The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Fred Pelletier picture from the Hall of Fame.

We were very sorry to read in this mornings paper about the passing of a long time shuffleboard club member, Wilfred (Fred) J. Pelletier. He was a member of the original Edgewater Shuffleboard Club and then a member of the Mainland Club which eventually merged with the Coronado Club. Fred has been playing shuffleboard for over 20 years. One of his long-time shuffleboard playing partners was Leo Gagnon. Fred had been President of the Mainland Shuffleboard Club and a Board member of the CMS Club. He was a Tournament Director for the Northern District and also served on their Board. Fred, as a Pro, was made a member of the Northern District’s Hall of Fame in 2011.

The Coronado Mainland Shuffleboard Club sends their deepest condolences to Fred’s family and friends. May he rest in peace.

Obituary from the News-Journal On Line

Today, April 9th, we held this month’s FUN DAY. Forty-two (42) fun loving shufflers showed up at noon for hot dogs, chips, coffee, lemonade and sweet treats. We thank our crew of volunteers who prepared the kitchen and set up the courts with all their amusing obstacles. Joan Best collected for the 50/50 drawing and one of our new members, Nancy Tierney, won it with her winning ticket. Allen Best, Fun Day Coordinator, collected the $1.00 participation fee with the help of Barb Fortini. Allen made sure all the 11 Team Captains were on the same page. The sun was shining and all of us, including a few curious spectators, had an enjoyable time. 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 790 up to the Winning Score of 1410 for Don Nephew’s team (Paul and Felix).  Joan Best’s team (Jerry, Mouse and Terry) was Second with 1310 and Gerry Bousquet’s team (Darrel, Mona and Floyd) was Third with 1300.

Shuffler with the Highest Number of Points – 490, is Mouse Wolven
Shuffler with the Second Highest Number of Points – 440 is Darrel Harman
Shuffler with the Third Highest Number of Points – 390* is Candy Kordeleski

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

* This score has not been double counted since Candy played twice on each court.  This is her best individual score.

Note:  Rich Kordeleski did a fantastic job putting in new wood slats for the two worn out court benches.  Thanks for all your hard work.

More Pictures From FUN DAY

Please note that an LG Android phone was found near the shuffleboard courts on Flagler and Pine. If this is your phone, please call the phone and we will answer n order to return it.  Thanks for your attention to this.

April 7 Was the Opening Day for this season’s Thursday Morning Four-Play. Twenty-four (24) enthusiastic players showed up to shuffle. We would like to thank Ron Raymond (Event Coordinator) and his crew of volunteers who came early to clean up and prepare the courts after it rained last night. The three shufflers (all Pros) who won all four of their matches are Phil Wade, Charlie Jones and Dennis Buelk. Way to go!

Phil, Charlie and Dennis

The CMS Club has managed to promote itself through the article (below) that recently appeared in the Daytona News Journal on Thursday morning, April 7th.  We will continue to look for any news worthy occasion to promote the Club so that New Smyrna Beach recognizes the unique historic value of our active club on Flagler Avenue, especially in anticipation of our up-coming 80th Anniversary in 2017. “As the NSB Community continues to grow and expand, we want to continue to be part of it.”  Any recommendations are welcome.

Randy and Bonnie Radke of the Coronado/Mainland Shuffleboard Club show their trophies and plaques they earned during the 2016 tournaments.

News Journal Article on Line and in the paper.

This Saturday, April 9th is FUN DAY, Please Remember to sign up in the Cue House so we know how many Hot Dogs to cook. If you have not come before, it is open to all members new and old, Amateur and Pro, to try your skills against the obstacles we place on the court. It is great fun so come on down at NOON and enjoy the camaraderie!

CMS Club member Felix Piscitelli was born in the Bronx, New York back in 1930. He was the fifth born of eight brothers and sisters. In 1940 he moved to Worcester, MA.. Both his father and uncle were brick layers and carpenters who worked on the Empire State Building. At the age of 16, Felix became an apprentice bricklayer and at 20, he became a Journeyman bricklayer who traveled all over the Northestern states, wherever the work took him. He worked for the Worcester Public Schools repairing 105 brick buildings for over a period of 20 years before finally retiring in 1992, at the age of 62.
Felix had 7 children (4 boys, 3 girls), five (5) still living, ages 50 to 62.  His wife passed away in 1994 and thereafter, Felix discovered New Smyrna Beach through a friend. A year later he met Mary Etre and they have been together for 22 delightful years. In 1997, Felix joined the Coronado Shuffleboard Club and became very active in the tournament circuit. Felix participated in the Masters twice while he was still an amateur and played in the Tournament of Champions before becoming a Pro, five (5) years after joining the CMS Club. He was a member of our Club’s Board of Directors for about 5 years. He still enjoys being a “snowbird” but looks forward to coming back to Holiday Cove North to enjoy the surf-fishing, ballroom dancing, cribbage, bunco, yoga and the warmer winters.

