The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

This drizzly morning our crew arrived to gather up and remove wet accumulated and scattered leaves as best we could before tomorrow’s ND Tournament.

Mary McConnell cleaned the chalk boards. Cindy, Candy and Mary set up the tables and chairs in the Club House while Zak, Bonnie, Randy and Rich pushed a lot of leaves and water around the courts and benches. Al and Joan Best arrived to finish up tweaking the clubhouse before Johnnie Conner and Betty Buccini come by later on to decorate.

We give a big THANK YOU to those members who helped out during this morning’s inclement weather. Ciao!

Rich, Candy, Mary, Bonnie, Cindy and Zak

We still need volunteers to sign up to help for the Northern District Tournament being held at our CMS courts this Thursday 10/19 and Friday 10/20.   We need people to wax discs, clean and bead courts and help support participants in general. Please sign up in the cue house. Thanks for your help.

I have had requests for the Tournament Results from the Northern District to be published on our site. They sometimes are slow to publish them, but I will up date this page as I have them. Congratulations to all those members from the Coronado/Main Shuffleboard Club who are participating in these tournaments. It can be a grueling schedule.

TournResults Direct from the Northern District Website.

Congratulations to Darrel Harmon and Zak Wonson for coming in First in Consolation!

The Northern District Any Doubles Tournament will take place at the CMS Club Courts next week on Thursday, Oct 19th and Friday Oct. 20th.

We need VOLUNTEERS to come on Wednesday Oct 18th to help clean the courts, wash the boards and get everything ready for the next day’s tournament. Please come at 9:00 am. We should be able to finish clean-up within an hour and also have time for our regular daily play starting at 10 am..

We will also be asking for VOLUNTEERS, who are not playing in the tournament, to come wax discs and bead courts to help support the tournament participants on Thursday and Friday. There will be a volunteer sign-up sheet in the Cue House. Please sign-up either day for the morning or afternoon matches if you cannot make it for the whole day. Thank you so much for your help. Ciao!

This Tuesday morning was the first Singles Mingles contest of the season. The usual crew showed up to sweep, clean and set up the courts for the morning’s play. We had Six (6) Amateurs and Seven (7) Pro/State Ams show up for the challenge. Dennis Buelk (Director) explained the rules and collected the entry fee. We each played five matches with twelve frames each. The winners of each match put down their scores after-which Dennis tallied them up to determine standings for the distribution of winnings.

The Amateur group winners were First Place, Zak Wonson; Second Place, Arlene Jabaut and Third Place, Jerry Jabaut. The Pro/State Am group winners were First Place, Phil Wade; Second Place, Bonnie Radke and Third Place, Dennis Buelk. We all had a fun time and hope you will come join us on the Fourth Tuesday of the month(October 24th at 8:45 am) to meet another challenge. Ciao!

Dennis tallying the score.

Pros and State Am, Dennis, Bonnie and Phil

Amateurs, Jerry, Zak and Arlene

Bob Finta noted that in this morning’s paper Elsie Boning, aged 94, had passed away on Monday.   She was 94 and a long time member of the Coronado Shuffleboard Club. She was a tireless worker in the kitchen and a regular player until arthritis in her shoulder prevented her from playing. She always had a smile and a pleasant word. Rest in Peace, Elsie.

On October 3rd, 2017 the CMS Club held the 28th NSB Annual Senior Games Shuffleboard Contest. Rich and Candy Kordeleski, Randy and Bonnie Radke, Johnnie Conner and Betty Buccini arrived early to set up the courts, discs, scoreboards, cues and sign-up sheets for the Sixteen (16) seniors who signed up to shuffle. Candy made the coffee, Betty brought the orange juice while Michael from NSB Leisure Services brought the complementary donuts.

We luckily had eight women teaming up with eight men. Participants drew chips to get their team mate and court assignments. Each shuffler played four games of twelve frames each. At the end of each game, the winning team recorded their scores. We totaled up the winning scores after all four games were played to determine the Men and Women’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze finalists.

WINNERS:

MEN: First Place – Rich Kordeleski with 221 points; Second Place – Al Schroth with 169 points; Third Place Tie between Guy Godman and George Karras with 167 points each.

WOMEN: First Place – Betty Buccini with 237 points; Second Place – Connie Bousquet with 150 points; and Third Place – Johnnie Conner with 144 points; We returned to the club house to congratulate all the participating shufflers and award the medals to the winning finalists. We all had a great time.  Y’all come back next year. Ciao!

Rich, Betty. Guy, Johnnie, Connie, Al and George

More Pictures From the Senior Games Shuffleboard.

Bob Finta would like me to please mention the passing of Pat Tucci. Pat was a member of Mainland and later of Coronado. He was a fine gentleman and a good player. I always enjoyed playing against him. He was 93 years old. We haven’t seen him in several years. Rest in Peace, Pat.

Patrick T. Tucci (1922 – 2017) | Visit Guest Book

Patrick T. Tucci passed away on September 21, 2017. Born in Ridgeway, PA on April 14, 1922. He served in WWII from 1942-1945. He moved to New Smyrna Beach in 1995. Patrick was a lifetime member of the VFW, Moose Lodge, American Legion, Knights of Columbus and Sons of Italy. He was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Shirley M. Tucci and grandson, Jeffrey M. Cooper. He is survived by his son Patrick L. Tucci, Sue Cooper and her husband Terry, and great granddaughter, Paige M. Cooper. A memorial will be planned for a later date.

We start our 2017/2018 Singles Mingles Season on Tuesday October 10th which will be presided-over by Dennis Buelk. Singles Mingles will be held on the Second and Fourth Tuesday of the month, promptly starting at 9 am. We request participants to arrive by 8:30 am in order to process their $2.00 Entry Fee. Collected fees will be returned in the form of Prize Money for First, Second and Third place winners in the Amateur and Pro categories. When possible, Amateurs will be randomly partnered with the Pros. Please plan to join us for this fun-filled challenge.  Hope to see you there. Ciao!

Today was the Final Day of the season for our Thursday Morning Four-Play. The expected crew showed up to prepare the courts for match play.  Thirty-Two (32) ardent players showed up to challenge each other on the shuffleboard courts. We only had the following three shufflers who won all four of their matches, Tom Rimmer, Christine Giumarra (from Deland) and Darrel Harman. Congratulations!

Season Summary of Four Game Winners:
Dennis, Darrel, and Tom Rimmer Won Five Times
Phil won Three Times
Tim, Mouse, Ron, Charlie, Edna, Rex, Bob Tager, Randy and Bonnie Won Twice.
Christine Giumarra, John Giumarra, Rod Lewis, Walt Vilk, Carolyn Menosky, Al Bessette, Maryann and Jan Dally Won One Time.

Tom, Christine and Darrel