{"id":29226,"date":"2024-04-18T15:06:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29226"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:06:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T20:06:28","slug":"not-playing-running-tournaments-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=29226","title":{"rendered":"Not Playing, Running Tournaments Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been having all sorts of issues (pickleball elbow, yips, monovision issues, etc.) since the start of the year so I am kind of glad that I&#8217;m on a self-imposed break from tournaments. I can&#8217;t imagine how frustrated I would be if I were competing and had all the problems I&#8217;ve been having.  <\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I&#8217;m not playing as much because of (a) the issues I&#8217;ve been having with my arm and (b) I&#8217;m not really training for any upcoming tournaments (since I don&#8217;t have any this year) but I&#8217;m still around pickleball because I&#8217;m still organizing tournaments and facilitating events of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipicklenation.com\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPickle Nation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepickleclubwichita.com\"  rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Pickle Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few pictures from the St. Patty&#8217;s Day team pickleball tournament we had at the Pickle Club last month&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594773789\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594773789_540eb936e4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" alt=\"Group Photo\"\/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>We had six teams compete:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594783239\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594783239_32cdf86961.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Wu-Tang Clan\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wu-Tang Clan:<\/strong> Julie Pauly, Michelle Belew, Micah Jacques, and Matt Dutton<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594661108\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594661108_da69630aba.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Kitchen Killers\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kitchen Killers:<\/strong> Jonathan Thorne, David Thorne, Leila Loomis, and Isabela Bifano<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594773849\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594773849_61d08c71ef.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Smarties\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Smarties:<\/strong> Amanda Ades, Jared Smart, Lyle Smart, and Kendra Wicks<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594773859\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594773859_fc9601f24a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"The Young and the Ruthless\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Young and the Ruthless:<\/strong> Derek Pruett, Janelle Lindeman, Susie Ternes, and Devon Fuller<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594659253\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594659253_2bf1eda691.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Clover Gs\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clover Gs:<\/strong> Brandon Tran, Bee Bandasack, Karen Fox, and Reiko Trigo<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594899305\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594899305_50d79c19c9_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" alt=\"Better with Vetter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Better with Vetter:<\/strong> Steve Vetter, Jen Tiano, Monica McGehee, and Fin Tatum<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594899430\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594899430_1f69ea5d43.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Medalists\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tournament was MLP-style with pool play consisting of matches against every other team followed by a single-elimination bracket. The winners ended up being:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong> Wu-Tang Clan<br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> Better with Vetter<br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> The Young and the Ruthless<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/53594773844\/in\/photostream\/\"  title=\"Untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53594773844_bb57ec2940.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Fun Pic of Medalists\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was really fun to watch the matches. I&#8217;m grateful that even if I can&#8217;t play, I can still be around pickleball. Our community is the best!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been having all sorts of issues (pickleball elbow, yips, monovision issues, etc.) since the start of the year so I am kind of glad that I&#8217;m on a self-imposed break from tournaments. I can&#8217;t imagine how frustrated I would be if I were competing and had all the problems I&#8217;ve been having. Anyway, I&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2385,3419],"tags":[3137,3263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29226"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29226"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29231,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29226\/revisions\/29231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}