The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Please find attached the Executive Board Meeting Minutes from November 5, 2016 . Anyone who needs a copy printed, please contact Bonnie Radke.

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Fun Day was held on Saturday, 11/19. Allen Best sent me this information. We had 33 players who came at noon for a social lunch of hot dogs, chips and drinks.  Then they split up into 9 teams. The winning team consisting of Don Nephew, Guy Godman, Barb Rush and Bob Tager, had a high score of 1470 points . Two teams with low score of 940. All had a great time and the weather looked beautiful.  Pictures are courtesy of Allen Best.

More Pictures From Fun Day!

Once again, we would like to Congratulate the members of the CM Shuffleboard Club who placed in the Northern District Any Doubles Tournament which was held in Deland on November 17th and 18th.  Sixty-Eight (68)teams participated in this event. (please note was an error on their page, there were 68 shufflers only 34 teams)

Main Event in First Place: Dennis Buelk and in Third Place: Stan Williamson
Consulation in Second Place: Jeffry Luneau and in Third Place:  Edna Triplett

Well Done!  If you would like more information on the tournament, please visit the Northern District Website.

Dennis Buelk

Stan Williamson

Jeff Luneau

Edna Triplett

Tuesday afternoon between 4 pm & 6 pm on Nov 15th, the CMS shuffleboard courts were the site of an enjoyable and amusing corporate event. Florida Power and Light (FPL) held a two day conference at the Hampton Inn and twenty-six (26) enthusiastic employees participated in a friendly fun filled two hour shuffleboard competition. They made a generous donation to the club for the use of the courts and the efforts made to give them guidance and encouragement.

Dennis Buelk, event organizer, and Crew arrived early to prep and set-up the courts with  enough cues for all the participants. When they arrived, Dennis gave them a short lesson on how to play, score and have fun. They split up into teams and played on six courts. Lots of laughter and comical competition to see who could score for bragging rights (just like our own Fun Day). One of them commented, “I now know why the old people enjoy playing shuffleboard”. At 6pm the FPL shufflers departed for Happy Hour at the Hampton Inn to reminisce about their shuffleboard experience. Four of the FPL participants enjoyed themselves so much, they returned after Happy Hour and joined our  regular Tuesday night shuffleboard matches under the lights.  A good time was had by all!

We would like to congratulate the members of the CMS Club who placed in the Northern District Any Amateur Draw Tournament held on Monday the 14th in Tavares. Thirteen (13) teams participated. Main Event in FIRST PLACE: Mouse Woolen and in FOURTH PLACE:  Jeff Luneau. Well Done! If you would like more details on this tournament, please visit the Northern District website.

Jeff Juneau and Mouse Wolven

CMS Club’s Fun Day is scheduled for Sat. Nov 19th starting at 12 Noon. This is an amusing ( lots of chuckles) event that tests your intuitive skills of accurately (good luck) placing a disc through a variety of obstacles. All twenty (20) courts with their own particular peculiarities are used. Participating teams, each with four (4) persons including an assigned Captain (scorekeeper/rule enforcer) are selected before the fun begins.  The participation fees ($ 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 44 players participating in our last Fun Day. Now y’all come on down, test your intuition and have some fun, ya here!

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

Please note that we now have copies of the Florida Shuffleboard Association’s Preview Magazine for sale for $1.00. This informative 148 page magazine is full of pictures and information on Shuffleboard tournaments, previous year’s results and schedules for this coming year. It shows pictures of the current entry into the Hall of Fame and an abundance of interesting shuffleboard information.  Please contact Allen Best, Bonnie Radke or Dennis Buelk if you would like to purchase a copy.

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This is just a reminder that next Friday is our annual Thanksgiving Pot Luck Dinner. The club supplies two succulent turkeys  (being prepared by Barb Fortini & Arlene Jabaut) while everyone else brings a side dish or dessert. Please Sign up in the Cue House and let us know what side dishes you are bringing so that we can all plan accordingly. Thanks!

         Happy Thanksgiving – 2015

For those who have asked how Joe Shebester is doing, I received a message from Jodie, his wife, that he is doing well at home but will be unable to join us for shuffleboard for at least another four weeks. We wish him well in his continued recovery.

The Leesburg, Northern District Mens and Womens Doubles was held Nov. 10 & 11, 2016.  It was well attended by 40 participating teams, interested observers and attentive volunteers. Seventeen (13 Men & 4 Women) CMS Club members participated.

The Tournament Director was Donna King.  Comfort Cover Systems was the tournament sponsor.  The tournament was very well organized and administered to.  The Leesburg Shuffleboard Club were excellent hosts. Their nice looking courts had just been redone and they were very fast and challenging.

CMS Club Mens Doubles Winners Were:
MAIN EVENT – 2nd Place: Rex Galusha and Wayne Lockwood; 3rd Place:  Stan Williamson; Fourth Place: Felix Piscitelli and Charlie Jones

CMS CLUB Womens Doubles Winners Were:
MAIN EVENT – 4th Place: Barbara Rush 

Congratulations to all for matches well played!  For more information on the tournament please visit the Northern District Website

Please note that all pictures are from CMS Club file pictures.

Rex Galusha

Wayne Lockwood

Stan Williamson

Charlie Jones

Felix Piscitelli

Barbara Rush