, and several other ARA members, that you have overstepped the boundaries…” with no specific explanation or details given! That is quite vague and inconsiderate. Apparently it is acceptable for Barbara May to lie; this is not overstepping her boundaries, but when speak up against that lying, it is overstepping boundaries. This is unacceptable. It is a double standard. “He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart” (John 12.40).

Barbara May misrepresented in several ways (shown in the emails) for the sake to protect her job at my expense and was in retaliation for the fact I did not like her suggestions for the tournament which seemed quite foreign (items listed in the emails) and were never done before in racquetball tournaments to my knowledge. She was quite proud of her deceit. “And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness” (2 Thess. 2.11-12).

Bringing in some Scripture from the Bible to show God abhors such conduct set off Cam Bourque (who gets quite hostile about Christ), who “not respecting…individual rights” accused of being “a radical lunatic.” In defense, I laid bare his sins before others as being radical and that of a lunatic.

I am reminded of these verses…

“Here is a description of worthless and wicked people: They are constant liars, signaling their true intentions to their friends by making signs with their eyes and feet and fingers. Their perverted hearts plot evil. They stir up trouble constantly. But they will be destroyed suddenly, broken beyond all hope of healing. There are six things the Lord hates-no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers…Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck. Wherever you walk, their counsel can lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up in the morning, they will advise you. For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you. The correction of discipline is the way to life. These commands and this teaching will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman” (Prov. 6.12-19, 21-24). I do believe this is a reference to Barb May.

I would rather stand up for the truth than play racquetball any day. Of course, now I am turned off from racquetball because of those who do not “promote the enjoyment of…respect every individual’s rights.” I do not have the desire to play racquetball anymore. Though, that is not the sole reason. I also have tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow which refuse to go away, but through the month of June it is getting better, so I was looking forward to this tournament. So that plays a part in my decision as well.

May this incident help lead people to Christ.

Sincerely,

Troy Brooks
http://www.r2sports.com/tourney/home.asp?TID=5631

From: Troy Brooks

To: Cam Bourque

Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:22 PM

Subject: I did this video for you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4reKVz4CVs

I wanted to post this video I just did for Islamictube.net, but then I realized I should send it to you too. It's 6.5 MB. Once you get under their skin, they have to reconsider their faith and think clearly about what is said. Then some get saved. It's awesome!

Troy

From: Allen Bauman <rincon03@telus.net>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:11:40 PM
Subject: RE: Alberta Racquetball Association and Barbara May

Honestly I don’t see the emails being referred to and quite frankly not sure why I received this one as I’m certainly not top 16 maybe I can’t see it for the high horse that is in my way that someone appears to be sitting on. Have a good summer Troy and take a break we’ll see you in the fall all ready to kick our butt’s with superior league playing ability but tournaments not so much eh! No response required…..it sounds like you like Barb - remember elementary school.

Did I rev you up a little more, this is fun…..

Cheers

Allen Bauman

Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009. I sent one email to the membership of half of the provinces in Canada and the other email to the other half through r2sports to get the word out, because of the abuse I incurred by the ARA. Normally this should not be done, but these are extenuating circumstances, obviously; so I had to go to a higher court, which is the general populace at large and the Canadian Racquetball Assocation):

Email #1: Cancelled because the ARA is Nazi (just kidding), but they are definitely not Christians.

Email #2: The ARA is dictatorial and defended Barb May lying which I stoop up against. Now the tournament is cancelled and I am being requested to be removed from the ARA. This is what Christians have to go up against in the world. Crazy world eh? Every single Board member of the ARA does not believe in Jesus Christ, including Barb May. No wonder why the Alberta Racquetball Association only has one tournament per year and racquetball in Alberta is at its lowest point ever. How embarrassing! I don't want to play racquetball after this fiasco.

Troy

From: Troy Brooks

To: Allen Bauman

Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:51 AM

Subject: ARA and Barb May (Recap)

Allen,

Any updates I am putting here: http://biblocality.com/forums/showthread.php?p=5882#post5882

I should do a video response on youtube to the ARA (that would be funny!), but instead I just did this one for non-Christian ARA Board to help lead them to Christ, so let's pray for them, for they know not what they do (you too Bob Bear, lol): http://www.youtube.com/user/Parture. And Bob, I now want no part in your MLM scheme, haha!

It is fun I know. Too bad the ARA and Barb weren't so stuffy. It's clear though if you speak against the ARA in any way, they will come down on you with their iron fist and they won't sanction your tournament just out of spite. Very childish. They need to, as you say, get off their high horse and allow people to contribute. I prefer the phrase, "anal renentive."

I tried to do my part, but I was stopped by nonsense: Barb May preventing a second ARA sanctioned tournament from happening as a result of her lying and the ARA not taking the moral high ground to deal with her lying. Until Barb is gone, I won't come back. That's a promise! I feel like that is the right thing to do. I am a martyr for my cause! But there is still the problem with the ARA giving into her lying which doesn't sit well with me either. They hired her right? So doesn't that mean they are protecting their own mistake, covering up for her?

It will take a long time for my tennis elbow and golfer's elbow to go away and they are revoking my ARA membership on June 22 in their already decided Spanish Inquisition, so no point in playing for at least a year, since they won't let me play tournaments. Hopefully, she will be gone by then. Going to do some long-distance jogging instead. Somebody email me when she quits or is fired for her "incompetency," then I certainly can enjoy racquetball again. We don't need outsiders who have a low motivation level to make racquetball worse.

