The summer is rolling along here in the Northwest as we enter July, where does all the time go? In any case my outdoor plans in terms of the v-ball have been slightly derailed as I managed to sprain the heck out of my ankle in the final game, on the final night, of my indoor men's 6's league. Luckily we managed to win the league one more time. However the prognosis is me being out of action for ~3weeks. It will be 2 of those weeks this weekend. Most of the swelling and color has been eliminated and the pain is minimal which is always a good sign. That also means no indoor soccer for the meantime while I let the ankle heal. However, I did manage to get in a few tournaments prior to the injury. The first was another reverse coed event with buddy Jen McIntosh. We had planned to play for quite a while so great to have an opportunity to do so. We played great in pool going 2-1 and should have gone 3-0. In any case we split down due to points and the way our pool ran. We dropped the ball in the silver bracket going 1-2-BBQ. Great time though with a sweet girl and her adorable son, Conner, running the park ragged the entire day. My serve was on most of the day and I felt pretty good about my play on the whole. It also did not rain the entire time which sure was a nice thing.. ;-) Following this event I held the first Madman summer tournament of the season with a HUGE success. I hit my all-time high for entries with 44 participating teams. This included one of the larger Northwest women's brackets I have seen in quite a while with 20 ladies teams on the field for the day!! Great success all the way around and I was able to dish out over $1100 in cash prizes, not too shabby. I dragged Alan Wittren out of retirement to act as my partner for this one. We had a great time. Much like last tournament we went 2-1 in pool, went up this time in the split, and then proceeded to 1-2-BBQ to end the day somewhere in the bottom of the upper bracket. another great day though with some of the best weather of the year, a HUGE turnout, my mother surprising me by showing up for a visit, and a chance to hang out with Alan's great family including wife Vikki, daughter Micheal Ann, and newly arrived son Dax. One of these days I might even mix in a little more winning to the day as well!! In any case a great time for all. More to come as I am one the mend, have friend's weddings in the mix, have a trip to see the family in CO, and am planning for the 10th annual JWI event to top off the summer!!

Sports Update:

Indoor Soccer: 6-2-0 (First Place)
Men's Indoor 6's: 31-5 (League Champs!!)

Summer Tournaments:
June 9th: Reverse Coed with Chantelle Kadlec 4th Place (5-3 overall)
June 15th: Reverse Coed with Jen McIntosh (2-3 overall)
June 23rd: Men's 2's with Alan Wittren (2-3 overall)
--------June 24th Ankle Injury-----------