Pickleball players earn 17 medals in two tournaments over the weekend

Winning Gold over the weekend, top (L-R) Brent Thompson and Jason Williams in 4.5-5.0 Men’s Doubles, Joy Lentz and Jennifer Wilson in 3.5 Women’s Doubles, Blake Boswell and Grant Grant Hoffman in 3.0 Men’s Doubles and bottom photo, Peter David John in 3.5 Men’s Singles 50+.

Area players went in two different directions over the weekend, one to the 4th Annual Louisville Pickleball Cup in Louisville, Ky. and the others to the 2nd Annual Milan Pickleball Fest in Milan Tenn.  Louisville had 477 entries and Milan had 167 entries. Both venues had extremely windy and chilly conditions but that didn’t stop players from bringing home the hardware. Eighteen players from far Western Kentucky brought home 17 medals, 7 Gold, 8 Silver and 2 Bronze medals.

Gold Medal Winners:

Brent Thompson and Jason Williams – 4.0 – 5.0 Men’s Doubles
Peter David John – 3.5 Men’s Singles 50+
Joy Lentz and Jennifer Wilson – 3.5 Women’s Doubles
Blake Boswell and Grant Hoffman – 3.0 Men’s Doubles

Silver Medal Winners:

Brent Thompson and Jennifer Wilson – 4.0 Mixed Doubles
Joy Lentz and Peter David John – 3.5 – 4.0 Mixed Doubles 50+
Jack Smith and Glen Fanelli – 3.0 Men’s Doubles 60+ (Louisville)
Marcia Combs and Stacy Benson – 3.0 Women’s Doubles 50+

Bronze Medal Winners:

Harvey Fischer and Jill Caldwell – 3.0 Mixed Doubles 50+

More results:

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Dax Myhand and Jason Jones – 4th 4.0 Men’s Doubles 50+
Jeremy Hudgins and Jacob Hudgins – 4th 4.0 Men’s Doubles
Jack Smith and Michele Smith – 5th in 3.0 Mixed Doubles 50+ (Louisville)
Peter David John and Gary Lee – 6th 3.0 – 3.5 Men’s Doubles 50+

 Submitted by:
Darlene Latta
USA Pickleball Ambassador Marshall County

Winning silver in pickleball tournaments over the weekend, (L-R) Brent Thompson and Jennifer Wilson in 4.0 Mixed Doubles, Jack Smith and Glen Fanelli in 3.0 Men’s Doubles 60+ and Joy Lentz and Peter David John in 3.5 Mixed Doubles 50+.