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 […]
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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,
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
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
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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
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
10-08-2023 Once again, the women did not disappoint and rocked Ezell at the 3.5 tournament today. Going into round 4, we still had 6 undefeated teams vying for a seat for the playoffs and, ironically, none of those 6 teams were scheduled to play each other for the next 2 rounds. It was looking like
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09-24-2023 It was a beautiful Sunday to end the final tournament of the Summer Series. 14 teams entered, including a few gold medalists from the PCVG 3.5 tourney in the mix with Steven Waxman, James Blaine Williams and Richard (Chris) Armstrong playing on different teams. Mark Montgomery, a previous medalist in another Summer tournament finally
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09-17-2023 OMG! If these ladies are 6.5, then I’m a horse’s a$$! What a fantastic Sunday of pickleball today! Way to go,ladies! In the gold medal match, team Kathy Edwards and Kaylene Engel prevailed over Mary Dalu and Michaele Bryant Danielson in a grueling 13-11 game, earning them the silver. In the bronze medal game,
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09-10-2023 It was a gorgeous day for a pickleball tournament and the Men 8.5 battled under blue skies and increasingly hot conditions. 18 teams entered and 2 emerged undefeated in the random play, followed by 2 more teams trailing only by 3 pts. In the wings were 4 more teams at 50! In the end,
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