{"id":12719,"date":"2026-10-21T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=12719"},"modified":"2026-10-25T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:20:45","slug":"rspa-sets-centennial-celebration-for-the-world-racquets-conference-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/rspa-sets-centennial-celebration-for-the-world-racquets-conference-in-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"RSPA Sets Centennial Celebration for the World Racquets Conference in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RSPA100-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RSPA100-300x247.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RSPA100-200x165.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/RSPA100.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>RSPA100<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORLANDO, FL<\/strong> &#8211; The Racquet Sports Professionals Association (RSPA) announces that it will celebrate its 100th anniversary at the World Racquets Conference 2027 (WRC27) in Orlando, September 19 &#8211; 23, 2027. The RSPA traces its roots to September 21, 1927, when a small group of coaches met in Philadelphia to form an association devoted to their profession. Over the past century, the RSPA has grown from that gathering into a global community of racquet sports professionals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a milestone event that took incredible courage to improve the livelihood of a fledgling profession,\u201d said John R. Embree, Interim CEO of RSPA.<\/p>\n<p>WRC27 will serve as the centennial\u2019s centerpiece. Attendees can expect a look back at RSPA\u2019s history along with a forward-looking program that rings in the next century of the profession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWRC27 will be our birthday party, our reunion, and our chance to look back with pride while also looking to the next 100 years,\u201d Embree said.<\/p>\n<p>The RSPA is encouraging members to plan early by bringing colleagues and staff, reconnecting with longtime friends, and building the conference into their 2027 calendars and budgets. Centennial activities will continue throughout 2027, with more details to be announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ORLANDO, FL<\/strong> &#8211; The Racquet Sports Professionals Association (RSPA) announces that it will celebrate its 100th anniversary at the World Racquets Conference 2027 (WRC27) in Orlando, September 19 &#8211; 23, 2027. The RSPA traces its roots to September 21, 1927, when a small group of coaches met in Philadelphia to form an association devoted to their profession. Over the past century, the RSPA has grown from that gathering into a global community of racquet sports professionals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[699],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12721,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719\/revisions\/12721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}