We appreciate and are thankful for Felix’s continuing participation in and support of the CMS Club.

April 4 begins 10:00 AM Summer daily play time.
April 7 begins Thursday Morning Four-Play at 9:00 AM (Every Thursday)
April 9 is CMS Fun Day, Please Sign Up In The Cue House. Begins at 12:00 Noon.
April 15 is the Pot Luck Dinner, Please Sign Up in The Cue House. Starts at 5:00 PM.

Wednesday evening, March 30th, the Coronado/Mainland Shuffleboard Club and the SPARC participants held their last get-together of the year to give out achievement awards, eat hot dogs, celebrate a birthday and play shuffleboard one last time together. Emily Furano, after receiving a birthday present, celebrated her birthday by sharing cake and lemonade with her friends.

The CMS Club partnered with SPARC to help provide recreational and sporting activities in our nurturing social shuffleboard community for those participants with developmental disabilities. Shuffleboard’s organized activities help to foster individual potential, new friendships and minimize isolation. Our shuffleboard club has been sponsoring a program with SPARC, with CMS member Bill Boyes as its coordinator, for at least the past couple of years.

We would like to thank all the CMS Club SPARC volunteers, such as: Bill Boyes, Joan Best, Arden & Mary McConnell, Jerry Jabaut, Paul and Marguerite Fortier, Connie and Gerry Bousquet, Johnnie Conner and Betty Buccini, for their support and involvement.

We also appreciate the involvement and support from families and friends of the following participating members:  Wayne Malcolm, Erick Harper, Sierra Harmer, Courtney Widdson, Ashton Tabor, Candi Smith, Emily Furrano and the three absent members, Evan Gorski, Tom Baker and Nate Urban. They all had a really good time and seemed to learn quite a lot about shuffleboard from the CMS Club workers who gave them friendship, guidance and support. We all look forward, once again, to our next season.

MORE PICTURES FROM THE SPARC EVENT

CMS Volunteers: (L-R) Connie, Bill, Mary, Arden and Tom

CMS Volunteers (L-R): John, Marguerite, Joan, Gerry and Jerry

Bill Boyes and his wife Penny have been married for 50 years and have been members of our shuffleboard club since 2004. They are blessed with 2 children and 2 grandkids. Bill,  born in Toronto, Canada in 1940, has been a snowbird since 1990. His mother is an amazingly healthy woman of 103 years. Bill has lived for the past 30 years in Pickering, Canada. His occupation as a computer systems analyst and programmer was instrumental in getting the CMS Club BLOG started on the Internet for which I currently help to contribute to, eh?

Bill was president of the CM Shuffleboard Club for 2 years (2010 – 2012) and he along with his VP, Butch Green and Al Bessette, were responsible for merging the Mainland and Coronado Shuffleboard Clubs. Bill also saw to the complete redo of our shuffleboard courts during this time.  He has held many club leadership positions besides being a 1st VP of the Northern District. Bill has and continues to volunteer and give shuffleboard lessons to many of our new members over the years, Randy and I being two of them. He became a Pro and is a past Masters and TOC Champion besides being a part of the 2014/2015 winning Inter-City Tournament team with John Holder.

Bill also started and continues to be involved in the CMS Club’s collaboration with the special needs Special Program And Resource Connection (SPARC)  program.  This Organization provides social, recreational, and sporting activities for people with developmental disabilities to foster individual potential, new friendships and eliminate isolation.   https://cmshuffleboard.org/2015/03/29/connecting-with-the-community/

Bill has stated, “I am very proud of the club’s accomplishments, some of which I had a part in, and very happy to have been part of some teams of wonderful and hard-working people.”

Thank you Bill for all you have done and continue to do to support the CM Shuffleboard Club, it is greatly appreciated, for sure! 

Bill Boyes