Members of the Angel Fire Pickleball Club have been attending tournaments this summer and representing well!

Here is a link to the tournament results.  Participating from Angel Fire were Debra Davis and Jamie Elliott in the women’s 4.0 division.  And apparently Bubba provided helping hands.  Way to represent Angel Fire!

Click here to see the results.

Our own Rick Hooker participated in the Huntsman World Senior Games October 12-16.  The Games offered 28 different sports to more than 10,500 athletes from all 50 of the United States and from 19 different countries. It is a phenomenal event.

Registration for pickleball filled 500 slots in three days!  In the end, there were 548 players and 1398 matches!

Click here to see a video recap of the action courtesy of the Pickleball Channel!

We got to see lots of our pickleball friends from NM and Colorado.  Here’s a photo with the NM contingent:

Don and Vicki Noakes, Rick, Nabil Merhi and Leanne Smith.  They all represented well!

The Albuquerque Tournament was held on September 18th-20th with singles, men’s doubles and women’s doubles along with mixed doubles matches.  Approximately 130 players from NM, AZ, CO, and TX. Angel Fire had 8 players participating.

• Brian Nystrom gold in men’s singles 3.5
• Penny Gentile gold in women’s 4.0
• Rick Hooker and partner Elijah Dee won bronze in men’s doubles 4.0.
• Penny Gentile and Debra Davis won gold in women’s 4.0
• Penny Gentile and partner Elijah Dee won bronze in mixed doubles 4.0.
• Also participating from Angel Fire were Claudette Maitland, Shirley Rabuck, Jamie Elliott and Bubba Davis.

Our friend Judy from the NMPA Board – New Mexico Pickleball Association – ABQ Chapter compiled the results from all of the New Mexico participants.  Thanks for sharing!  And we reiterate our congratulations to all of the participants.

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Congratulations to all 18 participants from New Mexico (Albuquerque, Angel Fire, and Santa Fe) who competed in the Great Plains Regional Tournament in Colorado Springs, September 9-12.
Wishing a speedy recovery to Steven Paull who was not able to participate due to an injury.

Participants and Medal Winners:

Bud Schwartz – Bronze, mixed, 55+, 3.5
Dennis Runyan – Bronze, MD, 65+, 4.0; Gold, mixed, 70+, 4.5
Elijah Dee – Gold, mixed,35+, 4.0; Silver MD, 35+, 4.0
Jim McPherson – Gold, mixed, 75+, 4.0; Gold MD, 75+, 4.0
Judy Aron – Silver, WD, 65+, 4.0
Judy Griffin – Gold, mixed, 75+, 4.0; Gold, singles, 75+, 3.5
Larry Burke – Gold, singles, 65+, 3.0
Larry Lite – MD, 65+, 4.0; mixed, 65+, 4.0; MD 60+, 4.0
Linda Valencia – Silver, mixed, 60+, 3.5
Micheline Runyan – Silver, WD, 70+, 3.0; Gold, mixed 70+, 3.0
Nabil Merhi – Gold, singles, 60+, 5.0; Silver, MD, 60+, 4.5; Gold, mixed, 60+, 5.0
Penny Gentile – Gold, WD, 35+, 4.0; Gold, mixed, 35+, 4.0; Silver, singles, 35+, 4.0
Ram Pereyra – Gold, MD, 65+, 3.5
Randy Gibson – Silver, mixed, 60+, 3.5
Ray Thomas – Silver, MD, 65+, 4.0
Rick Hooker – Silver, singles,60+, 3.5
Virgie Henderson – Silver, WD, 65+, 4.0

Congratulations to Gretchen, Brian, Buddy and Rick who all qualified for the New Mexico Senior Olympics at the Albuquerque tournament on March 27 and 28.  And thanks to our friends in Albuquerque for putting on a fun and well-run tournament!

Overall results as communicated by Gary Rutherford:

​​Congrats to all the participants of the Senior Olympics at Manzano Mesa. Special thanks to Mo and Randy, Gretchen, Dale and the other tournament organizers/communicators. Also, to all those who reffed (there were many of you) and manned the desk (Mo, Shirley, Belinda). The results are:
Womens singles:             Mens singles:
50-54
gold Joyce Helgeson       Brian Nystrom
55-59
gold Mo Wright                Tony Teague
silver Randy Wright

60-64
gold Gail Gourley             Rick Hooker
silver                                Gopal Rao
bronze                              Bud Schwartz

65-69
gold Dale Reynolds          Ram Pereyra
silver                                 Jim Garrison

70-74
gold                                   John Lopez

75-79
gold Penny Dever-Reynolds

80-84
gold Louise Kiss

Womens doubles Mens Doubles
50-54
gold Helgeson/Kane
silver Bemis/Corrales
bronze Denman/Gourley
55-59
gold Gutierrez/Martinez Wright/Ashmore
silver Gonzalez/Teague
60-64
gold Miranda/Burns Paull/Chavez
silver Sedillo/Wantuck Schwartz/Hooker
bronze Pruess/Childs Rao/Rutherford
65-69
gold Warrender/Allen Pereyra/Salm
silver Reynolds/Dever-Reynolds Lopez/Garrison
70-74
gold Kiss/Herron Jones/Gilbert
75-79
gold Mills/Sandoval

MIXED DOUBLES
50-54
gold Helgeson/Pereyra
silver Bemis/Rao
bronze Denman/Schwartz
55-59
gold Teague/Martinez
silver Wright/Wright
60-64
gold Burns/Paull
silver Miranda/Martinez
bronze Wantuck/Chavez
65-69
gold Allen/Jones
70-74
gold Yamada/Dever-Reynolds
75-79
gold Wellner/Sandoval

GREAT TOURNAMENT-GARY