The 2007 No Frills 3-Wall Doubles was dominated by the intense play of Will Bardwell and Lee Anderson, who proved the class of the tournament. Bardwell and Anderson met as opponents in the2006 3-Wall Nationals, but decided to give it a try as teammates against this year’s 4-team division. Bardwell and Anderson needed a tie-breaker to beat the always tenacious play of the Ozgar brothers. A quick start in game 1 and then a solid comeback in game 2 gave them a victory over top seeded Dan Zimet and Josh Ho. They finished off the field undefeated by overcoming a second game loss and taking another tie-breaker against Andy Schad and Jay Miller. The winning recipe for Anderson and Bardwell is easy to observe but difficult to counter. Both are tremendously powerful players capable of making incredible retrieves, and hitting wicked kill and passing shots that sound like a gun went off. With intimidating intensity and strength, Bardwell and Anderson sounded the bell this summer that youth is back in the Mid-Atlantic!
A combined 40/50 division was won in decisive fashion by Roger Berry and Rick Anderson over Hinkleman and Ho. With Berry covering every deep ball and Anderson’s classic dump cut-off shots and wicked overhand serve, Ho and Hinkleman seemed to have trouble getting on offense. Dave Hinkleman received the best gift of all several weeks later when his granddaughter Anya was born. Congratulations to the Hinkleman family! The 40/50 drop down was won by Cohen and Peart. The B/60 was won in two close games by Healy and Metzger over Blizzard and Tusten.
Special thanks to Nathaniel and Alan Frank, who received all entries and created the draw. Thanks to Charlie and Sharon Parsons, who took care of the food through Bill Littleton and the weather shield that covered the tournament desk and lunch buffet from the June heat. Congrats to Dan and Danielle Zimet on the birth of their son Fletcher Dane Zimet who arrived 2-weeks prior to this June 9th event. This is where Fletcher made a cameo at his first of many handball tournaments!