2022 AZBC HOLIDAY FUN BOWL

Sat, Dec 10, 2022, Mesa...

The 10th Annual HOLIDAY FUN BOWL saw 50 fun-loving competitors burning up the courts all day Saturday. Starting with a "warm-up" half-court mini-tournament separated into boys and girls draws, playing 7-point games, IJ Curilan won the boys' division, and Neha Shakir won the girls' division. The rest of the action was divided into 5 doubles events: KIDS, HS/COLLEGE, OPEN WOMEN, OPEN MEN, SENIOR, each with consolation. The biggest divisions this year were the KIDS and HS/COLLEGE. The match of the tournament was the OPEN MEN's Finals ending with a 25-23 final game see-saw battle with very high level play between the eventual Champions, Anthony Phillips and Aaron Romualdez edging Seigo and Steve Hashimoto. All the winners are as follows:

KIDS DOUBLES: Shreya Deshpande/Ishaan Pawar def. Aarohi & Aarav Deshmane; 22-20, 21-19

CONS: Prapanj Suresh/Aditya Ghatigar def. Madison Sue/Sunan Zang; 21-8, 21-11

HS/COLLEGE DOUBLES: Nihira Sane/Karthik Raman def. Athish Mahesh/Shaayaan Soni; 21-16, 21-19

CONS: Lin Yi-Chen/Tsai Lilun def. Shreya Deshpande/Aarohi Deshmane; 13-21, 21-12, 21-17

OPEN WOMEN DOUBLES: Mai Le/Jolene Liu def. Fion Huang/Sherry Yuan; 17-21, 15-11 w/o

CONS: Carol Liu/Nihira Sane def. Samyuktha Kandala/Shreya Deshpande; 21-4, 21-2

OPEN MEN DOUBLES: Anthony Phillips/Aaron Romualdez def. Seigo & Steve Hashimoto; 21-14, 25-23

CONS: Chacko Kuruvilla/Thinh Nguyen def. Athish Mahesh/Shaayaan Soni; 21-14, 21-16

SENIOR DOUBLES: Anthony Phillips/Steve Hashimoto // Guy Chadwick/Seigo Hashimoto CO-CHAMPIONS

CONS: Chacko Kuruvilla/SiddKavuri def. Carol Liu/Jolene Liu; 21-7, 21-9