2007 Great Gorilla Results

The annual Great Gorilla Open handball Tournament was held at the Fort Collins Club in Fort Collins, Colorado, on February 2-4, 2007. Once again, the Fort Collins handball players hosted an excellent tournament featuring exciting handball, great food, cool souvenirs, and beautiful trophies. Seventy (70) players competed in 10 divisions. Special thanks to the Jim Costigan Development Fund.

Results: (Bracket size in parenthesis)

Men's Open: (8)

Quarters: Price, Kevin d. Arnesen,Guy 16, 5; Parker, Cody d. Vobach, Bill 17, 19; Boyd, Oliver d. Madden, Dennis 5, 5; Kearney, Mike d. Perez, Luis 6, 6.

Semis: Price d. Parker 4, 6; Boyd d. Kearney 14, 13.

Final: Price d. Boyd 10, 5.

Men's "A": (8)

Quarters: McGee, Craig d. Ibarra Jr., Jesus (16), 19, 10; Jones, Rich d. Valdez, Matt 16,15; Carpenter, Patrick d. Temple, Joe (16), 9, 8;

Ibarra Sr., Jesus d. Scoggin, Sean 11, 12.

Semis: Carpenter d. Ibarra Sr. 4, 9; McGee d. Jones 7, (18), 4.

Final: Carpenter d. McGee 16, 10.

Men's "B": (6) – Dual Round Robin

Group A: Howe, Jim d. Davis, Jim 9, 3; Temple, Jim d. Davis, Jim 16, 20; Howe d. Temple 10, 5.

Group B: Ibarra Jr., Armando d. Koithan, Dave 8, 8; Koithan, Dave d. Vanderleest, Steve 8, 3; Ibarra Jr. d. Vanderleest 10, 1.

Final: Ibarra Jr. d. Howe (18), 11, 6.

Men's "C": (8)

First Round: Reeves, Chad d. Zachman, Dave 5, 7; Screen, Jeff d. Byron, Ryan 2, 2.

Quarters: Ibarra Jr. d. Reeves 19, 16; Myers, Nathan d. Valdez, Felix 1,1; Deal, Mike d. Ibarra, Alex Sr. 9, (10), 4. Screen d. Leeson, Jacob 7, 16.

Semis: Ibarra Jr. d. Myers, Screen d. Deal 3, 7.

Final: Screen d. Ibarra Jr. 5, 17.

Masters: (8)

First Round: Garcia d. Sycuro (16), 16, 2; Vobach, Bill d. Ibarra Sr., Jesus 6, 17; Sunlavy, Stan d. Jones, Rich 10, (16), 1; Ernstom, Bill d. Patterson K. 12, 14.

Semis: Garcia d. Vobach 7, 15; Ernstrom d. Dunlavy 19, (9), 7.

Final: Garcia d. Ernstrom 12, 7.

Golden Masters: (13)

First Round: Russell, Gary d. Roberts, Jim 6, 12; Meyer, Steve d. Sycuro, Fred 17, 15; Strachan, Clint d. Bauer, Steve 9, 9; Roder, John d. Saylor, Bill 5, 19; Johnston, Ken d. Oyler, Gregg (18), 7, 9.

Quarters: Price d. Russell 6, 12; Meyer d. Strachan 9, 9; Roder d. Hallowell 16, (5), 5; Johnston d. Madden 20, (16), 2.

Semis: Meyer d. Price (6), 11, 8; Roder d. Johnston 2, 10.

Final: Roder d. Meyer 7, 11.

Golden Masters "B": (8)

Quarters: Weber, Eric d. Lopez, Tom 5, 6; Watson, Ted d. Calvino, Harry 7, 7; Stefanchik, Michael d. Cocking, Paul 19, 19; Sampson, Dave d. Parker, Dennis 5, 7.

Semis: Watson d. Weber. (19), 20, 8; Sampson d. Stefanchik 7, 7.

Final: Sampson d. Watson (11), 14, 7.

Super Golden Masters: (7)

Quarters: Nett, Terry bye; Bronner d. Marquez (19), 5, 2. Leeson d. Moyle 6, 9; Starr, Jim d. Scoggin, Bill 1,2.

Semis: Nett d. Bronner forfeit; Starr d. Leeson 9 ,(13), 0.

Final: Nett d. Starr 13, (8), 3.

Veteran Super Golden Masters: (4) – Round Robin

First Round: Reich, Bill d. Valdez, Felix 1, 2; Cooper, Lee d. Kottenstette, Fred 4, 3.

Second Round: Reich d. Kottenstette 6, 5; Cooper d. Valdez 11, 9.

Third Round: Reich d. Cooper 11, 9; Kottenstette d. Valdez 3, 17.

Winner: Bill Reich.

Diamond Division: (4) – Round Robin

First Round: Norrdin, Bob d. Allgower, Gene 0, 3; Luepke, Louis d. Roberts, Mack 12, 11.

Second Round: Norrdin d. Roberts 2, 9; Luepke d. Allgower 14, 12.

Third Round: Norrdin d. Luepke (17), 4, 5; Roberts d.Allgower 15, 10

Winner: Bob Norrdin.