Belle Isle Handball 2011 A-B Tournament

Belle Isle Handball 2011 A-B Tournament

Sponsored by DetroitYES.com and Motorvation Drive and

Saturday, September 10, 2011
Belle Isle Handball Courts, Detroit, MI

Join the fun and competition of our 3^rd summer’s end A-B doubles tournament on beautiful Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. Well almost. Mother Nature had other plans...

Belle Isle Handball 2011 A-B Tournament Results

Rain forced a last minute change and the tournament was moved indoors to Total Sports in Mt. Clemens thanks to the accommodation of its handball player owners, the Straetman brothers.

Congratulations to Pete Dembeck and Ron Iles who won a hard fought three game match over runner-ups Kyle Casey and Jack DiGiovanni. Congrats to consolation round winners Pete Brown and Jerry Rynkowski who triumphed over PK Sims and Ken Luchkovitz.

Kyle Casey lines up for one his many kill shots as the ball comes off the back wall.


A scrambling Pete Dembeck, recovered ball in hand, retrieves a passing shot from the deep right corner.

Partner Ron Iles lines up a shot off the back wall.

Jack DiGiovanni digs a shot in the left court.

Pete Dembeck lines up his trademark overhand fist-killshot toward its low front right corner target.

Kyle Casey demonstrates his picture-perfect form as he steps into a kill shot attempt.

Belle Isle Handball 2011 A-B Tournament Results 2011 Pairings and Start Times

KEN LUCHKOVITZ / PK SIMS II
10:00 AM VS
GLENN PARASKEVIN / TONY DESANTIS

HANK KOZAK / STU SHEVIN
11:00 AM VS
PAT OLIVER / MITCH OLIVER

PETE DEMBECK / RON ISLES
10:00 AM VS
PETE BROWN / JERRY RYNKOWSKI

RICK LEONARD / CHARLEY
10:00 AM VS
CHRIS MONSOUR / LOGAN SIEGEL

BARRY DOAN / ANGUS MCINTYRE
10:00 AM VS
KYLE CASEY / JACK DIGIOVANNI

BOB BALCH / PAUL
11:00 AM VS
MARK STUTRUD / CARL HARLOW

ED GREEN / MIKE FROELICH
10:00 AM VS
BILL SIDEBOTTOM JR & SR

DAN COSTELLO / BOB PLATER
10:00 AM VS
NIC BOILEAU / LOWELL BOILEAU

WINNER OF ABOVE MATCH
VS
LANNY GREEN / BOB KOZAK

$20 Entry Fee includes T-shirt, food, soft drinks and beer. Special [surprise] prizes for 1nd and 2^nd places and for 1^st place of the consolation round. How can you beat that?

Teams will be assigned by the “Commissioner” Bob Kozak to create balance – strongest player paired with the weakest player, next strongest with next weakest, etc. All teams will play a minimum of two matches. If a team is eliminated it will play in the consolation round.

Updates, photos and results will also be archived at www.DetroitYES.com/handball.

2011 State 3 Wall Results

MHA State Singles 3-Wall Handball Tournament Held at Belle Isle, Detroit, on August 13, 2011

• Open – Pete Brown over Pete Dembeck
• 50’s – Joe Ivy over Chris Monsour
• 60’s – Ed Green over Jim Lowe
• 70’s – Norm Young over Dave Dodds
• B - Jeff Knake over Ted Gramattico

Report by Bob Plater

THANKS to Bill Cantwell, Dale Chimenti and John Schandevel for their great planning, preparing and making possible an amazing day of competition at Belle Isle. Food, drinks, picnic tables, port-a-johns and court reservations don't just happen magically. Bill, Dale and John have been doing this for many years, for which we, the MHA members, say "Thank You".

THE OPEN
What a great event! What a line-up! How about these pairings: Karner/Dembeck, Dembeck/Oliver, Williams/Leonard, Williams/Brown, Brown/Dembeck. Any one of these matches, all of which were played, would have been a good final.

Dembeck was outstanding getting by Pat Oliver and Jim Karner. Likewise, Pete Brown was amazing getting by Bret Williams.

Dembeck and Brown, both, wanted to play the finals on Saturday, even though they were both exhausted after the semi’s. Dembeck, hopefully, said he would rather play Brown when he is tired, rather than give him a day to refresh. Pete Brown, trailing 14-20 in the first game against Pete Dembeck, got the serve, went in, and served out the game, several aces bending around the back corners of the walls. This seemed to lift his confidence for the second game, which was a great contest with Brown overpowering Dembeck for the title.

This was Pete Brown's 18th, 3-wall State Open Singles Championship. No one else is close to this achievement, nor is it likely that anyone will ever be able to duplicate it.

GOLDEN MASTERS (50+)
Joe Ivy won the 50's title over Chris Mansour in three games. Dan Costello and Barry Doan were semi-finalists, both fighting hard before bowing out.

SUPER MASTERS (60+)
Ed Green defeated three highly regarded players, all in one day, on his way to winning the championship in this division: Tom Michael, Rick Graham and Jim Lowe. Green and Lowe, having played matches seemingly all day, 10AM to 6PM, were exhausted in their 11-6 tie-breaker.

DIAMOND MASTERS (70+)
Norm Young wins again. Dave Dodds took second.

B
B - Jeff Knake over Ted Gramattico.