The Pickle Jar
August 11 - 15
This will another quick post. Mom & Dad Storage and Moving Company needs to finishing up organizing and loading phase 2 of moving the daughter to Delaware County. BTW, Mom and Dad Cleaning Company got an A+ from property management at the old residence. So let's get the squirrels sprinting in their wheels and take off for the Pickleverse.
One Day Fun Day - Congratulations to State College YMCA for winning the team trophy. In the 3.0 bracket, Sara Lee and Michael won gold. In the 3.5 bracket Amy and Kyle grabbed silver, and in the 4.0 bracket Tina R. and LT won bronze. In their team winning effort the State College Y grabbed gold in the 3.5 bracket (Megan H. and Austin S.) and gold in the 4.0 bracket (Mitus and Ian J.). As of right now, the tournament director is considering moving the team competition to be part of Dinking In The New Year. More as that develops. Podium shots of the winners are on the Tournaments page.
Johnstown YMCA Dogwood Tournament - Congratulations to Michael F. and Tina R. for a gold medal showing in the 3.0 bracket. Your humble blogger and his ever fashion forward partner, Sara Lee, had a very strange day in a 4th place finish. We scored the only 11-0 pickle of the tournament on a team that beat one team that beat us. We had l3 games we had leads in and then lost, and the point differential in the 2 games against the gold and silver medal teams was 4 points.
Show Me The Money - In October, in Johnstown there will be a Dink For Pink tournament with cash prizes instead of medals. Often cash prizes are offered to 4.0 or 5.0 competitor bracket but the folks at Westmont Rec and going big and will have cash prizes for all brackets. The amount for each team goes $150 - $100 - $50. For more information about this tournament see the attached flyer. When I asked how they intended to prevent sandbaggers I was told they would be looking at DUPR ratings and other past tournament experiences.
State College YMCA Dink for Pink - the local Dink for Pink at the State College Y will be in September. It is a bit of a different format and limited entries so follow this link for more information (scroll to the bottom section of the page): State College Y Dink for Pink
Friendsville Tournament - One last tournament to mention and this one will be next weekend so registration is about to close. So act quickly if you are interested. For more information follow this link: Friendsville, MD Tournament
As promised, an expedited edition. The links for indoor play are below. Have a great week and I hope to see you on the court.
C3 Sports: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4BA5AA28AB9-57857944-c3pickleball
The Centre: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0B4BA5AA28AB9-57857962-nvsc
Randy Hoffman