By Delayna Earley
The Island News
LADY’S ISLAND – The second annual Good Neighbor Medical Clinic (GNMC) Pickleball Classic Tournament was held at the Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club on Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30, 2023, on Lady’s Island.
Pickleball is a combination of tennis, badminton and ping pong, and it is played with a paddle and a plastic ball with holes. It can be played indoors or outdoors, and the court is similarly sized to a badminton court with a modified tennis net.
Weather on the first day of the tournament was beautiful, but the second day of the tournament brought strong winds and some rain.
Money raised from the event will help to benefit the GNMC and the work that they do in the Beaufort community.
The tournament had pickleball play in two age divisions, open and 50+, and had four skill divisions including 2.5, 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0.
Delayna Earley lives in Beaufort with her husband, two children and Jack Russell. She spent six years as a videographer and photographer for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette before leaving the Lowcountry in 2018. After freelancing in Myrtle Beach and Virginia, she joined The Island News when she moved back to Beaufort in 2022. She can be reached at delayna.theislandnews@gmail.com.
Results
MENS DOUBLES
Mens Doubles 3.0
Gold: Ed Sinamark and Terry Dowd
Silver: John Welker and Rick Welker
Bronze: Thomas Sherwood and Jeff Mason
Mens Doubles 3.5, ages 18 to 55
Gold: Will Brisco and Mitch Burns
Silver: Drew Stone and Brian Freed
Bronze: Brian Guthrie and Jeff Weber
Mens Doubles 3.5, ages 56 and above
Gold: Stephen Tucker and Tim Phelps
Silver: Danny Adams and Sean Grady
Bronze: Robert Cahill and David Reidmayer
MIXED DOUBLES
Mixed Doubles 3.0, ages 18 to 63
Gold: Tammy Reagen and Jeff Reagen
Silver: Lisa Pope and Roger McGee
Bronze: Lisa Holt and Jay Phillips
Mixed Doubles 3.0, ages 64 and above
Gold: Deborah Sinamark and Ed Sinamark
Silver: Hope Merrill and Michael Wilt
Bronze: Denise Eden and Paul Eden
Mixed Doubles 3.5, ages 18 to 55
Gold: Beth Greene and Will Brisco
Silver: Michele Moriarty and Kieran Moriarty
Bronze: Wendie Mitchell and Travis Mitchell
Mixed Doubles 3.5, ages 56 and above
Gold: Kim Kelly and Gregg Presuto
Silver: Kristin Phelps and Tim Phelps
Bronze: Maureen Snyder and Mark Mitchell
Mixed Doubles 4.0 and above
Gold: Kristen Adams and Jake Zadik
Silver: Susi Josey and Josh Josey
Bronze: Mary Ellen O’Neal and Wayne Promislow
WOMENS DOUBLES
Womens Doubles 3.0
Gold: Brenda Kline and Janet Artrip
Silver: Tammy Reagen and Cynthia Newman
Bronze: Sydney Boggs and Lisa McFee
Womens Doubles 3.5, ages 18 to 57
Gold: Kristin Phelps and Kim Kelly
Silver: Michele Smart and Melanie Vanderpool
Bronze: Beth Greene and Carrie Ingram
Womens Doubles 3.5, ages 58 and above
Gold: Pam Gower and Deborah Shamyer
Silver: Blair Lauver and Shirley Noble
Bronze: Cheryl Potter and Nancy Small
Womens Doubles 4.0 and above
Gold: Lucy Longwell and Kristen Adams
Silver: Mary Ellen O’Neal and Susi Josey
