The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Allen Best has a request for all shufflers. When you are setting up the courts for play please be careful to spread the beads correctly. If you are not sure how to properly apply the beads, please ask. We have been going through a lot of beads this summer. The bags are $107.00 per bag, so we need to be conservative. Thanks for your attention to this request.

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Just a quick note to remind you about the Pot Luck Covered Dish Dinner planned for this Friday, July 22 at 5:30 pm. Please remember to sign up on the sheet posted in the cue house. Hope to see you there for socializing and good food. If we have enough people sign up, there will be a friendly game of Bunco following dinner.

Today’s Thursday Morning Four-Play matches attracted twenty-one (21) staunch shufflers who showed up for some summertime shuffling competition. The contests proved to be tough enough where no one was able to win all four of their matches. There were nine ties of three match winners. Most shufflers went home determined to come back next week to see if they will be lucky enough to become a four match winner. See you then.

Nine Ties

Tonight the CMS Club held it’s first summer Singles Mingles night matches organized by Dennis Buelk. Eight (8) Pro/State Ams and eleven (11) Amateurs showed up to compete and place in order to earn some of the entry fee payout. We played five 12 frame matches and drew new partners after each match. Each amateur was paired with a Pro or State Amateur. There were three winners from the Pro/State Ams…..First Place: Allen Best, Second Place: Tom Rimmer and Third place: Mouse Wolven. The three winners from the Amateurs were…First place: Mona Carkner, Second place: Randy Radke and Third place: John Fortini. Congratulations! Thanks to all of you who participated to support this event. Dennis will put on these matches every Wednesday starting at 5:45 pm to see how it works out. Hope to see y’all next week for this shuffleboard challenge!

Mouse Wolven and Allen Best

Tom Rimmer

John Fortini, Mona Carkner and Randy Radke

More Pictures from the Summer Singles Mingles.

Today’s Thursday Morning Four-Play matches attracted twenty-four (24) faithful shufflers who showed up for some summertime shuffling matches. Today we recognize and congratulate Walt Bartels from Deland and Mario Mazola from Candlelight Mobile Park for winning all four of their matches. Caio!

Walt Bartels

Mario Mazola

We have scheduled a Pot Luck Dinner for Friday, July 22, at 5:30 pm. The sign up sheet is in the club house. Should be fun and lots of good food. If there are not enough people signed up to play Bunco, we may play a few games of shuffleboard. Hope to see you there.

Dennis Buelk, SM Director, would like to start a CMS Club members only summertime Singles Mingles program. The plan is to start Wednesday evening, July 13, at 6:00 pm. The participation fee is only $2.00, which is all returned to the top three finishers among PROs and Amateurs. The Single Mingles matches are a good deal of fun. Dennis will tell us about the match rules when we meet at 5:45 pm. All matches should be finished by around 9 pm. It is not necessary to be single to participate. Looking forward to seeing you this coming Wednesday.

Put on your creative thinking caps and help us make the CMS Club’s 80th Anniversary one to remember when we celebrate it in 2017. We should not let our 80th Anniversary go by without a good celebration in appreciation of the CMS Club’s sustained record of success and it’s history. We will have an opportunity to publicize our success and share our story with newcomers, prospective new members and the public at large.

We will need to choose a date that does not compete with other events going on such as a weekend on behalf of the public’s convenience.  Some ideas might be:

1. Persuading New Smyrna Beach to declare a day, week and/or month of celebration with signage and media coverage.
2. Host a musical group on the pavilion adjacent to the shuffleboard courts to play songs that were big hits 80 years ago.
3. Decorate with crepe paper streamers, banners and/or balloons printed with the club logo, colors and/or name.
4. Design an 80th Anniversary Tee Shirt with club logo and/or name.
5. Set aside a few days to invite the public to mingle and get to know the ins and outs of shuffling and its benefits to the community.
6. If allowed, have local businesses donate to sponsor flyers, giving credit to the businesses by naming them on the flyers.
7. Create a flyer or handout (faux newspaper sheet) depicting clubs history,  pertinent facts about shuffleboard you never knew, club achievements, 2017 club agenda (calendar), vintage photo of 80 years ago and highlight our clubs website.
8. Create a montage of photos to show how the club has progressed and changed over the past 80 years.
9. Have a day when members play matches in vintage clothing in the style of 80 years ago.

Any ideas you may have to celebrate our 80th Anniversary in 2017 should be sent to our website email address….cmshuffleboard@gmail.com and/or given directly to Allen Best, President of the CMS club.

For anyone who played shuffleboard Friday morning, July 1, please check your cues and make sure you have your own. Some one mistakenly took the wrong cue home. Your cue is in the cue house against the chalk board. Zak said there is bright colored tape on the handle. Thanks for your attention to this matter. Have a Happy and Safe Fourth of July!

Today’s Thursday morning Four-Play matches attracted thirty-five (35) steadfast shufflers who showed up for the challenge. Today we recognize and congratulate Tom Rimmer, Jerry Jabaut and Randy Radke for winning all four of their matches.            Please Note: It is essential for everyone to be on time so as to hopefully play all four matches before noon. Thus, it is consequential that shufflers be on-site no later than 8:45 AM before the start of play. Also please remember that shufflers are responsible for cleaning their courts and discs after completing their fourth and last match. As Joe would say, gracie e a presto!  

Tom Rimmer, Jerry Jabaut and Randy Radke