The Second Annual Fox Cities Indoor
Pickleball Championship
Sponsored by the Appleton YMCA
Sponsored by the Appleton YMCA
Men's Division:
The competition was fierce and close. We
nearly had a three-way tie because there was only a two-point difference between first and third in the men's
finals.
Brian Driscoll emerged as the champion with 30 points in the final round, followed closely by Al Parker with 29 and Derek Wroblewski with 28. Pat Buzza took the fourth spot. Derek and Pat were the 1-2 finishers in the qualifying rounds with records of 6-1 and 5-2 respectively.
Brian Driscoll emerged as the champion with 30 points in the final round, followed closely by Al Parker with 29 and Derek Wroblewski with 28. Pat Buzza took the fourth spot. Derek and Pat were the 1-2 finishers in the qualifying rounds with records of 6-1 and 5-2 respectively.
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| Brian
Driscoll, our 2017 Fox Cities Indoor Champion |
Finalists (left to right) Pat
Buzza (4th), Brian Driscoll (1st), Al Parker
(2nd). Not pictured: Derek Wroblewski (3rd) |
Women's Division:
The last game of the final round
represented an unbelievable comeback for champion Pam
Dellise. She came into the game behind by eight
points, therefore could not win unless she defeated
the leader at that point, Sue Bodilly, and the top
seed from the qualifiers (Trish Liethen) by a score of
11-2 or better. She actually went one better than
that. She and her partner, April Hassell, won that
game 11-1. That game made the final standings almost as close as
they were in the men's division. Pam won with 25
points, Sue scored 23, and April was just behind them
with 22.
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| The women's finalists (left to
right): Sue Bodilly (2nd), Pam Dellise (1st),
April Hassell (3rd), Trish Liethen (4th) |
The complete results of the qualifying and
final rounds can be found here.