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2007 National Championships - Portland, Oregon Tumeke entered one mixed team in the first tournament as a club. Tumeke played well and came away with a 4th place finish. 2008 National Championships - Houston, Texas Tumeke entered two teams in the National Championships in Houston, Texas. One mixed and an open men's team. The mixed team won all games in the round robin finishing at the top going into the knockout stage of the tournament. They lost a close game in a drop off against the Orlando team. Orlando went on to finish 2nd to the Cayman Pirates. The men's team had one loss in the round robin against the Portland Hunters. They played the Hunters again in the final where they came away with a 2nd place finish. 2009 National Championships - Phoenix, Arizona Tumeke had the pleasure of hosting the 2009 event in Phoenix, Arizona. 5 teams represented well for Tumeke. We had 3 mixed teams, one each from Utah, San Jose and Oregon, 2 men's teams also played for Tumeke, one from San Jose and the other from Phoenix. The mixed teams from Oregon and San Jose went through to the semi finals where San Jose won a close game in a drop off against Orlando. Tumeke Oregon played the Galaxy San Diego in the other semi final where they were beaten in a well contested game. Galaxy San Diego were too strong for the Tumeke team from San Jose and came away with the championship. On the men's side of the draw, the Tumeke Arizona team went through the round robin undefeated. The San Jose men's team finished 4th, putting both Tumeke teams against eachother in the semi final. The Arizona team was a little too strong and went on to play the Portland Hunters who won the other semi against Manhattan Beach. In a tightly contested final, Tumeke Arizona were able to come away with the 3-2 win. Congratulations to Tita Murray, Tyler Keliiheleua from Oregon who made the mixed tournament team. Britney Lord was also named from the Utah team. Eric Taito and AluMita Nakautoga were also named in the mixed tournament team from Tumeke San Jose. Tim Lew was named to the men's tournament team from Tumeke San Jose along with Clint Ray, Pokaia Matthews and Tau Moeke from Tumeke Arizona. Tau Moeke was named the most valuble player for the men's competition. 2010 National Championships - Orlando, Florida Tumeke took 3 teams to Disney's Wide World of Sports facility in Orlando, Florida to compete for the 2010 National Championships. Tumeke San Jose and Tumeke Oregon represented on the mixed side and Tumeke Arizona on the men's side. Both mixed teams went through to the semi finals where they both came up short against Galaxy San Diego and Galaxy DC. The men's team from Arizona finished the round robin games with some good wins to meet the mighty Portland Hunters for a third straight time in the final. Tumeke Arizona made it back to back nationals championships with a hard fought victory in the final. Tyler Keliiheleua and Maria Chiara were named to the mixed tournament team from Oregon and Tiw Lew and Agnes Tuilevuka were named to the same team from the San Jose team. On the men's side, Tainui Berryman, Tahuahi Berryman and Myles Sutherland were named to the men's tournament team. Tainui Berryman was named as the most valuble player for the men's competition. |
