Round Robin News - March 2026
Championships
2.7
The 2.7RR Championship Match was held on March 18, 2026. The contestants were: Kim Friend and Mike Tindall against Kim Cole and Gary Palmer.
Kim Friend and Mike Tindall won the match with a score of 15 to 9. Gary Palmer had a successful ATP (Around The Pole) shot!!!
3.0
Paul Colella and Alissa Montoya (on the left in the group pic) took on Becky Ullyot and Alan Campbell in our Championship in 90 degree heat on Mar 20. Honorable mention to Joe Munoz and Linda Worland, who qualified but were unable to stay for the Championship game. It was a long game with many side-outs, and while Paul and Alissa were ahead 8-1 at the court switch, Alan and Becky came back strong, but ultimately with a final score of 15-11, Paul and Alissa are our March champions!
3.2
It was a hard-fought win in the 3.2 Round Robin March championship game. We had a lot of promotions this time, some that scored well enough to play in the championship, but didn't qualify since they just started with the 3.2 group. We have high hopes they will be in the championship in the near future.
The top four qualifying players were Bill Murphy, Kevin Michels, Andria Gregory and Ken Ernst. Kathy Hill kept score of the game and Jamie Coffin was our photographer.
Bill and Kevin quickly got to 11 points, but Andrea and Ken played a great game to close in on them. In the end, Bill and Kevin pulled ahead and closed out the game with a 15-11 victory.
3.5
The top players in this month’s round robin were Felecia Rachner, Mark Pickerel, David Perry and tied for fourth Gail Raney and Beckie Simmie with Beckie winning the random draw to play in the match.
For the first half of this 22 minute battle, Felicia and Beckie showed no mercy towards their opponents. They rocketed out of the gates, securing an 8-1 lead before changing sides. The ladies continued their strong performance leading 12-5, but the guys slowly began to narrow the gap, where at 15, they were only a point behind at 14-15. Due to the current PPA “win by 2” rule for championship games, play continued. Neither team gave up and after numerous side outs the score stalled at 17-17. Finally, after a quick timeout, Mark and David pulled away to win this 19-17 thriller. Our regular 3.5 championship game observers all agreed that this was one of the most fearsome fought matches that they could remember.
A special shout out goes to our amazing referee, Alison “eagle eye” Johnson, for keeping things fair and official throughout the match, along with Gail Raney and Steve Anderson for helping as line judges. Nothing got by Alison, foot faults and all.
3.6
We had a great championship match with newly promoted Theo Misbach being the 1# seed with 65 points. He was teamed with 4th seed Bill Friend. They played Jim Ray and Brian Baucher with the lead going back and forth between both teams until the very end when Jim and Brian pulled ahead to win 15-12.
3.75+
On a very warm minimal wind day the top four scores for the day were determined by only five games played with each person having a bye. Ten players voted to shorten the games as there would of been 8 games to be played plus a championship. The majority was in favor of shortening the number of games to 5.
Daniel Castro volunteered to Ref the match, take photos and notes for this article as Barry was playing.
The fortunate four were Steve Joannes and Jason Hoover vs Steve Alderette and Barry Lumley.
Steve and Jason dominated while Steve and Barry melted down. What got Steve and Barry to the championship didn't work out so well in the championship. Steve and Jason was up 8-1 at change of court sides and was in the end totally annihilated 15-1. Jason displayed super fast hands in volleys and Steve had power slam put aways. Both had great shot placements. The only highlight was Barry getting hit in the chest while trying to avoid an out ball. And Steve and Barry's five consecutive defensive resets. Steve and Barry were glad that there were minimal witness to the slaughter!
Round Robin Promotions
Congratulations to players that have moved up to the next level of play!
From 2.5 - 2.7 - Barb Peterson
From 2.7 - 3.0 - Sarah Johnson
From 3.0 - 3.2 - Jeffrey Peterson
Cynthia Hathaway
Howard Teeter
Alan Campbell
Alissa Montoya
Sammi Maon
Paul Colella
John Stephens
From 3.5 - 3.6 - Priscilla Noakes
Alex Montoya
Theo Misbach
Felicia Rachner
From 3.6 - 3.75+ - Stephen Rachner
Jim Ray
Mia Misbach
