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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08-27-2023 Absolutely EPIC!!! The 8.5 women put on a spectacular show, lasting 6 hrs in 100F heat index degree weather. Format for this contest was a little different as there were 15 teams signed up and I wanted each team to play at least 3 games so we tried a triple elimination bracket. Gold was
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08-20-2023 Spectacular day of play today at the Men’s Doubles Combined 7.5 Rating Tournament. There was no shortage of testosterone, with many games going 20+ minutes. In the end, the team of Tony Campbell and Rainer Badem claimed the Gold over Sean Donnelly and Mark Montgomery (Silver) 11-4 and Bronze went to Steven Waxman and
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08-06-2023 All I can say is, “Wow!” Truly some incredible play at the Women’s Doubles Combined 7.5 Ratings Tournament. Kongrats to Lori Mueller and Kim Buffington for going undefeated the whole way and taking home the Gold! Silver goes to Diane Tortorice and Lisa Farrell and Bronze to Melinda Mazo and Meta Smith. Honorable mention
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