The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a womderful holiday. I know this is a short notice to remind you that we have an Executive Board Meeting tomorrow, Saturday, Jan 7th at 10:00 am to be followed by the General Board Meeting at 11:00 am. Mary Harlow is back, so Scoring will start following the board meetings at 12:00 noon.

VERY IMPORTANT: on Tuesday, January 10th, we will need a crew (VOLUNTEERS) to help wash, clean, and maybe wax our courts in order to get them ready for the up-coming Northern District Tournament to be held at NSB on Thur, Jan 12th and Fri, Jan 13th. We also need people to wash the scoreboards and clean the erasers as well.

PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SHEET IN THE CUE HOUSE TO VOLUNTEER to help with the Northern District Pro/Am Only Tournament. We will also need a crew to wax discs and bead the courts as needed in-between the matches. Members participating in the tournament are not allowed to volunteer.  Crew members can sign up for half a day or a whole day.  On the second tournament day (Friday) we only need a few people to help-out till approximately 2pm.  Thanks in advance for your consideration and help.

I was informed this afternoon that we actually had three delicious hams at the pot luck dinner. Also that I was incorrect in who cooked the hams. We must thank Don Nephew, Connie Bousquet and Arlene Jabaut. In fact when I went back for seconds on the ham there was barely any left. Thank you for your hard work.  Merry Christmas to all.

We would like to Congratulate the members of the CM Shuffleboard Club who participated in the Northern District Mixed Doubles Tournament which was held at Hawthorne on December 15th and 16th. Sixty (60) participants making up (30) teams from around the Northern District competed in this event.

The event Director was Donna King. The sponsor was Robert Robinson. The tournament was again very well organized and administered to. The Hawthorne Shuffleboard Club, as always, was an excellent host. They, once again, offered a delicious looking lunch.

Congratulations to the following CMS Shufflers who placed in this competitive tournament:

MAIN EVENT: Second Place: Stan Williamson
CONSOLATION: Second Place: Mary Ann Pabst

Well-Played! Please visit the Northern District Website if you would like more information and/or details on this tournament.

Stan Williamson

Mary Ann Pabst

Last night we held our Christmas Pot Luck Dinner. Johnnie, Betty and Felix came early and did a wonderful job of setting up the tables and decorating them with Poinsettias, Christmas hats and festive place settings. Johnnie also provided personal pictures of club members in Christmassy card frames for everyone to enjoy. Approximately 40 club members began arriving at 5:00 pm. Mary McConnell was collecting the 50/50 at the door.

Allen Best and Joan had company from out of town so Johnnie Connors (VP) took over the President’s duties in between taking pictures of almost everyone who had arrived. She had us say a silent prayer for those who were missing and John Fortini reminded us to say a special prayer for Wayne who is North with his children. We then filed out in an orderly fashion to sample the bountiful and delectable Pot Luck dishes. Arlene Jabaut and Barb Fortini home-cooked two scrumptious  hams that were donated by the club. Everyone else supplied the delicious sides and desserts. Arden drew the 50/50 raffle ticket and Betty announced the winning number which Mona Carkner was lucky enough to have.

After dinner everyone helped with the clean up and some members (enough to occupy three tables) stayed to play Bunco. We thanked everyone for a wonderful evening and wished all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

More Pictures from the Christmas Pot Luck Dinner

Just a reminder that this Friday is our Christmas Celebration Pot Luck Dinner. The club is supplying two delicious Hams and everyone else will bring the side dishes. Please sign up in the Cue House so we know how many will attend. We had 60 plus people for our Thanksgiving Dinner so lets see if even more club members will be able to attend. See you there!

For those people who signed up to play Euchre. Please Note that it will begin on January 4, 2017 at 7:00 PM in the Club House. It will be held every Wednesday Night.

Last Saturday’s FUN DAY had CMS Club members with individual point scores from 200 up to the Highest Score of 440.

Shuffler with the Highest Number of Individual Points was Mouse Wolven with 440.
Shuffler with the Second Highest Number of Points was Dennis Buelk with 420.
Shuffler with the Third Highest Number of Points was John Fortini with 410.       Shuffler with the Fourth Highest Number of Points was Don Nephew with 400.          

Great visualization and execution!

