2018 JIM POOLE CLASSIC

Feb 10, 2018, Mesa...

Maybe the biggest and baddest JIM POOLE CLASSIC yet! More than 80 players, including 21 kids under 13, participated in non-stop competition from 9am to 8pm. Players from Tucson and California also spiced up the action. There were lots of exciting, well-played matches!

The tournament started with 1/2 court singles, 7-point games-- with Neil Chen (Men), Lucy Timothy (HS Girls), Luke Wang (Kids/Boys), Kiseki Hashimoto (Kids/Girls), Sherry Yuan (Women), and Naren Koka (Master Men) winning each of their Singles draws (see photo at left, from left to right).

Then, all the Kids Doubles, HS Girls Doubles, Open Women and Men Doubles, and Master Women and Men Doubles filled the courts for the next 5 hours. Kids/Girls Doubles were won by Flora Tao/Mohitha Jayajaran; Kids/Boys Doubles by Arya Saravanan/Luke Wang; HS Girls Doubles by Payton Foti/Sidney Nguyen; Open Women Doubles by Jacky Myers/Theo Hashimoto; Master Women Doubles by Brenda Nguyen/Sherry Yuan; Open Men Doubles by Seigo Hashimoto/Ricky Nguyen; Master Men Doubles by Naren Koka/Doug Towne. Finally, to cap off the day was the Open Mixed and Master Mixed with Steve and Theo Hashimoto outlasting their competition for the Open Mixed title and Pedro Garcia-Flores/Jacky Myers winning the Master Mixed. There were also consolation for all the events. Great play, food and prizes, and lots of fun!