Deloitte Open Pickleball Tournament Underway
The 2023 Deloitte Open Pickleball Tournament got underway at Pomander Gate Tennis & Pickleball Club.
Ladies’ Doubles 3.5 & Above – straight to final [8 teams]
- Winners: Nancy Kempe / Sarah Fox defeated Dianne McLeod-Blais / Janice Bucci 15-4 in the final
- Semi-Finalists: Christine Todd / Sue Chiappa and Cathi McClure / Corey Masters-Brown
Men’s Doubles 3.5-3.99 [Group 1] – preliminary rounds [6 teams]
- Bill Bucci / Mike Burns – 5 wins
- Alvar Triana Zan / Abdul Basith – 4 wins
Men’s Doubles 3.5-3.99 [Group 2] – preliminary rounds [6 teams]
- Danny Fox / Dominic Powell – 4 wins
- Peter Illston / Mason Illston – 3 wins
- James Morgan / Stuart Brown – 3 wins
- Tie-breaker: Illston / Illston beat Morgan / Brown 11-3 in head-to-head
Ladies’ Doubles 3.49 & Below – straight to Semi-Final
Preliminary rounds [2 groups of 6]
- Angie Lodge / Alexis Lodge – 5 wins
- Christine Rodrigues / Tracy Shott – 4 wins
- Donna Heslop / Liana Carrick – 5 wins
- Sharon Andrews / Beth Gosling – 4 wins
Semi-Finals – one game to 15
- Sharon Andrews / Beth Gosling – 21 pts
- Angie Lodge / Alexis Lodge – 20 pts
- Donna Heslop / Liana Carrick – 20 pts
- Christine Rodrigues / Tracy Shott – 14 pts
- Tie-breaker for Finals: Lodge / Lodge beat Heslop / Carrick 11-9 in head-to-head
Men’s Doubles 3.49 & Below – preliminary rounds [10 teams]
- Doug Frith / Doug Hillen – 8 wins
- Paul Mosquera / Pierre-Charles Tiani – 7 wins
- Evan Heffernan / Numair Khan – 7 wins
- Terry Madeiros / John Stephens – 6 wins
- Tie-breaker: Mosquera / Tiani beat Heffernan / Khan 11-6 in head-to-head
