The Coronado/Mainland Shuffler

It had been raining all night long before the Annual Mayor’s Tournament. At seven (7) AM the rain stopped and the sun started working its way thru the clouds. The local roosters greeted us on the courts before we started to squeegee them off in preparation for the tournament. Forty (40) excited players showed up to play and have fun. The nominal $2 entry fee per person was distributed as prize money. Marguerite and Paul Fortier arrived early to prepare the coffee and deliver delicious luncheon Tournament Cake. Kimla Shelton from the Parks and Recreation Department brought all of us some donuts to enjoy in the morning. Dennis Buelk supervised the tournament proceedings and it all went off without a hitch.

John Holder gave the prayer and Allen Best lead us in the pledge of allegiance. The Mayor, Jim Hathaway thanked us all for coming and received a brief lesson from Felix Piscitelli on how to “shuffle”. Sixteen (16) Pros and Twenty (24) Amateurs drew random disks for court and partner assignments before every contest. We played three games before lunch and then three more games after lunch.   The winners were as follows:  Pros First Place – Charlie Jones;  Second Place – Edna Triplett; Third Place – Wendell Henderly and Fourth Place – Tom Andrick.  Amateur First Place – Mary McConnell; Second Place – John Fortini; Third Place – Grant Barrett and Fourth Place – Allen Best. Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone who came out to play and have fun.

Pros – Tom, Edna, Charlie and Wendell.

Ams – Allen, Grant, Mary and John

More Pictures from the Mayor’s Tournament

Attached please find the minutes from the February 6, 2016 Executive Board Meeting which was followed by the General Board Meeting. Please note the panel of nominees for the Executive Board which will be voted on at our March meeting.

Minutes from the Meeting CMLmin2.6.16 (1)

Fun Day was sunny, clear and a bit chilly. Forty (40) fun loving members showed up to be challenged by our altered shuffleboard courts. Hot dogs, coffee and chips were served at noon before members were assigned to their courts and team captains. Many passersby wondered what we were doing having so much fun on our zany looking courts. Twenty (20) courts had been set up with a different challenge and/or obstacle. Sid Pomainville and Arden McConnell presided over and helped set up the diverse courts with the help of volunteers. We had ten teams, each with four members.   The nominal $1 donation per person was spread out so as to have all ten teams win something back in return. The winning teams were First Place (1350 points) – John Fortini (Captain), Paul Fortier, Robert “Mouse” Wolven, and Guy Godman.   Second Place (1340 points) – Rich Kordeleski (Captain), Ben Sharman, Bill Boyes and Randy Radke.  Third Place (1330 points) – Gerry Bousquet (Captain), Diane Woodhams, Bob Tager and Joey Shebester.   Fourth Place (1300 points) – Rex Galusha (Captain), Mona Carkner, Floyd and Terry Conley. We are looking forward to our next Fun Day!

Just a reminder that Fun Day for the club is tomorrow Feb 13 and it looks like it will be a beautiful day. Hope to see you there between 12:00 noon and 4:00 pm.

Also, remember that the Mayors Tournament is on Tuesday, February 16th. We need as many people there as possible, whether you are playing or not, to show support for the club. Please be there around 8:15 am.  All members are welcome to play.   Bring a lunch and stay for the day. Thanks for your support.

Last night, February 9th, the CM Shuufleboard Club participated in our First Mardi Gras Parade. It was a typical chilly February Florida evening. Twenty (20) club members showed up in costume to help with final decorations before heading out to the NSB Mardi Gras parade starting line. A well deserved shout-out goes to Tom Grubb and his helper Susan McLain for supplying a cute three wheel pedal bike as “our parade float”. Also Betty Buccini, Johnnie Conner and others did a great job in preparing our club banners, in such a short period of time, in order to be used in the parade. Members marched and held the club banners throughout the parade. We all tossed out Mardi Gras beads, cheered, acted silly and called out to the parade onlookers to come join us to play shuffleboard. The parade was loud,  colorful and festive with throngs of cheering people all along Flagler Ave. from Columbia/N. Atlantic avenue down to Pine Street. Everyone had a marvelous time and we should consider doing this again.

