As you all know yesterday was Mother’s Day and that most probably accounted for the fairly low attendance of the Marin tournament.
In spite of this, eight select triplettes trekked to our field and they were:
- Henry Wessel/Calvert Barron/Sandra Shirkey
- Jean-Michel Poulnot/J-C Etallaz/Dello Cueno
- Bob Crossley/Akira Okawa/ Stephan
- Hans Kurz/Honor Woodard/Dave Katz
- Patrick Vaslet/Shannon Bowman/Hallie
- Charlie Davantes/ Brigitte Moran/Herb Moran
- Peter Mathis/Wolfie Kurz/David Lanter
- Teri Sirico/Nancy Jencks/ Evan Falcone
Marin fielded only 2 teams.
Personally, I declined to play due to a stubborn backache. To remain in your good graces, I endeavored to take plenty of photographs. I hope that you will like them.
Sunday morning was unusually chilly with a cold wind that persisted until late in the afternoon.
The field was impeccably groomed due I surmise to Henry Wessel and Calvert Barron, Mark and Sandra Shirkey and as always Charlie Davantes.
In the absence of our president who is at the moment gallivanting in France, Mark Shirkey (vice-president) carried the atomic football and ran the tournament with the help of Liv Kraft.
Two games were played before lunch, followed by elimination games in the afternoon. Sonoma fielded two very strong teams while Marin did its best to fight the intruders with weaker forces.
Both Sonoma teams reached the finals and ultimately the Mathis team prevailed over the Vaslet team by 13/8. A very honorable loss.
Both teams played very well, but Sonoma fielded stronger artillery.
The 3rd place was highly contested with finally the Sirico team prevailing over the Kurz team by a very slight margin.
Final scoreboard:
1st place: Peter Mathis/Wolfie Kurz/David Lanter
2nd place: Patrick Vaslet/Shannon Bowman/Hallie Cohen
3rd place: Teri Sirico/Nancy Jencks/ Evan Falcone
4th place: Hans Kurz/Honor Woodard/Dave Katz
Alain ?
To look at photos of this event, click on the “My Photos” link located on the right side of this page. For best viewing, go Full Screen. No more music, sorry.