2018 SMASH BASH DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

Sep 8, 2018, Mesa...

The 26th annual SMASH BASH DOUBLES BADMINTON TOURNAMENT displayed, yes, SMASHES, SMASHES and more SMASHES (along with 1000s of all the other shots)! 99 participants battled their way through doubles and mixed events for kids, high school players, adults and seniors. We even had a "Young & Old Men Doubles" and a "Young & Old Mix Mash." There was only 2 double winners in the whole tournament: Theo Hashimoto with her husband, Steve Hashimoto, in the Open Mixed and with Hitomi Sato in the Open Women Doubles; Steve also won the Young & Old Men Doubles with Chacko Kuruvilla.

Steve & Theo Hashimoto after defeating Marsha Morris & Doug Towne in a tough 3-game final for the Open Mixed title... 13-21, 21-15, 21-19 (photo from Doug Towne)

Here is the list of event champions:

KIDS DOUBLES: Michelle Chen/Flora Tao; KIDS MIXED: Palash Kubsad/Pravindi Gurusinghe

VARSITY GIRLS DOUBLES: Maddie Dines/Taylor Dines; JV GIRLS DOUBLES: Nikhita Jayaraj/Rujuta Sane

OPEN WOMEN DOUBLES: Theo Hashimoto/Hitomi Sato; OPEN MEN DOUBLES: Seigo Hashimoto/Alvin Si

YOUNG & OLD MEN DOUBLES: Steve Hashimoto/Chacko Kuruvilla; HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DOUBLES: Michael Liang/Kevin Shang

OPEN MIXED DOUBLES: Steve & Theo Hashimoto; YOUNG & OLD MIX MASH: Aaron Schneider/Sherry Yuan