The Second Annual North Carolina Holiday Smash Pickleball Tournament was held on Saturday November 21st at the beautiful 16 court indoor facility at Carolina Courts in Concord, NC. Teams from 5 South Eastern states completed for the gold in both age and skill groups.
Tournament Director Bob Nibarger, who is also the USAPA Piedmont District Ambassador and JoAnnah Michael, USAPA Mountain District Ambassador, were the co-hosts for the tournament.
This year all “back in” registrations and brackets were managed by PickleballTournaments.com, who according to Bob “did a fantastic job” with all the logistics. Bob recalls last year that he and Joe Borrelli, North Carolina Coastal District Ambassador, spent 4 hours in a McDonald’s booth doing the brackets on their laptops.
The tournament next year will be a Round Robin and be held the Saturday before Thanksgiving on November 18th and 19th at Concord.
Visit the North Carolina Web page www.northcarolinapickleball.net for photos and information on this tourney and North Carolina Pickleball.
Congrats to all the winners!