The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

Thursday, March 10th, was a beautiful first day start to the TOC tournament in Hawthorne. Hawthorne’s courts and facilities were very well maintained and ready to go.  Sixty-eight (68) competitive players showed up for the Tournament of Champions challenge.  All the players had to have placed during the Northern District’s seasonal sanctioned tournaments in order to participate in the TOC.  Jack Wooten, one of the TOC Officials, was temporarily in the hospital, so Donna King, even though shorthanded, took on the challenge of presiding over four tournaments (Pro Men, Pro Women, Amateur Men and Amateur Women) .  With the help of her husband Pat, they did an outstanding job.

March 10/11, 2016 – Amateur Women TOC
Main Rankings:…………………………..…Out of 8 Players
1. Bonnie Radke……………………………..C/M
2. Betty Mondeel…………………………….……….Hawthorne
3. Loretta Wadden……………………………………Clerbrook
4. Jan Dally…………………………………………..…Orange City
Consolation Rankings:
1. Bonnie Goetzinger……………………….………Hawthorne
2. Katie Lammers……………………………………Tavares
3. Judy Kolszynski…………………………………..Clerbrook
4. Mona Carkner………..…………………..C/M

March 10/11, 2016 – Amateur Men TOC
Main Rankings:…………………………….Out of 22 Players
1. Danny Richards…………………………..………Clerbrook
2. Rex Galusha…………………….……..…C/M
3. Jeffry Luneau…………………………….C/M
4. Vern Ivey…………………………………………….Inverness
Consolation Rankings:
1. Wayne Lockwood………………………C/M
2. Ralph Lyon……………………..………………..Leesburg
3. George Snyder…………………………………..Clermont
4. Tom Allen…………………………………………Clermont

Mar.10,2016 – Pro Woman TOC
Main Rankings:………………………………Out of 16 Players
1. Sue McLaughlin……………………………………Hawthorne
2. Doris Hanke……………………………..…………Hawthorne
3. Carol Helfer…………………………………………Leesburg
4. Alice Vandevender……………………………….Orange City
Consolation Rankings:
1. Marion Lohbusch…………………………….…..Hawthorne
2. Gean Pickett……………………..………….……..MFL
3. Patty Foster…………………………….…….…….Tavares
4. Jo Ann Craw…………………………….….………Holiday Trv Rst

March 10/11, 2016 – Pro Men TOC
Main Rankings:………………………..….Out of 22 Players
1. Lewis Kagan……………………………………….Leesburg
2. Robert Robinson………………………………..Hawthorne
3. John Giumarra…………………… …………….Deland
4. Andy Serina…………………………………..…..Parkwood Oaks
Consolation Rankings:
1. Ivan Layton………………………………………..Tavares
2. Ronald Raymond.………………………C/M
3. Larry Whalen………………………………..……Leesburg
4. Walt Vilk…………………………………..C/M

Congratulations to all the C/M shuffleboard members who placed in the TOC  challenge. Well Done!

1st Place Amateur Women

More Pictures from the Tournament of Champions

Attached please find the minutes from the Executive/General Board Meetings held on March 5, 2016.  These minutes announce our new Executive Board Members for the next two years.

Minutes March5_2016  Board Meetings.

The Tuesday Singles Mingles Match was attended by twelve (12) members of the CM Shuffleboard Club. Eight (8) Pros and four (4) Amateurs players participated. The Pro Winners were: First Place – Edna Triplett; Second Place, John Holder; Third Place, Rex Galusha. The Amateur Winners were: First Place, Bob Tager;  Second Place, Bonnie Radke (there was no third place). Dennis Buelk, the event Director, reminded us that the Final Singles Mingles Match of the season will be held on March 22nd and is open to all CMS Club members.  Ya’ll come on by!