More pictures from Mardi Gras Parade

Tuesday, February 9th, thirteen (13) cheerful and chilled members of the CM Shuffleboard Club showed up to play in the Singles Mingles Tournament. It was a blustery (25 knot gusts), chilly morning (50 degrees). We had seven (7) Pros and six (6) Amateurs. The Pro Winners were: First Place – Dennis Buelk;  Second Place, Felix Piscitelli; and   Third Place, Edna Triplett. The Amateur Winners were: First Place, Randy Radke, Second Place, Jerry Jabaut and Third Place, John Tardif. The nominal participation fees were redistributed as winnings among the finalists. Congratulations go out to all the participants that continue to support this tournament. We again recognize Dennis Buelk for organizing and implementing this delightful tournament that randomly teams-up Amateurs with Pros. Also, thanks go out to those participants who showed up early to help prepare the playing courts. Come on down and join us for these enjoyable Singles Mingles matches that are being held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month.

The Pros, Felix, Dennis and Edna

The Ams, Jerry, Randy and John

On Saturday, February 6th, we held our monthly Executive Board Meeting followed by our General Member Meeting. Many things were discussed which will be compiled in the meeting minutes and posted at a later date on the Web. The Executive Board meeting was attended by eight members followed by the General Meeting with an additional 20 members in attendance.

The nominations for the new Executive Board were announced and will be voted on at next month’s club meeting. The up-coming Annual Club Banquet’s details was one among many other future calendar events discussed.

In order to demonstrate our support in NSB town activities, it was decided that we would enter a club float for the upcoming Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Parade and Celebration being held on Tuesday, February 9th. We will lead the club float with a CMS Club banner, carry our cue sticks, and toss Mardi Gras beads to the jovial hoi polloi in order to help promote NSB and our club. The parade will begin at the intersection of South Atlantic Ave. and Columbus Street and proceed for approximately seven (7) blocks along Flagler Ave.. Club participants should dress in any one of the festive Mardi Gras colors of purple, yellow, blue and/or gold. We encourage as many members as possible to participate. Call Tom Grubb 386-956-3478 for more details.  LINE UP FOR THE PARADE STARTS AT 5:30 PM.

More pictures of the meeting

Please remind all the members of the general meeting this Sat. 2/06 at 11:30… some subjects of interest to all are the banquet on March 26 and the Mayor’s Tournament on Feb 16.

Sat, Feb. 6-General Club Meeting at 11:30, we will be discussing nominations that were made for the Executive Board!  We look forward to your input at the meeting.

Tues, Feb 9- “Games People Play” at 8:45 at the Babe James Center. Helpers are needed!

Sat, Feb 13- Fun Day–Hot dogs will be served at noon….12:45 is the latest time to register for playing

Tues,Feb 16-Mayor’s tournament–Dennis will organize it…It will be played like singles mingles….Please be there by 8:15 to help set up courts. A $2.00 entry fee will be charged and returned as individual prize money. Play Is Open to Everyone (club members only).   See sign up sheet in the club house. Please COME & SUPPORT the CLUB even if not participating Mayor Hathaway will be there.

Fri, 2/19—Pot luck at 5:30 at the clubhouse…Bring a dish to share …. BUNCO will follow.

Please note that I have changed the date for the Mayors Tournament to Tuesday, February 16th. The Club needs to have a really big turnout for this to prove to the Mayor that we deserve to stay in our current location and that shuffleboard is something exciting to participate in for everyone.

January:  Tomorrow, January 27th, Inner City Matches will proceed, provided it does not rain. Saturday, January 30th, the on-going Scoring Event will be continued.

February:  Wednesday, Feb 3rd, Inner City Matches will be continued. The consequential Board Meeting scheduled on Saturday, February 6th, will hold club board member nominations. We encourage your participation in order to give a helping hand in selecting our future club leaders.  The Executive Board meeting will begin at 10:30 am followed by a General Club Meeting at 11:30 am!

The Board meetings will be followed by the on-going Saturday Scoring Event.

February 16th is scheduled for the Mayors Memorial Tournament which starts at 8:30 AM on Monday.  Everyone is encouraged to attend and/or participate.  We will need member volunteers to sign up (clubhouse sheet will be posted) to prep the courts and club facility for this tournament.