Dynamite Pickleball held the inaugural Santa Barbara Open pickleball tournament at its facility at the Earl Warren Showgrounds during the weekend of July 18-20.
The tournament drew more than 250 players to the courts that are situated on the west end of the Showgrounds. There was competition in doubles and singles, and medals were awarded to the top three place finishers in each skill-level division.
Dynamite Pickleball networked with Diamond League Pickleball out of Los Angeles to host the event. Diamond League runs tournaments all over Southern California.
Here are the Santa Barbara Open medal winners in each division.
MEN’S DOUBLES
3.0 12-Over Division
Gold: Saravanan-Selvaraj/Ryan McDaniel
Silver: Brett Shagena/John Requejo
Bronze: Gerald Herrera/Gannon Boyd
3.5 12-Over
G: Amanbek Atakeev/Cameron Claus
S: Zachary Wilson/Drew Schultz
B: Alen Nolaso/Leonardo Hernandez
3.5, 50-Over
G: Florian Winterstein/David Barcelona
S: Hugh Margerum/George Egbert
B: Robert Rendall/George Raquel
4.0, 12-Over
G: Frank Kolesar/Aidan Kolesar
S: Giovanni Torres/Jovie Franciso
B: Joel Brown/Seth Carr
4.0, 35-Over
G: Ariel Lagon/Alexandr Kostenko
S: Doug Olson/Geoffrey Price
B: Jeff Clark/Vincent Rivera
4.5-plus
G: Steffano Crovetto/Mathew Joseph
S: Vinny Margott/Jeremy Swisher
B: Brian Morgan/Zach Abels
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
2.5, 12-Over
G: Lizeth Munoz/Lesli Bocanegra
S: Christie DeGiacomi/Karen Dalton
B: Joelle Dohrman/Sheryl Berci
3.0, 12-Over
G: Summer Battle/Kylie Snyder
S: Joy Wilcox/Jean Holsten
B: Bessy Kurowski/Genessis Galindo
3.0, 50-Over
G: Fran Wageneck/Becky Villareal
S: Michelle Jasso/Lauren Rangel
B: Phillipa Mitchell-Smith/Rosa Macias
3.5, 12-Over
G: Ada Rodriguez/Luz Torres
S: Leila Thomas/Jenifer Moore
B: Olga Herrera-Penal/Cie Gumucio
4.0, 12-Over
G: Brenda Crump/Ines Noriega
S: Monika Hoffman/Lisa Naglich
B: Amy Safdeye/Myrna Ball
4.5
G: Lori Smith/Stephanie Bowers
S: Tracy Wilcox/Jen Zorb
B: Amy Johnson/Dawi Siazon
MEN’S SINGLES
3.0
G: Savanna Selvaraj
S: Chris Blake
B: Giovanni Torres
3.5
G: Seth Carr
S: Jovie Francisco
B: David Barcelona
4.5-plus
G: Alejandro Magos
S: Niklas Moe
B: Richard Pastoria
MIXED DOUBLES
2.5, 12-Over
G: Brett Shagena/Casey Shagena
S: Joelle Dohrman/Sarvanan-Selvaraj
B: Brandon Gibson/Dana Baxter
3.0, 12-Over
G: Ryan McDaniel/Michelle Mora
S: Marc Smith/Keen Brasher
B: Mike Chalian/Annie Azizian
3.0, 50-Over
G: Keith Newsome/Lana Newsome
S: Dwayne Wilson/Lena Thomforde
B: Florian Winterstein/Jennifer Moore
3.0 60-Over
G: Tim Turner/Rosa Macias
S: Gerald Herrera/Barb Kloos
B: Scott Streett/Marietta Jablonka
3.5, 12-Over
G: Carlos Gonzales/Mia Ramos
S: Keven Brooks/Dawi Siazon
B: David Cueva/Thais Tinos
3.5, 50-Over
G: Mike Gerenser/Leila Thomas
S: George Raquel/Katie Raquel
B: Raymond Hardy/Ingrid Hardy
4.0, 12-Over
G: Axel Lundstedt/Sherry Duarte
S: Michael Bovshow/Ioanna Astilean
B: Joel Brown/Carmen Orsini
4.0, 40-Over
G: Joe McMurray/Brenda Crump
S: Wilson Go/Dawi Siazon
B: Chris Feno/Tristan Tracy
4.5
G: Isaac Soto/Gysselle Soto
S: Jacob Graf/Ashley Villarta
B: John Basilio/Amy Johnson