Pros – Rex, Edna and John

Amateurs – Bob and Bonnie

Monday morning started out  seasonably cool and sunny as approximately 68 enthusiastic competitors came together at Deland’s shuffleboard courts, adjacent to the Wayne G. Sunburn Activity Center, for the season ending Inter City Shuffleboard Tournament. The shufflers were divided into Team A and Team B based on their season’s win/loss averages. We played three games in the morning (after donuts and coffee) before we took a lunch break for a scrumptious buffet lunch of pulled pork, potato salad, Cole slaw, chips and soft drinks. We also ate colorful cupcakes to celebrate Honey Donnelly’s birthday before we went out to play two more games. After the tournament competition ended, the wins/scores were tallied before the finalists were announced.

Team A Finalists:  1st Place with five wins, Christine and John Giumara;  2nd Place with four wins, Walt Bartles and Milt Wordelman;  3rd Place with four wins, Pete Peterson and Charlie Jones and 4th Place with four wins, Walt Vilk and Ron Raymond. Contestants with the same number of wins are ranked by their winning score totals.

Team B Finalists:  1st Place with four wins, Bonnie and Randy Radke: 2nd Place with four wins, Barb and Chuck Ault;  3rd Place with four wins, Dave and Jean Helverson; and 4th Place with three wins, Scottie Scott and Karen Heath.    Congratulations to all the players, teams and clubs who participated to make this another memorable and successful season. A very special thanks and appreciation go out to the Deland Shuffleboard Club members for being terrific hosts organizing and implementing this outstanding Inter City Tournament/buffet.

There is a standing Inter City Tournament Trophy for the A Team and another trophy for the B Team. The first place winners from each team will have their names engraved on their respective trophies. The First Place winner’s club will keep the trophy on their premises for the year. The CMS Club representation did very well!

More pictures from the Inter City Tournament

Today was an important Executive/General Board Meeting because we were electing our Executive Board Members who will serve for the next two years. The Executive Board Members who attended had plenty to discuss which will be covered in the minutes to follow. Next year (2017) is the CMS Club’s 80th Anniversary which we will try to make a memorable year filled with notable events.
The General Board Meeting was attended by 21 members (other than the Exec. Board). We discussed the Annual End of Year Banquet with an emphasis on the menu. It will be catered by That’s Amore’ on March 26th starting with a social hour at 5:00 pm followed by dinner at 6:00 pm. Please BYO alcoholic beverage for dinner.  Soft drinks, cups, plates and silverware will be supplied.  The dinner tickets are available at $20 per person and can be purchased from Bonnie, Joan, Johnnie, Candy, John or Barb Fortini. Please try to purchase your tickets by March 23 so That’s Amore’ will have a head count for dinner.
Monday, April 1st, our New Seasonal Daily Play will now begin at 10:00 am (instead of 1:30 pm) so please come to the courts no later than 9:45 am so we can prep the courts and get the teams picked.
Thursday, April 7th starting at 9:00 am (please come to the courts no later than 8:45 am so we can prep the courts and get the teams picked) we will begin our Summer Thursday Morning Four-Play which is open to all clubs, Pros and Amateurs.
Tuesday, March 15th has been scheduled as another work day to wash, wax and clean up the courts for the summer season.  We will need volunteers to sign up to help with court prep and clean-up as well as volunteers to re-number all the discs for the court play.

A well deserved thanks of appreciation to all the former Executive Board members and Congratulations to all our newly elected Executive Board members!

Allen Best, President;  Johnnie Conner, Vice President;  Betty Buccini, Treasurer; and Mary Harlow, Secretary.  Board Directors are Arden McConnell, Dennis Buelk, Don Nephew, Debbie Evans and Marty Bystrom.

More Pictures from the Board Meetings.

The InnerCity starting time is 8:30am not 7:30am.

Also please note that the Singles Mingles is Tuesday the 8th and 22nd. Sorry about the mix up, I copied the dates from our website schedule instead of looking at the calendar.

Please remember that this Saturday, March 5th is an important board meeting. The Executive Board Meeting starts at 10:30am and the General Board Meeting starts at 11:30am. We will be electing the members that have been nominated to the Executive Board.  We need as many members as possible to participate.

