May 30 – Bright and early on Sunday morning, thirty Pickleball players at TT Chesapeake Bay gathered for the First Annual Memorial Day Pickleball Tournament at TT Chesapeake Bay!!
Tournament organizers, Mike and Michelle and Rick, planned a format based on four divisions – Championship, A, B, and C Divisions.
Before the Tournament, players had formed partnerships and the partnerships were “seeded” into the Championship Division. As players lost matches, they were moved into the various brackets. Players who did not lose a match remained in the Championship Division. Everyone was guaranteed to play three games.
These are the participants!
I think I got a picture of each partnership in action with a few extra of the Champions!!
Erik and partner.
Gilbert and Jason in action. Always a lot of action on their court!!
The girls play a good game.
Diane and Jack. Our first game was against them. We put up a good fight and had match point on our paddle a couple of times, but ultimately they won the match.
Linda and Joanne. Our second match was again them. We managed to pull it out.
Julie (hitting the ball) and her partner.
Krystal (in blue) and her sister-in-law, Diana. They cleaned our clock in our third match and we were out of the tournament!!
We didn't win anything, but we looked good!!! HA HA
Ken's son, Mike, and Eddie.
Mike R. and Wiggie.
Gilbert and Jason again. This time you can see their face.
Todd and his partner.
Tom and Amy.
Nate (hitting the ball) and his brother.
Scott (in white) and Jeffrey (Gilbert's grandson).
The Winners in each division won appropriate trophies. The Runner-Ups in each divisioin were given a jar of, what else??, PICKLES!!
Runner Ups in C Division, Julie (right) and partner.
Divisioin C Winners, Erik and partner.
Runner-Ups Division B, Krystal and Diana.
Division B Winners, Mike and Eddie. They had to laugh because their trophy read "Division B Winers"!!
Runner-Ups Division A, Gilbert and Jason.
Division A Winners, Nate and his brother.
Runner-Ups for the Championship, Diane and Jack!!
Champions of the First Annual Memorial Day Tournament, Karen and Austin!! Congratulations!!
The tournament was a huge success. THANK YOU, MIKE, MICHELLE, AND RICK for all your hard work in giving us such a great tournament!!!
Later that afternoon, there was a combined cook-out for Pickleball players and Horseshoe players because a number of participants play both sports.
At the picnic,Austin, the Pickleball winner, met the Horseshoe winner. It turned out the youngest and the oldest paticipants won in each event.
There will be another Pickleball Tournament over the Fourth of July weekend!! Youall Come!!
In the morning, we had some great Pickleball. You might recognize some of the players.
Later in the week, Karen and Tom invited the Pickleball group to their place for Happy Hour. Tom had prepared Bar-B-Q and everyone brought a side!! UUUMMMMM!!
Tracy and Jim. They are the ones who make the nice Pickleball name pins.
Bob and Deb
Jim and Marlene
Rich and Joan
Faye and Ken
Diane and Josh playing Ladder Ball
Erik, Jack, and Nate's Brother
Austin and his cousin
Ken took Josh for a ride in the golf cart
Our host and hostess!! Thanks Tom and Karen for a great time!!
Thank you, Marge, for all your help!! It was so much fun dancing with you!!!
Ken and Eddie enjoyed themselves with an inside joke!! 
