Wednesday, December 11, 2013
100 REASONS TO PLAY DOUBLES
Doubles 100 Tournament
~ starts Jan 7
In reality, there is only one real reason anyone would play squash: Because it’s AWESOME!! But, in case that isn’t
adequate, here is another just as exiting motive to get on court: the Doubles 100 Tournament! Back for its 7th
year, once again we will be running an A and a B draw. You all know how this
works by now: Simply, choose a playing partner so that your combined ages reach
at least 100 years. Draws will be a
knock-out format, so if you lose, you’re out. Matches are best of five games to
15 points, with no tie-break.
Sounds easy enough, but you will need to be quick in order
to find your appropriate team mate. This reminds me to mention to you that please, please, please, do not register
without one. Asking me to find a partner for you aged at least ‘x’, doesn’t
work very well. There will be absolutely no guarantee I can manage that.
Peter Logan and Patrick Petz have been runner-up the
past 2 years in the A draw, so I’m sure they’ll be looking at getting back in
the winner’s circle as they did in 2011. Or will they not be able to get over
the final roadblock? Last year, it was John
Dunwoody and Eric Green who
thwarted them, we’ll see if the same teams register and if that one extra year
has made any difference to their speed, skills, decision making, memories,
coordination, bed-time… ummm… what was I talking about….?
The B draw last year had Rich Stimson and Drew
Creamer taking the honors over Joe
Moran and Ken Katz in a tight 3-1 final. This was also Ken’s second
runners-up result – he lost a heart-breaker in 2011 18-17 in the 5th
– also with Joe as his partner. No doubt he’ll be even more determined to come
up trumps this time, but as we all know every year gets harder and harder. Will
some of the younger troop coming into the game burst his bubble? Tom MacEachern? Margi Scholtes? Andrew Spohn…
just name but a few?
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Fred Metry · 259 weeks ago
Marc Lakin · 250 weeks ago
Todd · 250 weeks ago
BBaker · 250 weeks ago
Thanks for the lesson guys!!
B
Ps...I wish I could return a serve!!!
Jedco · 223 weeks ago
This is Jed, If I had one question for MOHAMED EL SHORBAGY, it would be "Obviously you have heard of the 2016 Blue Chips, they may have been a bit of a Shooting star (rising to extreme glory quick and then calling it a career) if you will, but do you think they were the greatest doubles duo ever formed?"
Ryan here, if I had a follow up question to Jed's, it would be "I know that you are not a doubles player, but If given a 5 point lead in each game, could you and your brother, Marwan have taken 2 games off of The Blue Chips at their peak in 2016?"
Thanks for your time,
JEDCO
Paul Gormley · 207 weeks ago
MATTHEW TURNBULL · 173 weeks ago
Congratulations to the Legs Miserable teammates for a great season. Cheers!
Massimo Squillace · 167 weeks ago
MOHAMED EL SHORBAGY · 158 weeks ago
I never heard of the Blue Chips. I'm not sure why some random, unknown 2016 doubles team is relevant to the topic of DAC Boasters.
Thank you for your message.
P.S. JEDCO is #1
George Haggarty · 149 weeks ago
Kudos to you for another great blog and another fine tournament. Thanks to you and all the DAC staff for your hard work to make this event a success!
George
Todd S · 144 weeks ago
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