March 14-15, 2009...

The 1st Annual St. Patty's Day Tennis Tournament was held at The Club in Gulf Breeze, FL, Saturday and Sunday, March 14 and 15. One hundred Eight players participated in a rain drenched men's and women's doubles tournament. Never ending food and beverages made the rain delays much more bearable.

On Saturday, Duane and Mary at the Club's "Pub and Grub" kept the sandwiches coming. Sunday it was Bill Tibbits with relief from Mike Thomas who kept the chicken on the barbie rolling out.

Club owner's Chuck and Penny Emling were everywhere behind the counters, sweeping the courts, carrying out the garbage and keeping things rolling. And, Brian Sakey worked some magic in the match format when the rains turned the event into a one day tourney.

The Sportsmanship awards went to Bill Tibbits and Donna Blair.

The winners and finalists were as follows:

Ladies:
Shamrocks	Winners:	Sally Nowling and Allison Randol
	Finalists:	Lois Knox and Janet Mabry
Leprechauns	Winners:	Ann Story and Fran Haswell
Pot of Gold	Winners:	Krysta Edge and Jocelyn Laveque
	Finalists:	Janis Thomas and Retsy Wilson
Clovers	Winners:	Zach Wilde and Melissa McCurley
	Finalists:	Pam and Lauren Halstead
Men:
Shamrocks	Winners:	Noah Barnes and George Doneghy
	Finalists:	Clay Pfeifler and Randy Spann
Leprechauns	Winners:	Jim Smith and Kirk Fournie
	Finalists:	Dave Bagwill and Duane Lefur
Pot of Gold	Winners:	Chad Cage and Rick Cuny
	Finalists:	Craig Broome and Scott Harrison
Clovers	Winners:	Gerry Day and Jim Honeycutt
	Finalists:	Ray Anderson and Howard Blair