January 29, 2009 - Arrived on the sidewalk near TT Park in Palm Springs. We got a good site in the Park on the 30th. We are situationed in site 86. This is the first time in this site.
We have been doing some practicing for the big Tournament which actually started today the 5th of Feb. at 8 AM. Today was men's singles and ladies doubles. We actually had a total of 173 people entered in this tournament. When the dust all settled today we had a total of two medals, one silver and one bronze. Ione played with Carol Haworth and they did very well after having a bye for the first round. Then they had an easy match with a couple of ladies they didn't know. then they played Sandra Clark and Judy Davis. They are a team that are hard to beat. So they went out and beat them in three games. Then the Clark/Davis team they came back up through the loser's bracket and ended up beating Ione & Carol. They got beat in a two out of three match. Then since now both teams had one lose they had to play a 15 point game. Well things didn't go well and they got beat and ended up with Silver which isn't all bad.
I had some good matches in my singles and won my first game, lost my second and then won two more and then played for bronze which was with Don Walker. I didn't do real well and got beat by a 15-9 score. So that send Don to the Gold/Silver match. Then Don got beat by Peter in the Championship match.
Arrived home about 4:30, after stops at a restaurant for food and Trader Joe's. We also came back to a messy yard as the wind is really blowing. That's it for today. More will be coming tomorrow from Palm Desert Pickleball tournament.
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