2004
South Beach Pics
The state championships for the Bud Light tour were at South Beach.
Despite the threat from Hurricane Jeanne, they decided to go ahead and play.
It was mistake. What was supposed to be a 2 day tourney was compressed
into one afternoon/evening. The
turnout was light for this tournament as well. Even with the hurricane
bearing down on us we managed to win all of our pool games with some up and
down play. However the playoffs were compressed into rally games to 11
which is unheard of. Once again, we fell apart in the playoffs having
issues with unforced errors which kill you in rally games. We lost
both the semi-final and the 3/4 playoff game even though we were the top
ranked playoff team. Even though there are a couple mid to late
October events left I am shutting it down for the year. The last half
of the season was more frustration than fun and I'm ready for a break from
it. South Beach itself was an awesome venue. It's a shame we
couldn't stay overnight to check it out more. Damn hurricanes. Some pics have
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a picture to see a larger view.