We held this month’s FUN DAY on December 10th. Twenty-Seven (27) fun loving shufflers showed up at noon for hot dogs, chips, coffee, lemonade and sweet treats. We thank our Crew (volunteers) who prepared the kitchen (Candy, Mary, Barb) and the courts (Arden, John and Rich) with all their amusing obstacles. Joan Best collected for the 50/50 drawing which Johnnie Connor won with her winning ticket.

Allen Best, Fun Day Coordinator, collected the $1.00 participation fee with the help of Betty Buccini. Allen made sure all 7 Team Captains were on the same page. It was a bit brisk but the sun was shining on all of us, including a few intrigued spectators. At the end of play, the courts were cleaned and the disks were re-waxed. Everyone got together in the club house to watch Allen Best announce the standings.

We had point scores from 990 up to the First Place Winning Score of 1410 points for Gerry Bousquet ’s team (Jean and Mouse).  Second Place with 1320 points for Connie Bousquet’s team (Dennis, Bob Stock and Allen). Third Place with 1280 points for Don Nephew’s team (Mona, Jean and Dave).

Each team took home a little piece of the prize money. CONGRATULATIONS! We look forward to our next Fun Day of shuffling on January 21st.

First Place Team

Second Place Team

Third Place Team

More Pictures From Fun Day!

We would like to congratulate the members of the CM Shuffleboard Club who participated and placed in the Northern District MEN”S/WOMEN’S DOUBLES TOURNAMENT which was held in Hawthorne on December 8th and 9th.. Fourteen (14) Women’s Teams and Twenty-two (22) Men’s Teams from around the Northern District competed in this event.

The tournament Director was Pat King. The Sponsor was Saylor&Heaton Wealth Managevent. This event was very well organized and administered to. The Hawthorne Shuffleboard Club were excellent hosts and offered a diverse luncheon carte du jour.

CMS Shufflers who placed:

MAIN EVENT WOMEN: Second Place: Edna Triplett
CONSOLATION EVENT WOMEN: First Place: Mary Ann Pabst; Fourth Place: Bonnie Radke and Mona Carkner

MAIN EVENT MEN: First Place: Stan Williamson; Fourth Place: Mouse Wolven and Jeff Luneau
CONSOLATION EVENT MEN: Third Place: Walt Vilk
Very Well-Done! Please visit the Northern District Website if you would like more information and/or details on the tournament. See File Pictures below.

Edna Triplett

Mary Ann Pabst

Bonnie Radke

Mona Carkner

Stan Williamson

Jeff Juneau and Mouse Wolven

Walt Vilk

CMS Club’s Fun Day is scheduled for Saturday, Dec 10th starting at 12 Noon.  The participation fee ($ 1.00 each) are all paid back to the teams in amounts reflective of their placement and/or standing.

Fun loving shuffling participants should SIGN-UP at the Cue House so we know how many FREE hot dogs, chips, coffee, lemonade and sweet treats need to be prepared. We give an appreciative shout-out to the CREW (volunteers) who will be setting up the kitchen and preparing the courts with all their wacky obstacles.

As a reminder to those who have negotiated these obstacles before and for those who will be encountering them for the first time, I have listed below the hardest courts to score on in descending order to the easiest courts to score on with accompanying court diagrams. These figures were compiled from the results of 36 players participating in our last Fun Day (11/19). Now y’all come on down, test your intuition and have some fun, ya here!
New Statistics from last month.

1. Court #3 –     Kitchen Scoring Only – (HARDEST)
2. Court #17 –   Lag Line Only
3. Court #13 –   Seven-Eight or Eight-Ten Lines Only
4. Court #18 –   Outside Line Only
5. Court #8 –    Bungee Scoring
6. Court #19 –   Side-Board Ricochet Scoring
7. Court #2 –   One–Pin Scoring Tied with
8. Court #16 –  Under Chair Scoring
9. Court #20 –  Only Inside Lines
10. Court #4 –  Two–Pin Scoring
11. Court #7 –   Center Line
12. Court #6 –  Eights Only
13. Court #5 –  Opposite Hand Scoring Tied with Court #14 – 10’s and 10 – Lines
14. Court #10– Blind Scoring
15. Court #1 –   Head–Pin Scoring
16. Court #12 –  Between The Blocks
17. Court #11 –  Sevens and Eights Tied with Court #15 Opposite Hand Scoring
18. Court #9 –  Tab Scoring – (EASIEST)