2017 JIM POOLE CLASSIC BADMINTON TOURNAMENT

February 11, 2017, Mesa...

As part of our AZBC 5th anniversary celebration, the annual 2017 JIM POOLE CLASSIC took place on Saturday, Feb 11 with about 60 entries competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles culminating with a special dinner at Lucille's BBQ Smokehouse with Jim Poole himself! Great prizes, food, tournament shirts and competition!

Highlights included Vaishnavi Koka taking the Women's Singles and Women's Doubles titles with partner Ashley Nam. Newcomer Nanyi Chen stormed through the draw to win the Men's Singles title. Tejas Asani and Van Ho won the Men's Doubles with a close win in the finals. Seigo Hashimoto and Sherry Yuan cruised to win the Mixed Doubles title. Chacko Kuruvilla won both the Masters Men's Singles and Masters Men's Doubles with partner Shawn McMillen.

Complete finals results... WS: Vaishnavi Koka def Gabrielle Nakada, 21-13; WS-Cons: Ekta Kulkarni def Caitlin Halim, 21-13; MS: Nanyi Chen def Seigo Hashimoto, 21-12; MS-C: Charles Wang def DJ Peters, 21-14; MMS: Chacko Kuruvilla def Warren Mee, 21-14; MMS-C: Roger Goettl def Stewart Schwartz, 21-13; WD: Vaishnavi Koka/Ashley Nam def Alexis Mee/Sherry Yuan, 21-7, 21-11; Gabrielle Nakada/Maggie Trias def Alex Corridan/Madi Duyck, 21-9, 21-12; MD: Tejas Ashani/Van Ho def Nanyi Chen/Surya Sarvajith, 24-22, 21-19; MD-C: Sean Carman/Dean Glazeski def Pik Kean/Mitch Nase, 17-21, 21-16, 24-22; MMD: Chacko Kuruvilla/Shawn McMillen def Andrew Pariva/Sameer Kulkarni, 21-15, 21-14; MMD-C: Sean Carman/Stewart Schwartz def Mike Hilliard/Dennis Sullivan, 21-10, 21-12; MX: Seigo Hashimoto/Sherry Yuan def Tejas Ashani/Priya Nair, 21-9; MX-C: Stewart Schwartz/Carrie Davis def DJ Peters/Amber Beeney, 21-9.