Y’s Men Pickleball Tournament at Chicken N Pickle
Posted on July 28, 2023 by Ching under Events, Pickleball.
Here are a few pics from the Y’s Men pickleball tournament at Chicken N Pickle a couple of weeks ago. As charity tournaments go, this is a pretty good one because Scott Wolford organizes it and he makes it as close as possible to a real tournament format — double elimination with best 2 out of 3 games to 11 in the main bracket and then one game to 15 in the consolation bracket.
Besides the format, the competitive group (social is in the afternoon) in the morning draws some of the best players in town. So, unlike other charity tournaments where you don’t even break a sweat, you really get a good challenge when you play in this one. For instance, our first round match was against the Sagers (above). After losing that match in three games, we went into the back draw (aka opportunity bracket) and played Susie Ternes and Matt Von Feldt (below).
Chris Wilson and I hadn’t played together in some time because we’ve been playing with other partners. It was fun reuniting for this event.
We were 2-2 for the day but I felt that we played pretty well and I had a great time. I live-streamed the matched on court 3 that morning, which you can rewatch here.
Here are some timestamps:
- 0:35 Daniel Nguyen and Fong Witte defeated Scott Wolford and Jen Tiano (main draw)
- 1:05 Zach Nguyen and Ling Wei Kong defeated Daniel and Fong (main draw)
- 2:00 Ching and Chris Wilson defeated Daniel and Fong (backdraw)
- 2:35 Katie Merrill and Ramon Lozano defeated Ching and Chris (backdraw)
- 3:08 Dave and Lori Belew defeated Nathan Peters and Jenny Cole (winner bracket final)
- 3:45 Scott Wolford (filling in for Zach because he had to leave) and Ling Wei defeated Nathan and Jenny (backdraw)
- 4:05 Championship Match between Scott and Ling Wei vs the Belews
Scott and Ling Wei had to beat the as yet undefeated Belews twice because they were coming from the back draw. Incidentally, Scott was paired with Jen (Tiano) and they were eliminated prior but then Zach who was paired with Ling Wei had to leave early so then Scott end up filling in for their final matches. He could since his team was already knocked out.
Scott and Ling Wei won the championship match by first winning the best 2/3 match and then also the game to 15.
Congrats to the champs and thank you to everyone who played (not sure how many played in the social tournament in the afternoon but competitive had 16 teams that morning).
Thank you to Scott and the Y’s Men for putting this tournament on and giving Chris and I a reason to throw it back. Until next year!
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