At the third time of asking (the first two attempts to run this mixed 8 competition having been called off because of rain and then delayed by winter weather), we had the inaugural running ot the Worldham Pickleball tournament. Here are the 8 competitors:
Don, Gill, Arthur, Emma, David, Rob, Tess, Rosie
Today's KIT had a bit of everything - except sunshine! Withdrawal because of injury, a few slips and falls in the matches, a last minute change of finalist due to exhaustion, and a shortening of the usual one-set final. The competition is nothing if not adaptable!
The participants today were:
Roger, David, Nial & Arthur + Rosie, Emma, Gill & Ailsa
It was great fun as usual and here are a few images from the morning's play:
Here are the players that made it through to the final:
Roger, Emma, Gill & Nial
Today was a little special as it was my 70th birthday! What better way to enjoy it than to play tennis with some lovely people in bright sunshine (though actually the bright sunshine proved to be a bit of a problem!).
To help celebrate I made a crostata - and the relevant numbers actually almost coincided, as this was the 67th time we have played for the trophy!
The competitors today were:
Rosie, Emma, Gill & Carey + David, Ken, Martin & Andy
..... and after the round robin matches, the final ended up as:
David & Emma v Martin & Gill
The final itself was of a very high quality with Martin & Gill winning by a score of 7-5
(it was only afterwards that Martin admitted to the fact that he got back yesterday from a tennis coaching holiday in Portugal!)
The winners - Martin & Gill
