Sunshine City Tournament this Weekend
Sunshine City Tournament this Weekend


January 30, 2025 – The second annual “Sunshine City Jai-alai” Tournament is now all set for a big weekend of action. It will feature several retired professional players along with amateurs from the three amateur courts across the country – Connecticut, Miami, and Tampa Bay. A total of 30 players are participating, making it one of the largest gathering of players to ever appear on the 17-year-old cancha in St. Petersburg. Over the past week, the cancha has had renovations to fix up the wear and tear it has occurred over the past year and from damages caused by Hurricane Milton 4 months ago – mainly to the protective netting in the back. The court will get a fresh coat of paint Thursday and be open to the public Friday for practice.
The St. Pete court, America’s first and only public owned cancha is outdoors and at press time, the flip-flopping weather forecast is calling for a 48 percent chance of a shower early Saturday morning. Otherwise, the weather should be fine, with temperatures in the low 70s under partly sunny skies. That shower will not cause any rainout but might incur a slight delay. Organizers have the equipment to get the court ready in a timely matter after any amount of rain. The event is scheduled to start at 10am Saturday and might run into the evening hours. Action will continue Sunday at a time TBA.
You can follow the event by clicking the bracket link below at any time as the event unfolds. Scott King will be refereeing the event and keeping score on this phone using the Bracket HQ app. We do not know of any live feed of the event; however, someone might want to set something up themselves. I’ve had a few inquiries asking locally and across the country about it.
There are 3 groups of players with the winners advancing to the finals on Sunday. Several ex-pros playing include Tampa and Miami star back-courter Daniel, Adam from Bridgeport jai-alai, and Ty Wilson from Newport.
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