THE DOUBLES FINALS
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) CHARLIE BRUMFIELD / STEVE LERNER / CHRIS
CROWTHER / AND MARTY HOGAN.
PRO-PADDLEBALL…PORTLAND
THE SECOND EVENT ON THE PRO-PADDLEBALL TOURNEYS WAS HELD IN PORTLAND, OREGON ON JUNE 7TH & 8TH. THIS EVENT WAS PLAYED WITH PADDLES AND A RACQUETBALL. THE MATCHES WERE TO 15 POINTS WITH TIEBREAKER TO 11. THERE WERE BOTH SINGLES AND DOUBLES EVENTS.
THE DOUBLES EVENT DREW 7 TEAMS. FOUR OF THE TEAMS WERE TRADITIONAL
PADDLEBALL PLAYERS / FOUR WERE FROM THE LEGENDS
RACQUETBALL TOUR. IN THE FIRST ROUND IT WAS TRADITIONAL PADDLEBALL
PLAYERS WINNING ALL THE WAY…WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARTY HOGAN
AND STEVE LERNER BEATING THE TEAM OF RICHARDS/BRENNEMAN. IN THE
SEMI-FINALS CHARLIE BRUMFIELD AND HIS PARTNER CHRIS CROWTHER DEFEATED
WISNIEWSKI/CZABALA 15-5 / 15-10. IN THE OTHER HALF HOGAN/LERNER
DEFEATED MITCHELL/FLORENCE 15-12 / 6-15/11-5. THE FINALS CAME
DOWN TO A VERY EXCITING MATCH UP. BRUMFIELD AND CROWTHER WON THE
FIRST GAME 11-15…THEN THINGS GOT REALLY SERIOUS. HOGAN AND
LERNER REALLY TURNED IT ON TO WIN THE 2ND GAME 15-10. THE TIE-BREAKER
WAS AN UNBELIEVEABLY LONG AND HARD GAME HOGAN AND LERNER EVENTUALLY
WON 11-8.
THE SINGLES PLAY DREW 13 PLAYERS. AGAIN, THE MIX WAS ALMOST EVEN BETWEEN TRADITIONAL PADDLEBALL PLAYERS AND PRO RACQUETBALL PLAYERS. IN THE SINGLES THE RESULTS WERE MORE EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING WITH P-BALL AND R-BALL PLAYERS BOTH WINNING IN THE FIRST ROUND. WHEN IT CAME TO THE SEMI-FINALS YOU HAD AN EVEN SPLIT WITH CHRIS CROWTHER (RIVERSIDE CA) VS REUBEN GONZALEZ (NY) IN THE TOP HALF AND MARTY HOGAN (ST. LOUIS,MO) AND MIKE WISNIEWSKI (BAY CITY, MI) IN THE BOTTOM HALF. MARTY BEAT THE WIZ IN SOME TOUGH GAMES (15-8 / 9-15 / 11-7). CHRIS CROWTHER WAS UNSTOPPABLE BEATING REUBEN 15-3 AND 15-0. MARTY HOGAN HAD TO FORFIET TO CHRIS IN THE FINALS.
IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND GENERATED A LOT OF INTEREST IN BOTH PRO-PADDLEBALL AND TRADITIONAL PADDLEBALL. THE NPA WEBSITE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE GAME SINCE THE TOURNEY.
THE NEXT EVENT WILL BE HELD IN RIVERSIDE, CA ON SEPTEMBER 5TH THROUGH 7TH. IN THIS EVENT THERE WILL BE SINGLES RACQUETBALL (THE LEGENDS TOUR). SINGLES TRADITIONAL PADDLEBALL. AND SINGLE PRO-PADDLEBALL. WITH ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE TRADITIONAL PADDLEBALL TALENT IN THE SAN DIEGO/RIVERSIDE AREA THIS SHOULD BE THE BEST EVENT YET.
THE DOUBLES FINALS
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) CHARLIE BRUMFIELD / STEVE LERNER / CHRIS
CROWTHER / AND MARTY HOGAN.
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