Geelong (Pickleball) Cup

Wednesday, October 23rd 2024

Well, the Geelong Pickleball Cup for 2024 is a wrap, and while most of us wouldn't be able to compete with the jockeys that were in action on ONESMOOTHOPERATOR, INTERPRETATION, MURAMASA and, my personal favourite, MISTER WOLFGANG, the 29 players that attended the inaugural Geelong Pickleball Cup would have shown those jockeys a thing or two with their paddles.

After all players had battled it out over 2 hours in 9 rounds of randomly paired doubles, the scores were added, numbers were crunched and the top 8 players in each group were put into semifinal matches, with the players in position 1 and 2 teaming up against those in position 7 and 8, and 3 + 4 versing 5 + 6. The winners of those semifinals then played for gold, while the losing teams played off for the bronze medal:

Pos Relative Score Name
1 925 Leigh Dunn
2 922 Jenny Climas-Dockhorn
3 887 Stephanie Harris
4 882 Andy Butson
5 802 Kathryn Baker
6 782 Jos Kurrle
7 777 Peta Timothee
8 775 Annie Madden
9 716 Michelle Williamson
10 694 Petty Do
11 544 Leonie Amerena
12 528 Darlene Armstrong
13 439 Saskia Stomps
14 395 Fiona Dyson
Pos Relative Score Name
1 987 Rohan Greaves
2 950 Lisa Smith
3 914 Rob Leith
4 848 Chris Tribe
5 843 Patrick Dockhorn
6 827 Peter Kelly
7 769 Kelvin Dyson
8 738 Jack Spencer
9 701 Matthew Gillet
10 604 Brendan McFarlane
11 537 Stuart Dickinson
12 537 Steve Randall
13 411 Paul Collinson
14 357 Ming Chan
15 333 Jim Brown
In the women's doubles Leigh and Jenny persevered to win gold in a tightly won (12:10) match against Kathryn and Jos, with Peta and Annie taking out bronze.
In the men's doubles, Peter and Patrick just pipped Lisa (who had volunteered to compete with the men) and Rohan at the post to win 12:10, with Chris and Rob taking out bronze.

See you all again at the Y soon!