2012 Men Men s MAPT A MAPT D1 Survey

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1 2012 Men s MAPTA D1 Survey

2 We surveyed the best paddle minds in the Philadelphia region to determine The Best, The Worst, and The In Between on and off the paddle courts. We thought hard and long about the topics we chose to release to the general public and the following results have been examined by the former partners from the Enron audit (they came cheap). And Here they ARE!!!

3 Best Team to Hang Out with After the Match 1. Philadelphia Country Club 2. Overbrook Country Club 3. Martins Dam (not sure if its Martins 1 or 2) 4. Has to be My Club!!! Gardner I don t have any beer in there!!

4 Best Food and Beer at the Hut 1. Greenville 2. Overbrook 3. Aronimink i

5 Most Likely to Win the Division 1. Waynesborough 2. Wallingford 3. Aronimink i 4. Not My Club

6 Most Likely to Win D2 Next Year (notice the slight change in the category to make it more positive?) 1. Greenville (musthavebeen w/o Zink) 2. Philadelphia Cricket Club 3. Huntingdon Valley 4. Hope Not My Club

7 Mr. Philly Paddle 1. Tim McAvoy (Former APTA & MAPTA President, APTA Hall of Fame, PA States 29x Champion, etc.) 2. Scott Falatek (Ranked #10 in the Nation and Commissioner) 3. Keith Studnick (must be for something off the court but did win the MAPTA B s triple loser back draw in 78)

8 Most Feared Duo 1. Mike McGrath & Mike Furman 2. Vlatko &Tim McAvoy (Is it possible to call one of them a monkey?) y) 3. Tie : Hall & Eger, Hall & Burt (Hall and a Monkey) 4. No one at My Club (anonymous) We have to play them!!!

9 # of Teams that should be in D1 90% Keep it like it is 8% 8 Teams 5% 10 Teams 1% As many as needed (to keep my team in D1)

10 Most Improved Player 1. Tommy McAvoy (something in that gene pool) 2. Mike McGrath 3. Tie: Rodney Stewart & Tomas Gonzales

11 Nastiest Overhead 1. Vlatko (Do we really need to print his last name?) 2. Tie: Andrew Sorrentino and Steve Hall 3. Tim McAvoy

12 Nastiest Serve 1. Tie: Vlatko and Steve Hall (Do you have to be a lefty?) 2. Tie: Rob Medal and Dan Greenwood (OK a couple of righties)

13 Best Volleyer 1 Scott Falatek (mostly does not like to run back to chase balls which is 1. Scott Falatek (mostly does not like to run back to chase balls which is why he has honed his volley to perfection) 2. Mike McGrath

14 Best Sportsmanship 1. Tie: Pat and Pat Nowlan Jr. (Is it finally time to retire this category?) 2. Tim McAvoy (He always makes you smile when you lose) 3. Drew Friel (Also known as Mr. Hospitality)

15 Best All Around Player 1. Scott Falatek (Imagine if he dropped 20 lbs?) 2. Vlatko (But he is only a sub for league play!) 3. Steve Hall Current Men's Doubles Rankings December 10, 2012 TEAMS 1st DREW BRODERICK CHRIS GAMBINO 2nd JUAN ARRAYA LENNART JONASON 3rd JOHAN DURANDT MARK PARSONS 4th MIKE MARINO DANE SCHMIDGALL 5th STEVE DEROSE JON LUBOW 6th JOHAN DURANDT MATT PORTER 7th JUAN ARRAYA ALEX BANCILA 8th SCOTT ESTES MIKE STULAC 9th SCOTT KAHLER MATT RIVA 10th SCOTT FALATEK VLADKO NAJDEK

16 Most likely to Peg you (below the shoulders) with a drive 1. Tim McAvoy ( Seems like he can hit my right or left nipple at will ) 2. Gerry Farley and Ritesh (It will always be below your shoulders if you are 6 foot 7) That s not my nipple!!!

17 Least Unforced Errors (see No More Long Points article) 1. Tie: Brian Crochiere & Pat Nowlan Sr. 2. Jeff Shrager Is this point going gto end?

18 Most Competitive 1. Tie: John Adams and Sean Seese 2. Peter Hill (most be softening up but real pissed that he lost this category) You got a problem with that Call?

19 Guy you want to be your Partner (on the court) 1. Vlatko (Paul Ridder can attest to that) 2. Tie: Pat Nowlan, Sr. Steve Hall, & Drew Friel Where else do you get a chance to put the Bosnian flag in a Power Point?

20 Best Lobber (or set up man) 1. Pat Nowlan Sr. 2. Tie: Patrick Nowlan Jr. & Tom Safford Step 1 Lob Step 2 Repeat Step 1

21 Conclusion As you can see, there is plenty of room for some new names for next years survey. If anyone wants to know the results of the non reported categories, they have been sealed in the MAPTA records vault at the request of the MAPTA President.