Kids in elementary and junior high need to be introduced to racquetball, but the ARA doesn't find a way to reach them. We have 2 players in the top 50 in Canada. That is the worse Alberta Racquetball has ever done. Whoever has been on the Board for the ARA for the past many years is to blame for this. You think Barb with her $50,000 salary and $20,000 expense account would make an effort to do something on that front, but she is too busy giving me excuses, being "annoyed," playing bureaucratic games, being uncordial, and making up lies to protect her paycheck. It's embarrassing, uninspiring and frankly, she does not have the spirit or love for racquetball. It is all too apparent! Growing up playing racquetball, I am quite in tune with what racquetball needs, but then I hear her ideas and I wonder what planet she is on. She really doesn't get it, so whoever hired her needs to bite the bullet and let her go. Racquetball is stymied while she is present. She takes the joy out of racquetball! Plus, I think the ARA needs at least a couple Christians on our board to keep them honest.

Al, I can't remember any Barb's in school. It must be in my subconscious. Or maybe Barb really did lie, and I really am telling you the truth. Why would I put up the site if she really did warn not to? Yet I told her I was doing it. She said it was "effectively sanctioned" and had no problem with it initially. Then she lied and changed her story in her email to several people. That's when I spoke up. Why didn't Halko or Marc or Usher (who issued it to me) say anything that I couldn't when I talking to them personally about it? Why would Marc allow his son to register if I couldn't? It doesn't make sense: not only are ARA members contradicting themselves, but I have to contend with straight out lies from Barb. It's just petty nonsense from a dishonest woman. Then she emailed people again and did not retract her lie, but tried to bolster it even more. I received no apology from her or the ARA. Sin begets sin. You can tell I don't like bold-faced liars. But I also don't like people who defend them either. It irks my conscience. Hence, the replies exposing her scheming to protect her job and vain appearance on her high horse.

Why is she saying I can't run a tournament when it would seem more reasonable she is just lashing out because I asked her some questions about money, why she does nothing to introduce racquetball to elementary and junior high kids, and her ideas I rejected: single elimination knockout; refs wear uniforms or vests; holding the tournament in some small town; referring competition; skills competition for the pros; a coaching competition; rising star competition (she never explained that one to me), blocking off the courts and charging people $20 to watch; upping the entry fee from $50 to $125 (which is gouging). I had it all set up, negotiated the courts down to $10/each-a nice low budget tournament! Asked if I could have 16 t-shirts, she said no, but Jamie Brayley said I could request it.

Naturally she backlashes, instead of accepting her ideas really not good ones. That hurt her pride! I was the brunt of her hurt pride and the ARA covering for their employee.

Such is the way of the world, but I stand apart from it, because the god of this world is Satan. Though I am in the world, I am not of the world, for I am a child of God, chosen before the foundations of the world.

Thank you Jesus. Amen.

Troy

From: Cam Bourque <cambel@telus.net>
To: Troy Brooks <trbrooks05@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: hmmm...

<pictures of fruit and mention of God, but no mention of who God is or how God saves those who love Him>

From: Troy Brooks

To: Cam Bourque

Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:00 PM

Subject: RE: hmmm...

Now bring it all back. Who is God? For there is none other. And there is no other name under heaven by which one can be saved. God did all He can do, now it is up to you in the choice that presented before you. Therefore, we are without excuse. Praise the Lord! Amen.
http://www3.telus.net/trbrooks/how_to_become_a_christian.htm

You must believe Jesus is God the Son. Jesus said:

“For unless you believe that I am He [God], you shall die in your sins” (John 8:24).

The Apostle Paul said about Jesus:

“Who, being in very nature God [Greek word is huparchon, which indicates before Jesus came to earth and after His birth, He was always and continuously existing in the form of God], did not consider equality with God something to be grasped” (Philippians 2:6).

Jesus said,

“He who has seen me has seen the Father” (John 14:9).

“Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am [God]” (John 8:58).

Here, Jesus was referring back to Exodus 3:10-15 where Moses was standing before God at the burning bush. Moses asked God for His name, “And God said to Moses, ‘I Am who I Am’; and He said, ‘Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, I Am has sent me to you.... This is my name forever and this is my memorial name to all generations.’” In John 8:58 Jesus was claiming to be the “I Am,” the very God who brought Moses and Israel out of Egypt.

In Matthew 25, Jesus claimed that He alone will come back at the end of the world and be the Judge of ALL men:

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him; He will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.”

For a man to be excluded from Heaven on the last day, all that will be needed is for Jesus to say, “I never knew you.”

“And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.” (Matthew 7:23).

In John 10:30-33, Jesus said,

“I and the Father are One [In Greek, “one” is neuter–not one person, or one in thinking, but one in essence or nature].’ The Jews took up stones again to stone Him. Jesus answered, ‘I showed you many good works from the Father, for which of these are you stoning me?’ The Jews answered Him, ‘For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy; and because you, being a man, make yourself out to be God.”

John 1:1-3; 14 says:

“In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.... And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

John 1:18:

“No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only [Jesus], who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.”

Mark 14:61,62:

“Again, the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, ‘Are you the Christ [the Messiah], the Son of the Blessed One [the Son of God]?’ And Jesus said, ‘I Am; and you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.’”

Matthew 20:28:

“The Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life a ransom for many.”

Mark 2:5,10,11:

“And Jesus...said to the paralytic, ‘My son, your sins are forgiven.’... But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,’ He said to the paralytic, ‘I say to you, “Rise, take up your pallet and go home.”’”

That’s why the Apostle Paul could say, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).