Venetian Bay had an outstanding tournament with overall great results. It’s evident that teams are competing on a more consistent basis which is a tribute to the players and coaches hard work. Anything that is worth something takes time and it’s great to see our clubs spirit on the court. I also noticed many teams taking the time to watch other VBAY teams play. Good job on creating that family atmosphere!
Last week in Orlando, our Team of the week was the 13-1’s as they won the OVA Invite out of 28 teams. The duo of Hannah Richards and Courtney Krause seemed unstoppable.
Team to watch is our 14s. They have been extremely competitive over the past two weekends playing in the Open division. Last week, they fell out of the gold bracket by a 2 point loss and this week they came back to beat the same team to go to Gold in a playoff match. Then on the 2nd day, they had to win a crossover match to get back to the final gold ladder and make a top 5 finish which they did. Their success has been a total team effort. I was also really impressed with this teams determination, especially on defense.
Another Team to watch is the 17s. They went undefeated all 3 days in the Open division and did not even drop a game until they lost in the Semifinals of Gold and placed 3rd in maybe the toughest division of all. Autumn Duyn’s shoulders must be tired from taking this team and putting them on her back but it definitely takes a full strong team effort to do what they did over the weekend .
This week’s Team of the week goes to the 16 Lions. Our 16s had some breakthroughs winning 5 of 8 Open matches against some very stiff competition. 4 of their 5 wins was in 3 games. Many of those games were won by 2 pts. Keep up the fighting spirit. Holly Mattmuller emerged as that teams’ leader and everyone else got in line and fought til the end as it showed on the scoreboard. Congratulations Lions!
Sincerely, Coach Wheatley
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