Santa Fe’s Kiva Club was home to an exhibition of superior squash over the past few days (Sept. 19-22) — both professional and amateur.
The Kiva Open featured 16 young professionals vying for a Professional Squash Association title and $6,000 in prize money.
The concurrent Taco Tournament saw a couple dozen amateurs from New Mexico and beyond, playing for fun and glory.
Michael McCue, a 26-year-old Canadian, won the Kiva Open on Sunday, beating 32-year-old Babatunde Ajagbe, a Nigerian.
The tournaments were sponsored by Dan and Ashlyn Perry‘s Trout Stalker Ranch in Chama, Walter Burke Catering, and Grant Davis‘s Mile High Sports.
Here are Taco Tournament winners and finalists:
5.0 SINGLES
Champion: Jess Giron (Chandler, AZ). Finalist: Elliott Adland (Albuquerque)
Consolation champion: Scott Ciener (Kiva). Finalist: Jehanzeb Chaudhry (Albuquerque)
4.0 SINGLES
Champion: Cameron Cannady (Albuquerque). Finalist: Jeff Pollock (Kiva)
HARDBALL SINGLES
Champion: Grant Robinson (Kiva)
A DOUBLES
Champions: Josh Brown and Drewe Williams (Kiva). Finalists: Alex Kalangis and Grant Robinson (Kiva)
Third place: Bruce McKenna and Stephen Velie (Kiva)
B DOUBLES
Champions: Courtney Carswell and Stephen Velie (Kiva). Finalists: Jeff Pollock and Matt Wilson (Kiva)