Men’s 3.0 Doubles – Rained Out!
12-17-2023 Rain, rain, go away! The weather was improving up until an hour before the tournament was scheduled to start but then the rains returned. We are washed out to some time in Feb 2024.
December 2023
Women’s 3.0 Doubles
12-10-2023 It was a beautiful but breezy Sunday for the Women’s 3.0 Tournament and we had a great turnout of 16 teams show up to play, including the last minute substitute team of Ilene Greenberg and Susan Murphy (many thanks!) and who nearly went all the way even though they never played together before. Lot’s
Mixed 3.0 Doubles
12-03-2023 Got back just in time to watch the conclusion of the Mixed 3.0 Doubles Tournament and I have to say, well done! Many first time participants cutting their teeth in a tournament. Hope to see you return in the next 2 weeks since Dec is pretty much 3.0 month. Today, Gold was claimed by
Thanksgiving Leftovers – Rained Out!
11-26-2023 The weather was grim the day after Thanksgiving and not even Ted with the Vaptr could get the courts dry enough to play. This game has been rescheduled to New Year’s Eve day.
Women’s 4.0 Doubles
11-19-2023 And the skies parted, and there was sun, glorious sun. What a beautiful day for the Women’s 4.0 Double Tournament and as expected, the play was exhilarating! Two teams made it through the first 5 games unscathed and the 3rd and 4th teams had only 1 loss each. Once again, the team of Kim
Men’s 4.0 Doubles
11-12-2023 It was a grey day and the heavens were already a little sad for all teams facing the team of Bob Hanna and Carl Marquess as they Kongquered all foes to claim the Gold. The duo reached the finals by defeating Chris Cho and Brian Lasky, 11-5, and then Tony Chiravolo and Scott Shore,
Mixed 4.0 Doubles
11-05-2023 What an amazing day of pickleball today at the King Kong Tournaments The Villages FL! The weather was nearly perfect for the 18 teams entering the squared circle. The top two teams went undefeated all the way into the finals and we had to go to a tie break to determine who would be
Halloween Monster (S)Mash
10-29-2023 What a spooktacular day for the Halloween Monster (S)Mash. We had 8 teams in the 3.0 bracket and 16 for 3.5/4.0 bracket square off and boy, there were some scary good games played. For the 3.0 bracket, it was the team of Pat Mailman and Snapper Mawby earned the Gold over Roger and Lynette
Men’s 3.5 Doubles
10-22-2023 It was another super Sunday for pickleball at Ezell and the King Kong Tournaments The Villages FL. It was a sweet 16 matchup and boy, was the play en fuego! After 5 rounds, there were 3 teams still unscathed and 2 teams losing only 1 game by 1 point, bringing the tiebreak system into
Mixed 3.5 Doubles
10-15-2023 Another great day of pickleball at the King Kong Tournaments The Villages FL. I wasn’t there but the word of the day apparently is “EPIC.” I’m sorry I didn’t witness it in person! Nevertheless, Kongrats to the Gold medal winners, Mark Montgomery and Kathy Pals for pulling off an EPIC 12-10 victory over Lori