For those members participating in the Inner City Tournaments, the final Tournament and Banquet will take place Monday, March 7th in Deland beginning at 7:30am for the final competition to be followed by the banquet so you don’t need a lunch.

FUN DAY has been changed to March 19th this month.  If you have not participated, please come on down and meet the challenge.  I have actually found that it makes my regular shuffleboard play better.

Also, please come join Dennis and the rest of us for Singles Mingles, only two more days left.  March 15th and March 22nd.  Register by 8:45am, play three games, bring your lunch to eat and then play three more games.  Usually done before 4:00pm.

I would also like to mention that as a club members you are welcome to participate in Majhong, which is held on Thursday afternoons at 1:30pm, Cribbage on Monday nights at 7:00pm, as well as Bunko following our Pot Luck Dinners.

This month we are profiling very active CMS Club members Joan and Allen Best. Allen was born in Washington D.C. 66 years ago and Joan was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania 64 years ago. Joan and Allen have been married for ten years and have 3 children and 2 grandkids. They moved to New Smyrna Beach from Delaware where they both worked for Sears. Allen was at Sears for 40 years and Joan for 25 years. In 2008 through 2011 they were New Smyrna Beach snowbirds before moving here permanently in 2012 from Delaware.

They joined the CMS Club in 2011 and soon thereafter, having been successful in Northern District Tournaments, Allen became a State Shuffleboard Amateur. Allen Best also became the CMS Club President in 2014 for a very successful two year term. Allen, through his Presidential term, emphasizing team work, helping create club harmony and connecting with members, interested parties and our local politicians, has helped grow the club membership to 283 persons. Joan manages the Mahjong players on Thursday afternoons from 1:30 pm to around 4 pm. She also assists and plays cribbage on Monday nights at 7 pm. Bill Boyes is thankful to have Joan’s assistance with the SPARC program that is held on Wednesday nights. Our club has been in very good hands over the past two years and its future looks bright.

Allen and Joan Best

Tuesday, February 23rd’s Singles Mingles day was sunny with a brisk wind. Only thirteen (13) determined members of the CM Shuffleboard Club showed up to play in the Singles Mingles Tournament. We had seven (7) Pros and six (6) Amateurs. The Pro Winners were: First Place – Edna Triplett; Second Place, Wayne Lockwood (didn’t stay for his photo) and Third Place, John Holder. The Amateur Winners were: First Place, Bonnie Radke; Second Place, Randy Radke and Third Place, Bob Tager. The nominal participation fees were redistributed as winnings among the finalists. Congratulations go out to all the participants that continue to support this tournament. Dennis Buelk kept the tournament on schedule and appreciates those helpers who showed up early to help prepare the playing courts. Singles Mingles matches that are being held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month are open to all CMS Club members.

The Pros, Edna and John, Wayne did not stay for pics.

The Amateurs, Bob Tager, Bonnie Radke and Randy Radke

Friday night, February 19th, approximately forty (40) CMS Club members attended our Pot Luck Dinner for great chow and fellowship. The club event’s volunteers had already set up the banquet hall for dinner before Marguerite, Paul and their kitchen helpers set out the beverages and pot luck dishes.  There were some really yummy dishes (there is no such thing as too many deviled eggs) brought by our club members to share with others and some outstanding desserts (especially the popular “better than sex dish”).

Allen Best made some logistical announcements and also noted that Wayne Lockwood (looking trimmer before dinner) was back with us after recovering from his surgery. Social members, Tim and Salley Hickey, who enjoy the cribbage side of our club, also were in attendance. After Mona Carkner won the 50/50 thru the luck of the draw, Joan Best gave the  dinner prayer while we sat around our tables. Dinner, as usual, was plentiful and delicious.  Some of the club members stayed to play a few rounds of Bunko after enjoying a most satisfying meal.

More Pictures from the Pot Luck Dinner