{"id":23048,"date":"2020-09-21T17:53:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T22:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=23048"},"modified":"2020-09-21T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T15:14:07","slug":"league-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=23048","title":{"rendered":"League Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been totally slacking on the blog because I’ve been consumed with pickleball. We had our league finals this week at Chicken N Pickle. While I didn’t make my goal of winning all three of my leagues this session, I actually didn’t do too shabby. <\/p>\n

So I wrote about how Jimmy H and I won our Nahola league a few weeks ago<\/a>. I wanted to also win my Wednesday night competitive women’s doubles and Thursday night competitive mixed doubles leagues at Chicken N Pickle. Unlike the Nahola league, you have a permanent partner for the CNP leagues so I actually got team shirts made for us. I found this lady who does amazing customizations through a mutual friend. Her business is called Simply Charming Designs<\/a> and her work is awesome! <\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I got matching “Asian Invasion” shirts for me and my mixed partner Tom. I picked this team name since we are both Asian. We’re actually going to continue playing together this next session. Since it’s a Halloween league, we had to modify our team name a bit. Our official team name for this session is “Asian Invasion of the Pickle Snatchers” — so we can get more mileage out of our existing team shirts.<\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t really like playing in t-shirts so I always turn my shirts into tank tops or muscle shirts. Here’s a pic of me and my partner Tom. <\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our team name for women’s doubles is “Backhanded Compliments” so I got matching shirts for Renae and me from the same lady. Both shirts turned out fabulous! Anyway, before our maroon team shirts, we were wearing our tie dye CNP shirts that I’d gotten for us at the beginning of league. <\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I just love matching outfits! This is a group photo of us after the competitive women’s doubles league tournament championship match. Karen and Jenny (in the pink tanks) won our league. Renae and I came in second. <\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Even though we didn’t win, I still had a ton of fun. <\/p>\n

\"Untitled\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Karen and Jenny lost their first match so they came out of the opportunity bracket (it was a double elimination tournament format). Since Renae and I were undefeated in the winner’s bracket, even though we lost the best 2 out of 3 championship match, we had to play again. Karen and Jenny had to beat us in a game to 15 to win it all. <\/p>\n

The championship match was a bloodbath. Karen and Jenny played amazing and we couldn’t do anything. Here’s a video of that brutal championship match, in case you want to watch it. <\/p>\n