U S A PA N AT I O N A LS
MEN’S DOUBLES 19+
Gold: Kyle Yates (FL) / Wesley Gabrielsen (OR)
Silver: Aspen Kern (AZ) / Matthew Staub (AZ)
Bronze: Rafael Siebenschein (MI) /
Robert Elliott (FL)
MEN’S DOUBLES 35+
Gold: Dave Weinbach (WI) / Justin Rodgers (AZ)
Silver: Jason Munro (CA) /
Rafi Bazerkanian (CA)
Bronze: Brian Staub (FL) / Philip Bagley (FL)
MEN’S DOUBLES 55+
Gold: James Hackenberg (MI) /
Scott Lennan (AZ)
Silver: Tyler Sheffield (UT) / Larry Moon (UT)
Bronze: Steve Paranto (OR) /
Randal Bither (OR)
MEN’S DOUBLES 60+
Gold: Gary Miller (FL) / Robert Loomis (WI)
Silver: Paul Porch (WA) / Ken Curry (CO)
Bronze: William Propert (SD) / Byron Freso (FL)
CA) to take home the gold; and Scott
Moore (Colorado Springs, CO) and Glen
Peterson (Redmond, WA) bested Tyler
Sheffield (Highland, UT) and Larry Moon
(Layton, UT) in the Senior Men’s Open
Doubles final.
Saturday featured the Mixed Open,
Mixed Senior Open, and Junior Age
Singles, doubles and mixed competitions.
Simone Jardim, refocused after her
Women’s Open Doubles final loss, paired
with Rafael Siebenschein (Grand Rapids,
MI) to overcome Christine McGrath
(Pasadena, CA) and Matthew Staub
(Scottsdale, AZ) in the Mixed Open
Doubles final.
Fresh off the Women’s Senior Open
podium, Mona Burnett partnered with
Scott Moore (Colorado Springs, CO) to
defeat her Senior Open partner, Luba
Zhekhovskaya, who played with Michael
Gates (Escondido, CA).
The junior age group competitions were
well-attended and the level of play was
high. Results are shown on the following
pages.
Nationals VII concluded on Sunday
with the Men’s Open Singles, Women’s
Open Singles, Senior Men’s Open Singles
and the Senior Women’s Open Singles.
Marcin Rozpedski of Bermuda Dunes,
California, topped the Men’s Open
Doubles Champion Daniel Moore in
the Men’s Open Singles while Daniel’s
father, Scott Moore, won the Senior
Open Singles title over Dan O’Toole of
Williamston, Michigan.
At the same time, Simone Jardim had
back-to-back gold dates with the podium
when she won the Women’s Open Singles
title against Christine McGrath (who
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MEN’S DOUBLES 50+
Gold: David Redding (TX) / Ron Chang (CA)
Silver: Andy Gensch (KS) / Scott Moore (CO)
Bronze: Doug Koch (KA) / Ian Dickson (CA)
MEN’S DOUBLES 65+
Gold: Ted Meyer (IL) / Paul Coletta (NC)
Silver: John Grasso (AZ) / Lenny Chimino (AZ)
Bronze: Frederic Tomlinson (FL) /
Richard Scott (FL)
also earned silver in the Open Mixed
Doubles). And, in the Senior Women’s
Singles, Bonnie Williams (Portland, OR)
defeated Hilary Marold.
As one participant noted, “Coming
to Nationals is not just playing, it’s
also about seeing friends and watching
amazing matches.”
For those unable to attend, the
live streaming was a huge hit. Upon
completion of the live video, the USAPA
created ‘video on demand’ viewing of the
Open matches. In November alone, there
were 523,200 total views.
A Facebook viewer from Connecticut
posted, “Even though we were 2,500
miles away, it felt like we were right there
in the bleachers for main court matches.
Amazing and impressive talent. We
loved every minute of it! Thank you for
streaming!” •
PODIUM SHOTS COURTESY OF CATHY WILSON: SGPHOTOS.SMUGMUG.COM
MEN’S AGE GROUP WINNERS