PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE july 2022

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President’s Message    July, 2022 NMRacquetball.com          New Mexico 

The month of June was ‘Active.’  Riverpoint hosted its first full-fledged tournament in 3 years.  The Art Hurley Memorial was a huge success thanks to the efforts of Mike Duran, Dan Cannady, Herman Hernandez, Frances Borunda, and Tim Blasiman.  (See results).  Next came the 45th Year Celebration of NM Racquetball.  Fun, food, music, prizes, and presentations filled the air at the Daily Grind Restaurant on Cutler NE.  Congratulations to Terry Lauritsen, Tom Neill Jr., and Jennifer Mazaroff, all recipients of the NM Racquetball Lifetime Achievement Award.  Finally for June, the Ralph Waddington NM Games multi-discipline festival was held at Midtown.  Five sports---racquetball, handball, squash, squash 57, and paddleball were part of the equation.  (See results).

Art Hurley Memorial presented by CMG Financial    

10-12 June   Riverpoint (Albq.)

Results:

Womens Open  Frances Borunda def Frossene King  15-3, 15-13  3rd  Thea Mattfeldt

Womens A  Thea Mattfeldt def Yvette Vigil-Fournier  15-3, 15-4  3rd  Yvonne Grinnell

   4th  Lora Olson  5th  Roxanne Henderson

Womens C  Rachel Overton-Teel def Ruby Sedillo  15-10, 15-1  3rd  Lindsey Murray

   4th  Nicolette Martinez

Mens Open  Ramon Gomez def Ken Cheshire  15-6, 15-8  3rd (tie)  Mike Ginn & Ray Maestas

   1/4s  Dan Cannady, Kyle Lucas, Dale Johnson, Marcos Jimenez

   9th (tie)  Horacio Honne & Michael Ytuarte

Mens Elite  Kyle Lucas def Michael Ytuarte  15-7, 15-3  3rd  Horacio Honne

Mens A    Gary Flores def Michael Ytuarte  15-8, 15-2  3rd  Larry King  4th  Dale Johnson

   5th (tie)  Austin Sanchez, Mike Morales, Levi Borunda  8th  Bradford Sandoval

Mens B  Todd Miller def Chris Pennington  2-15, 15-9, 11-6  3rd (tie)  Lemuel O’Neal &

   Austin Sanchez  1/4s  Ed Dapo, Anthony Stone, Andrew Shaw, Dylan Bodman

   9th  Bradford Sandoval

Mens C    Lemuel O’Neal def Andrew Shaw  15-9, 15-9  3rd  Mason Ginn

   4th  Milton Torres  1/4s  Chris Torres, David Cremer, Ed Dapo, Vernon Bradley

   9th  (tie)  Martin Germaine & Ron Valencia

Mixed Open Doubles

   Frances Borunda/Mike Ginn def Diane Iafornaro/Raaj Mohan  15-10, 15-7

   3rd  Frossene King/Gary Flores

Mixed C Doubles

  Lora Olson/Dylan Bodman def Lindsey Murray/Chris Torres  15-13, 15-14

 3rd  Ruby Sedillo/Cord Everetts

Womens Open Doubles

  Frances Borunda/Frossene King def Cyd Evans/Cheryl Johnson  15-14, 15-5

  3rd  Patty Greene/Patricia Thieman

Mens Open Doubles

 Ramon Gomez/Raaj Mohan def Horacio Honne/Marcos Jimenez  15-8, 15-8

  3rd  Kyle Lucas/Nathan Torres

Mens A Doubles

  Gary Flores/Larry King def Horacio Honne/Dale Johnson  WBD

  3rd  Todd Miller/Chris Pennington

Ralph Waddington NM Games Presented by Whitener Law  

24-26 June   Midtown (Albq)

Results:

Racketball  Lallman Poolay def Tony Onimole  2-0

Handball  Mike Morales & Brian Stinar  (1st place doubles)

Paddleball   (Intemediate Doubles)  Dylan Bodman/Cord Everetts def

 Vernon Bradley/Lora Olson  2-0

(Advanced)  Ken Cheshire/Jon Gutierrez def Kyle Lucas/Dominic Maestas 15-11

Squash  4.0  Richard Hammer def Micah McCoy  3-1  3rd  Phil Montoya

5.0  Jesse Giron def Mike Ginn  3-1  3rd  Brad Jones

Racquetball

Womens Open  Patty Greene def Emily Arzate  15-13, 12-15, 11-3

Womens C    Yvette Vigil def Roxanne Henderson  15-7, 9-15, 11-9

   3rd  Lora Olson  4th  Ruby Sedillo

 Mens Open  Ken Cheshire def Jesse Giron  15-6, 15-9  3rd  Dominic Maestas

   4th  Kyle Lucas  5th (tie)  Robert Lee, Dale Johnson, Mike Ytuarte

Mens Elite    Robert Lee def Dale Johnson  8-15, 15-2, 11-8  3rd  Mike Ytuarte

Mens A    Dale Johnson def Gary Flores  11-15, 15-4, 11-2

   3rd  Chris Pennington  4th  Mike Ytuarte

 Mens B    Rafael Hernandez def Kelly Anders  15-9, 15-13

   3rd  Dana Patton  4th  Dylan Bodman  5th (tie)  Phil Maestas,

   Diane Iafornaro, Zach Zeve  8th  Curtis Johnson

Mens C    Zach Zeve def Diane Iafornaro  wbd  3rd  Phil Maestas  4th Curtis Johnson

Mixed Open Doubles

   Emily Arzate/Jeff Baskett def

 Patty Greene/Herman Hernandez  12-15, 15-10, 11-9

 Mixed Intermediate Doubles

   Patricia Thieman/Marcos Jimenez def

   Roxanne Henderson/Mike Morales  15-9, 15-6

Womens Doubles

   Patty Greene/Pat Thieman def Lora Olson/Lindsey Torres  15-3, 15-7

 Mens Open Doubles

   Herman Hernandez/Marcos Jimenez def

   Ken Cheshire/Robert Lee  15-9, 15-8

Mens A Doubles 

  Rafael Hernandez/Dale Johnson def Gary Flores/Butch Wilder 15-11, 15-8

Quote of the month

‘Democracy is not a noun; it is a verb’  Rafael Warnock