June 2023 recap

Thank you to ALL the participants Sunday for their attendance, it was another great tournament! I hope to see more former and "soon to be" Master's players who are included in this email at an upcoming tournament this year!

Thank you to Steve Devlin as always for supplying the setup equipment, very much appreciated!

Results:

1	Schmitt, Mike / Behrendt, Scott	Combined Age 109 years, 9 months, 29 days
2	Meier, Nick / Maxton, Patrick
3	Oosterbaan, Max / Young, Luke
4	Filarski, Ron / Grangaard, David
5	Engel, Erik / Prestegaard, Chris
5	Scott, Jason / Markley, Steve
7	Bremer, Brian / Pabellon, Dave
7	Gerami, Peter / Devlin, Steve

Roll Shots:

This will be a handful pf my observations/memories of the day, and my attempt at some humor-

• New player-  Thank you to Jason Scott for joining the tradition of The Master's after many years of playing with "Masters", glad to officially have you as part of the history! 

• Most Traveled - Another shout out to Jason Scott for flying into town from Florida to join the event. Honorable mention to Master's veteran Brian Bremer for making the 7 hour drive from his new home in the Upper Peninsula Michigan!

• Another Record Broken - Mike Schmitt defends his Master's Champion status and breaks his own record of most wins ever by taking his 21st victory! a record which I don't think will ever be broken, pretty amazing to witness!

• Another 1st - Scott Behrendt joins the LONG list of those who notch their first Masters victory with the all-time winningest, Mike Schmitt. Yep, you pretty much want to draw Mike at a Master's Tournament!

• Best Sportsman - This could be to everyone, but I've been known to throw my hat or visor over the years, however I witnessed Patrick Maxton treat his hat like a freshly laid egg and gently placed it in the sand!

• Photographer- Thanks to Patrick Maxton who has often generously shared his photography talents (I still need to get them loaded to the website) and captured some great moments at the Master's!

• Guest Photographer - Thanks to Dave Pabellon for stepping up to capture some Finals moments since the primary photographer is very frequently participating in the Finals as a player! 

• Crazy pool play - Clearly one pool was tougher than the other, one pool had all of the top 4 finishers, and the other pool had all of the bottom 4 finishers...weird!

• Most sweaty walking up - Ron Filarski wins this award, he peddled all the way to NAB from the south side. Adding insult to injury, he actually owns a "e-bike" that he planned to ride up, but said bike was found to unexpectedly have a flat tire Sunday morning!

• Best lines setup - Always Dave Grangaard, always very willing to do it, period. Thank You!

• Best timely block - Nick Meier for blocking the last shot of game 1 in the finals for the 22-20 victory!

More players needed: 

If you know a player that would enjoy playing with, and they comply with my "no assholes allowed" policy, please invite them! They will hopefully appreciate being a part of this tradition.