A Possible Rethinking

 Spoiler Alert: Another Pickleball Tournament

   After so much success on the tournament trail, my partner in crime, Jack Painter, and I decided to enter a local P/b event held at the Tennis Center this past weekend. It was a different format, but we thought we might find out how we fared with competition in other age groups. Chances were that we would be the old age group in attendance, and these matches would be filled with men from the younger age groups.

   We DID find out something!

   Since all the players were ranked by skill level, which are pretty broad categories, and the rankings are self generated, Jack and I were grouped with 5 other teams in the Intermediate Division. This meant that we would play 5 matches with the other teams in a round-robin format. We were the old team.

   They used several outside courts at the Center, and 2 or 3 inside. Some of our Division played outside, but all our matches were played on one of the inside courts. 

   We DID find out something, and it was not good!

   This old team played 5 matches in the round robin, and our record was 0-5. Some games were close and we were competitive, but we did not win a single game in any of the matches.

   Having won our age group in the Senior Olympics 85-89 age group, and having beaten the teams in the 80-84 group, we're talking about seeing how we might fare in the 2023 National Senior Games in Pittsburgh, for which we had qualified by winning the Tennessee Tournament.

   Now rethinking, just how good are we?

   More practice is an option, but also is staying home.