Pardon me for the late update as I needed a beer or two after watching the Women give it their all at the Women’s Doubles, Age 64 and Younger Tournament today. And I’m sure all who played will be needing to rehydrate, not necessarily with beer, after playing 3+ hrs under our Florida summer sun!
12 teams entered but only 4 could move forward into the medal rounds. In the first half of the bracket, Robyn Cavallaro and Kim Buffington ran the table and went 5-0 in their bracket. Maureen Plainfield and Linda Cornn Sacre were tied with Diane Tortorice and Leah Tucker going into game 5, with Mo and Linda prevailing 11-5 to secure the second seed. In the bottom half of the bracket. Sue Wagstaff Larrow and Colleen Drury also ran the table to go 5-0 and Laura Mayes and Diane Fuleky clinched the second seed by going 4-1.
In the Finals, Robyn and Kim were all business and dispatched both Laura and Diane (11-3) and then Maureen and Linda (11-2) to capture the Gold. Mo and Linda earned the Silver by out lasting Sue and Linda, 11-5. In the Bronze, the heat finally claimed Sue and Colleen as they had to withdraw after going down 3-4 to Laura and Diane.
There were some really spectacular games played today and I hope that came through on the live stream. We’ll have to see what the GoPro captured as it cut out a couple of times during tournament.
Give everyone a big hand for coming out to play and watch and Kongrats to all the medalists. Thanks once again to Chas Popplestone and Gavin Mason for volunteering and managing the scoreboard, and of course, David Moon Toomey for keeping the team fed with burgers!
Up Next:
- Men’s Doubles, Age 65 and Older, 7/28 (signup is live!)
- Men’s Doubles, Age 64 and Younber, 8/4 (signp goes live, 7/23 @8:30p)
- Pickle N’ Poker Palooza-Morning Crew, 8/2 (signup is live!)
- Pickle N’ Poker Palooza-Night Owls, 8/.16 (signup is live!)
Here is the link to photos:
And here is the link to playlist on the YT channel where you can find the full live stream and the following games captured on the GoPro from Court 9. I did have some malfunctions and lost some of the games.
- Game 1 (0:00:00) – Laura Mayes and Diane Foley v Sue Larrow and Colleen Drury
- Game 2 (0:19:45) – Nancy Summers and Nancy Walker v Sue Larrow and Colleen Drury
- Game 3 (0:41:28) – Nina Riley and Wendy Bledsoe v Sue Larrow and Colleen Drury (camera stopped recording after the time out by Sue and Colleen at 4-5-1 and I didn’t notice until the next game)
- Game 4 (0:51:19) – Janice Capdepon and Jen Hill v Nancy Summers and Nancy Walker
- Game 5 (missed) – Laura Mayes and Diane Fuleky v Nina Riley and Wendy Bledsoe (I did not realize the camera had already cutoff due to heat and this game got missed)
- Semis (1:13:12) – Sue Larrow and Colleen Drury v Maureen Plainfield and Linda Sacre (camera died due to heat at 4-0-2 with Mo about to serve)