We all knew that the A Draw would be a battle between the two Marks. Mark Porter and Mark “Edge” Eugeni. In spite of this, there were others in the draw who were determined to do their best to knock one of them off. Mike “Doc” Connelly and Justin Warnock both made runs at them to no avail. In the end Porter and Eugeni faced off against each other in the finals. In the finals Porter played flawless squash and took an early lead. In the face of Porter’s early success, Eugeni fought back by coming within a hair of forcing a fifth game, but in the end Porter’s early lead was too much.
Mark Porter And Mark Eugeni
B Draw
This year’s B draw featured young guns who were looking to make a name for themselves. Rob Roy, Mark Little and Tim Autterson to name a few. This movement came up empty for it was a crafty veteran Darin Peterson who prevailed. Peterson proved to be a tough competitor as he used his deceptive shot making ability to out duel the young guns to claim the championship. This was Peterson’s 1st Club Championship Victory!!!
C Draw
Phil “The Prince” Blagdurn was the favorite to win the championship. He was the #1 Seed and walked all over the competition in the first two rounds to reach the finals. He played underdog Guy Hallifax in the finals. Hallifax proved that he was no underdog and the best player in the draw as he mopped the floor with Blagdurn in three straight games. After the match Blagdurn said he would have played better if his knee, back, elbow, ankle, neck, head, and shoulder did not hurt so much. This was Hallifax’s 1st Club Championship Victory!!!
Guy Hallifax Relaxing After His Victory
40 +
The 40+ Draw this year was about second chances. There were two matches in first round that were rematches of last year’s of 40+ Draw. Mike “The Muscle Shirt” and Steve “Drop Shot” DeMarco had a chance to gain revenge from their defeats of last year but neither could capitalize on their opportunity and made early exits. Rod “Rocket” Larson surprised everyone as he cruised through everyone on his way to the finals. In the finals though, his was quickly put down by Tom “40+ Champion” Porter in 3 games. This win for Porter marked his 4th consecutive 40+ Championship.
A Doubles
There were a few surprises in A Doubles this year. John Dunwoody and Steve McDougall pulled off a large upset by defeating Kevin “BFF” Furmanek and Craig Guthrie in the 1st round. As well as Mark “Hip” Hipkins and Mark “Stoner” Stone nearly pulled off a larger upset when they went up 2 games to none on Paul “Sinbad” Gebrael and Mark “Edge” Eugeni before losing in five games. The defending champs Nik “ND” Dimitrijevic and Justin Warnock battled their way back to the finals to play the upstarts Eugeni and Gebrael. In the finals every game was tight and hard fought but Eugeni and Gebrael were too much and prevailed.
John Dunwoody Following His Big Upset
B Doubles
The B Doubles Draw was a wide open. It was missing some notable teams from last year. The defending champs of Tom Beneteau and Lorrie Beneteau and last year’s runners up Barry Leavitt and Paul Gebrael were all MIA (Missing In Action). Despite this there were still some strong teams. Newly formed teams of Mark “Hip” Hipkins and Mark “Stoner” Stone and Doug Fields and Kevin “BFF” Furmanek were looking to capitalize on this void. Although in the end it was the old school team of Mike “The Muscle Shirt” Wilbur and Syd “Vicious” Strom that claimed the championships by defeating Hipkins and Stone 3 – 1. An interesting note during the finals - a spectator nursing a bum ankle uttered those immortal words “things will be different next year”.
Results
A Draw – Mark Porter defeated runner up Mark Eugeni (3 – 1)
B Draw – Darin Peterson defeated runner up Tim Autterson (3 – 1)
C Draw – Guy Hallifax defeated runner up Phil Blagdurn (3 – 0)
40 + Draw – Tom Porter defeated runner up Rod Larson (3 – 0)
A Doubles – Mark Eugeni/ Paul Gebrael defeated runners up Nik Dimitrijevic/Justin Warnock ( 3 – 1)
B Doubles – Mike Wilbur/ Syd Strom defeated runners up Mark Hipkins/ Mark Stone (3 – 1)
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