Slingball Tournament

Forgot to post this a while ago...
Eldon's boss, Bob, is friends with a man whose mother died of MS. In remembrance of her and to help find a cure, he and his father started a Slingball Tournament on the beach to raise money. Bob invited us to join them this year. It turns out this is a big thing, they had a bracket with about 130 people. It was a double elimination tourney that lasted two days. Bob and his family went along with a few others from Eldon's work.
So slingball is basically what we know as Ladder Ball or Lawn Golf, the game where you have to land the rope with golf balls on the end on one of the rungs worth 3, 2, or 1 point. The only two differences are that one: it is not played in teams, you are playing just one-on-one and the second difference is that behind the bottom rung is another one worth four points. Everything else is the same.
We headed out to the coast on Friday night where we stayed in a nice beach house. The tournament started Saturday morning. I lost my first game and was knocked into the loser's bracket. Eldon, however, won. A while later I played again and barely pulled out a win. Eldon's next game, another win. My next game, I had to play the girlfriend of Dennis, one of Eldon's co-workers that came with us. I was losing pretty bad but was able to catch up and win again. Eldon-another win. My next was my last game, unfortunately. I lost and that was it for me. Eldon, on the other hand, kept moving his way through the bracket not loosing one game. Saturday ended with Eldon in the Semis. The next morning Eldon continued to win and was in the championship. Since it was double elimination, even though Eldon had already beat this guy, he had to do it again. It was close, but the dark horse won the entire tournament. There is a tradition that when the winner takes the podium they bring out his trophy with beer in it. Bob, knowing we don't drink and not wanting Eldon to be uncomfortable, told the guy this. So last year's winner said Eldon could dump the beer on his head. So he did. Great photo opp. He also won a free night stay at the inn on the beach where we were and a free dinner at the steak house there. It was a very fun win for the underdog that no one knew! Very fun weekend all round.